Chapter 6: A dying village
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Arya was not afraid to ask and get all this problem out of the way, but she wanted to wait, to perhaps see some actions later on.
Arya and Sarah started walking north, hoping to find someone to ask about any possible directions.
At first, Arya was questioning this plan since they both realize that mutants hate humans, but Sarah had a plan to hide their identity from anyone, by covering themselves with capes and masks she picked up before they left the burrow.
After they wore the capes and the masks covering all of their bodies and faces, they continued walking north, ending up finding a small village.
The small village was not crowded, but the weird thing about it is that it did not have except one kind of mutants, there were only hamsters, they were not really much of a danger, every one of them was minding their own business, no one talking to another, no one smiling or showing any kind of emotions either.
Arya felt curious to know why this place is like this, why it's so depressing, while Sarah on the other hand did not seem to care for anything except the directions.
Arya had an idea to ask about the reason, but she did not know who to ask, so she separated herself from Sarah to look for someone to ask, Sarah was not agreeing with this idea but she did not have any better way to do this.
After a while of searching, Arya managed to find one person to ask for help, so she immediately went to look for Sarah, she found her walking with some different kinds of supplies.
Arya: Sarah! I have good n...wait...how did you get all this stuff?
Sarah: they trade here so I traded...you said you have something?
Arya: oh yeah I have good news...I found our guy...he is the sheriff of the village...I think.
Sarah: well I guess we can go and ask him...where is he?
Arya: he is at the gate...he is wearing a big rounded hat.
Sarah: ok...we will look for him tomorrow...the night is about to set...we need to go back home for now.
After a good time of sleep, Sarah and Arya woke up and ate their breakfast, then they wore their covering capes and headed to the small village, but they did not find anyone.
After a short while of walking to the village, they started looking for the sheriff, but they found no one.
Sarah: are you sure of the description you told me yesterday ?
Arya: yes...I'm pretty sure...he was there yesterday at the gate.
Sarah: hey...did you notice how the population got suddenly even less than yesterday?
Arya: no...not rea...
As she looked around her, finding no one in sight.
Arya: oh.
Sarah: there must be a reason for all of this.
Arya: maybe they are just all sleeping ?...it's pretty early you know.
Sarah acted up immediately, she climbed on one of the buildings looking for the villagers, only to see a group of hamsters standing in what seems to be a graveyard.
Sarah: I see them...they are in a graveyard...this has to be the reason.
After they arrived at the graveyard they started looking for the sheriff, but they still haven't found him.
Arya was sick of this, she had to do something, she approached one of the villagers and asked.
Arya: excuse me sir...can you tell me whose funeral is this?
Villager: it is for our friend...Joe...he is not really here anymore but he will always be in our hearts.
Arya: I'm sorry for your loss...but can you explain what you mean by "really here"?
Villager: you are not from here are you?
Arya: we uh...we are from a different place...we had to run because snakes attacked our home.
Villager: well...you are not different from here...it is the same thing here...we try to survive the night from the snakes but we always end up losing some people every other night.
Arya (mind): this explains why everyone is depressed here.
Arya: and let me guess...joe is the sheriff here...or was.
The villager looked at the ground in grief, he could not answer, Arya realized that the answer was yes.
She then left to meet with Sarah again.
Arya: Sarah!...I know what happened here!
She explained everything to Sarah, Sarah was not shocked, but she was mad for the injustice for this village.
Sarah: ok I'm going to leave this one for you...do you want to help the rats?...I mean the hamsters...whatever.
Arya: of course but how?
Sarah: we can go to the snakes and hear their side of the story and maybe we can solve it from there.
Arya: sounds like a dangerous plan...let's go then!
After their agreement on helping the hamsters, they went to ask for directions from the villager Arya talked to earlier.
They got the directions and went back to their home to take some rest so they can leave this place to be on their way to talk to the snakes.
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