Chapter 5:

The new dawn of the new day awakened Pocahontas from her slumber. As she
walked out in the rising sun, she breathed in the soft breeze that swirled
around her. She felt the season of Spring begin to change into a soon to
come Summer. She lifted her head as she made her way down towards the
river to bathe.
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Even before Pocahontas had risen, Thomas had been awake, pacing in his tiny
room at the JamesTown fort. A tear stained letter lay in his hand, and he
was debating to ither give it to Pocahontas, or go to her village and
saddly give her the news. He didn't want to see her reaction, didn't want
to see the poor woman crumble before his eyes, he didn't want to know he
had shattered the new peace that she had begun to find. Unfortunately for
him, he knew he had to do just that. He tore the letter, throwing the
scattered pieces into the fire and slowly began making his way towards
Pocahontas's village.
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"Ahhh, Pocahontas," Powhatan said, as he sat next to his daughter in her
hut, "how are you this morning?"
"I'm fine father, and you?"
"I am well," Powhatan replied, "he has asked me if he can call on you
tonight."
Pocahontas sighed, "I thought he would, Nakoma and I had talked about him
and I yesterday."
"Yes, well..." Powhatan started but stopped when a warrior came running up
to the two of them.
"Chief Powhatan, there is a white man that has come to speak with
Pocahontas, should we let him come into the village?"
"Who is he?"
"I do not know," the young man retorted.
"Don't worry father, it is most likely Thomas, I'll go to him," Pocahontas
explained before dashing out of her hut and to the edge of her village
where she saw five of her father's men surrounding the redhead. After
speaking to them for a moment, Pocahontas approached Thomas.
"Come, we can talk by the river," Pocahontas invited him to follow her.
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After making themselves reasonable comfortable by the bank of the river,
Thomas broke the silance first, "how are you?"
"I'm fine Thomas, and you?"
"Well I," Thomas began, "I have some news Pocahontas, about John."
One look in Thomas's direction told her that it wasn't good;
"What is it?"
She managed to inquire, her words choked
"Pocahontas, John is," Thomas took a deep breath before continuing, "John's
dead."
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It took a moment for the news to sink in, but Pocahontas did not feel sad,
she didn't feel angry, she felt...nothing. A slow numness began to cover
her heart and soul, like a heavy thick snow covers the ground in winter.
All she could say was, "oh."
"I'm so sorry Pocahontas," Thomas said, as he tried to hold back tears,
"John was a good man, he didn't deserve to die like that. He loved you so
much, I could see it in his eyes; he would have done anything for you. He
would have married you, you two would've had children, grown old
together...."
Thomas stopped and glanced at the native woman beside him, and his heart
sank, her eyes were dead. Her face held a blank expression, her eyes held
no feeling, her lips moved but no words fell from them. He gazed upon her,
her tearless face, her hair that blew carelessly in the soft wind.
"Pocahontas?"
Thomas questioned softly.
No answer
"Pocahontas?"
Thomas tried again, still no reply;
"Pocahontas?"
He tried for a third time, lightly touching her shoulder in which she
jerked away from his touch and scrambled to her feet. Thomas stood as she
gentley swayed than flung herself to the ground, suddenly screaming and
sobbing.
"Nooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!! Not John, please noooooooo!!!!!!!"
She yelled as sobs shook her now fradual frame, "Thomas, you do not speak
the truth; I do not believe it!! I can not believe this!!!!"
Her fist pounded the earth as a river of tears streeked her face. She wept
and yelled his name, begging for it to be a horible dream or even a joke.
A horible hokes of some sort.
But, it was not, and she knew it. After a few minutes, she tried to stand
but failed. Her tears of love, loss, and regret soaked Thomas's shirt as
he gentley picked her up and carried her back to the village.
*~*~*~*~*End of Chapter 5*~*~*
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