Part II
The room was quiet and dark with only a flickering candle to illuminate its shadow; next to it on the table stood a small basin of water and a damp cloth. Whines and cries could be heard from the occupant of the bed as they tossed and turned in the sheets with sweat beading on their brow and their eyebrows knitted together.
The wavering light cast over the stranger's face to show a look of uncertainty and fear.
The stranger continued to act this way when Grammi walked into the room.
She let out a choked sob from her nightmare before her teary eyes snapped opened and she bolted up panting heavily.
Grammi was by her side when she woke and placed her paw on her shoulder and looked at her with concern. The stranger almost jumped out of her fur when someone touched her and she whipped her head round and was stunned to see another gummi beside her.
"I won't hurt you, dear" said Grammi to the obviously terrified gummi.
The newcomer drew back until her back was pressed against the wall and was shaking fiercely.
"Where am I? And who are you?" she said after observing the gummi stood infront of her.
"I am Grammi and you are in Gummi Glen" said Grammi now looking at the terrified gummi leaning against the wall.
Confident that Grammi wouldn't hurt her she withdrew from the wall and sat back down in her bed. Just then Sunni came running into the room and upon seeing the stranger awake said "Hi, I'm Sunni".
"Hi" replied the stranger.
"What is your name?" said Sunni.
The stranger just sat there with a look of deep concentration before bowing her head and saying, "I don't know".
"It's ok dear," said Grammi.
A silence passed for a few minutes before she continued "Why don't you get washed and dressed then you can join us for tea".
The stranger nodded and climbed out of bed shakily and stumbled as she tried to walk. To which Grammi and Sunni were by her side to support her and offered to help her.
Everyone including Gusto and Cavin were in the Great hall apart from Grammi, Sunni and the newcomer waiting for her to appear and to start their meal.
A few minutes went by and then the sound of a door opening could be heard down the corridor and everyone looked in its direction. Down the corridor they saw Sunni and Grammi with someone walking behind them.
Once the three entered the Great hall Grammi and Sunni stepped aside to reveal the stranger. Her dirty pink fur had been washed to show her very light pink almost white fur and her teary eyes were now clear revealing her sapphire blue eyes. She was dressed in a long cream dress that reached her ankles, that had short puffed out sleeves and a v-neck and her golden flowing hair had been left lose.
Everyone in the room just stared at her in silence making her a little uncomfortable until Gusto broke it saying "W-what is your name?"
The girl just bowed her head and Sunni answered quietly "She doesn't know".
Cubbi who was stood near the fire shot a look at Cavin who was looking back at him clutching something in his hand. Cubbi gave a little nod and Cavin said, "Me and Cubbi think we might know her name".
The stranger looked up at Cavin, as did all the others. He continued "Me and Cubbi went back to the area where you found her and we found this" he said holding out a necklace.
"We found it in the tree that she hit" finished Cubbi.
Cavin walked over to the now confused looking gummi and placed the necklace in her paw.
Sunni looked at the necklace in the girls paws and said "Jasmin"
"It's beautiful," said Gusto resting his head in his paws and looking dreamily at Jasmin.
This comment drew attention from some of the others present, which made Gusto blush and Jasmin to look his way. She smiled at him and then looked back at the necklace in her paw. The necklace was made out of silver and read Jasmin with a small silver chain, she traced the writing with her finger and looked hard at it as if trying to remember something but to no avail. She took the chain in her paw and placed it round her neck, which contrasted well with the dress, she wore.
After a few minutes silence the group sat down to eat. Jasmin sat between Cubbi and Sunni with Gusto opposite. The two were having a conversation about what had happened to her so far with the occasional question from Sunni or Cubbi and about what Gusto did. Throughout the meal he had been able to explain to her that he was an artist which interested her greatly and discussed a few of his latest projects with her and also told her that he didn't actually live in the glen but behind a waterfall not to far away.
By the end of the meal Gusto had offered to show her a few of his masterpieces, which she was very excited about. Although occasionally throughout the meal Cavin and Cubbi had distracted her attention since they kept whispering to each other and stopped abruptly everytime she glanced there way, which intrigued her. After the meal Jasmin excused herself feeling very tired and walked down the corridor to her bedroom.
She walked into her room and closed the door she could hear faint voices down the corridor, which meant the other gummi's, were probably infront of the fire in the Great Hall. Then louder ones, which she recognized belonged to the cubs and guessed that they must be going to bed.
She crossed the dimly lit room to the bed in the corner and changed into a night-gown that had been placed on her bed. Once changed she climbed into bed with her necklace in her paw. She felt like this necklace was important but couldn't recall why, she held the necklace in her paw close to her chest before placing onto the table next to her bed and blowing out the slow burning, flickering candle.
TBC…