Chihiro *COMPLETED*

Chapter 2: "Steady as the Beating Drums"

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The sounds of the tribal drumming were echoing throughout of the New World as the birds were flying in the orange, purple with the mix of pink sky. The trees were filled with green leaves and the rivers were clean and shiny.

Chorus: Hega, hega

Ya-hi-ye hega

Ya-hi-ye-ne-he

Hega

Off in the distance, as one mutated soldier who is water-turtle hybrid named Colt noticed that three boats are heading towards the village and one of the boats had his chief and leader. He grabbed his horn and began blowing to tell the other mutated soldier that they're coming. The other mutated soldier ran down the hill to alert the others. went to the corn field as the deer ran away from him.

[horn blowing]

Chorus: Hega, hega

Ya-hi-ye hega

Ya-hi-ye-ne-he

Hega

The mutated soldier who is Swift ran to the edge of the cliff as he blows the horn to alert the villagers that they have return. The female mutants gathered up some corn into their wicker baskets and carrying them back to the village either in their arms or on their heads. Even some of them uses their tails to carry the smaller baskets.

Female singer: Steady as the beating drum

Singing to the cedar ute

Seasons go and seasons come

Bring the corn and bear the fruit

By the waters sweet and clean

Even some of the male mutants stayed back to protect the innocence and collect fish for dinner or carrying heavier stuff like wood or rocks. The boats were passing by as two mutant turtles...MC and Michelangelo. They waved at the passing boats.

Female singer: Where the mighty sturgeon lives

Plant the squash and reap the bean

All the earth our Mother gives

Young female mutant mothers have their younglings in the wicker shaped basket-like carriers on their backs/shells. They look up to see their husbands have return.

Female singer: O, Great Spirit, hear our song

Help us keep the ancient ways

A humanoid, mutated rat was showing a spiritual rabbit off to the children. The children were in awe-struck with it. They heard a commotion coming from everyone as they got up along with the mutated rat who uses a walking stick.

Female singer: Keep the sacred fires strong

Walk in balance all our days

Seasons go and seasons come

The other mutated children were playing as they stopped their game and went to see the boats. A small, mutated turtle was taking a elderly female mutant feline towards the shoreline.

Female singer: Steady as the beating drum

Plum to seed to bud to plum

Raphael stood up to let everyone to see him. Everyone were whooping and cheering as they saw their leader, their chief along with their love ones safely return.