Chapter 2: The Adventure Begins!
After a well needed night of rest Sapphire woke up confused about her surroundings, but was relieved when she remembered what happened last night, but was suddenly very scared again when she realized that Bill was nowhere to be seen. She waited patiently for about 20 minutes before Bill came into the room, relived to see that Sapphire was awake and waiting for him to come back. "Well Sapphire, how did you sleep?" "I slept alright, until I woke up and thought that you had abandoned me." Bill went and sat on the bed, put his arm around Sapphire's shoulders and pulled her close. "I will never abandon you, I promise." He said. "Really?" She asked. "Yes". She looked into his eyes and smiled, then asked "So when do we leave?" "We can leave right now if you want." Bill said, still staring into Sapphires' green eyes. "Well then, let's go." Sapphire said but was still wondering where they were going. So she decided to ask. "Well Sapphire, we can go to go all around the world if you want." "OK! That sounds great!" "Alright then let's go!"
After about an hour of walking, Bill decides to get to know his new friend a little better. "So Sapphire, what happened to you the other day before I found you?" Bill asked with more than a hint of concern in his voice. "Well, I left my clan after years of abuse and ridicule, this happened because I don't have my spikes, I started to walk through the forest before I started to feel hungry, so I went to the bush that you found me next to and started to pick some berries to eat. Well after I had eaten a few berries a group of humans came up to me and started to punch me and kick me and then they just walked away laughing. And then you found me and that was it." After this she looked at Bill, who was staring straight ahead. "That's just wrong" he said as he looked down at her and she noticed that he was crying. He then proceeded to go in front of her, turn around, kneel, and then startled her by bringing her into a tight embrace before whispering in her ear "I will NEVER let that happen again!" Sapphire then began to embrace Bill back and began to cry with him. After five minutes of crying, Bill and Sapphire stood up and continued walking in silence while holding hands. After one hour of walking it started to get dark, so Bill and Sapphire decided to set up camp for the night, Sapphire putting up the tent, and Bill collecting berries for supper. After ten minutes the tent was up and dinner was started. "Bill, can I ask you something" Sapphire asked. "Sure, what's up" "What do you think will happen to us on our journey?" "Sapphire, what do you mean?" "I mean... Um ... Do you think we'll... never mind", Sapphire said awkwardly. "Sapphire, you know that you can ask me anything, right?" "I know it's just ... do you think it'll just be us, or do you think more will join us?" This took Bill by surprise, but after a moment of thinking, he said "You know what, I think that we will come across some more companions during our journey." And at this, the two ate in silence and then got ready for bed. Once they were ready for bed, Sapphire realized a problem. "Um Bill?" "Ya?" There are two of us but one sleeping bag. Where am I going to sleep?" Bill, realizing this Bill surprised Sapphire again by saying "Oh ya, right. So let's just share a sleeping bag." "Oh, um ok." Sapphire said, clearly surprised by the invite. So, as the two friends go to bed, Bill gives Sapphire one more surprise before going to bed. He gave her a kiss on the snout right before saying "Good night Sapphire." And with a smile she kissed him back on the nose and said "Good night Bill."
