Here's the next chapter!

Sorry I didn't update as fast as I did the others.

What can I say? I got a little lazy.

Aurea blinked a few times to make sure she wasn't just seeing things. When she finally accepted that this was a real person, she took a hesitant step forward. She picked up a burnt stick, and slowly poked the boy. He gave no reaction, so Aurea knew he was unconscious. Feeling a little safer, she walked up to him and gained a closer look.

The boy seemed to be about a years older than her. He had pale skin that was covered by a tattered T-shirt that resembled the grey sky. He wore old jeans that came past his ankles and filthy sneakers covered his feet. He had very pale blonde hair, almost white, and his eyes were closed. Something had happened, because his arms were covered in scratched, and his forehead seemed to be bruised.

Aurea slowly picked his arm up, and check to see if he was alive, and sighed in relief when she found a pulse. She wondered how he had survived the strange clouds, and wanted to ask him, but, there was something she had to do before she could do that. As she saw before, the boy was trapped under a large wooden plank, which seemed to be crushing the poor boy's back. Aurea looked at him sadly, she didn't know what to do. She wanted to help him, but did she have the strength? And if she did, could she indeed, revive him. She stood there for a few minutes, pondering what to do, when her necklace started to feel heavy on her chest. Right where her heart was, when this happened, she made her decision. She didn't want anyone else to die, she had no chance of saving her family, but she did have the chance to save this injured boy, and she was determined to do it. She wasn't going to let any other living creature die.

So, with that motivation, she placed her hands under the plank, and started to lift it. It felt like it weighed tons, and Aurea could barely lift it one inch off the ground. She was about to give up, and drop the wood, when she saw the boy once more. He hadn't done anything wrong, and it wasn't right to let him suffer like this. She HAD to help him. Knowing this, she tried harder, and pushed the plank up with all her might, and in a few minutes, she lifted it enough for gravity to take over, and it fell to the other side. She did it.

She now stared at the boy lying in the ashes. He had a large gash on the back of his left arm, and his legs were covered it seemingly fresh bruises. Before moving him, Aurea searched around for any type of bandage or cloth. Thankfully, she found a relatively clean roll of bandages in one of the house's remains. Having this, she walked back over to the unconscious boy, and checked if he was alright. She could see his chest, or back, rising and falling with each breath. It was actually kind of cute, but Aurea knew there was no time for that. [I know I said he's older than her, and he is, but anything can be cute to a little girl. Well, at least for me when I was a little girl.] She carefully lifted the surprisingly light boy, and placed his arm around her shoulders. She grabbed onto that hand with one arm, and wrapped her other arm around his waist. As she walked, his feet dragged on the ground, causing a small trail to form behind the two children.

Aurea wanted to get away from the remains of the town, in hope that the air would be clearer, and easier for the boy to breathe in. Sadly, after about five minutes, Aurea's adrenaline from when she lifted the plank had vanished, and she realized how heavy the boy really was. Well, he was a year older than her, and a few inches taller as well. Soon, her legs grew tired, and she had barely made it out of the town. In about five minutes, her legs felt like they were going to shatter soon, so she removed the boy from her shoulder, and rested him under a tree they were about to pass.

There, she took the boy's arms, and examined the cuts. Some were deeper than others, but, thankfully, none of them seemed to be infected, yet. Knowing this, she got concerned about his back. A wooden board had fallen on top of it, so, she carefully removed the boy's shirt, and put him face-down on the grass. His back had a large bruise at the top that sailed down all the way to his waist, it was covered in small scratches, and a large cut sailed down his spine, as if the wood had cut him when it came down. Seeing this, his back turned top-priority, and Aurea got to work.

She took her water, and poured some of it onto his back, hopefully cleaning the cut as well as possible. Then, not having anything else to help the cut heal, she wrapped the bandage around his front, and circled it around to his back, she did this until his full back was covered. As she finished the final wrap on his back; the boy grunted in pain, causing Aurea to flinch and back away. When she knew the boy hadn't woken up; she finished the wrap and gently put his shirt back on. After she propped him back up against the tree, she repeated the process with his arms. Soon enough, the boy looked like a mummy with clothes on, but at least his injuries were protected.

