Hey guys, another chapter! Sorry the last one was so short, but school work's been driving me mad lately _ Anyway, this is The. Last. Chapter! Don't worry though, I'm already planning a sequel. Would anyone read it?

Kila's POV

Where was I running? I had no idea. All I knew was that I had to get away. Away from Salena, away from Timon, away from everything. If I stayed at the colony I was going to lose my mind. I didn't stop running until I felt as though I would collapse.

I wanted to keep going, I wanted to get further away, but I'd run too far already. If I kept going I really would collapse. I'd stopped besides a stream, probably being fed by one of the waterfalls. I let myself fall against a rock, breathing heavily. My whole body ached from running so far, just staying awake took so much effort. I couldn't think straight, for that matter I couldn't see straight. Before I knew what was happening I'd blacked out.

Salena's POV

As soon as Kila'd left I started crying,I couldn't believe she'd mentioned it. I knew Kila'd run away, it wasn't the first time she'd done it. I'd never find her, not if she didn't want to be, so there was no reason I should look. If Kila wasn't going to listen to me then I wasn't going to do anything.

~Two days later~

Kila was still gone. It'd been two days, and still she wasn't back. Maybe I should've been worried, but I knew she'd be okay. Last time she ran away she was gone for two weeks, hiding inside the tunnels. She was just a pup then, but when she came back she was fine. Since then everytime things got too much for her she'd run off. It was just her way of dealing with things.

I was still angry with her, but not as much as before. She still shouldn't have mentioned it, but if she ran off then things must have been pretty bad. I'd already forgiven her, even if I was still upset. Now the only thing I had to do was wait for Kila to come back.

"Do you know where Kila is?" Well so much for that plan. I looked up to see Timon standing in my door way.
"No. And I wouldn't tell you even if I did." I replied
"I haven't seen her in two days. Do you have any idea where she is?" I was starting to get annoyed.
"I already told you I don't. And you haven't seen her in two days because she's run off."
"She's gone? And you're just sitting here?" He sounded shocked
"Ok you know what? if you knew Kila at all then you might know that this is completely normal. She'll come back."
"If you really cared you'd be out looking for her." Timon said, running out of my home.

What he said, it couldn't be true. Could it? Was that how Kila saw me? Maybe she really did think I didn't care. But I did, all I wanted to do was protect her. Could Timon really be right? If he was, maybe he wasn't as bad as I'd thought. Maybe Kila really could be happy with him.

"Timon, wait!" I called, running after him.
"I'm going to find Kila." He said, ignoring me.
"So am I."
"You're not coming with me." He replied
"Ok then, so how do you plan on finding her?" He froze, thinking about it "Let me help, I grew up with this, I know how she thinks." I pleaded.
"Fine. So how do we find her?" He asked
"Just follow me." I replied, walking further into the oasis.

Kila's POV

I'd been gone two days. Timon would look for me, but he wouldn't find me. Salena could find me, but she'd never look. She wouldn't worry either. The first time I'd run off I was gone for two weeks. I hid inside our colony's tunnels, and no one ever found me, they never could. Only because I'd never told them about my secret tunnels. I would've gone back by now, but I had a plan.

That first time I'd run off, Salena had everyone in the colony looking for me, but I just hid inside an old tunnel. Since then I'd run off heaps of times, and not once had anyone found me.

It was a really hot day, and so I'd jumped in the stream to cool off. Afterwards I'd climbed up a really tall tree, just in case someone came looking for me. I was sitting up there, staring at the clouds, when I heard voices below.

"So where is she?" That was Timon.
"Somewhere along this stream. Kila's smart, she always stays near water." And that was Salena.

Timon and Salena were working together to find me. I laid on my stomach on the branch I was on and looked down at them.

"Can we take a break yet? We've been walking all day and its so hot." Salena said
"We have to find her." Timon insisted.
"Timon, the first time Kila ran away she was gone for two weeks. Then one day, she just appeared back, completely fine. She'll be ok for a few more hours." Salena assured him. I couldn't believe she'd said it though, I didn't know she thought I could take care of myself.
"Ok, we'll rest." Timon said. Timon sat down, his back against the trunk of the tree I was in. Salena took a drink from the river, before sitting down next to him.

"Kila told me why you're so protective of her." Timon said. I flinched, waiting for Salena to react, but she didn't, at least not like I thought she would.
"I'm sorry, this is all my fault. Anyone who'd come out here to find her wouldn't do anything like that." Salena said, bringing one knee up to her chest.
"Yeah well, I've made mistakes too." Timon replied, but Salena was just staring off into space.
"She'd come back if she could see this, see us working together."

Now was as good a time as any. I jumped from the branch into the deep stream, soaking Timon and Salena in the process. When I surfaced and walked out of the stream, both were looking at me like they wanted to kill me and hug me at the same time. The sight was so hilarious I couldn't help laughing.

"What's so funny?" They both demanded
"You're soaked! And you look like you want to murder me and hug me at the same time. Do you know how funny that is?" I said between bursts of laughter. They both looked at each other before their murderous looks dissolved and they started laughing.

After that we walked back to the oasis together, me and Timon hand in hand. I never told them about my plan, because it'd worked. I knew that Timon would look for me, and I also knew the only person who could find me was Salena. So, I resolved to not go back to the colony until they came looking for me, together.

In the end I listened to my heart, and got everything I wanted. Timon and Salena. And that voice in my head that was telling me I had to choose? Well I chose to ignore it.

~Fin~