Everyone and everything got silent. All of that fighting for nothing. He was trying to be strong in front of everyone, but he felt like bursting into tears. He dropped to his knees and put his head in his hand. He was shaking his head and mumbling to himself.

"Tulio..." Miguel put his hand on his shoulder.

"It's all my fault."

"You didn't mean to. It was the jaguar that made you-"

"I'm not talking about that!" he was trying really hard not to be harsh. "I never should've brought her here."

"You're really blaming yourself? Tulio, you gave her another chance to live, to really live. Her life in Paris was hell and you helped her forget that. It was Tzekle-Kan that took it away from her, not you." He got up and started walking towards the temple. A tear rolled down Pocahontas's cheek as she looked after him.

Everyone in the village was effected. Thought they had only known Esmeralda for a short time, she had been imprinted on their hearts. They had a short funeral for her, putting candles and flowers in the river and watching them float away. It was just too much for Tulio. He couldn't take it anymore. He had to get out of there. He silently walked throught the crowd and made his way to the temple. Once there, he fell onto the bed and silently cried, letting out all the feelings he had been keeping inside.

So many thoughts were swimming around in his head. Why was she taken away from him? Did this mean they were never meant to be together? Could he handle the pain of never seeing her again? Those beautiful green eyes, her smile that brightened up the whole room, he couldn't live without it. Not anymore. Ever since he first looked into her eyes, he had been in love with her. It was impossible that they were never meant to be together. He got up and walked out of the temple. His thoughts were overpowering his actions. He walked back to the cliff, hoping to find answers to all of his questions.

Miguel stood staring at the river. He had tried to console Pocahontas, but nothing seemed to work. He decided that he'd had enough. He couldn't take any more of the sadness surrounding him. As he was walking up the stairs, he noticed someone up on the cliff. He got closer and realized it was Tulio. He walked faster, afraid he would do something rash.

"Tulio, what are you doing up here?" he asked, concern written on his face. He was worried when he didn't answer. "Tulio? Can you hear me?" he put his hand on his shoulder, and Tulio turned to look at him. Miguel would've been relived if it wasn't for the look on Tulio's face. His cheeks were tear-stained and his eyes were red. Miguel had never seem him cry before. Not even when Chel left.

"She's gone..." Tulio wasn't talking to anyone. He was just talking to himself, as if saying it out loud made it final.

"Tulio-"

"Don't try and make me feel better. It won't work. I-" he sighed. He didn't know if he could finish his sentence.

"You what?" He was very concerned for his friend and he hated seeing him like this.

"I've been thinking...And I know what I have to do now."

"Tulio, what are you talking about?" He was starting to get panicked. Tulio wasn't the type of person to do something that stupid. Before he could figure anything else out, he saw Tulio take a running jump and dive off the edge of the cliff.

"TULIO!"

It was too late. He saw Tulio hit the water and Miguel let out a scream. It was filled with sadness, frustration, and anger.

The Chief came up and saw Miguel pacing and mumbling to himself.

"Miguel? Is something wrong. I hear someone yelling and thought I'd come up." The look on Miguel's face shocked the chief. He instantly knew that something was very wrong. "Tell me. Now."

"Tulio..." He looked at the cliff and the cheif knew what he was trying to say. His hand covered his mouth and he walked oer to the edge.

"Ok...ok don't panick. There's still a chance that he may have survived."

"That chance is one in a million! Tzekle-Kan got lucky. That current is too strong. What are the of both of them surviving that? " The cheif walked over to him and helped him up.

"I'm so sorry. Honestly, this city hasn't seen anything this horrible in a very long time. to lose two people that we hold close to our heart...it's almost unbearable. But I do say almost. You have so many people here that care about you, Lord Miguel. Pocahontas loves you. She will find a way to make it better.

Miguel let a tear fall from his eye. "How can she make it better when she feels worse than i do. If she finds out about Tulio, she might not be able to take it."

"There's only one way to find out. Come. This place holds nothing but sadness now." Miguel took one last look behind him and left.

