Disclaimer: I own no Disney Characters or rights to songs used in this Fanfiction, I am merely a fan.
A/N: I do however own Terra, and you will face my wrath if you steal her.
Crystal belongs to IloveAnime. Nagamao (and family) belongs to CedesofEmerald. Kohana belongs to MsNeverMind. Dyani and Kuruk belong to Avalon-Mist.
As an antidote to the absence of this story, I'm uploading another chapter. ^_^ I hope you all enjoy this one.
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Terra was returned to her large tent which was her sanctuary in the village as many of the Indians seemed to not like her. Dyani, Kohana, and Nagamao set up a large bed pallet for themselves, so they could stay with Terra tonight.
Crystal curled up by Nagamao as they ate their dinner. Nagamao yawned sometime during the night and Dyani laid her down on the bed and laid a cover over her. She sang softly to her and Nagamao quickly fell asleep.
Terra smiled as Dyani continued singing. Kohana stretched and laid down beside Nagamao wrapping an arm around and holding the child close. Dyani looked up at Terra. Terra smiled sweetly at her. Dyani stopped singing, and watched her two sleeping friends.
Terra rose from the bed, and gestured to it looking at Dyani. Dyani blinked, then shook her head eying her curiously. Terra smiled and nodded. Dyani rose from her place on the floor walked over to the bed that had been made for Terra.
Dyani laid down on it, and Terra smiled and sang sweetly to lull her to sleep. Dyani was a little suprised, but smiled warmly at Terra and laid her head down. Terra vocalized sweetly, and smiled as Crystal laid her head in her lap. She pet her head and smiled as Dyani quickly fell asleep.
Terra stroked her own stomach and smiled softly, she and Ratcliffe would have a child. She stroked Crystal's head as she pondered as to what her child would be, and what they would be like.
She thought, she would like to give him a boy. She smiled softly, a boy with his black hair. She blinked hearing a sound outside. She looked up and blinked as Dyani's husband Kuruk walked in.
Kuruk looked at the bed, then at Terra. He did a double take and saw his wife asleep on Terra's bed. He looked at Terra and then inclined his head in thanks. Terra smiled sweetly at him. Kuruk cleared his throat and moved over to his wife.
He smiled down at her and grabbed a blanket from a pile beside the bed. He spread it out over Dyani and spoke sweetly in her ear, before kissing her cheek and walking out of the house. Terra smiled sweetly, Kuruk cared about Dyani very much.
Terra yawned and laid down on the floor, Crystal curling around her. Terra giggled and kept her hand on Crystal's neck as they fell asleep.
Ratcliffe rose from the bed the next morning and stretched. He looked over at Terra's side of the bed and saw his furry children lounging there. He smirked softly and rose from the bed. He dressed and sighed inwardly as he felt a sadness take him over.
This was unlike anything he'd felt before. He walked out of the tent and headed towards the beach to do what he had been doing recently. Making sure her body wasn't on the shore, or by the spring.
He looked around the beach and sighed, whether it was relief or not he couldn't tell. No bodies here, he thought. He turned left and started walking towards the spring. He looked around, no bodies here. He lowered his head and then turned and walked back towards the Fort.
Ratcliffe walked back into the fort and furrowed his brows seeing John Smith sneaking out of the Fort again. Perhaps he was going to search for Terra. Ratcliffe sighed, it was a lost cause. He knew it. He sighed once more, but... if she were gone... he would know it. He would feel it in his heart.
Ratcliffe shook his head, he sounded like some emotional woman. He groaned, but... his whole reason for being was gone. Without Terra beside him, he felt lost and alone. He could only imagine this was how she felt, when he'd been so cruel to her.
He walked back into his tent and saw Percy, Ginger, and Voleur sitting up on the bed watching him. He smirked and said, "I hope you three slept well." They all smiled at him. He rolled his eyes, "father has lots of work to get done today, go play." The three looked at each other, but obeyed and jumped off of the bed leaving the tent. He sat down at his desk and sighed. He prayed this was just some horrible nightmare, and he would wake up with Terra beside him soon.
Dyani awoke hearing sounds. She blinked and looked around the unfamiliar tent. She sighed in relief then as remembered about Terra. She blinked and looked around, where was Terra? She rose from the bed and looked at the floor. Kohana and Nagamao were still sleeping, but Terra and Crystal were gone.
Dyani walked out and looked around. She frowned and began walking around the village. She whistled, hoping it would summon Crystal to her, but no such luck. Where on earth had Terra and the wolf gone?
"Dyani," called a voice behind her.
"Kuruk!" she yelped, shocked at his voice. She turned and gasped seeing her husband's massive chest before her. She turned bright red and looked up at her husband's face. He smiled down at her, "how are you feeling? Is the baby troubling you at all?" he asked rubbing his hand on her stomach.
