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Women gathered the long awaited harvest, picking corn off their perch. As the baskets were filled, the sound of the conch blew through the air, signalling the return of the warriors of their tribe. They paddled upstream, having no trouble against the light current that was there. Their chief, Ludwig, rode in the front not rowing because of his status even though he was the largest man of the tribe.
Those who were already there ran forward to greet their loved one's, it had been to long since they had seen them all.
"It is good to have you back, Chief Ludwig," Kiku said to the chief. He was the medicine man of the tribe, and the one that everyone came to for advice. He was quiet, and a good listener. Yet he only ever stated his opinion when he felt he had to.
"It's good to be home," he replied with a small smile, clapping Kiku on the back, "The Mesochact's are no more! Once again your warriors and brother's have kept them all safe!" Ludwig yelled to the people, who were all waiting for him to say something about their trip. the crowed cheered and began to prepare for the celebration tonight.
"Everyone is so happy to have you back," Kiku stated when the cheering crowd died down some.
"Yes, but I don't see my brother anywhere. Have you seen him?" Ludwig looked around, but couldn't see the cocky grin of his brother anywhere.
"You know how he is. Come, I know people will be eager to hear your story."
Ludwig looked around at his people one more time, before he followed after Kiku to wherever it was that they were going.
Gilbert stood on the edge of the cliff, one that had a ledge that jutted out before the waterfall. He loved coming here, where the wind would flow across his skin and make him feel like a part to everything that was there. Plus he was awesome, so the world should be grateful to be a part of him like this. Gilbird, a small yellow bird he had found and kept, fluttered around his head and cheeped every now and then, but it wasn't enough to break Gilbert's tie with the Earth.
"Gilbert!" A voice called from below him. Gilbert looked down to see his friend, Elizabeta, down in the lake where the water fed to, sitting in a canoe. Once she knew he had his attention, she began to wave for him to come down.
"Your brother's back! Come down and see him already!" He could barely hear her over the roar of the water, but somehow he made out the words.
"Did you hear that Gilbird? West is back!" Gilbert turned around in an instant, already running down the hill to get down to where Elizabeta was. Yet half way there, he stopped, turning to Gilbird with a smirk that would have made his brother have nightmares.
"Why am I going the long way?"
Elizabeta waited at the base, not even bothering to paddle to shore. She knew that Gilbert would just want to swim towards her anyways, so she just waited.
"KESESESESESESESESESESESESE"
It suddenly ripped through the air, Gilbert's trademark hissing laugh. Elizabeta looked up to see Gilbert come crashing down into the water, almost making her canoe tip over with the wave that he created.
"Gilbert! You almost knocked my boat over with the wave your fat but created," Elizabeta screamed out, pushing her wet hair out of her eyes.
"Gilbert?" Elizabeta didn't see him anywhere. Maybe the fall had killed him.
"AH!" Gilbert screamed as he popped out of the water, jumping into the boat, all in one swift movement. Elizabeta screamed in shock at his sudden appearance.
"I hate you so much right now Gil..."
"You love me, now let's go back. It's been to long since I've seen West."
"Men and women of our tribe, we owe the honor of our victory to Roderick. Though he did not fight, his strategy and quick thinking allowed us to win against our enemies and lose no warriors," Ludwig proclaimed to the people, as Kiku went forward and blessed him.
"Oh my gosh, he is so hot," Elizabeta whispered to Gilbert. He shoved her to shut her up.
"Tonight the feast shall be in his honor."
Everyone clapped and cheered, not for the first time today, and began to disperse and get everything ready. Gilbert ran forward through the crowd and Elizabeta ran to go and talk to Roderick. He unashamedly ran as fast as he could and hugged his brother, almost knocking them both to the ground. Good thing Ludwig was so strong, or they would have ended up covered in dirt.
"East! Where have you been?"
"You can't keep the awesome down Luddy," Gilbert started before Ludwig could even begin lecturing him about not being there. "Now listen, I've been having this really strange dream. I think something as awesome as me could happen soon!"
Ludwig looked at his excited brother, who was rocking back and forth on this heels. Ludwig sighed, what he was going to tell Gilbert might be hard for him to hear.
"Gilbert, maybe, you know...I think it's time for you to settle down and get married," Ludwig let out all in a rush. Gilbert stopped his actions almost immediately.
"Get...married? You want me to get married?" Gilbert asked in disbelief.
"Ja, get married. How about Elizabeta? You two have always been great friends, I'm sure she would be happy to marry you."
"I don't know Ludwig...I just don't know," Gilbert sounded so unlike himself. Ludwig flinched at the use of his full name, Gilbert never used it. "Eliza is just a friend."
"Any woman then, just think about it all right?" Gilbert nodded and Ludwig threw his arm around Gilbert's shoulders.
"I almost forgot, Feliciano made us necklaces out of black stones he found." Ludwig was already wearing his and he handed the other to Gilbert. It was black stoned wound together with string.
"Just think about it East, all right?" Gilbert nodded and left, thinking about the whole idea of marriage.
Gilbird cheeped in his hair, snuggling down in the silver hair that was already dry after its adventure in the water. When he had been born, his father had wanted to shun him because of his red eyes and silver hair, but his mother insisted that she kept him. He was valuable to the tribe, and everyone who got past his arrogant attitude liked him. Gilbert walked to the river, thinking about his brother and what he had said.
Marriage? Should Gilbert settle down and start a family? It wasn't like he didn't have options though. Women, and even some men would be more than happy to have him as a suitor. He just didn't find any of them appealing. Though with how much he yelled out claiming 'vital regions' everyone thought that sex was all that he thought about.
Gilbert got into the nearest canoe, and started to paddle down the river. He just wanted to get away and do something else, maybe it would get his mind off the thoughts of marriage. Gilbird cheeped and fluttered around his head, always eager to share in Gilbert's adventures.
The water picked up and he flew down it, a blur to anyone looking at him from the shore. Then, just as the river picked up speed, it slowed down and there was a split. One side was calm and smooth, the other rough and fast. Gilbert managed to get the canoe to stop, and he just stared at the two courses.
"Marriage," he mused aloud, looking at the smoother course, "or the unknown?"
"Wait? Why am I even thinking so much about this? I don't want to marry yet, I'm just to awesome. Come on river, show me what you got!" Gilbert bellowed before he thrust the boat into the more exciting path.
So for those of you who know how Pocahontas ends, should one of them get shot like John Smith did? I can't decide.