Discovering me.

Not so entertained

For the next few days I had nothing but training and sleeping with the occasional beautiful meals from my mother to try and cheer me up. She understands how trapped I feel.

My brain kept a record of the different styles used by the tree to attack and how it behaved.

“There was no reason a tree should know how to fight—or at least none that I could understand.”

I was always fascinated by plants but they hardly had any character to display, as I probed them in order to learn more about them.

With this plant getting a sample to look at was proving to be really hard.

For some reason it didn’t shed leaves or any bark not even any kind of sap residue. Even after sparring with it, I got nothing.

It was acting like a spy who was intentionally leaving no evidence of existing at a crime scene. I was not happy with this plant’s unwillingness to give. It was so frustrating yet that seemed to keep me thinking about it every chance I got.

This tree gave me more questions than answer’s and I believed that it could talk. It just didn’t say anything by choice if you ask me. Otherwise why would it listen to my sister’s instructions and not kill me?

Another thing that puzzled me, was the amount of activity that went through it’s bark brain. Which was amazing because the style of fighting always differ, despite it standing in one place.

I can not stop thinking about the tree and I can not, go anywhere near it.

For two more days! but it seems that time has come to a slow… as the sun remains high in the sky no matter what I do.

I am bored and it feels like the tree is now calling to me.

While I sat in front of the window lost in my thoughts Nehu and Angelique approached me from behind the hut. They jumped in front of me out of nowhere and watched me scrambled to get to my weapon that I nocked over when they scared me.

They clearly found this to be hilarious as they giggled to there hearts content, then took me to training with them.

They claimed that I needed the exercise and the distraction. Nehu said “your brain is dangerous! it needs to be tamed and your body should be tired, so that you don’t walk of to the tree in your sleep.” Then they took a round of more giggles.

Feeling humiliated I decided to attack Nehu quickly as a surprise attack. Instead she blocked my attack easily with her spear

Angie just stood to the side watching, she wasn’t far off so I figured since she’s giggling and distracted. I might as well attack her as well.

Now this she was not expecting as she stumbled back with a claw cut on her hand.

Instantly stopping the giggling but I have started a war, since now I had to defend myself from both of them at once as they attacked to give me a hiding. Instead of training me or training with me. Well I cannot even protest as I started the whole thing in the first place.

By the time we where done or they let me off.

My feet where sore and my hands limp from evading there spears but I still got some cuts and scrapes all over my body I was hardly blocking which helped because my attacks had more strength. I lasted for long enough against those two. They can beat most of the warriors as they attack in groups. For a change I am not even feeling dizzy though I am exhausted

We went inside. While my sister and her friend went to her room. I went in to take a bath when I came out of my room the ladies had finished, making supper that had a wide variety of dishes, that I could pick from and I ate to my heart’s content.

I then told everyone to have a good night and left to my room. I needed space to my self and my thoughts so I would be able to sit in the bed and carry on thinking about the plant. I got comfortable and before I knew it I had fallen asleep.

In the early mornings I was wide awake. for some reason I had so much energy which never happens cause I usually get woken up by my sister who was still sleeping.

Even though it made no sense I brushed my teeth. Went to the kitchen to get some breakfast. after that I went outside to start with my training it was the last day and I thought it can’t be worse than yesterday.

I carried on practicing pretending that the plant was the one fighting against me. when I was tired I sat down and poured my body with water that was in a calabash.

Then thought some more about the tree. I tried to plan or plot on how to get a sample. I was so curious to see. The possibility that would exist, only if I had a sample. Would it do the same thing as what the plant did?

Grow from being a leaf to a tree or if it would do something else? My curiosity grew as I sat here.

I also wanted to try and talk to it. To see if it would respond, not that it liked me or anything. Or maybe we could get Kiway to make it talk maybe if we take the willow trees sap and spill it on the tree then it might say something. This I needed to try with Kiway but first I would need to be able to convince him and he was a stubborn old man.

Angelique finally woke up. I could here her. From all the way outside because she sang as she bathed, then probably ate breakfast before coming outside

She gestured for me to stand as she took her stance to do some sparring with me. With her it’s always to check, if there is any improvement.

Then she gave me her work load of chores. Which she claimed, was part of my training. I didn’t protest. I just looked at her funny. Then took everything as a way to pass time, so that this day would come to an end.

When I realized that my sister, whom I know cant sit idle, came with freshly baked cookies. I started teasing her.

Feeling guilty already! Ah so sweet, you brought me your hard work to eat.

I am just giving you food so that you don’t die of chores and hunger, but since your against delicious food. I could turn back and get the stale bread? you know the one we give, to the animals as feed.

My sisters threat’s, where always dangerous so I backed down. Come on Angie you know I was just joking. I have nothing against food. Especially not the food you make.

She proceeded to give me the tray and gave me a look, for my loud mouth, then walked away to go to the house. Probably to start out some extra self created work.

After she left I couldn’t help but finish the joke off my teasing sentence. “You slave over the food. When feeling guilty? just bake.”

When I got done with her chores, it was sundown. I went into the hut and passed my mother in the kitchen. She gave me a look. That meant, don’t touch anything with those dirty hands! as she said, “you better be heading for the bath!

I had a lovely evening with my family, as we had supper together. Taking comfort in knowing that, all I have to do is go to sleep, so that tomorrow can finally grace me with its presence and I can, grace the plant with my presence.

Once we where done eating. I offered to do the dishes but the ladies refused. I said goodnight. I headed to my room. Got into bed and plotted on how to get a sample till I drifted off to sleep.