Dyani shook her head, "no, the baby isn't troubling me." He frowned, "what's wrong? You look distressed."
"Terra is gone, she wasn't in the tent and I can't find her."
"She's wandering around the village," he said tilting his head, "Crystal is keeping a close eye on her. She was out walking around when I awoke this morning. She's kept to herself." Dyani sighed in relief and said, "thank you, I should go join her," she moved to walk past him.
"I went to check on you last night, and you were asleep," he said softly. She blinked and turned to look at him. "You were asleep in her bed. I placed a blanket over you and let you sleep. I hope you don't sleep in her tent tonight," he said, "I like having you in bed with me," he smirked placing her hand on his chest. She tried to pull away from him, but he placed his arm around her back, pressing her against him.
She turned pink and lowered her head, "Kuruk... I-"
"I'm not going to hurt you," he said, "why are you so frightened of me?" She sighed and looked up at him. He smiled down at her and stroked her cheek with the back of his hand, "your woman is down by the river. I think she was watching the fishermen."
Dyani nodded and turned, quickly walking off. She sighed and bit her lip. She couldn't explain why he terrified her, but he did. Perhaps it was resentment, not fear. Maybe it was both.
She sighed and made her way down the river. Her father had died when she was young, and her mother had raised her all on her own. She had gotten so used to seeing a woman do everything, that she had forgotten that a woman was truly supposed to be dependent on a man.
Their marriage was arranged, and they immediately wed. Her husband had done what all husbands did, and laid with her on their wedding night. She'd felt a sense of violation, as he didn't even try to get to know her before he decided to create a life with her.
She sighed and made her way down the river. Her father had died when she was young, and her mother had raised her all on her own. She had gotten so used to seeing a woman do everything, that she had forgotten that a woman was truly supposed to be dependent on a man.
Their marriage was arranged, and they immediately wed. Her husband had done what all husbands did, and laid with her on their wedding night. She'd felt a sense of violation, as he didn't even try to get to know her before he decided to create a life with her.
She approached the river and sighed in relief seeing Terra. Terra turned and smiled at her, "good morning," she said in her tongue. Dyani sighed having no idea what she said.
Terra frowned then thought. She smiled then and waved her hand. Dyani's brows raised, then she smiled and waved back, "wingapo." Terra did it again, "wingapo." Dyani smiled and nodded to her.
Dyani looked up as a fisherman spoke to her. "She's been watching us for some time," one said.
"She's a very quick learner," said another, "she's caught as many fish as we have." Dyani blinked, then looked at Terra and smiled sweetly. Terra waded in the river, her skirts being heavy. Dyani furrowed her brows and looked over at a fisherman.
"I think we should get her a more suitable frock to wear, her's is weighing her down." A man turned and said, "I'll see if my wife has anything that might fit her." Dyani smiled happily, "thank you very much." He nodded back.
Terra turned and smiled as Crystal barked. Crystal turned her head hearing laughter and saw children playing. She dashed over to them to play. Terra smiled and giggled hardily.
Dyani raised a brow, but smiled, "Terra," she said, that being the only native tongue she spoke. Terra turned to look at her, and blinked. Dyani beckoned her, "Terra." Terra stopped fishing and followed Dyani, back towards the village.
Dyani lead Terra back towards her tent. Kohana and Nagamao had brought breakfast while they were out. Dyani whistled for Crystal who came running for her breakfast.
Nagamao looked at Terra and said, "I heard you were quite popular with the fisherman, this morning." Terra shrugged, "it looked like fun." Nagamao smiled and said, "we need to get you new clothes, your baby will grow soon and those won't fit you anymore." Terra blinked, then let a hand rest on her stomach. Nagamao was right.
"Could you teach me?" Terra asked. Nagamao blinked, "teach you?"
"Yes, to speak your language," she said, "I felt so silly with them talking to me, but me unable to understand them." Nagamao looked at Kohana and Dyani. She spoke in their common tongue and the women smiled and nodded.
"We will be happy to teach you," said Nagamao. Terra smiled. The rest of the day was filled with Terra being taught the Native Language.
Dyani rose when it became dark outside and walked towards her own tent. She silently walked in.
"There you are," said the male voice of her husband. She yelped in shock. Kuruk chuckled, "you are too easy to startle." She glared at him. He rose from their bed and said, "how are you feeling? You stayed with the woman quite some time today."
"We were teaching her how to speak," she replied. He stood before her and said, "how did her lessons go?"
"She learns quite fast," said Dyani, "I was surprised." Kuruk placed his hands on her shoulders, "are you tired?" She looked up at him and swallowed. He frowned, "you just look tired, Dyani."
Dyani nodded, "yes, I'm tired." Kuruk kissed her head, "prepare yourself for bed, I'll give you the privacy you seek." He walked out of the tent. Dyani looked down and sighed. She undressed herself and groaned as her feet ached. She laid down on their bed, "Kuruk," she said softly.
