Chapter 3
"This is getting frustrating." Abe said as he and Alf sat underneath a tree to rest near a river. Abe and Alf had being asking every mudokon they came across if they knew anything about Ghost and everyone either didn't know or didn't want to talk about it.
"You're telling me?" Alf said, "It's like everyone is afraid of this Ghost person. And Irun won't elaborate on the subject."
"I know, I wonder Ghost did that made him an outcast."
"Hey stitch lips!" a familiar voice called out to them. Abe groaned as he saw Munch surface in the river.
"What is it Munch?" Abe asked.
"I found a mudokon that needs your help." Munch said as he jumped out of the river and hopped over to them, "I would've helped but the poor girl is tied up between two trees and I'm too short to reach the ropes."
"Girl!? Did you say girl?" Alf said surprised.
"That's what I said, an odd colored one too. Come on."
"What do you mean be odd colored?" Abe said as he stood up, "All mudokons are green or blue aren't they?"
"This one isn't, now are you coming or not stitch lips?"
"I'm coming, I'm coming."
"Me too, I got to see this." Alf said as they followed Munch.
The noon sun beat on her mercilessly and she could feel her skin burning. Her sensitive eyes also hurt sense she wasn't used to using them in the daylight. So most of the time she kept them closed. She was a bit annoyed at whoever it was that found her earlier.
Too short to reach the ropes, he says. I'm going to get help, he says. Bah he was probably one of Xan's friends sent to tease me. She thought bitterly.
She heard voices up ahead so she opened her eyes to see who was heading her way. She saw a gabbit and two mudokons coming toward her.
Wait a min. she thought, I've never seen those two before.
"There she is." Munch said as they rounded a bend to the spot where she was.
"You weren't kidding Munch. I've never seen a mudokon that color before." Abe said as he looked at her. She had bluish white skin (well the parts that weren't sunburned anyway), skyblue eyes, and light lavender and blue ponytail. She was watching them nervously and when he approached her, she tried to back away. "I'm not going to hurt you." he said to her.
"Yeah right and I'm a tame scrab." she said timidly, "Everyone mistreats me, so way should you be any different?"
"Boy does she have issues." Alf muttered.
"Look," Abe said, "I don't know what has gone on in your life, but you have to trust me."
"I guess I don't have much choice do I? she said, defeated, "I'm not going anywhere unless someone unties me."
She relaxed herself and Abe started to untie her. When he was finished she suddenly groaned and collapsed, Abe barely caught her before she hit the ground.
"Too much time in the sun." she said weakly before going unconscious.
"We better get her inside quick to cool her off and to treat that sunburn." Abe said.
"Might want to cover her up with this," Munch said holding up a cloak he found nearby, "To keep her from getting even more burned."
"Good idea Munch." Abe said as he took the cloak and wrapped her up in it. Then he picked her up and started to carry her back to the village, Alf and Munch following.
Chapter 4
When she woke up she found herself on a bed, inside a hut. She looked over herself, a bunch of bandages covered the areas where she was burned by the sun. She could smell some sort of medication on them. Her ponytail was up in a bun, apparently to keep it out of the way when the bandages were applied. She moved carefully, she could still feel the burning sensation on her skin. She heard a door open and she tensed up. She didn't know where she was or who's hut she was in. A blue skinned mudokon walked into the room she was in. She recognized him as the one who had untied her. His kind smile eased her tension and she relaxed.
"I'm glad you're awake," he said as he walked up beside her, "I was beginning to get worried."
"How long was I out?" she asked.
"Nearly a day. We found you yesterday."
"That long?"
"Yep, by the way my name's Abe. What's yours?"
"I...I don't know."
"You don't remember?"
"No, I can't remember anything starting from about two years ago and beyond."
"Nothing has come back to you during those two years?"
"No, nothing. I do get dreams sometimes that I feel are memories, but I can never remember them when I wake up."
"That sucks. So who left you tried up anyway?"
"Two other mudokons named Xan and Cuf, they've been doing things like that to me for about a year now."
"Why?"
"Just because I'll different. And sense no one will accept me for who I am they get away with it!" she said as she started to shake.
"Whoa take it easy." Abe said as he put his hand on her shoulder.
"I wish I knew why they hate me, I wish could remember my past! Maybe then I would know what I did to deserve such treatment and start taking steps to fix it!" she put her head into her hands and sobbed.
"I haven't mistreated you have I?" Abe asked gently.
"No..no you haven't. Why is that?" She looked up at him.
"Because I believe that every mudokon deserves to be treated fairly, no matter what they look like."
She looked at him shocked for a moment, then she smiled. Abe smiled back. Then they heard a stomach growl, and she laughed weakly, a little embrassed.
"Jeez that's right, you haven't eaten in a day. Let me get you something to eat."
As he started for the door something clicked in her mind.
"Abe." she called out to him.
"Yes?" he looked at her.
"My name is Cili."
Abe smiled and walked out.
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