[2. Discovery]
"Thank you! Bye, Poperri! I love your new hair color!" the salon person exclaimed as Poperri and Redina walked out of the salon.
Poperri yanked at her, now, strawberry colored hair, "Why did you make me do this, Red?"
"Well, I don't know. I thought you were a little bit boring when you had light blonde hair, you know? I needed to see my friend have a little more," Redina paused and thought of a good word, "Ooh! Pazzaz! Yeah, a little more of that!"
"So, you're saying I was ugly?" Poperri questioned.
"No, no, not at all, silly! I just think you look a little bit more pretty now!" Redina looked around,"Oh! Looks like I'm home! Poperri, looks like I have to go now, okay? My mom is waiting for me but I'll visit you tomorrow. Bye!"
Poperri waved goodbye to Redina, walking away. Poperri continued to walk along a section of Blue City she had never seen or been to before. She started glancing around the place, signs were posted everywhere. They were saying something along the lines of, "Keep the Monkeys out!" or "Monkey Free Zone!"
Poperri felt a little uneasy but remembered the story Pops told her and everyone. The Monkeys are bad. They are bad people, outcasts, right? Poperri kept on thinking and was constantly thinking.
"Woah!" Poperri stumbled on something, then spoke to herself, "Ouch. Guess I was too carried away in thought, I better continue." She stood up, dusted herself off, but then paused and stared all around the area. The scenery in front of her was a place she'd never even had believed existed. It felt familiar to Poperri but a little bit odd. She kept looking in every direction and roamed along. Trees all around, grass on the ground, it was a dark forest.
"This is an awfully scary place, what is even in here," Poperri started to stammer.
She swear she could hear something in the background, in the forest. Somewhere. A brown figure passed by in the blink of an eye.
Poperri jumped a little, "What was that?"
Shaken by all the mysterious discoveries happening in this part of town, Poperri noticed something. It wasn't part of town, she was thinking to herself. What the heck have I gotten into now, will this get me killed? Poperri was basically sweating a whole river.
A little boy, wait maybe not little, a creature came out behind the thicket of the forest, "Um, excuse me. Ma'm. Are you here to hurt us?" they timidly asked, still buried in the bushed incase they got caught.
Poperri quickly turned around in shock, she had never seen someone like them before but she recognised them. It felt so familiar but distant. She started speaking to them.
"No, I don't mean to cause you no harm. Why are you out here little boy?"
"I'm not sure how old I am. All I know is that my family is outcasted by your kind," the little guy explained, "But now I know that not all of the Blue City people are mean, you are a nice person!" they started coming out of the shadows and into the light, revealing himself.
With two brown raggedy buns on top of his head tied with pieces of rope, caramel skin, and pitch black eyes, Poperri immediately knew who he really was.