Chapter 2
"It's no use! It won't budge!" Mumpo desperately grunted. He tried to shift the lid off of the immensely icy well that they had built that summer. He used his all of his strength to move it.
Pinto peered around the corner of the cottage. Her eyes were red and her face was moist. She glanced at Mumpo. He noticed her, and she looked away. She did not want him to see her watching him too closely. She knew that he had grieved for Kestrel too, but did not talk to him much. They were growing apart.
Bowman walked past Pinto's cottage and glanced at her. He stared with curiosity. Tears dripped from the end of her nose.
"Pin," he said "I need to tell you something." She looked up and her face brightened. She ran to him and embraced her brother.
"I know..." she whimpered. "I know what's coming...Mum said it would return...Bow...We need to do something!" Her voice grew after the thought of her mother. Little did Bowman know, but Pinto had inherited her mother's gift of Prophecy.
Her arms softly shook. Bowman smiled and walked away. He was searching his mind for a solution, but nothing he thought of could help the Manth people to stay in the Homeland.
Still thinking, Kess. His head started to pound gently. What do you have?
Go! Leave the Homeland! Get away! Please! She pleaded with him to evacuate the people. There's nothing you can do!
I need to try, KessHe had decided he must not give up. This is our home!
You need to trust me. She said. Leave...There is another place where you may be safe.
I AM NOT LEAVING! His head was pounding violently. He heard Kestrel sigh and then... Silence.