Kuruk walked in and walked over towards the bed. He sat down on his side and picked up the blanket. He looked under it, and she turned pink. "What are you doing?" she asked. She gasped as he took one of her feet in his hands and began to rub it, trying to soothe the ache from them.
Kuruk smiled at her, "your feet ache you, I can tell. Let me soothe them," he said. She was too stunned to speak, so she nodded wordlessly, with her mouth open in a wide 'o'.
Kuruk massaged her feet for a long time. He gently set her feet down on the bed and said, "is there anything else you would like for me to rub?" She turned pink and shook her head vigorously. He chuckled and kissed her thigh, before undressing and laying beside her.
He stroked her belly and said, "what do you think our child will be?" She tilted her head, she hadn't really thought about it.
"I'm not sure," she said, "I'll be happy as long as it's healthy." He nodded, "I think I would like a little girl." Dyani blinked then looked at him, "why a girl?" He smiled, "I like being depended on. Feeling like I'm needed. If we have a daughter, she'll depend on me too."
Dyani smiled softly and said, "have you thought of a name?" He turned pink and looked down, "well... a few... but none have sounded right." She giggled and smiled at him. Kuruk laid on his side and looked at her, "you're so beautiful." She blushed and said, "you're my husband, you're supposed to think that."
"I've thought it for a long time," he said, "before we married." She looked at him, a stunned look on her face. "I used to watch you, when I was in the village. You were always smiling, and always helping others. You enjoyed being with the children." She looked down.
Kuruk smiled. Dyani looked up at him and leaned up. He blinked as she brushed her lips over his cheek. She'd never done it before. He tilted his head. She smiled sweetly and he raised a brow.
She bit her lip and went to speak then closed her mouth. "What?" he asked softly, "what do you want?" She swallowed and looked around. She sat up. He sat up beside her, "Dyani, what's the matter?" She whined and looked away from him. Kuruk furrowed his brows, then gasped when she turned towards him, and pushed him onto his back. He looked up at her, as she went to mount him. "No no," he said, "don't hurt yourself." She frowned and said, "I thought..." she looked down.
Kuruk raised a brow and said, "is this what you wanted?" She nodded. He chuckled, "alright, alright. Slow, nice and slow. You're very pregnant, I don't want to hurt you." She smiled looking at him from beneath her lashes and he helped her on top of him.
She looked around. He chuckled, and ran his hands along her sides. She shivered and looked down at him. He sat up, and pulled her chest close to his. He rearranged the pillows behind him, and leaned his back against them, so he could sit up.
She felt something poke her and she gasped. Kuruk chuckled, "you've played with him before, don't be scared." Her mouth immediately went dry, and she felt her stomach form into a knot.
"Gently," he said softly, "slowly." She furrowed her brows. He took her sides into his hands and pulled her onto him, "like that, yes." She moved and he moaned. She smiled at him and blushed as he stroked her cheek, "slow."
He moaned and ran his hands down her back. She moaned and began moving quicker. "No no," he said, "slowly. Trust me," he said huskily into her ear. He began to pick her up, and pushed her back down onto him.
She felt her body turn into gooseflesh and she whimpered, shaking. He kissed her neck, "Dyani," he moaned into her ear, his hot breath whispering sinfully against her neck. She moaned nodding vigorously. He chuckled, which only made her shiver more. Dyani looked at his face, her eyes falling to his lips. She licked her dry ones, and then moved slightly, capturing his mouth in her own.
Nagamao walked into her family's home and yawned. "There you are," said a voice behind her. She gasped and turned. Her father Helushka stood before her. He frowned, "I didn't mean to scare you, Nagamao." She sighed in relief and said, "it's okay, father."
"You aren't staying with the woman tonight?"
"Crystal is staying with her tonight," said Nagamao, "I missed home." Helushka smirked down at his child, "well, it's very late. Let's go to bed." Nagamao nodded rubbing at her eye sleepily.
Kohana sighed as she walked into her home. "So you've returned," said a serious voice behind her.
"I'm not in the mood for your... moodiness," she huffed, "I'm very tired." He chuckled. "Go to bed brother, at least in sleep you can't brood." She froze and turned to look at her brother Koucom, "well actually... you probably do." He chuckled again, "goodnight Kohana."
She mumbled and collapsed onto her bed. She was asleep in seconds, so exhausted she didn't even dream.
Terra did not sleep well that night. She missed her husband, and while Crystal was nice, warm company, she was not Ratcliffe. Terra sighed and looked up at the roof of the Indian Home that was now hers. She missed him, more than anything. She missed Ginger, and Voleur, and Adonis. She even missed the pompous pup.
Terra wondered what he was doing right now. If he was frantically searching for her, or if he thought the worst and was trying to drown his sorrows. At least there were no other women at Camp. At least him sleeping around wasn't something she had to worry about.
