Lost And Found

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CHAPTER 12- THE STORM

                                                             MAISY'S P.O.V

After spending the whole day helping other villagers with their daily work and sharing looks with Eugene, it was night and the weather had gotten chillier than usual.

We had just sat down for dinner when it started to drizzle rain. The Chief told everyone in their own language and then to us to grab our plates and go into our huts whilst looking up at the sky with a worried face. It was just rain, why did he look so worried?

Eugene and I grabbed our plates and made our way to our hut. We entered, sat down on the blanket and covered our shoulders with the other one because it was really cold. We sat really close to each other and started to eat.

“Do you think something bad is going to happen?” I asked him, a little scared now that the wind had picked up. I put my finished plate in front of me on the floor and he did the same with his, also finished.

He wrapped an arm around my shoulder and pulled me closer, “Don’t worry, nothing will happen.” He said, “Now, lets sleep.”

I put the plates to the far end of the hut and lay on the blanket and Eugene covered us with the other one. I snuggled into him to keep the body heat and to cuddle.

I fell asleep just as I closed my eyes.

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I woke up with the sound of shouts. I sat up quickly and shook Eugene from his shoulders to wake him up as well. The wind was howling outside, angry.

“Eugene, wake up!” I said with panic in my voice. Laritza came into our hut with her daughter who was covered with a blanket and another blanket on her.

“Quickly!” She told Eugene who had sat up and was looking at her in alarm. “We must go to the safe house. There is a big storm!” She told us both. Eugene and I quickly got up and grabbed both of the blankets and wrapped one each around us.

“Follow me.” Laritza said and then got out of the hut and we followed her quickly. If I hadn’t been holding Eugene’s hand I think I would have flew. I squeezed his hand and he brought me closer to him and as walked, more like struggled to walk in the wind. I looked up to see the sky an angry colour of blue and lightning and thunder striking each other in a fit of rage.

We walked a few minutes into the forest and came across a fairly large hut that looked like it was made from strong wood. We entered inside to see more than half the village here.

“My husband is bringing the rest.” She told us but I could hear the worry in her voice. We nodded, going to sit at the corner. At the far end of the safe house, there was food, water and more blankets for survival.

After a few minutes the Chief also came in the safe house with the rest of the villagers and his lion. Oh how I dislike that lion. I gave it a glare and as if it sensed it, it turned his head and stared back at me.

I saw Laritza sigh in relief and go up to hug her husband and he hugged her back and his daughter that was still in Laritza’s arms. He gave his wife a kiss on the lips and his daughter on the cheek and pulled away from the hug, facing all of us.

He first spoke in their language to the villagers and then came next to us and spoke to us on what was going on.

“There is a big storm. We must stay in the safe house until it is safe to go outside. We don’t know how long it will last but this safe house is built for storms so don’t worry.” He told us, smiled and then went back to his wife and daughter. I looked to see Arika playing with the lion's mane and the lion just rubbing his head into her hand and she giggling. The lions not that bad after all, huh? 

I turned my head to the right to look at Eugene and he turned his head left to look at me.

“We’ll be fine.” He whispered and kissed me hard on the lips.

“We’ll be fine.” I repeated and kissed him again and again until I began to forget about the raging storm outside.

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