"Hey! What's this?"

"Isn't that a..."

"Is she…?"

"Is she what!?"

"Dead...?"

"I-I don't know…"

(*)

I remember the small things more distinctively than anything else that morning.

The light. It came creeping into the room, as if it didn't want to be noticed, eventhough it's presence was greatly appreciated. I was alive. Barely, but alive.

The smell of the musky room, fresh grass and nature, it just overwhelmed me. I was sick of salt and the sea; this smelt like home- it was a safe place.

Heck, even the colours were amazing! The brown walls, each decorated wildy- as if a child was set free in there to do what he pleased- the green floor, well, it was something you didn't see often.

These were all things I normally took for granted, things I never even bothered noticing.

I forced myself up onto my elbows, so I could at least see where I was, who was my saviour.

I looked around, still slightly dizzy from getting up. I had to admit I was confused. Wasn't I close to the hideout? Why wasn't I there then? I was definitely not captured by the pirates again and I was positive I wasn't with Peter (no offence, but neither of them had such good domestic skills).

The floor was squeaky clean, hidden though, under a kind of carpet. There was a homely feel to this room, it had a small fireplace in the corner, with seats all around my bed. Had someone been sitting there, waiting for me to wake up?

A table was placed close by, with all sorts of herbs and spices on it..were those all for me?

I swung my legs around, making them dangle off the end of my bed. The room continued to spin around in circles until my world came to a stop,as he walked through the opening.

"Peter!" I yelled, jumping off the bed and starting to run (failing miserably at it) towards him. I felt a throbbing sensation in my knee, causing me to collapse straight into his arms, just like in one of those cheesy romance movies.

"Hey!" He said as he caught me. He started walking me towards the bed when I nudged him off.

"I'm fine don't worry!"

"Don't be ridiculous!" He stated, grabbing onto my arm once more. "You were practically freezing to death, plus you almost had a concussion- again!"

"I believe the scientific word is hypothermia." I pointed out, trying to stop him from pushing me towards the bed.

"Who cares? My God Cat, stop resisting! The Chief said you have to rest!"

"Who now?" I asked, unfamiliar with the name.

"The Chief of the Indians, he told me you needed rest." He urged me onto the bed and this time I went there silently, sulking almost like a spoilt toddler.

"I'm sick of 'resting'!" I moaned as I lay my head back, staring at the centre of the tent. I looked over at the ginger teen. "Why is it that every time I see you, I'm either in captivity or forced to 'rest'?"

He sat on the seat next to me and leaned back, placing his hand confidently behind his head. "You're the beautiful damsel in distress! Of course I have to save you!" He joked, smiling his signature smile and winking a green eye.

"Oh my God!" I snorted, rolling my eyes. "It's the truth though!"

"Watch it!" I warned as I pushed him off his chair. He fell onto the ground and I burst out laughing. He was looking up at me, glaring at me angrily for pushing him off, but soon his mood changed, laughing alongside me.

An old Indian woman walked in and shot us a look of disapproval.

"She must rest." She croaked out, looking at Peter. "You...go. Better for her."

He looked up from the floor and got up. He raised his shoulders as a sign of defeat and walked out, not without flashing his usual smile in our general direction.

I lay back down, looking around the room, but my eyes mostly followed the woman.

She pottered(A/N: it's a British expression for walking around, mostly without an end goal/aim c: ) around the tent, sorting the mess Peter had made, tutting to herself in response to his mess. She slowly began to dust the area, then sorted out the medicine that was located in the far corner. She was talking to herself, speaking a language I did not recognise, maybe it was some kind of chant or story- I wouldn't know, even if I tried.

I slowly drifted off to sleep and only then, did I realise how much sleep I truly needed. By the time I woke up, the temperature had dropped,the sky was crepuscular(A/N: basically a fancy word for twilight xD), the woman had cleaned the tent and was sitting patiently by my side, waiting for me to wake up.

"Good." She said as she noticed my eyes flicker open, whilst passing me a bowl filled with a steaming liquid. "Drink. It make better."

I took a sip, and the warmth of the drink made my insides go all fuzzy. I continued drinking until there was no more left and looked sadly down at my empty cup as I passed it back to her.

"Good. Good, good, good!" She repeated to herself as she got up and left the tent, leaving me alone. I lay back once more, shutting my eyes whilst listening to the peacefulness of the area.

"Shut up you might wake her!"

"No you'll wake her!"

"Who will wake me?" I asked loudly, making the two arguing boys to suddenly become quite. They peered inside, with guilty looks on their faces.

"Come in," I smiled, patting the seat on my right, whilst simultaneously pushing myself up with my left hand. "I don't bite you know!"

They giggled nervously as they made their way next to me. They were both very tall, at least 13, with long legs and scrawny, dirty arms.

"Alex….and Austin, right?" I asked, smiling that I had some different company.

"Yea." said one twin, passing me some small bright blue flowers.

"We wanted to give you these," continued the other, nodding his blonde head towards the blue flowers that were now in my palm." We thought you could, I dunno, wear it on your head or in your hair or something…"

"Awww" I cooed, leaning over and hugging them each briefly. "That's so sweet of you two!"

"It's nothing really!" Alex said, brushing his hand at the back of his head. " Maybe you could wear it tonight?"

"Tonight?" I asked, puzzled.

"Yeah!," answered Austin, grabbing my hand and pulling me up onto my feet. "The Chief wants to meet you!"

Thanks for reading the chapter! I'm really enjoying writing this at the moment, butttt of course exams have to be really annoying -.- I've been revising like non-stop, but I needed a break so tah-dah! New chapter! Thanks again, don't forget to review/give feedback because I'm always looking for ways to improve my writing!

LadyMoonCrystal

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