When I woke up, Helga was asleep. Or at least I thought she was. I noticed that while I was asleep, I had unconsciously put my arm around her. For a minute I didn't realize any problem in this, but then it occurred to me that I better get my arm off of her before she found out it was even on her. I turned onto my side and yawned. Amazingly, the fire we had lit from the night before was still going. I turned to see Gerald helping Phoebe out of the sleeping bag. I turned back over and shook Helga awake. It would probably be smart to get going, staying in the same place too long didn't seem like a good idea out here. She stirred and was quickly awake.

"Er, what is it?" she grumbled, laying on her back.

"We should probably get going…" I advised. Suddenly Gerald spoke up.

"Hey, are you two just going to lay there all day or are you going to help pick up this camp?"

Helga pushed her way out of the bag and tied on her shoes. I did the same and then put on my sweater.

"All right, all right hold your horses! Sheesh!" Helga said angrily. She began to roll up the bags while Gerald extinguished the fire. It wasn't long before we were packed and ready to go.

"Man we better find somebody to help us today, I do not want to spend another night out here." Gerald said as we continued to march through the jungle. Phoebe and Helga were ahead of us looking at something. When we reached them, we realized what it was. There we stood, at the edge of a wide river crossing.

"Oh criminy, how the heck are we supposed to get across this thing?" Helga muttered annoyed. I didn't waste any time with the solution. I stepped forward and put a foot in the river.

"Looks like the only way to get across is to, well, cross it. Look, there's a line of stones here, we can all cross safely, if we're careful." I said urging them to come. Gerald looked uneasy, but stepped into the river with me. He took Phoebe by the hand and helped her across into the river as well. Before I could offer my hand to Helga she was already trudging through. We made our way slowly, but I could tell that the slowness of the situation wasn't working for Helga. I prayed she would hold in there a little longer.

"Come on, we're almost there!" I yelled to them, trying to encourage Helga mostly. She just rolled her eyes and then, at that very instant, something I was not ready for happened.

"Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!!"

Helga had slipped! She had fallen in with a splash. Luckily I grabbed her hand in time before she had drifted away. Gerald and Phoebe grabbed onto me, the current became stronger and began to pull her away with a lot of force.

"Hold on Helga!" I shouted above the water. She gripped me with all her might, but our hands were wet from the ongoing current. Then to my horror she slipped from my grasp.

"HELGA!!!!"

"ARNOLD!!!!"

"NO!!!!!" I jumped in after her. She tried to swim against the current, but I was too strong for her. I raced towards her. I heard Gerald yell and then I heard him fall in too, then Phoebe. Even if I did get to Helga to pull her to safety, the other two would still be in danger. I finally reached her and grabbed her around the middle. For a minute I just stared at her, glad that even though we were in danger, I was still with her. Just then I heard Gerald.

"Arnold!!!! Look out!!!" he warned and pointed ahead. Suddenly Helga screamed, we were headed straight for a water fall!! I grabbed Helga by the shirt and tried to swim us to shore, but the force of the water pushed us closer to the edge. I knew there was no fighting it. I grabbed Helga by the hands and looked in her eyes, but within moments we were over the falls. A sickly feeling came with falling helplessly. It felt even worse knowing I had no control over it. I couldn't see much as I fell but I absently mindedly reached for Helga while at the same time bracing for impact. Suddenly it was as if someone had caught me. I felt something come up from beneath me. I opened my eyes and realized we had been saved, saved by a net! I sat up, trying to hold myself steady on the wobbly thing. Helga was already inspecting where we had landed. She got up and walked over to the cave that the net connected to. Gerald and Phoebe had landed right beside me, but didn't move, simply stared at the net, in awe that they were still alive. I got up and walked over to Helga. She seemed to be interested in something on the wall of the cave. She was in a separate chamber of the cave, tracing a figure on the wall. I walked to her to see what it was.

"What is it Helga?" I asked.

"The-the Green-Eyed people…" she whispered, pointing the carving on the wall. And that's when it hit me. We had been saved by the Green-Eyes! I couldn't believe it! This was the exact same place my parents had been saved when they had fallen off the same waterfall! My breath was caught in my chest…we had landed in San Lorenzo…Gerald and Phoebe were soon behind us looking at the same thing.

"Who are the Green-Eyed people?" Phoebe asked. Suddenly I realized something.

"Helga…how do you know about the Green-Eyes?" I asked raising an eyebrow to her. She stood up straight, her eyes went wide. She put a hand on the bag she was carrying.

"Uh, no reason.." she muttered quickly.

"But Helga, the Green-Eye's are an ancient and secret civilization! Only my parents knew about them! And I learned about them through my dad's journal…"I explained. Helga backed away from me. And then suddenly, something fell from her bag. I ran over and picked it up…

"Wha-I- this, this is my dad's journal! I've been looking for…Helga why do you have it?" I demanded. She looked very worried now.

"Uh, once again no reason."

"Helga this is my property! A family heirloom! Why do you have it!!!?!" I yelled at her. I surprised even myself with the tone in my voice. Helga looked close to tears, I never thought I could see her like that. As I made my way toward her, looking for an explanation, something fell from my pocket. Now it was my turn to be on the spot. It was the pink book of poems…Helga's poems.

"Is that-?" Gerald began to mutter. I gulped, my hand gripping the journal I was holding. Helga didn't say anything, she didn't even pick it up. Phoebe gasped, looking at Helga. Now Helga looked mad…very mad.

"I can explain Helga. I have the your book because-" I began.

"Wait a minute, that book is Helga's!?" Gerald announced. Oops, that's right. I was the only one who knew it was hers to begin with. She turned around slowly and climbed up a ladder that was leading to the way out.

"Helga? Helga wait!" I said running after her. When I got to the top, I barely caught sight of Helga making her way along a path in the jungle. I ran after her.

"Helga! Come back!" I yelled. I pushed past the trees and plants. I was terrified that I might have lost her. Luckily I caught her or really she stopped trying to get away from me. She was stopped, staring at something.

"Helga I-"

Suddenly I realized what she was looking at…we had found a village!!