The girls all left to go to the village. As they got there, there was a group gathered around the chief as he spoke about his battles when out of the village for so long. He stepped aside and showed a muscular Indian boy who looked very fierce and mighty.
"Our warriors fought with courage, but none as bravely as Kocoum, for he has attacked with the fierce strength of a bear," Chief Powhatan put a badge on this boy. "He has proven himself to be the greatest of warriors."
"Oh, he's so handsome." Nakoma blushed.
"I guess." Cherry shrugged, since she was too young to be interested in boys.
"Tonight, we will feast with his honor," Chief Powatan added, which lead to everyone cheering horably for Kocoum.
"He looks too serious, like my music teacher at school." Cherry folded her arms.
"I agree." Pocahontas added with disgust of Kocoum. She then walked to her father and the serious Indian boy.
"My daughter." Chief Powhatan smiled at Pocahontas.
"Wingapo, Father." Pocahontas greeted him with a hug.
"Seeing you gives me great joy." Chief Powhatan hugged her back.
"I'm so glad you've come home safely."
"Come with me," Chief Powhatan walked Pocahontas inside and allowed Cherry to come as well. "We have much to talk about. I want to hear everything of what you've been doing."
"Father, for many nights now I've been having a very strange dream," Pocahontas explained as Cherry, Meeko, and Flit explored the inside of their home. "I think it's telling me something's about to happen. Something exciting."
"Meeko!" Cherry scolded the raccoon as he got himself into a little mess.
Meeko chattered at her, then climbed around as the father and daughter talked.
"Yes, something exciting is about to happen." Chief Powhatan told his daughter.
"Really?" Pocahontas' eyes lit up. "What is it?"
"Kocoum has asked to seek your hand in marriage." Chief Powhatan answered.
"Marry Kocoum?" Cherry and Pocahontas asked together.
Meeko stuck out his tongue in agreeable disgust.
"I don't think Pocahontas even loves Kocoum, she doesn't even know him, Chief Powhatan." Cherry suggested.
"I told him it would make my heart soar." Chief Powhatan insisted.
"But he's so serious." Pocahontas said as she watched village children wanting to play with Kocoum, but he just stood in his spot.
"My daughter, Kocoum would make a fine husband," Chief Powhatan said as he walked out with the girls. "He is loyal and strong and will build you a good house with sturdy walls. With him, you will be safe from harm."
"Father, I think is pointing me down another path." Pocahontas protested.
"This is the right path for you."
"But why can't I choose-"
"Pocahontas, come with me," Chief Powhatan lead her away as Cherry wandered the village. "You are the daughter of the chief. It is time to take our place among our people even the mountain stream must someday join the big river."
Cherry kept walking along the village. The villagers smiled at her and waved at her as she crossed them. They seemed to have accepted her as one of their own. Cherry wanted to go home, but she felt like this was her new home.
Pocahontas met back with Cherry. The girls decided to try out a canoe so Cherry would adapt to Indian lifestyle.
"You still marrying Kocoum?" Cherry asked.
"Yes," Pocahontas sighed. "I really don't want to."
"I'm sorry, Pocahontas."
"It's okay."
Meeko came and sniffled Pocahontas's necklace.
"That's a nice necklace, Pocahontas." Cherry smiled at her.
"Thanks," Pocahontas sadly smiled. "My mother wore it on her and Father's wedding day. He says it was her dream for me to wear it."
Cherry smiled.
"He wants me to be steady, like the river." Pocahontas glanced at the water with Cherry.
Cherry and Pocahontas looked, then a couple of otters splashed out the water suddenly. Cherry fallen back on Meeko in alarm, making the poor raccoon screech out from the impact. Pocahontas giggled at the events.
"But it's not steady at all." she then stuck a paddle into the water and went for a ride with Cherry, Meeko and Flit.
Cherry looked over as she saw a couple of turtles smiling at them. Cherry turned all around as she saw they were running into a flock of birds flying toward the river and skies. Pocahontas paddled by the otters as they rested upon the rocks. The other animals of the forest watched the girls as they did their nature jobs. Meeko and Flit were hassling each other like squabbling siblings in the backseat of a car during a family road trip. Cherry and Meeko turned white as sheets as Pocahontas paddled over a waterfall. Cherry and Meeko screamed as Flit flew off the canoe and all around like an annoying mosquito. Cherry cupped her mouth and held her stomach, feeling queasy from the intense ride.
The ride settled once they were over the waterfall. Pocahontas looked around as the animals continued to watch them. Flit came back on the canoe and perched himself on Cherry's shoulder, delicately. There were two different turns in the river and Pocahontas felt like it was the path she had to choose, what her father was talking about earlier. She even looked at her reflection in the river.
"What are you gonna do, Pocahontas?" Cherry asked, spinning a circle in the water with her finger.
"There's only one who can help me, Cherry," Pocahontas replied. "My grandmother."
"Grandmother?" Cherry's eyes lit up.
Pocahontas nodded, then they got out of the canoe and made their way to meet the chief's daughter's grandmother.
A/N: Not my most favorite song in the movie, its too quick for me, but its still a good one, I don't own it though. Read & Review!