The frog like man pulled Spring from the water and onto the shore, her
head was bleeding and she was cut up a little on her arms and legs. He
rubbed his forehead, she had hit him good with that stone and it took him a
second longer to save her from the water. He shook his head and patted the
girl's cheek to wake her up.
Spring opened her eyes and wanted to scream again but instead coughed up water.
"Who are you?" Spring managed after a coughing for a long time.
"My name? Oh yes, it's Dev." Spring stared at him hard. What was he? She made sure to keep her mouth closed as she thought so that she wouldn't speak aloud. "And your name would be?"
Spring thought of a smart mouthed comeback that she would normally give Daisy, but realized that this man... or whatever he was, had saved her life.
"Spring." She said in short. She stood on shaky and scratched up legs. Dev offered a webbed hand to help her stand but she declined. She looked up at his face and saw his eyes. She regretted looking at him at first, then regretted being so rude. He looked hurt and sad and... Something else. Something that seemed familiar to her but she didn't quite understand.
Dev turned to walk away, this girl apparently wanted nothing to do with him.
"Wait." Spring cursed herself in her mind. "I'm sorry. Thank you. I should have been more polite, you just startled me you see and thank you for saving me, I owe you and my name is Spring, I know I didn't quite say that so politely a moment ago. I guess I owe you then don't I?"
Something in Dev's odd eyes showed a light but soon it faded away. "You don't owe me anything." He said and started to walk away again.
Spring's guilt rose in her horribly quickly, she hated guilt, and she really didn't want to be mean to him.
"Where do you live?" She asked looking around the forest and then moaning in distaste.
"What?"
"I'm lost." she said with a slight stamp of her bare foot. She looked up river and realized she knew how to get back, but it was getting dark fast, and she was scared.
"I can walk you to... well to the outer parts of the forest." Said Dev, not knowing quite where the girl lived. Spring nodded and smiled sweetly.
"Thank you, I would really like that. So where are you from?" She stopped her questioning there, trying her best not to talk much like she was always downed for doing.
Dev began to walk her home, he told her of a small pond that rested in the very heart of the forest, he had wondered off looking to explore. His home sounded very beautiful, Spring thought to herself. The castle was extraordinarily beautiful yes, but she didn't want to tell him about it, she didn't like it. She instead told him of her life in the small cottage with flowers and ivy and a lot of good times.
Spring watched Dev's odd face as he spoke, he started to seem less scary and more sweet, she even began to like him a little. Guilt for the way she treated him earlier made her feel bad again and she apologized again. Soon they made it back to where Spring's little adventure started.
"I know where I am now," she said looking at the familiar surroundings of her everyday hiding-spot. "I come here nearly everyday, so I am pretty certain I can make it back home from here -"
Spring kept rambling about walking home and coming back to this spot tomorrow and the day after and so on. Dev smiled and shook his head, she talked too much, but it was nice compared to the nothings he heard in the Forest.
Spring turned to say good bye to Dev but turned to find he was already gone. She frowned at not having the chance to tell him goodbye, she really felt like a bad person... she gritted her teeth at the thought, perhaps even like Daisy.
Spring opened her eyes and wanted to scream again but instead coughed up water.
"Who are you?" Spring managed after a coughing for a long time.
"My name? Oh yes, it's Dev." Spring stared at him hard. What was he? She made sure to keep her mouth closed as she thought so that she wouldn't speak aloud. "And your name would be?"
Spring thought of a smart mouthed comeback that she would normally give Daisy, but realized that this man... or whatever he was, had saved her life.
"Spring." She said in short. She stood on shaky and scratched up legs. Dev offered a webbed hand to help her stand but she declined. She looked up at his face and saw his eyes. She regretted looking at him at first, then regretted being so rude. He looked hurt and sad and... Something else. Something that seemed familiar to her but she didn't quite understand.
Dev turned to walk away, this girl apparently wanted nothing to do with him.
"Wait." Spring cursed herself in her mind. "I'm sorry. Thank you. I should have been more polite, you just startled me you see and thank you for saving me, I owe you and my name is Spring, I know I didn't quite say that so politely a moment ago. I guess I owe you then don't I?"
Something in Dev's odd eyes showed a light but soon it faded away. "You don't owe me anything." He said and started to walk away again.
Spring's guilt rose in her horribly quickly, she hated guilt, and she really didn't want to be mean to him.
"Where do you live?" She asked looking around the forest and then moaning in distaste.
"What?"
"I'm lost." she said with a slight stamp of her bare foot. She looked up river and realized she knew how to get back, but it was getting dark fast, and she was scared.
"I can walk you to... well to the outer parts of the forest." Said Dev, not knowing quite where the girl lived. Spring nodded and smiled sweetly.
"Thank you, I would really like that. So where are you from?" She stopped her questioning there, trying her best not to talk much like she was always downed for doing.
Dev began to walk her home, he told her of a small pond that rested in the very heart of the forest, he had wondered off looking to explore. His home sounded very beautiful, Spring thought to herself. The castle was extraordinarily beautiful yes, but she didn't want to tell him about it, she didn't like it. She instead told him of her life in the small cottage with flowers and ivy and a lot of good times.
Spring watched Dev's odd face as he spoke, he started to seem less scary and more sweet, she even began to like him a little. Guilt for the way she treated him earlier made her feel bad again and she apologized again. Soon they made it back to where Spring's little adventure started.
"I know where I am now," she said looking at the familiar surroundings of her everyday hiding-spot. "I come here nearly everyday, so I am pretty certain I can make it back home from here -"
Spring kept rambling about walking home and coming back to this spot tomorrow and the day after and so on. Dev smiled and shook his head, she talked too much, but it was nice compared to the nothings he heard in the Forest.
Spring turned to say good bye to Dev but turned to find he was already gone. She frowned at not having the chance to tell him goodbye, she really felt like a bad person... she gritted her teeth at the thought, perhaps even like Daisy.