Good Heart ➵Bellamy Blake ➵

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"Amethyst you can't just go out all the time whenever you feel like, you know I hate when you're out in the woods by yourself," my father exclaims. I just got back from the woods with a basket of nuts and I walk into my hut with my father yelling at me, the usual.

"Papa, you know I'm capable of being by myself and plus I was with Lincoln, so you don't have to worry" I try to calm him down. My father is a bit paranoid, he's afraid the mountain men will take me and keep me hostage. Mountain Men are our enemy, they took my ma when she was out in the lake by herself, it's been 7 years since she's been gone and everyone gave up searching for her. Little do they know I've never stopped.

With the mention of Lincoln papa's crease between his forehead slightly calms. Lincoln is a close friend. He is one of many of our healers. Papa wants me to become a healer as well, so I've been practicing with him for almost 2 years now.

"Oh good, how has his teachings been? I hope he is not being harsh on you, is he?" Papa is always concerned about my well being, but I don't blame him, he's been through so much.

"It was fine, he was being a royal pain if I must say" I say collapsing on my blankets. I close my eyes for not even 5 minutes and hear a shriek from outside my hut. I jump up and grab the nearest weapon, which was a spear and see that my papa rushes out the hut and quickly follow.

As we both walk out, I notice that everyone in the village is outside staring towards the sky. I look through the crowd, looking for someone specifically. I catch his eyes and he carefully rushes towards me and papa. "Hey, what's happening?" I greet Lincoln when he approaches.

"Our people saw something fall out from the sky, it was caught on fire, and then a big crash came afterwards. I'm not sure what it is, but some of us including myself are going to check it out." I then notice his gear.

"I'll go too, let me just get my-" I start but Lincoln cuts me off. "No. I don't think that's a good idea, we aren't sure what it is, it could be dangerous Amethyst."

"Are you kidding me, you sound just like papa. Don't do this Lincoln, I can help!" I say frustrated. "I don't want anything happening to you, you're like a little sister to me, the last thing I want is for you to get hurt," Lincoln says fixing my jacket "And plus, we need the best of the best to help on the injured and sick."

"I can't believe you're treating me like I'm 5, let me remind you that I am 18 years old," I say flicking his forehead. Lincoln laughs.

"I promise I'll be back with something for you, just take care of our people, I'll be back" I swat his hand away before he tries to pat my head. "You owe me" I say as Lincoln walks off with the rest of our warriors.

Lincoln is an idiot if he thinks I'm going to just stay here.

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I quietly walk through the woods while I check my surroundings. After Lincoln left, I told papa I was going to take care of Cara, a nice woman who lived 5 huts down from us. She wasn't really sick, but he didn't know that. Before I left, I took my bow and arrow and a handy knife that I hide in a stump a few feet away from the village. Better safe than sorry. I can already hear papa yelling at me, but I'm as curious as everyone else I just want to see for myself, whatever this thing from the sky is.

I jump over a log and hear a crunch. I quietly run to the nearest tree, grabbing my bow. I breathe in, before looking behind the tree. When I look, I see people, mountain men? No they can't be they aren't wearing those weird suits. I watch them walk and I over hear them "They sent us on the wrong mountain," says a blonde girl. "Mount Weather is over there, they sent us to the wrong damn mountain" Mount weather? Sent? Is that what that thing in the sky was? These people? As the blonde leaves with her group, I follow quietly, having my bow ready if I need it.

The group enters a campground. I climb a tree because I couldn't see properly. That's when my eyes go wide. What fell from the sky wasn't a thing. It was a ship full of people.