Ratcliffe laid in his bed, sighing as he found sleep impossible. He just wanted to hold her again, at least get some word that she was still alive. He wanted her here, in his bed. He replayed the last few months in his head and sighed how had he let get so far.
He should have loved her, and protected her. Not shunned her and chased her away. He wondered if she were alive, and what she was doing. Was she thinking about him? If she was dead was she watching over him from heaven?
Ratcliffe sighed and rose from bed. He walked out of the tent, and down towards the beach. He looked up at the night sky and sighed, it never should have gotten to this. She should still be here, in his tent, in his bed.
He lowered his head and felt tears sting his eyes. He'd been crying all the time when he was alone now. He fell to his knees and let the tears fall. He'd give anything to have her back.
The days went by quickly and Terra learned the language quickly. She was sure she'd been here for close to a month. Dyani's belly was starting to swell more and she was constantly saying how much she wanted her child to come out. She was constantly walking around the village under her husband's watchful eye.
Today she and Terra were walking around the Village together. Dyani groaned, "come out, baby please." Terra smirked and said, "it'll be soon won't it?" Dyani nodded and sighed in relief, "I can't wait." Terra giggled.
"Dyani," her husband's voice called behind her. She groaned and turned, "I'm fine Kuruk!" He chuckled "stay in the village." She blushed when he smiled at her. She nodded, and took Terra's hand walking off.
"He cares about you," she said. Dyani turned bright red and said, "I know." Terra chuckled, "why are you blushing? It's sweet." Dyani looked at her, a stunned look on her face. Terra smiled, "you care for him too, don't you?"
Dyani turned pink and looked away. Since her night of... exploration they made love just about every night. Dyani was starting to care for her husband. They spoke a lot more, and he spent a lot of time around her. They'd gotten to know each other. It was nice. She'd started to really like him.
"Your husband cares for you too doesn't he?" asked Dyani. Terra blinked and shrugged, "sometimes. He's a very old-fashioned man, who believes that he can't show his feelings in public. Sometimes he acts like I'm his everything, and other times he acts like I'm nothing."
Dyani frowned, "you don't speak about him much, why? Do you not care for him?"
"I love my husband," she said, "I think it helps me forget the pain I feel from not being with him."
"The Chief still hasn't decided when you can go home," said Dyani sighing.
"I think I'll be lucky to ever get back to my husband." Dyani sighed once more and said, "I think the Chief is waiting until your more pregnant and your husband is less likely to retaliate against us as he'll be too concerned about your pregnant state."
Terra sighed, "I keep trying to tell him, if my husband were to retaliate he would have done it by now." Dyani shrugged, "the Chief makes the laws, not I." Terra sighed and said, "sometimes I wonder if I'll be stuck here. I'm sure my husband thinks I'm dead by now."
"Why would we hurt you?" asked Dyani, "you're far too sweet." Terra giggled and smiled at Dyani. "And there's hardly any meat on you," she teased, "you wouldn't even be half a meal for Crystal." Terra rolled her eyes. Dyani giggled, smiling warmly at her.
Ratcliffe stood before his map stand. He raised a brow when he heard shouts outside. "Someone get the Governor!" He groaned and rolled his eyes. He heard the flap of his tent open, "Governor!" cried the voice of Thomas.
"If it doesn't have to do with finding my wife, I don't want to hear it," Ratcliffe said not turning from his work.
"Sir I think you should see this," said Thomas softly. Ratcliffe growled and turned scowling, he then froze as Ben and Lon walked in. They threw a terrified woman before his feet.
Ratcliffe's brows rose high on his head. The woman looked up at him and he swallowed, she was a native. He looked at the men and said, "I would have hoped the woman you threw before me would have been my wife. Who is this?"
"She won't speak to us," said Ben, "but she did say one thing, to us before we brought her here." Ratcliffe raised a brow and looked down at the woman, "yes?"
"Go on," said Ben nudging her hard with his foot. Ratcliffe frowned as the woman cowered. He wiped a hand over his face, he was becoming too sentimental. He froze hearing the woman whisper something. He furrowed his brows, "what? What did you say?"
"Terra," the woman said louder, "Terra," she said even louder. He froze as he felt like he had been punched hard in the stomach. He looked down at the woman and said, "is she alive?"
The woman nodded, "alive." Ratcliffe exhaled in relief and looked at the men, "get out!" The three dashed out. "Wiggins!" he shouted. Wiggins dashed in, then froze seeing the woman at his master's feet.
"Clean her up," he said, "feed her, find her something to wear. Do not let her leave the tent, and do not let any of the other men inside." Wiggins nodded slowly.
"Your name Miss?" asked Wiggins softly kneeling before her.
"Kohana," she whispered.
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A/N: Well how's that for irony? ;p