The Voices of The Earth

Chapter 2

Word Count  1268

Siana awoke feeling a warm fire next to her and a cover across her body. Due to her just waking up she was confused as she stood up, she looked around taking it in the surroundings she was in the middle of the woods. '" Glad to see your finally awake a strange voice "spoke. "Huh," Siana spoke, she looked in the direction where the voice was speaking. her eyes widened at a man he looked like a woman, but she could tell he was a man a feminine one at that. "Where am I," she asked.

"You're in the woods" he answered he found her in the woods she should have known where she was right? He sighed and put some sticks in the fire "What happened "she spoke. "You got bitten by a hungry bear on your leg and passed out from blood loss don't you know you're not supposed to run from them "he said Obviously I didn't in the moment blondie "she poked at him. "Right sure just another human claiming to know the earth "he sighs and continues looking at the fire. "Why did you save me "she asks ". You could have left me to bleed out to death." Because I'm not cruel and I help everyone in need of it even if they are a ... human." "I wouldn't put pressure on that wound." Why it's my leg? "Siana spoke. "Because I'm not gonna redressed the wound again" he grabs a bow from his

bag." Now stay here and don't move "he walks away from the fire and deeper into the forest. "Well, he was rude, "she thinks sitting there on the dirt she attempts to get up on her own she groans ."Guess he's right she hops to where he was sitting earlier and slowly sits back down looking at the medicine, he had left she picks up a few bottles that have herbs in it. Ones that witches would be known to use. Basil one of them labeled another Amarath and one called Comfrey. As Sianna was looking at a few other one the man came back. He had a couple of fish in his hand, "I told you to stay put." He walks up next to her and yanks the bag back from her. "Didn't anyone teach you not to take stuff that isn't yours? "he yelled. "Well, what do you expect me to do? Sit here in silence "she spoke." Yes, "he responds with no hesitation. groaned. He takes his bag back and began to skin the fish, taking the organs out and the reproductive organs and more. Siana watches after all she wasn't turned off by it, she had to do this multiple times when she would buy certain meats from people who sold her the animal rather the meat of said animal?

She sighed, "I could help you know with the skinning might as well do something to cure my boredom." The man gave her a fish and one of his knives. Siann would then start to skin and gut it. When finished the man got up grabbed some sticks and stabbed the sticks through the fish putting it on the fire. The two watched it the fish on fire in silence only hearing the frigid wind and sounds of the forests. "Can I ask why you don't like humans "Siann asked. The man speaks "Humans are power-hungry, and lust filled creatures who only want to have their rule over everything. Calling what they fear or can't control unright , and keep tight leash on the things they hate." She looked away for a second, he was right to a degree she would see people who didn't have parents in her village called a disgrace or a mistake, for not having parents who claimed them and women who weren't married by a certain age get disowned." That's why I hate humans," he responded. "Aren't you one yourself?"" she asked, "he surely did like one a strange one at that. "I"s that what you think" he Lighty chuckles. "The kings and scholars of your kind must really think that their children should not even know that there are other races with the same thoughts and feelings as them."

"There is a reason my ears are like this "he points to his longer sharper ears. "I'm an elf-human". "I'm not surprised they don't teach you of my kind just the ones who are scary and pose a higher threat am I right?" "What I even is an elf," Siana asked. "I might as well tell you elves were one of the first creations and people on earth,  they were made connected to their environment." "Some to the forest, the ocean, the skies and many more." "Because they were connected, they were given unique features in their appearance sharp ears for better hearing, green and brown eyes for better sight." "We tend to get mistaken as human due to us being close in appearance to humans"." Originally there were two kinds of elves, one they tell you about in books as blood-lustered war-loving dark elves or in your case orcs." "The other regular Elves were seen as easy to conquer, not willing to fight ones who would want to force their lifestyle on another race." "Wow, I knew we humans weren't great but. Wow, I'm sorry you and your kin- people have had to deal with that for centuries "she spoke.

"Yes, I suppose you should be sorry," he said. "But that doesn't mean all of us are bad. I'm not like most" Siana spoke. "And I should believe you because"? He spoke. "Even with this wound on my leg I haven't tried to kill you or anything right, even if I did have the knowledge of what you are or skills in combat, I wouldn't have hurt you. Maybe there's a way for you and everyone else to have a chance to have their bias and stereotypes rewritten in books" she spoke. "I'm after that is highly unlike the man spoke. The food finished cooking, and the elf takes one of the sticks and Siana grabs one of them and eats it. "Uh since I am stuck here could I know your name instead of calling you Blondie? Siana asks. "Very well the elf "spoke." You may call me Odilia "he answered. "That's a pretty name, could I know what it means "she asked. That is not important right now, you need to eat so you can get your strength back to heal, he said. "Fine," she stopped talking and continued to eat her food. "An elf huh" she wondered I wonder what other types of people there are and many types of a certain race there is. As the sun sets in the horizon the night gets darker and the forest quieter filling it with soft winds and frigid air in the night. Siana shivers and gets on the sleeping bag that she woke up in she gets in and pulls the cover over her body to keep heat and stay warm. Odilia stays awake looking at the fire keeping watch to make sure nobody wound harm them. Soon Siana falls into a peaceful slumber sleeping through the night. Meanwhile, Odilia stills watches for a few hours, putting the fire out and going to sleep next to the tree next to her.

Sorry, this took a month to do I am trying to post when I can most likely will now since I have an situation happening where I do not have a phone anymore