Disclaimer: I don't own the Croods or the characters except Jharii, she is mine.
The next day Jharii awoke up lying on soft grass and this startled her because she was meant to be in the Family cave.
'Why am I here, and what happened' Jharii thought as she sat up rubbing her head, it took a minute for her to remember that she had left the cave the previous day and ended up meeting Guy. She looked around and couldn't see him anywhere, she knew he would be back so she decided to lie back down for a while; she just got comfortable and closed her eyes when she heard Guy come back. Guy walked over to Jharii and looked down at her, she opened her eyes when she realised he was looking at her.
"Are you ready to go, it will probably take awhile to convince your family to come with me on the journey to the mountain" Guy said while smiling down at her.
"But I'm comfortable" Jharii whined, she knew she had to get back to the cave but she was really comfortable where she was and she was still sleepy so she wasn't thinking properly. Jharii thought back to the last time she has slept so well and she realised it's been a few years since the last time.
"Come on, get up" Guy said while still smiling. When he saw that she wasn't moving to get up, he bent down and started to poke her arm. When that didn't work he poked her stomach and laughed when Jharii hit his arm away so he couldn't do it again.
"Fine, I'm getting up" Jharii said as she sat up, she looked at Guy and rolled her eyes at him which caused him to laugh again. Jharii honestly didn't want to back to the family cave, she liked being outside and she enjoyed being with Guy. She loved her family dearly but she wanted to live her life not hide in a cave, she was also scared that Grug would attack Guy.
"Are you sure you can handle my father, I don't want him to hurt you" Jharii asked Guy in a small voice.
"I'll be fine, now let's get going" Guy replied in a cheerful tone. Jharii couldn't help but smile at Guy's carefree and cheerful attitude, she finally stood up and walked towards the northern edge of the grassed area. It was the easiest path back to the cave, Jharii looked behind her and told Guy to hurry up.
Guy followed Jharii as she carefully navigated through the dangerous cliff areas and because Jharii knew the Cliffs well they made it back to her families cave before the sun had reached the middle of the sky. Jharii was getting nervous about seeing her family after being gone for the night, they would blame Guy without letting him or Jharii explain what happened. She told Guy to wait where he was and not to go closer to the cave just yet. Jharii slowly approached the mouth of the cave with was covered with the boulder which meant her family was in there.
"I'm back" She called out and waited for less than a minute before the boulder was pushed aside and her whole family rushed out. Jharii was surrounded by her family, Ugga was sniffing her and making sure she was fine, Thunk was standing there looking at his hand, Sandy attached herself to Jharii's leg and Gran was saying that she was still alive.
"Where have you been, we came back to the cave and you were gone" Grug said angrily. None of them had noticed Guy was standing a few feet away from the family and watching the family with longing in his eyes.
"I can help explain that" Guy said happily. Jharii looked over to him horrified, Grug growled as he stepped in front of her and the rest of the family formed what they called the family kill circle around Jharii. Guy took a step back but still looked calm and happy, it was only when Grug started to advance on Guy that he started to look nervous and a little bit scared. Jharii pushed her family out of the way and awkwardly ran in front of Grug; Sandy was still holding onto her leg and was now growling.
"Please don't hurt him" Jharii begged while trying and failing to get Sandy to let go of her leg.
"He is the reason you could have been hurt, he made you leave the cave" was Grug's angry reply.
"But she was" Guy didn't get to finish what he was saying as he was cut off by Grug's angry growl. Guy took another step back and gave Jharii a look that said 'help me'.
Jharii tried to get Grug to listen to her so she could explain but he ignored her and continued to snarl and growl at Guy. After a few minutes of this she decided she would try to convince Grug and her family that Guy saved her.
"He didn't make me leave the cave something else did and he saved me" Jharii almost yelled at her father while looking at Guy. At that Grug stopped growling at Guy and turned around to look at Jharii.
"He saved you from what took you from the cave" Grug asked Jharii.
"Yes, I don't know what took me from the cave but he managed to save me from it" Jharii tried to say as seriously as possible. She felt bad for lying to her family but she didn't want to see Guy hurt. Grug looked relieved but still slightly angry; Jharii thought he was angry because he though wasn't there to protect her.
"From now on you are coming with us when we go hunting so I can make sure nothing happens to you" Grug said calmly while turning around to face Guy again. The look on Grug's face said he didn't know what to do now, Guy was new and different but he 'saved' Jharii. This was when Eep stepped in, she could see that Jharii was lying to protect Guy, she may not have completely trusted him but she could see that her sister liked him and she hadn't seen Jharii that happy inn a long time.
"Hi, thank you for saving my sister" Eep said while looking at her younger sister. Jharii knew she would have to explain to Eep later what had really happened. Guy just smiled and carefully took a step forward and when he saw he wouldn't be attacked he walked towards the family a bit more. This was when Ugga decided to introduce the family to him.
"We're the Croods and you are" Ugga said cheerfully to Guy, she was happy that her daughter was back unharmed.
"Guy and this is belt" was his reply as he pointed to belt.
Jharii finally managed to get Sandy to release her leg but Sandy latched onto her waist instead.
'At least I can walk normally now" she thought as she walked towards her family, Eep went to grab Sandy but she ended up being growled at.
Jharii looked over to Guy and saw him talking to Grug; she assumed he was trying to convince him that The End was going to happen and that they should go with him. Grug didn't look particularly happy but he wasn't angry yet.
The rest of the family went back to the cave and left Guy to talk to Grug alone, Jharii didn't know how that would g but she hoped Guy would be fine afterwards. Jharii sat down near the mouth of the cave and waited, Sandy had fallen asleep by the time Grug come back the cave. The entire family was shocked thought when a nervous Guy followed him in; Grug said nothing as he rolled the boulder over to cover the mouth of the cave.
Jharii knew that her father didn't really trust Guy or believe him about The End but was willing to let him stay with the family, which was shocking considering Grug hated anything new and Guy was new. Guy walked towards her and she saw him relax when he sat down next to her, they quietly talked about what went on outside with him and Grug, which went better then they both expected. Jharii ended up telling Guy that she thought that something was wrong with Grug which he laughed at. Both noticed the looks that Jharii's family were giving them, and with the look Grug gave them they moved slightly further apart, and Jharii laughed because Sandy hadn't woken up.
After a couple of hours Grug told a story then called out sleep pile, he shocked everyone again when he told Guy to join the family. The only thing Grug did was make sure that Jharii wasn't near Guy in the sleep pile. Jharii smiled when she realised things were definitely going to get more interesting in the next few days if Guy was around, Jharii looked at Guy and noticed he was almost asleep and Jharii again thought it was strange that Grug let Guy stay with the family and didn't attack him. Jharii decided she would ask her father the next day about why he didn't hurt Guy and with that thought she allowed herself succumb to sleep.