Chapter 3: A Feeling of Being Watched

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  You woke up with a pounding headache and groaned quietly. You felt something around your wrists and something rough on your arms. Opening your eyes and looking back, you saw your wrists tied together around a thin tree. It was pitch black out and you wondered how long you were got for.

"Oh, your awake!" A cheery voice said in front of you, so you whipped your head around and saw a male that looked like the other one you were fighting, in front of you. Except he had on a red tunic and a red hat on instead of blue. You glared at the male, out of fright, hoping to scare him away. He, however, did not flinch.

"Who are you?" You growled out, getting angrier by the second.

"I'm Red! What's your name?" He questioned as he held out a hand to you. You both just stared at each other until he finally got the message. "Oh! I forgot you were tied up. Sorry." He then put his hand back to his side, sitting down.

"Where am I? Why am I tied up?" You asked.

"You are at mine and my brother's camp site. And you are tied up because Vio said that he didn't want you running away so he can get some answers from you." The optimistic male said. "So... What is your name?" He asked, once again, tilting his head to the side.

You let out a small laugh and replied, "I'm (y/n)." You smiled at how nice Red was being.

"(Y/n)... That's a pretty name!" He exclaimed happily. You blushed lightly at tthis comment. "I almost forgot something. My brothers cooked fish, and I saved one for you. Want one?"

"Won't your brothers get mad at you?" You asked, slightly taken aback from the offer.

"One of them already gets mad at me for little things," he sighed, "but I won't care. You seem like you haven't eaten in along time."

"I-I can't believe your being so nice to me..." You mumbled out as he untied the ropes. "I thank you for this."

"No need to be thankful, I'm just glad to help you out!" He went somewhere and you stayed where you were. A few seconds later Red came back, holding the fish tail in his hands, then gave it to you. And in a few quick gulps, the remains of the fish (the eyes, mouth, tail, etc.) were buried in the ground by you. "Wow, you sure must have been hungry." He laughed out. You blushed a shade of pink and nudged Red with your arm lightly.

"Well I didn't eat for a couple of months with nothing but a few berries to eat." You giggled. Suddenly, you heard shuffling and muffled voices.

Red looked at you and got the rope. You understand him, and wrap your arms around the tree again. "Those are my brothers. I can't risk them seeing you without your bindings on. Sorry."

You only nodded, meaning it was fine. You waited silently until you saw a faded outline of people coming out of different tents. You broke your gaze away from the outlines and looked down, starting to get angry again for what they did to you. Your (e/c) eyes went darker as you placed a scowl on your face. This wasn't pretending, you were truly angry still. "Red, who are you talking to?" A voice questioned, walking towards you and Red.

Red smiled innocently and replied, "just (Y/n)." You would face palm if you could, for him saying your name.

Now that then the male was closer you could see that he looked the same as Red, but he had on a green tunic and a green hat. "Who's (Y/n)?" He asked, confused. Red just pointed at you, still smiling. "How did you get her to say her name?" The green tunic-wearing male asked, shocked.

Suddenly, you heard footsteps walking angrily your way. "Why did you come in our camp!?" He demanded. You looked down again and didn't reply. "Answer me!"

"Blue, if you keep that tone of voice, we'll never get her to talk." A calm voice said right next to him. Blue angrily stomped away. You glanced up and same another boy that looked like the rest of the boys, but he had on a purple tunic and hat. "Do you mind telling us why you came into our camp?" He asked, looking at you. However, you said nothing.

Red looked at his brothers, "She was talking to me a little while ago." He said.

"I guess we'll have to try tomorrow." The green tunic-wearing boy said, "who's on watch?" He asked as he and the others left, including Red. They said something else but you blocked the voices out and tried to dig your nails in the rope, to somehow get it cut. You tired doing this, but the rope was stronger then most. You gave up and sighed, relaxing your body so you went limp. The solid bark against the back of your head felt uncomfortable, but you didn't care all that much. Suddenly, you felt eyes watching you. You became alert and looked around. Even though you had a bit of night vision, you couldn't see anything.

"My mind might be playing tricks on me again." You murmured quietly, yawning. You then layed your head on the tree behind you and fell asleep.

But little did you know, that your eyes weren't playing tricks on you...  

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