Beast Kingdom

Fish and Fire

Violet's POV

"Knock knock pretty lady, are you here?" I heard Jan ask

I walked out and saw Jan and 3 others with him.

"Are these your brothers?" I asked him.

"Yes. Carl, Luke and Peter." He says, pointing at his brothers.

"Jan was right, you are purty!" Luke says to me, blushing

"

Awe thank you. You guys are pretty handsome too!" I said to them and they all started blushing.

How kyot!

"My mom says I am fast enough as a hunter that all the females will love me!" Peter says.

"Well, mom said that I sing so well. All the females will fall for me for sure!" Carl says next

"You can sing and hunt but I can do it all and I am the best-looking!" Jan says out loud and puffs out his chest.

The other boys all start laughing.

"I believe everything that your mom says." I chimed in and told them.

"We like her!" All the boys said together.

"Backup backup. She's already taken by Jee." Jan says to them.

"Awe! Well, one day we hope we can have someone purty like you Violet!" they all say to me with sad faces.

"One day I know you will." I said to them and, pat them all on their head

"What's everyone doing?" Jee asks, walking in.

I see 4 bags of feathers?

"I brought the gang to come meet Violet." Jan says back to Jee

"She's a keeper, Jee! You are so lucky!" Luke says back to Jee, winking

He starts blushing and brings the bags of feathers to me.

"Wow, they are beautiful. Where are they from?" I asked Jee and he started blushing again.

"My feathers. We keep them till we meet our mates and give them to them. This is the best I could do when you asked for something like clothes." he says to me.

"I can do a lot with this. Thank you." I said back to him happily.

"You hear that, Jee? She said she could do a lot with that hmmm." Jan says teasingly.

"You boys be quiet! Anyways, you guys came here to try some fish, right?" Jee asks, trying to avoid the teasing.

"Jan said that you guys caught some fish and said it tasted good. We want to know if it's true!" Luke says.

"Let me get some for you." I said to the boys.

"I'll do it. I would never let you serve anyone else!" Jee says aggressively and sprints to get the fish meat.

"Fine, fine. I want to start a fire Jee. Can I make one outside?" I asked him

"Fire, fire? What is that?" I heard all the boys scream in excitement.

"Violet knows how to keep little suns. I've seen it with my own eyes. That is why I chose this place so we can experiment away from everyone." Jee says, nervously squinting at me.

"You think I will burn everything down?" I said, upset.

"No, it's not that. It's more like if everyone notices they will want your attention more." he says embarrassingly.

Why would he care? I am not going anywhere.

"I am not going anywhere, Jee. I will start the fire and you can give the boys some of the fish." I said to him and walked outside.

"Jee, you are so awkward with her! Stop being like that. We know she likes you." I heard one of the boys scolding Jee when I walked out.

I wonder why he has such low self-esteem. He's really smart and handsome. Alright, I start by using the wood and twigs that Jee gathered a while back and placed stones around it. I was able to find a spot a few feet away from the hut where there were no branches above us. I start the fire with the sparks and wait.

He already de-spiked the fish so I, wrap the fish in some leaves and place them over the low heat of the twigs, since it's a small fire. They should start to bake after some time. Later on they will be good. I'll have to teach him how to de-bone and clean the fish since I did it last time. It's a bit too complicated for him to try now.

"Violet the fish was soo good!" Luke says to me impressed

"How did you do that?" Jan asks.

"I will teach your fathers soon." Jan says to the said.

"Fathers?" I ask Jan

"Oh right! Carl and Luke have the same father and Jan and Peter have the same father." Jee says back to me.

I would never have guessed! They all look identical.

"Nice! I made a fire. We use this to cook the fish. Jee says you guys don't use fire so I showed him how to make it." I say back to the boys

"Wow, it's pretty warm." Peter says

"Yes, it can also keep you warm and provide light as well at night time." I said back to them.

"Whoa! That would help Grand Chief at night time and all the moms too!" Carl says, impressed

"How do you guys watch at night?" I ask Jee

"Females can't see at night so they stay at home while males leave to hunt at night." Jee says back to me.

"I thought it was a rumor but I guess I was wrong! You are able to control mini suns." Jee's mom says while flying up towards our tree-house entrance.

"Yes it is true, Grand Chief!" the boys yelled.

"The scouts sent an alarm to me about seeing little suns around this area. And I overheard the boys just now talking about it, so I was curious. This is fascinating Violet! How do you maintain it and how do you start and stop it?" She says to me

"I can show everyone how. Right now we can't turn it off or start it since Violet is cooking something. I don't want to mess the process up." says Jee

"Cooking? What are you cooking?" She asks

"Fish! Of all things fish! And it's delicious, Grand Chief, you should try some!" Jan yells.

"Coming from someone like you Jan, I bet it's good. May I have some?" She asks me

"Of course!" I said back to her.

Jee leaves to get more in the house and gives her a try. Of course she loves it. It's something new to them and it's fried/baked, so that's always better than raw.

"How were you able to catch and cook it?" She asks

"I will teach everyone that too, mother." Jee says back to her with authority.

"So you have learned the ways, Jee. I am proud of you. We can surely use this for tonight. Then, what do you think?" she asks me.

"I wish we had enough, but we won't. Tomorrow we can check the net and see if our trap worked!" I said back excitingly.

"That sounds very nice. Thank you for teaching Jee this. He is such a good learner and is very smart. He will definitely improve all these new things you have taught them for the better." she says proudly.