Iris's arms where both tied the arms of each side of the chair she was sitting in, she breathed deeply and weakly glared at the man at the table through strands of messy hair that covered her face , the younger and impulsive Iris probably would have tried to rip the rope off and not to think ahead of what action she decided to do but the person she had become decided to sit there and see what happens even though she had a fire going through her right now, she turned to the door at the end of the basement to see a man she hadn't seen before guarding it giving him the same glare.

"I'm sorry we tied you to chair Iris but you really gave us no choice in the matter," the man said breaking the silence.

Iris wobbly turned her head back to him.

"Your goons didn't have to drug me," she said lowly while her gaze indicated to the man at the door.

The man sighed deeply.

"Iris if we wanted to hurt your children, your husband, or anyone in the new ape village we would have done so before you even came here.." he told her seriously.

She huffed deeply.

"I wouldn't worry about the sedative anyway...your body is going break it down pretty quickly do to you not being exactly human anymore.

Ape Village, 3 years ago

Blue Eyes bought Iris back to Luca's hut who was no surprise angry that Iris disappeared. The Prince quickly covered for her before she could defend herself kind of surprising her a little, he basically said that he took her out from some air as she was getting restless, Luca thought it was strange that human woman wanting to go out at night but he huffed if off.

"Next time tell me if you're going to take her" he sighed to the Prince.

Blue Eyes nodded and said goodbye to Iris, Luca then gestured for her to go in the hut, when she got in she noticed there was a couple of furs laying in the corner.

"For you to sleep on" the gorilla signed to her as he went to the other side of the hut to his moss bed, it surprised Iris that he was thinking about keeping her warm during the cold nights when she hadn't thought about her sleeping arrangement at all.

"Thank you..." she said softly.

He grunted in acknowledgment and turned over to sleep.

Iris then went over the furs and laid down on them, making herself comfortable on the soft and warm furs but not planning to go to sleep anytime soon due to being afraid of what waits for her when she does, she's hadn't a good night sleep in 10 years, instead she decided to stare at the roof of the hut getting lost in thought, she didn't even notice Luca had been watching her.

She eventually fell asleep failing to stay awake.

Blood

Death

Pain

Fire

Fear

A Child Screaming

She was shaken awake making her bolt up gasping while looking around her surroundings making her remember she was still in the hut, when she noticed a hand on her shoulder she flinched away from it but calmed down when she saw it was Luca, his black eyes staring at her with concern and surprise.

"You were having a nightmare it...seemed pretty bad" he signed to her.

She realized she woke him up.

"I'm sorry..." She said weakly as she rubbed her eyes.

"You don't need to be sorry, you can't control nightmares"

"I wish you could though..." she said quietly.

She looked out of the opening of the hut to see that it was barely dawn.

"Could I go outside?...I don't think me staying here will make my mood any better" She practically pleaded with him.

He huffed and got up.

"I have to meet with the council anyway, will just be early" he signed.

He held a hand to her and helped her up and she followed him outside, her ankle surprising seemed to be a little bit healed as she could walk a without help which surprised the gorilla a little.

She sat on a log with moss at the bottom of her shoes, Luca told her with a hard stare to stay there and not to run off this time and due to her being tired and emotionally drained she didn't really plan on going anywhere either. She could feel the cold foggy air nip at her skin causing her to zip up her jacket for warmth, she then ran a hand through hair and turned her head to the direction of where south was, she could see little bits of the sun shining through the clouds, she always like to look at the sky, to see how dusk, dawn, and the moon made it look. Her gaze then followed south, she always looked towards the south and recently it seemed that she was looking towards it more frequently she guessed it was because the promise she made 9 years ago but it was hard to keep a promise to the dead.

She took a big sigh and started to sing the song As Real as You and Me as she watched the dawn rise through the fog, she was in such deep thought that she didn't notice something got closer to her until she felt it on her back. She turned her head around to see Caesar's youngest son.

"Hello where did you come from?" she asked him gently as she held on his hands to guide him to her lap, he hooted softly and looked up at her face with curious eyes.

"If I recall your name is Cornelius"

He hooted excitedly in response while his hands grabbed strands of her hair which made Iris smile, She then noticed someone behind her causing her to turn around to see Cornelia who was smiled gently at her.

"Hi..." she replied softly to the Queen.

Cornelia walked over and sat down next to her, Iris looked at her and the baby not really knowing how to react because she was not very good at being social.

"He likes you" she signed to while gesturing to her son.

"I think it's because my hair"Iris chuckled lightly while grabbed his hands that affected were playing with her hair and pulled him up to put him a better position in her lap.

Cornelia hooted a little bit of laughter at this, Iris really looked at her and noticed even though she had aged it hadn't affected her beauty at all.

"Well it is pretty" she sighed to her while she admired it.

Iris cast her gaze away from the female at this comment.

"Nothing about me is pretty inside or out" she replied depressingly causing Cornelia to look at her sadly.

The Queen looked at the scars that she could see on her neck and her hands and she knew she had more from what her husband told her, it broke her heart.

"You have...been hurt, so much," she said to her as she gently touched the scar on her neck then slowly brought her hand down to touch the scars on one of her hands, Iris kept face straight and voided of any emotion.

"I'm so sorry that one of my kind hurt you so horribly" she signed to her apologetically.

"And I'm so very sorry my kind treated your kind so cruelly..." Iris said sincerely, Cornelius hooted at her for attention so she grabbed his hands and let him jump on her lap, he hooted in excitement.

"Your kind has been cruel to you also..." Cornelia signed.

Iris stopped helping Cornelius jump and stared straight ahead.

"How did you get the scars on your hands?..."

"From climbing over a barbed wired fence..." She said nonchalantly.

Cornelia stroked her arm sadly with her hand at this information, Cornelius started to sense s the tension and started to hoot a little distress, Iris not wanting to depress him started to tickle him on his chest causing him hoot in laughter loudly and making the two females smile.

"Your singing was also pretty" Cornelia signed to her while smiling, clearly trying to change the subject.

"Thanks..." Iris said bashfully, she was little surprised that she and probably Cornelius heard her.

Iris noticed that Cornelia was now looking attentive at her hair she took a big sigh.

"You want to do my hair don't you?" she said plainly.

Cornelia smiled big in response.

"Alright..." Iris agreed reluctantly.

ok here's another chapter I hope you guys like it, the song Iris was singing wasRihanna's that I really like :) I would also like to make a shout out to Estrella, Steele code, lizzia and starrat for liking and always giving me supportive reviews for my story :D