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Chapter 3- Amnesia
Nina slept peacefully, until the sunlight hit her eyes. She closed her eyes tightly for a second then slowly opened them. "Ugh…ow…wha…wh-where am I?" she mumbled.
"Ah good you're awake!" a voice said. She stumbled to her feet "Ugh, huh? Who said that?" Katriuna stood up with a bowl of crushed leaves "Hi, what's your name?"
Nina blinked "Um…ow!"
"Hey easy! Don't think to hard, you might hurt yourself more." She said putting the leaves on her head.
Nina winced "More? Whaddya mean?"
Katriuna sighed "I don't know how, when, or why it happened, but you hit your head on a rock…really hard. But don't worry! My father said I can keep you and I'll take good care of you. Now, lets start small...do you remember your name?"
Nina closed her eyes tightly "Uh…n-no…I…I don't…I don't remember anything! What's going on? Why am I here?" these thoughts beganto scare her and shepanicked, standing up.
When she stood she was just a bit taller then Katriuna who was about 14 give or take. Katriuna forced her to sit "Relax, relax! It's ok! Don't worry…I'm here, my name's Katriuna."
Nina sniffled "I…I DON'T KNOW WHO I AM! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Hey, hey, hey! Settle down! I know, I'll call you…Tamie!" Katriuna said trying to calm her. 'Tamie' swallowed hard "I'm Tamie? Really? Ok…Kat…Kato…K-Katrn…ugh! I can't say your name!"
She smiled "Well, I guess you can call me Kat then."
Tamie smiled as well and wiped her eyes with her trunk"Ok Kat."
"Are you hungry? I picked some berries if you want some!" she said, pulling her basket toward them. They both ate and talked and got to know each other.
'Kat' swallowed her berries "I know how you feel. I don't know how it happened to me,but I was with a wolf family…one day I lost them, I called them, but no one came…then, a woman from this village came. She heard my yells and brought me here. These people looked like me, but they don't treat me like my family…I miss them…they told me it was wrong to be with animals…I'm so different…" she trailed off sadly.
Tamie nodded "Wow…I'm...I'm so sorry…"
Kat looked up but smiled "It's ok, come on, I want you to meet my friends."
They both got up and walked into the village.
Kat, just to be safe, had a rope loosely around Tamie's neck and led her. All the children of the village stared in awe at the mammoth that just entered camp, some even giggled.
Kat led her to4 wolf/dogs (I'm not sure which if you have a suggestion to which they are, tell me!) that were tied up to trees, eating at the moment.
At the sight of Kat they smiled but when they saw Tamie they growled, "Who's she?"
Kat smiled "This is Tamie, no, she's not dinner and no you don't have to kill her. She's my friend and father said I can keep her!" Their expressions softened slightly"Hello Tamie."
She smiled "Hi!"
"I'm Orion, this is Matt, Greg and Takara." The oldest one said.
Tamie smiled "Nice to met you!"
Kat smiled to "See! Now I've got more friends!"
Not to far away...
"She's doin' it again." A boy whispered to the rest. Most of the children secretly followed the mammoth and they watched as Kat talked to the animals and laughed.
A girl tilted her head "What's wrong with her? Why does she make those weird noises?"
"I think she's talking to the animals…" a boy said.
Kat growled lowand then laughed.
"Well…that kinda sounded like the noise the dogs/wolves make…" a girl said.
Katthenmade an almost trumpeting sound then smiled.
"And that sorta sounded like a mammoth…" a boy said. Finally, a brave boy stood up "I'm gonna go talk to her!" Everyone gasped as he moved forward.
Tamie laughed as did Kat and the wolf/dogs, until they heard a sound.
They all looked and Tamie tilted her head "Who's that?"
"A boy from the village." Kat muttered.
He smiled uneasily "Hey Katriuna…what're you doin'?" She glared at him "I'm talking to my friends, 'cuz you guys obviously don't like me, I decided to talk to people who do!"
Tamie looked at her "Kat, why are you making those weirdnoises?"
"That's human talk, now be quiet, she's talking!" Greg hissed.
Tamie glared at him for his rude tone, but said nothing.
A girl joined the boy "I heard my mother saying you stood up against Harni and he let you keep that mammoth!" Kat nodded "Yes…he did…"
"Can we…play with you and your mammoth?" they both asked. Kat blinked in shock "Huh? Uh…sure…" The boy smiled and looked back "HEY GUYS, SHE SAID OK!"
All the children ran out from the tent they hid behind. Kat blinked again, completelyshocked"Um…ok…but lets go a little away from the camp site…don't wanna wreck anything…"
"Can I talk now?" Tamie whispered.
Kat sighed "Come on, these guys wanna play with us."
"Why do you make those noises?" a girl asked.
Kat looked at her "Oh, well…I can talk to animals…"
Everyone made noises of awe.
She smiled "Lets go play!"
Everyone followed and soon, Kat became the most popular girl there…all thanks to a little mammoth. "Children! Come, it is late!" an elder called.
Everyone waved to Kat and Tamie "Bye! Thanks for playing! You guys are the best! We'll play more tomorrow!" Kat smiled "Bye…WOW! Tamie you're the best! Hey, what's wrong?"
Tamie sighed, "Don't you have to go to? Then I'll be here all alone..."
Kat sighed sadly "No…see, the price for keeping you is…I'm not aloud to sleep in the tents and I have to get food for myself…but that's ok! Now I get to be with you!" she said happily.
Tamie smiled "Really? Aw, thanks! Sorry to make you sleep outside." Kat grinned, "It's ok. It's all worth it to have a best friend!"
"You know, this could be the start…of a great friendship!" Tamie said hugging Kat and they both giggled.
THE END…for now!
Next chapter we're back with a distraught father, saddened mother, worried friends and an endless search! Excitement, drama! You can't miss it!