Adventure of the Planet of the Apes
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A/N: Sorry I haven't updated for a very long time. Wow. I just started back to school, well actually college now. Everyone needs to read Stranger it is a story that I helped to co-author. We have almost finished it and then will be starting on another book after that. Thank you all for your wonderful support.
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Chapter Nine: Of Memories and the Future
Still Flashing Back
All her life she had been told stories of the humans that were wild and lived in the forest, and for some strange reason Ari had always longed to meet one of these creatures even though she was suppose to be their enemy. Now that she was alone without family to protect her Ari was beginning to feel small and helpless, but very determined. With purpose in her stride she set off towards the forest with every intention of not going in very far, but far enough to be able to see if the rumors about wild humans were true. As she flitted in and out of the trees she lost all track of time and was soon quiet a ways into the forest, then all of the sudden a giant tree loomed in front of her.
It was the strangest tree she had ever seen. At the base, only a few feet from the ground, the limbs started to branch out making it easier to climb, but that was no problem for Ari. But it was not the tree or the branches that held Ari's rapt attention, but the fact that a small part of the base of the tree had been cut away and now the dirt was falling down. Without thinking she was down on her knees in the dirt trying to find out what was under the tree that was so important that it had to be hidden. After a few minutes of rapid digging her arms began to tire and she sat down at the base of the tree. Ari soon realized that it would be pointless to try to dig all the way to the bottom without a shovel or help from someone so that moment she vowed that before her life was over that she would find whatever secrets were buried beneath that tree. Suddenly she heard a sound behind her.
Ari whirled around to face the sound. A wild human stood before her, clad only in torn rags with a stick held in one hand, ready to strike. Fear paralyzed the young ape. Now she knew why she had been warned against coming into the forest alone. As Ari looked for some means of escape she realized that she was lost.
The human man had relaxed his grip on the stick slightly, upon discovering that it was only an ape child. As Ari was beginning to realize that was lost, a sort of compassion came over the man. Even though she was an ape he could not stand the thought of her being lost. "Lassa," he quietly called, "you can bring the children out. It is only an ape child."
With feigned unintrest Ari watched out of the corner of her eye as a lithe woman came into view. She was supporting an infant to her breast and holding the hand of a little girl who was probably five or six. "Karubi, are you sure it is safe? What if someone comes looking for it?"
"Its lost. No one would come this deep into the forest this late in the day."
"No responsible parent would allow their child to wonder alone, either."
It amazed Ari to hear humans speak so freely. "I'm not lost." Never show fear. That is what Nat had told her to do if she ever came across a wild human.
"Then which way is your home?" The man spoke directly to her.
Ari started to get up, but realized it would be no good. They knew that she didn't know where she was, so now she was at their mercy. Why did she feel she had just been rebuked by an adult of all apes were suppose to be better and smarter than human?
End Flashback
Taylor rolled over in her sleep and mumbled unintelligently, it broke through my thought process. "All apes are better and smarter than humans." I mulled the phrase over in my mind. It was a basic rule that I had been taught in school. Then why, if I am smarter than Taylor, does she know so much more? This was a new and confusing idea for me.
I pushed aside and got ready for sleeping. My emotions were going crazy. Now that I was engaged- engaged- my heart leapt to my throat. I was engaged to my best friend. I was going to marry Thade and have his children. Children?! I was still only sixteen, how could I be married and raise children? Calm down. Taking a deep breath I blew out the candle I had been using for light as I wrote in my journal. I looked out my window, through my balcony at the dark sky, the stars were shining brightly. Finally I picked up my journal and stuffed it under my bed and through the darkness I found my sleeping clothes and climbed into bed. For a long time I laid awake wondering how much my life would change after I married Thade.
A/N: I know, this is a very short chapter, but a longer one is coming very soon. Just wanted to get everyone back in the groove of reading my story again and answer some questions. Thanks to all of you!
