"Y...you don't know who I...am?" He asks with confusion all over his face.
"No! Why would I? I don't know you so you should leave me the crap alone before I go find help." He then holds up his pointer finger and motions for me to follow him.
I roll my eyes but then decide that he may know who I am so it wouldn't hurt to follow him, would it? I bite my lip in concentration. I don't know my name. I don't know my life. Hmm. I guess it wouldn't hurt. So I decide to follow him. Eventually we arrive at what looks like an... Amazon tribe? Woah.
What a dump.
"Please don't tell me I live here." I say more to myself then the boy next to me. He nods yes. Without thinking I palm my forehead in disappointment. "Do i have parents here? Or like a brother or sister?" Suddenly my hopes up. His amused expression fades and a frown replaces his smirk. "Oh. Did they die? How?" The boy opens his mouth as if he was going to say something but closes it with a loss of words.
A jaguar then jumps out of the bushes towards me. I run as soon as my body can react with a faster pace then i though i had. "JAGUAR!" I scream panic and fear lacing my words. The crowd around us bursts out laughing as the jungle cat tackles me to the ground.
Why aren't they helping me? Tears streaking down the sides of my face.
"Nice one, Ariana!" A middle aged man shouts clutching his stomach.
The jaguar still on top of me licks my face. I scream and struggle. Eventually she gets off of me and looks at me carefully as if saying 'What is wrong with you.'
" Help! Boy, help me!" He gets a leaf and starts to write with it on a rock. As soon as the jaguar walks away I fumble towards his writing. "She is your pet." It says, "She loves you and would never hurt you. Me on the other hand, she would gladly hurt me for you. I'm Diallo. And as for your parents well, they died in a tornado. we have medicine in one of the huts for you and once you take it you will get your memories back in four or five days. I need to tell you something before you get them back so you will remember this but I think it is easier now that you can't remember me."
"It can't be that bad."
"Oh, it is." He takes a deep breath to prepare himself and looks at the ground drawing patterns in the dirt with his toe. "My uh...dad," he chokes out dad like it's venom. "He's the one who um... killed your...parents." He looks up at me to read my expression.
"Oh? I don't really know them that much anymore, but thanks for telling me?" He drops his jaw in disbelief. Clearly this was not the response he thought he was going to get.
"I helped him, but my accident!" He quickly adds. "I mean he forced me to."
"Sorry if I'm disappointing you but...am i supposed care or..." I trail off. "I can't remember them. I mean i don't even know their na-"
"I'm your boyfriend and I killed her!" He tugs at his hair in frustration. "Why is this so hard? I feel like I-"
"Diallo! Shut-up! I'll forgive you when i get my memory back just like i forgive you now."
"I can't live with myself like this. He made me! I couldn't stop him. He threatened me but I could have just ran away." I slap him.
"Get over yourself. " rubbing his stinging cheek he looks away from my face
"I -I don't think you'll forgive me after you gain your memories back.
"I don't know. Ill try but i can't promise anything. But no matter what I'll be there for you. Im going to drink that stuff now, kay?
"Don't! Please! Not yet." He says darting up from were he was sitting.
"Why?" I asked confused.
"I... I just need time."
" I'll leave you alone then." And then I walk away. I'm obviously still going to drink the memory crap. Why should i let him control what i do? I'll just pretend i don't know. But seriously, what's his problem? Finally somehow... don't even ask me how but i found Chiefs hut.
I stand outside of the door wondering if I should just walk in or knock. What if its rude if I just walk in? What if I just have to stay here outside for 15 minutes until he comes out. After a while I finally decide to just walk in cause calling his name from outside would be weird. I walk into the unfamiliar hut and Chief surprisingly greets me with a smile.
"Hello. I'm not sure if you heard, but I've lost my memory and I don't remember anything. But I heard that I can have my memory back if I drink some medicine? Is that true?"
"Very true! It actually works faster now that we have improved it. How fast? I don't know, but I can tell you got it will work." He hands me a bowl with creamy liquid inside.
"Thanks." I say, while preparing for the bitter taste. I gag as it hits my tongue. It tastes like raw fish heads and death. I pull something out of my mouth that looks like an eyeball. "Is this..."
"Yup!" He smiles. I gag again. "What? I though you liked fish eyes!"
"That is disgusting!" Then Cheif looks a little more familiar to me. I remember him! I remember Diallo! Diallo...
Crap. Ughh. I need to talk to him. "Chief. It worked! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I yell running out.
Where is he?
"Diallo!" I call. I spot a group of people running into the forest and I hear people yelling for help. I run into my tent and grab the first aid kit I keep there. I run as fast as I can into the forest following the group of people. I shove my way into the center of the crowd where I find the Diallo.
"What happened?!?"
"Get away!" He yells. "You took the memory...serum." he says struggling for breath.
What the crap is this?!? Some sort of suicide attempt? Why would he do this? I'm not mad him. Why does my opinion matter to him do much anyway? "We can talk about this later." I say flatly. I start to address his wounds. There's already blood everywhere leaking from his waist. Next to him was a bloody wooden spear that he obviously pulled out.
"No! Leave me alone! Leave me! Im not living if you think I'm a bad person for the rest of your life!" Not bad but maybe a little mentally unstable...
"How do you know i think of you that way?" I say hurt. "I still like you." I growl. I get a couple of men to carry him into my tent. They put him in and go get food and water.
"Honestly," i say while wrapping him in gauze, "I'm not mad. I never was. Sure I'll miss my mom and all but art least i know what happened to her."
"You don't-"
"Don't talk; i need you to get better. It's Sun set. You'll be lucky to last the night out here." And with that I leave.
About an hour later I go back into the tent and find him asleep. Hoping he will get better, I go to my bed and quickly fall asleep.
My eyes pop open to check on Diallo about an hour or so later but he's gone and my heart breaks in two.
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IT'S A WORM ARMY! AHHH RUN FOR YOUR LIVES.
Sorry this took forever to update!!!
IT'S SUNDAY AND I'M SO TIRED. I HAVE SCHOOL AND I HOMEWORK AND UGHH.
i booped my cat on the head. She hates me so much :(
Anywho.
I LOVE U ALL MY LITTLE PRECIOUSES.
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-Jade Rose <3
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Storm Gaze
General Fiction"My mom...my dad...gone. They say I have powers. Powers that are way stronger and beyond belief. I don't even know who I am anymore" Everyone she loved is dead...or at least could be. When a man made tornado rips through her land, her life goes hayw...
