I Become the Villainess Mother: Life in the Woods

Part 1: Thank you. Mama

Jane's Pov:

I slowly open my eyes after I felt the hard ground in my back, looking up to the sky then turn my attention turn to the little girl crying beside me as tears again start trickling from my eyes

"You suffered enough child" I mumbled softly

She suddenly stopped crying and look at me in shocked just to wail again in relief seeing her mother open her eyes again and smiling at her

I immediately got up even though I still feel slightly weak and hug her while softly brushing her long golden hair, she cried for very long time as I whisper comforts until she gets tired and fall asleep

She must be so relief that her mother is alive, poor girl. I stand up and put her in a big leaves I found and start making little tent using big twigs and leaves to hide us from animals, I then start collecting dead, dry leaves and dead grasses that can be a great addition in snowy conditions, making some boughs that can fit the two of us. I then get the original owner's thick gowns stitching it together using the needle and threads I found in the bag in the side to make some mattress until at least 6 inches from the cold ground and put the little rabbit inside (the child).

It's still morning and if I judge the time by the sky I think it's 1 in the afternoon. I look at the little rabbit in the handmade tent and smile. I need to ready some food before the little one woke up

Taking a deep breath I grab the cookies I saw in the bag and put it beside her then I start looking for mushrooms, wild fruits that can be eaten, coconuts to drink and more edible plants not far away from the child and make some baskets in the twigs to put everything separately.

When I'm satisfied with the arrangement of the food I start working to make some knifes, axe, shovel, saw, spears and many more needed things to build the house and for hunting using flints that is obtained by breaking a block of gravel, which is best done with a stone shovel (speed versus materials). The same block of gravel can be broken over and over again until it drops flint (flint can be used to craft a flint and steel, or arrows). Not wasting anymore minutes for unnecessary things, I spent my time slowly chipping off flakes of flint using another rock (not flint) until i have a “edge”(It will be irregular compared to a steel knife, due to the way flint chips, but it will be incredibly sharp.)

I silently did my job when suddenly i felt some pair of eyes. I stop what I am doing and look at the child peeking at me in the handmade tent. Seeing the cute child peeking cutely a gentle smile spread into my face

"You've woken up my child, are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?" I ask still wearing the gentle smile. I got up and start making the fire using twigs

Twigs is really useful in the wild

"You are not my mother" I flinched when i heard her whispered. I immediately lost my smile and look at her in shock and panic

"What?" I ask speechless

"You are not my mother" she repeated " I can see your soul" she choked trying to stop herself from crying

My eyes sting at the sight as tears well up in my eyes, shimmering with unshed emotions.

"She's in heaven now right? She already an angel" she whimpered sobbing softly and it breaks me

I inhaled sharply as I sob clenching my chest letting the guilt and pain i felt for the child. It hurts! I wanted to tell her the truth but afraid to do so for fear to see the child crying in sadness again. I didn't know what to do, and to know that she knew about me taking over her mother's body is like a blazing hard steel hand clenching my heart. It's painful. Especially how this kid tried her best not to sob loudly Infront of me.

She's just a child! She was just a seven year old baby

"I'm sorry" I whispered sobbing little, the child also start sobbing little more loudly after confirming that her mother really is gone now. I inhale lightly and look at her in the eyes as I start explaining " You're mother didn't make it but she doesn't want you to be alone. She can't go back to her body that's why she beg me to take care of you" I stand up and walk to her "Child I am not your real mother anymore.. but I will promise that I will take care of you" I look at her warmly and caress her cheeks affectionately and then copped her face "I will love you like my own. Give you everything you need, and be with you always. I will be your mother, my child. So please smile for me" I hugged her as I felt her sobbing in my arms

She hug me back bringing relief to me and soon enough after she calm down I told her to eat the cookies first as I start making fire again. We cook and ate in silence, we also start looking for place to build our home as we travel lightly, not far away from the tent I made until dawn

When the sun goes down we return to the tent as I start cooking some wild sweet potatoes and mushrooms I found. We silently eat again not uttering any words until we are in the tent lying down

"Can I ask you something sweetie?" I asked the kid

"Yes?" She look at me with confusion

"What is your name child?" I look at her

She pouted with my question and answered grumpily as I let an amuse chuckled

"It's Erina Rose Avesta, you are my mama why don't you know?" she ask rather cutely

"*Chuckled* I'm sorry buttercup, your mother didn't give me any memories so I don't know much" I answered pinching her soft cheeks

She pouted more in my answer and suddenly stand up

"Then I will introduce myself" she said and bowed lightly "Hi, my name is Erina Rose Avesta, 7 of age. My mama's name is Alaina Lane Avesta, she's 20" she introduced and look at me " Me and mama left our house after some bad guy visit our house to take me away from my mama. We runaway here but suddenly mama stop and start gasping while touching her chest and then she past out" she explain with sadness

I scoped her and put her in my lap then caress her hair

"I understand, thank you for telling me" I smile then inhaled "my name is Jane Herrera, i am one year older than your mother, 21 and I am very rich but have a bad family, I also love the wild that's why I know what to do here so you don't have to worry about anything. And even I never had a child I know how to take care of you because I often visit an orphanage and take care of kids there" I look at her in the eyes "I promise you a good life my child. We maybe not rich and living in the wild but...I promise you that you will never get hungry" she smiled at my words and hug me lovingly, yawning as I start humming to make her fall asleep

"Thank you. Mama" she whispered and then suddenly fall asleep, I smiled and put her down and also get ready to sleep