Chapter 12: Hidden forestry
"I made the woman mad...." Ivan thought to himself.
He tried speaking to her again, "Please forgive my obnoxious immature behavior."
"Talking like Kraden won't help." She sneered and wandered off into the forest.
" Hey don't leave me!" He shouted to her, " I swear not to be mean to you again! Please....."
"You said that last time," she stopped, " why can't I just leave you here for the monsters, maybe then
You'll feel my emotions."
"Don't do this to me," He mumbled. " Just don't go..."
She studied him for a moment. She could tell he meant because the way he looked at her. Those eyes,
revealing full emotion and expressions. She closed her eyes to think about it.
" Don't let it happen again." Sheba warned him.
" It won't I promise." Ivan said calmly. He could hear footsteps coming closer. He turned his head
back, noticing his other friends had found the firewood.
" Hey you guys are back!" Sheba took some of the firewood off of Picard, who was carrying most of it.
" I'll go ahead and find some rocks." Sheba put the firewood down. She looked around for scattered
rocks, big enough to keep the flames from spreading. There was a lot. Many of them hidden partly in the
ground and in the grass. One by one she picked them up until she could bear no more. She released
them, making the rocks fall.
" There." Sheba set them up. She placed some sticks into the ring of rocks and lit them with a
lightning bolt. The flames exploded a little, but remained under control. Sheba heard some rustling in
some nearby bushes. She suddenly got up and took her rod with her. Jan didn't noticed. She was too busy
relaxing near the fire with her eyes shut. Picard blinked and watched her. He said nothing. Ivan was
watching too, only to bother her.
" It's only so..."
"Quiet!" She told Ivan through mind read. She got in closer by the bush. She raised her rod and sent a
loud crushing noise. Jan looked up, moving her eyes quickly in every direction.
"Flogging....." Picard said under his breath.
"Hey.....Picard help me drag this thing over here!" Sheba heaved, trying to drag her prize. Being the
strongest out of the three, he went over and helped her drag it near the fire.
" food....I forgot about that!" Jan sweatdropped.
"Nice kill you got there!" " Tell me when dinner will be done." Ivan said knowing he didn't have to
do anything because of his injury. Her prize wasn't all that big. The animal was only a good sized deer.
Deer were rare to be seen in the day because of the monsters that took over the forest. Picard took out
a small knife, used for rope cutting in his old days as a captain. He sliced the belly of the deer,
making Sheba gag. He was used to doing this to fish so he wasn't sickened out at all. He got the meat
prepared and the excess parts thrown out. He threw them far so the monsters could eat them.
"Good you're done, now it's my turn to cook!" Sheba began to cook the meat over the fire. Picard
cleaned his knife with a rag and shined back into perfection. Fifteen minutes slowly passed. The meat was just about finished. As Sheba announced that dinner was ready, she handed some meat to Ivan.
" Hey Ivan dinners done." She woke him up. The scent of food made Ivan go after it, devouring every
piece like everyone else did.
" You're cooking makes even the monsters gag." Ivan commented.
" What did you say you li.." Sheba grabbed his shirt collar.
" I'm just kidding!" Ivan chuckled, " you can't even take a joke!" Sheba let out a growl.
" They don't usually..argue like this." Picard observed, " Two years before they acted like totally
different..."
"Heh, they like each other," Jan ate like an animal, tearing off the meat with her teeth. " No doubt
about that."
" True." Picard yawned.
Jan was the first to finish. The meat's juices got all over on her hands so she licked them clean. She
seemed to be the only one not eating like a human. She then curled up in a corner to sleep.
" It lights out for me." Picard found a place to sleep. " That leaves you two."
Ivan was making mumbling noises again. Sheba got very annoyed when he did that. She knew he was doing
it on purpose.
" Stop it!" Sheba whined in a low tone." You're going to attract a monster!" Then she heard a loud
screech, more like a screech between harpy and a gryphon.
"You see!" Sheba whispered. The noise startled it and sent up a cold chill to her skin and spine.
" It's only a large owl."
She began to hear other noises. Small ones and loud ones. She hoped it wasn't anything that resembled
an insect. She hated them, especially the big ones like spiders. She finally got used to the sounds.
She went to go check on Ivan. He was already fast asleep.
" You're get what you deserve Ivan...just wait until tomorrow morning and see." She said evilly in her mind.
