This must be the most largest writer's block I've ever had
anyway sorry for delaying and if the moderators would sew me when I update this 'old ' thread now then I'll think about it till next time I promise!
Chapter fifteen: A friend returns
Acroney and Frayda had almost reached Noka’s lair when it suddenly began to rain. They took shelter under a tall tree and waited… and waited. The Grubb began to get impatient.
- Is the rain never going to stop fall? It’s getting a bit boring to sit here in the cold, she muttered.
- You ought to be glad that we aren’t wet… yet, Acroney grinned.
- Ah well, maybe I should. But I still don’t like to sit here while the rest of the inhabitants are inside their huts and cuddling. I wished we were in there now - in the warmth.
- Yeah…When it has stopped raining then I’ll leave you to walk the rest of the way to Noka’s village – I rarely visit people when they’re having a fiest.
- A fiest, Frayda asked.
Acroney nodded.
- I, he continued, can however lead you to the main gate but after that you’re on your own.
- Are you sure you don’t want to stay for a while and eat some food, Frayda asked.
- I’m sure.
It had stopped raining and Acroney did what he had promised the Grubb to do. He said good bye and left her as told.
* * * *
Dancing, drinking, talking and dancing, drinking a little more and threw up a few times. So was the schedule of the party. Loud noices of shouting and the sound of breaking bottles made Stranger and Maki feel uncomfortable and unwelcomed, but they didn’t want to leave until the fiest was over, jus’ not to make the leader disappointed or angry.
- I can’t understand why everybody can enjoy drinking – it’s all the Toicers fault, Maki said with anger.
- Me neither, but you can’t blame the Toicers – even if they were the ones who started this – they didn’t know that Steefs are sensitive to alchol. And by the way if they knew, then I believe that the Toicers shouldn’t have made that deal – not with alcohol. Talking about deals… have you fulfilled your father’s promise yet, Stranger asked.
- I haven’t got the time to, but I may get some sooner or later, he sighed.
- Oh, but I know one, Stranger began while he pointed at a couple of female Steefs who sat beside a table in a corner talking – or at least – tried to.
- The one to the right is the hostress whom we hire the hut from and the one to the left is her daughter, Stranger continued still pointing at them.
The daughter turned around and looked at them, and Maki seemed to had caught her attention. Maki frozed. It felt like the time had stopped when their eyes met. She smiled. He had never seen anything more beautiful in his whole life, until now. The young female Steef had blond, half-curly hair that reached her shoulders, cream colored fur, greenish/yellowish eyes that shone of happiness and she wore a lightgreen dress and a pale red shirt.
- Maki? Eh, Maki d’you hear me, Stranger asked him while he grabbed his arm and shaked it.
- What, Maki asked as he woke up from “the trans”.
- Now hadn’t I right?
- About what?
- You like her, don’t ya?
- Whom?
- The daughter of course, Stranger said annoyed of all replying.
- Well… she is…cute, Maki said as he looked at her.
- Ah, c’mon you can tell me, Stranger, your best friend can’t ya.
- … Okay, Maki grinned and burst into laughter, I give up. I’ll tell you when the party is over.
* * * *
It didn’t seem easy to get inside the village by knocking – of course almost all Steefs were at the party – though even the guards where outside to guard they couldn’t hear ‘cause of the loud noices. Frayda had been trying to get in for almost half an hour, but she stil couldn’t get inside. “Hopeless”, she thought. “Oh where is the Steef dude when I need him?”
Fifteen minutes past and after some thinking she came up with an idea: “If they can’t hear me then they’ve got to see me.”
She knew exactly what to do. First, she’d find another way in, maybe a hole or something. Then if she found one, she would dig herself in to the lair and last try to get some help to find Stranger.
And Frayda was a lucky Grubb.
She found a little hole and started to dig till she came to the other side of the wall and started to look after her friend. It didn’t take a long time before she succeded.
* * * *
“Bam!”, the doors flew up and hit the wall. Everybody got quiet and looked confused on the little creature that stood at the doorstep. The Grubb asked:
- I’m looking for two special Steefs. Their names are Stranger and Maki. Have anyone of you seen them?
Stranger who had been talking to Maki turned his head and met Fraydas gaze. Suprised, he raised from his chair and walked to her.
- I thought you had returned to your home, why are you here, Stranger asked.
- Well… there was a bird I met on the way that told me that a couple of youngsters needed my guidence and when I’m thinking… you two deserve it, she answered with a grin.
- I’m glad you changed your mind, ‘cause I’ll be needing some new company, Stranger said as he pointed at Maki and his newfound love.
- Oh I see, the Grubb said with a smile on her lips.
- Well the party has jus’ begun let’s have some fun… but without alcohol.
- Okay, but you have to show me around, dude ‘cause I don’t know this place yet.
- Sure. Just stick with me and everything’s going to be fine.
~DS~