Reunion.

Chapter 5

"It's really good that you're finally up and about Snufkin." Moomin smiled looking up at his best friend.

"It's good to be awake finally. I still can't quite believe that I was knocked out for two whole days." Snufkin said, rubbing his eyes, feeling like there was still some sleep in them. He looked up to see Moominmamma pour some coffee into his cup. "Thank you Moominmamma." Since he woke up, everyone has been making sure that he has been alright. Moominmamma changed his bandages and treated the last of his burns before he started to eat. He felt relieved to eat something as his stomach felt like a bottomless pit after sleeping for so long.

"We're just glad that you got out of the fire okay." Little My smiled as Snufkin raised his cup to sip at his coffee. "How did you get to river anyway?" Snufkin suddenly chocked on the warm liquid. He coughed profusely. Moomin patted his back until he gradually stopped coughing.

"Wha-? What did you just say?" Snufkin exclaimed, not quite believing his ears.

"You know? The river. We found you on the bank." Little My said, raising an eyebrow.

"But...I was no where near the river when I was trapped in the fire." Snufkin explained, trying to work out what was happening. "Didn't you send someone in there to help me?"

"Well, I tried to help you but I wasn't allowed." Moominpappa sighed as he made himself present into the room.

"But someone was in there with me." Snufkin said.

"Impossible. I didn't see anyone go in there." Moomin exclaimed. He almost didn't believe what Snufkin was saying. As far as he knew, his best friend was the only one trapped in the fire. Nobody else was in there.

"Actually, I did see someone go into the fire." Little My confessed, raising a hand. Everyone looked at her in disbelief.

"Why didn't you say anything?!" Moomin exclaimed.

"Well, sorry but I thought I imagined it. You know? Like smoke on the my brain or something. Besides I didn't see them too clearly so I didn't think anything of it." Little My shouted. The conversation seemed to become faint to Snufkin. The words that were spoken became nothing more than white noise to him. He keeps replaying what happened in the moments before he passed out. So someone was in there. It wasn't his mind playing tricks on him after all. But if the Moomin family didn't get him out, then who did?

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Snufkin laid on the river bank near his tent. He had his fingers laced behind his head with his hat over his face. He had been staring at the green material for a while now, thinking about what had been happening in these past few days. He had felt like he has been put on a rollercoaster of emotions this week. He had been confused because of the first dream; he then felt fear during the wildfire, which doubled because of the second nightmare and then he was back to being confused this morning. He was right now trying his best to remember what happened that day before he passed out. He did his best to remember what his saviour looked like so then he could find them and thank them personally. However he didn't get very far. All he could remember was their faint blurry outline and that was it. He was so drowsy when they came to find him that he can't remember much at all. However he had a sneaking suspicion that Moominpappa knew something, and it has something to do with that envelope that he had tried so much to hide. If he had nothing to hide, then why did he act so skittish? Was there something in that envelope that he didn't want to be seen, especially by Snufkin?

"Snufkin?"

Snufkin raised his hat off his face. He saw Moomin and Little My standing on the bridge looking at him. Snufkin sighed silently. He knew it wouldn't take that long until someone realised that he had sneaked out of Moominhouse. He didn't mean to make anyone worried, but he needed to get out. Being cooped up in a house for too long wasn't something that he enjoyed. If he was sick that was fine, but if he wasn't he didn't see a lot of point in staying in for more than a whole day at least. So he wasn't surprised that Moomin would want to come to make sure that everything was okay.