Ok here is the official chapter one of my story. No reviews but I kinda wasn't expecting any. Jenna better review because if I'm writing this whole thing for her and she doesn't even read it… ooooo watch out. Anyways I wrote ½ of this when I was at work and half asleep and the other half of this chapter after shopping and was won out so if it's a little… weird that's why. Anyways enjoy.
"…"-Speaking
'…'-thinking
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Disclaimer: *shuffles through papers* old pictures, last year's report card, declaration of independence… hmmm so *that's* where that paycheck went. But nope defiantly no paper saying I own Earth's Children. Damn gotta add that to the list now maybe if I keep searching I can find the flying monkeys…
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Ayla sat cleaning the yellow haired man's wound. The other man's words had confused her. She had no idea what he had said or what a "Jetamio" was. She assumed it was a name, possibly the other man's. A moan snapped her out of her thoughts. She crawled over to the dark haired man. He was awake.
"Water," he croaked out. Ayla looked at him in confusion. "You don't understand a word I'm saying do you?" He made a drinking motion with his good arm. "Wat-er." Ayla's eyes lit up in comprehension. She got a cup of water and brought it over to him.
"Oo-rr" She tried to pronounce the word.
"Wat-er," the man said again.
"Ooa-derr."
"Much better!" His smile lit up his face. Ayla smiled at her accomplishment. Then she pointed to herself.
"Ayla."
"Ayy-la." She nodded then pointed to him.
"Thonolan."
"On-lan." He shook his head and encouraged her to try again.
"Tho-no-lan."
"Don-no-laan." He smiled. It was close enough. Ayla pointed to the yellow haired man. Thonolan's eyes widened at the sight if his brother.
"Jondalar," he whispered.
"Duh-da." Thonolan took a deep breath and repeated his brother's name.
"Jon-dal-ar."
"Don-da-lah." Thonolan nodded. Close enough. If it bothered Jondalar so much he could correct her when he woke up. If he woke up. Thonolan put the thought out of his head. He had already lost Jetamio he wasn't going to loose his brother too.
Then the realization hit him. If he was so upset now and Jondalar was only hurt, imagine how his brother must have felt when he ran after a lioness. How could he have been so inconsiderate? Jondalar loved him along with many in the Zeladonii and Shamudoi. How could he have been so reckless with his life?
The loss of Jetamio was great on his shoulders. He loved her and grieved for her but if he knew anything it was that Jetamio didn't like death. He had met her when she was caring for him. She had given him a second chance to live and here he was throwing it away.
He looked at the woman now bent over his brother. She really was a very beautiful and obviously a very skilled healer. He smiled as his thoughts drifted back to when he first saw Jetamio, not unlike how he met Ayla. What a curious coincidence.
Ayla came back and checked on his bandages. She applied more poultice to it. When she was finished, Thonolan pointed to Jondalar.
"Jondalar, will he be ok?" Ayla recognized the name of the other man he pointed to but didn't know what he asked. Fortunately she also recognized the concern knitted in his brow. She assumed he was asking about his companion but she didn't know how to answer him. Finally, not knowing what else to do she wavered her thumb between up and down and then tentatively went to up. Thonolan nodded. She wasn't sure. The thumbs up told him she thought he would pull through but it wasn't guaranteed. A lot could go wrong.
And it was all his fault. What was he thinking going after a lioness? He should've known Jondalar would come with him. He put both of their lives at risk and now Jondalar might die because of his own stupidity. Great, just great.
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Hmm kinda short but I'm having some writer's block lately. Sucky. Anyways enjoy the albeit somewhat short chapter.
As Always my E-mail is Natalia173@yahoo.com