Aurea looked at her wok proudly, but then her pride turned into concern as she looked at the sleeping boy. She was afraid she hadn't done enough. She was afraid he wouldn't wake up. A tear started to trickle down her cheek as she thought of many worst-case-scenarios about the sleeping boy.

No! Snap out of it! She told herself as she shook her head. He'll be fine.

She told herself this, but she was still concerned, so she tried to feed the boy. Knowing he couldn't really chew if he was unconscious, she brought her water casket over to the boy's mouth, and poured the last remaining gulps into his mouth. To her luck, he swallowed it! Causing her to beam with happiness. Maybe this boy will be fine after all.

She looked at the empty container, and knew she had to collect more water. She could see a small pond, not too far away, but she was afraid to go. What if the boy wakes up and she isn't there? What if he gets scared and hurts himself? What if he dies while she's gone!?

Again, the scenarios came back, and she had to snap herself out of it AGAIN. Knowing he'd be fine, even if he wakes up, she stood. He'd only get worse if he didn't drink anyway. So, she picked up the water casket, and started her walk towards the pond.

~~Timeskip by WATER!~~

~~3rd P.O.V, but Kai's P.O.V~~

Kai woke up laying against a tree, a sharp pain sailing through his back. He knew this wasn't where he fell asleep. It was green, and no scent of ash hung in the air. The sky was a clear blue and the grass was soft beneath him.

Where am I? he wondered as he slowly sat up, causing pain to slowly creep up his back. He reached behind him to feel it, but only felt the roughness of bandages on his back, he looked at his arms to see they were covered in bandages too. What happened? he questioned. He was about to get up, when he heard footsteps coming towards him. Immediately frightened, the boy jumped up and put his back flat on the tree, hoping the person wouldn't notice him. But as the footsteps got louder and louder, a shadow soon loomed over him causing him to shut his eyes tightly and let out a small whimper. He expected a loud booming voice, or just the pain of someone attacking his young body, but he got the exact opposite.

"I'm glad you're finally awake." A happy high-pitched voice giggled.

Kai slowly opened his eyes to see a girl, about a year younger than him with shining caramel hair ad golden eyes that shone like the sun itself. Her skin was pale, but her cheeks were stained with a light shade of pink. She looked completely harmless, and maybe even cute. Once his brain comprehended this, he relaxed and looked up at the girl.

"You okay? Sorry about the shock. Is your back okay?" she asked, a tinge of concern in her voice, but a smile was still plastered on her face.

"Um… yeah?" he stuttered, confused of how to respond, "My back's f-fine," he tried to sit up, wincing as pain sailed through his back again.

"Looks like it still hurts." The girl said, finishing what he was about to say.

"Y-yeah," he said sadly, "hey, um, who are you? Where am I?" he asked the strange girl.

"Oh!" she gasped, "I guess I forgot about introductions. How rude of me." She giggled. "My name's Aurea! What's yours?"

I'm…" he paused, unsure if he could trust this girl. There was something about her… she was to… happy. "Kai." he finally said, not knowing what else to do. "Now… where am I? How'd I get here?" he asked.

"Oh," Aurea sighed, the smile temporarily fading from her face "well, for starters; you're in a field." she paused, "A-and I brought you here, 'cause you were hurt, and, um, your town had, um, it was, um, um…" she stuttered.

"I know what happened to it." Kai suddenly grumbled, remembering the dark and the ashes of his town.

"Oh."

~~3rd P.O.V~~

"Oh." Aurea sighed, now curious of how this boy had survived. "Where you there, y' know, when it…" she started.

"No." the boy she now knew as Kai grumbled, "I was doing some… um… chores… out of town, and when I came back…"

"Oh." Aurea sighed again. "You okay?" she asked for the second time.

"I'm fine." Kai growled, causing Aurea to back away slightly. He seemed to notice this, so he looked up and spoke in a calmer voice. "I'm fine… really." He said, voice softer now.

"Okay… well, good! Y' know when I got you here, I was kinda afraid you wouldn't wake up." She said, her smile returning once again.

"Really?" he asked, uncertain that some random stranger would care about him.

"Uh-Hu! Oh yeah, which reminds me," she reached down into her bag and took out the now refilled water casket, "thirsty?"

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