"I made the woman mad...." Ivan thought to himself.
He tried speaking to her again, "Please forgive my obnoxious immature behavior."
"Talking like Kraden won't help." She sneered and wandered off into the forest.
" Hey don't leave me!" He shouted to her, " I swear not to be mean to you again! Please....."
"You said that last time," she stopped, " why can't I just leave you here for the monsters, maybe then
You'll feel my emotions."
"Don't do this to me," He mumbled. " Just don't go..."
She studied him for a moment. She could tell he meant because the way he looked at her. Those eyes,
revealing full emotion and expressions. She closed her eyes to think about it.
" Don't let it happen again." Sheba warned him.
" It won't I promise." Ivan said calmly. He could hear footsteps coming closer. He turned his head
back, noticing his other friends had found the firewood.
" Hey you guys are back!" Sheba took some of the firewood off of Picard, who was carrying most of it.
" I'll go ahead and find some rocks." Sheba put the firewood down. She looked around for scattered
rocks, big enough to keep the flames from spreading. There was a lot. Many of them hidden partly in the
ground and in the grass. One by one she picked them up until she could bear no more. She released
them, making the rocks fall.
" There." Sheba set them up. She placed some sticks into the ring of rocks and lit them with a
lightning bolt. The flames exploded a little, but remained under control. Sheba heard some rustling in
some nearby bushes. She suddenly got up and took her rod with her. Jan didn't noticed. She was too busy
relaxing near the fire with her eyes shut. Picard blinked and watched her. He said nothing. Ivan was
watching too, only to bother her.
" It's only so..."
"Quiet!" She told Ivan through mind read. She got in closer by the bush. She raised her rod and sent a
loud crushing noise. Jan looked up, moving her eyes quickly in every direction.
"Flogging....." Picard said under his breath.
"Hey.....Picard help me drag this thing over here!" Sheba heaved, trying to drag her prize. Being the
strongest out of the three, he went over and helped her drag it near the fire.
" food....I forgot about that!" Jan sweatdropped.
"Nice kill you got there!" " Tell me when dinner will be done." Ivan said knowing he didn't have to
do anything because of his injury. Her prize wasn't all that big. The animal was only a good sized deer.
Deer were rare to be seen in the day because of the monsters that took over the forest. Picard took out
a small knife, used for rope cutting in his old days as a captain. He sliced the belly of the deer,
making Sheba gag. He was used to doing this to fish so he wasn't sickened out at all. He got the meat
prepared and the excess parts thrown out. He threw them far so the monsters could eat them.
"Good you're done, now it's my turn to cook!" Sheba began to cook the meat over the fire. Picard
cleaned his knife with a rag and shined back into perfection. Fifteen minutes slowly passed. The meat was just about finished. As Sheba announced that dinner was ready, she handed some meat to Ivan.
" Hey Ivan dinners done." She woke him up. The scent of food made Ivan go after it, devouring every
piece like everyone else did.
" You're cooking makes even the monsters gag." Ivan commented.
" What did you say you li.." Sheba grabbed his shirt collar.
" I'm just kidding!" Ivan chuckled, " you can't even take a joke!" Sheba let out a growl.
" They don't usually..argue like this." Picard observed, " Two years before they acted like totally
different..."
"Heh, they like each other," Jan ate like an animal, tearing off the meat with her teeth. " No doubt
about that."
" True." Picard yawned.
Jan was the first to finish. The meat's juices got all over on her hands so she licked them clean. She
seemed to be the only one not eating like a human. She then curled up in a corner to sleep.
" It lights out for me." Picard found a place to sleep. " That leaves you two."
Ivan was making mumbling noises again. Sheba got very annoyed when he did that. She knew he was doing
it on purpose.
" Stop it!" Sheba whined in a low tone." You're going to attract a monster!" Then she heard a loud
screech, more like a screech between harpy and a gryphon.
"You see!" Sheba whispered. The noise startled it and sent up a cold chill to her skin and spine.
" It's only a large owl."
She began to hear other noises. Small ones and loud ones. She hoped it wasn't anything that resembled
an insect. She hated them, especially the big ones like spiders. She finally got used to the sounds.
She went to go check on Ivan. He was already fast asleep.
" You're get what you deserve Ivan...just wait until tomorrow morning and see." She said evilly in her mind.