Everything was black. He could hear everything around him, but everything was black.

What's going on? Where am I? Am I dead?

He tried to wake himself up, and slowly, his vision returned to him. It was slightly blurry, but he could see nonetheless. He got up on wobbly legs and looked around. He was by the rock. He saw the waterfall and noticed that he was soaking wet. Then, he remembered. Esmeralda fell off the cliff and he jumped in, thinking it would take away his depression. "God, what was I thinking?" Then, he turned around and saw her. Esmeralda was lying on the ground completely motionless. He choked back a sob and ran over to her. "Esmeralda..." he whispered. He dropped to his knees and held her close to him.

"I'm so sorry. This never would've happened if I hadn't brought you here." He moved a piece of hair from her face and looked at her. Even in death, she was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. "I love you so much." he placed a kiss on her lips and picked her up. There was a bench nearby that he could lay her on. As he walked away, he tried to stop himself from crying again. Be strong, Tulio.

Before he got too far away, he heard what sounded like someone gasping for air. He looked down and saw Esmeralda coughing up water. He nearly dropped her trying to help her stand up.

"Tulio? What happened?'

"It doesn't matter now. All that matteres is you're ok." He pulled her into a hug, and his smile nearly split his face in half as he felt her arms wrap around him. "I thought I'd lost you. I thought I'd never see you again." She looked up and put her hand on his cheek. Then she noticed he was all wet.

"Tulio, why are you wet?"

"Uhh...well, I- um..I sort of jumped in after you..." He flinched when she smacked him on the chest.

"Why on EARTH would you do that? Why would you put your life in danger like that? Are you completely-" she was cut off by him kissing her. It was the best feeling in the world, knowing that he could do this whenever he wanted.

"Stupid..." she finished her sentence, but wasn't so mad anymore. She looked up and smiled. "I love you." She pulled his face down to kiss her again.

"And I love you. So much..." They stayed there for a while, wrapped in each other's arms.

"Come on. Let's go home."

Eventually, the rest of the people found out. A new wave of sadness hit them like an epidemic. Another funeral, more tears, and this time, a speech from the High Preistess.

"This is a very hard time for all of us. The loss of our dear friends will be with us forever. But we have to move on. It's what they would've wanted. " She stopped for a moment, trying not to break down in front of all these people. As soon as she stopped and looke at all the people, she saw them pointing and talking to each other with shocked faces. When Pocahontas turned around, everyone cheered. Tulio and Esmeralda walked through the entrance and waved at everyone. Pocahontas stood there, jaw wide open as Esmeralda walked over to her.

"Esmeralda?" she was crying now, unable to hide the pure happiness she was feeling. She pulled her into a hug and they started crying all over again. Pocahontas pulled Esmeralda back and looked at her. "Don't you ever scare me like that again!" She was trying very hard to look serious, but failed when Esmeralda smiled and hugged her again.

Tulio looked guiltily at Miguel. He had his arms crossed and he was sending him a look that said "You're an idiot". But finally he gave in. He ran over to Tulio and huged him. "Don't you ever scare me like that again." Tulio smiled and punched him playfully on the arm. The Chief came over to them and picked both Esmeralda and Tulio up in the biggest hug ever.

"This is in need for a celebration!" he said to everyone. They fully agreed and the crowd finally died down.

Tulio and Esmeralda were alone again and they were enjoying every minute of it.

"So this place must be know for their parties." she said.

"Actually, since you got here, they've been celebtrating a lot more. It's because they love you almost as much as I do." he gave her that smile that she loved so much. She smiled back and leaned in to kiss him. But, once again, they were interrupted. Tulio looked up at Miguel and the Chief. They were about to say something when he brought Esmeralda's face down to his, completely ignoring them.

"Well...I guess we deserve that." Miguel made a face as the kiss turned into a makeout session. "Ugh...I think we need to leave."

They walked away laughing. Everything was back to normal. Tulio and Esmeralda would be together forever.

FIN...again :)