Listen with Your Heart
Ch.3
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Kekata prepared for the cleansing of the boy's soul. In order for the wounds to heal, the evil had to be driven out of him to allow the process. He put his ebony-white hair in a ponytail, so as not to burn it.
Then, he took a short stalk of dried grass and tightly wrapped them in a short bundle. Meanwhile his assistant, Quantamo, stood by and observed his teacher.
The strange boy was brought in not too long after the girls found him.
"His breathing pattern has changed." The medicine man bent down a lit the bundle of lemon grass; "He is beginning to breathe harder as his body burns like fire."
Kekata began chanting an Indian hymn while shaking a rattle with a turtle shell over his body.
Meanwhile, Pocahontas needed to talk to her father, the chief Powhaton, and found him outside Kekata's hut, observing the situation. He turned around to find his daughter unharmed. They both embraced themselves in relief.
"Wingapo, father!"
"Pocahontas! You're safe."
"Yes father, I am well. But, there's something more important."
Powhaton listened as his daughter explained what had happened.
"When I saw the state that strange boy was in, I thought that you would turn out the same."
Pocahontas laughed, "Father, am I really that careless? I've been through worse."
"Just like your mother." Powhaton whispered to no one in particular. "Where did you find the boy?"
"Down river," she said pointing southwest, "where the berry bushes grow."
The tribe chief considered what his daughter said, "Do you know if he is an enemy? And do you realize he's under your care from now on?"
"Yes, I am aware of that. He is not the enemy, nor one of those creatures. I can tell, he will not harm us."
Pocahontas and her father just stared at each other's eyes for a short moment before Powhaton sighed.
"But you know, it's a lot of responsibility. He is not a pet like Meeko, he is human."
"I know Father…"
She trailed off the sentence and grabbed her father's hand in hers; "I will take good care of him. Just like you have of me."
Powhaton smiled and embraced his daughter once again, after pulling apart did he begin to look down river in wonder; "where do you think he came from?"
"I honestly do not know. He has tanned skin and strange clothes. Nothing that you would see in England."
"Strange." He thought
Kekata and Quantamo suddenly appeared from the medicine hut. "We'll find out later. Go see to your patient."
"Thank you father" and with that, she took off toward Kekata.
"Kekata, may I please go in and see him?"
"Of course" he bowed slowly and lifted the leather curtain from the doorway allowing Pocahontas passage.
"But you will not like what you see, I'm afraid," he said to himself
The boy was lying on the floor surrounded with the incense of lemon grass that filled the entire hut. A small deer fur blanket was put over him from under his chin to his feet. He looked lifeless, if not for the fact that his breathing became louder with some wheezing. The young indian knelt down next to him
"He doesn't look any better now, does he?" Nakoma whispered from the doorway.
Pocahontas brushed some of the stay hairs off the boy's face and tucked them behind his ear.
His skin was as hot as red coal and it burned to touch it. She pulled her hand away as soon as she realized the temperature.
"I'll leave you with him, alright? I just wanted to check on the both of you."
Pocahontas nodded, not letting her friend see her face with tears beginning to well up in her eyes, daring her to cry.
"Don't die…please…" she pleaded as she took his hand. He looked too innocent and pure to be so ill.
The leather curtain was lifted again, revealing Kekata. Pocahontas then began to try and wipe away her tears. It looked strange to cry over someone you didn't know.
Kekata knelt next to the boy and looked over the deep cut on his cheek. "The wound on his face is evil."
"what?"
"See for yourself. It is unnatural, nothing I have ever seen. Look how the wound hasn't even began to heal itself. The evil is weakening him."
Pocahontas had a very worried look on her face as she looked at the dark wound. "But, didn't you drive the evil out ?!"
"yes, but not all. This wound is strange; it spreads throughout his body…not physically but spiritually. The creatures that made this are pure evil."
"so what can we do?"
"Nothing, we cannot do anything."
The princess then let her tears roll freely, not caring if anyone saw her. "But there has to be a way! I can't just sit here and watch him suffer!"
"he will have to fight it on his own. Only with the strength of Heart will he defeat the darkness "
She looked at the boy; indeed, he was suffering internally within his heart. She knew she needed to help him.
With a determined look upon her face, Pocahontas faced Kekata. "I will help him with all my strength!"
"I will not guarantee that your help will be effective to the boy," the medicine man replied, "but, if you wish to help him, I will not stop you."
Both smiled lightly at each other and continued to watch over the boy until dusk.
his heart isss weak
we mussst kill him
take hisss heart!
pure heart! We wants hisss pure heart
Kekekeekee!
I can taste it!
we will take it soon!
soon!
TAKE SOON!
Keekekeke!
Their voices echoed throughout the night and intruded into his dreams…
TBC
a/N: can that be considered a cliffhanger? Maybe? Maybe not a good one! BAH! Who cares?!
Again I apologize on the VERY late delay. Now I can understand how hard it is to update for other writers. I blame this on school and after-school sports! Who needs to get up at 7am to practice for soccer during summer break!?!?!?
I can't promise the next chapter will be up soon. Three weeks is not enough time for me. " But I will try my best to update
Next time: What happens to sora?!?? Is he dead!?!? I dunno myself!!! Hey…it's raining outside!
…nevermind…
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