The Encounter
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"la la la la la' , 'hum hum hum"
A girl hums a song as she walks on a sloppy road, it rained heavily the night before.
"I'm sure there will be some nice, big, tasty mushrooms in the woods right now and I can pick some fruit and veggies along the way " giggle happily by the girl.
While singing a song she walks into the woods happily picking up mushrooms, fruit, vegetables and herbs along the way. she had a fruitful harvest
her stomach grumbles she decides to eat one tangelo, she goes to the river to wash her hands and the fruit. the tangelo was so juicy and sweet and a bit sour. "mother is going to love this "
On her way back she saw something strange
"Wait, is that a man " feeling scared she approached him shouting "sir are you alright "
Bending over Celine tries to see if he is still breathing. she realises his breath was faint
"Celine let's go from here quickly. No, what if he really dies I won't be able to live with myself if he dies"
"H... Hello is anyone there!"
"Help someone is dying here!"
"Somebody! "
" At this place and time who will pass by here
Celine walks away, jogging as she tries to see if there is anyone around, after a while she sees the village doctor who was picking herbs
" Thank goodness, Doctor Alain, t... thank goodness you are here."
" Young lady Celine, slow down so you don't fall and hurt yourself ,why are you here deep into the woods
Doc Alain as everybody knows and calls him is a doc who came to our village 2 years ago he is very good in medicine and healing, since he came to the village people get treated real quick, save the villagers from going into town for treatment every time they are sick.
Trying to catch her breath "if... if you will just come with me there is someone... a man he really needs medical attention, it's an emergency, hurry!"
"Lead the way young lady."
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At a nearby stream there laid a person with mud all over him making his features not recognisable but if looked well you'll see he is not an ordinary person.
"Oh, my goodness" Doc Alain says seeing the man who is about to breathe his last, wounds all over his body, head still bleeding, some blood have clot on his body
" The river must have washed him here, help turn him over"
'Be careful, thankfully I brought some things "
After Doc Alain gave the man some herbs to help keep him alive and trying to see if there are life threatening wounds on his body.
" These wounds are infected, we need to bring him back for proper medication. he doesn't seem to be from around here."
The village doesn't just accept anybody in, since the incident that happens over a decade ago outsiders are not accepted, if anything it has to go through the village head first and it is on rare occasion that people are accepted in as one of them the exception is doc Alain.
" We just need to treat him till he is okay then he can go back home " Celine says.
But Doc Alain don't think it will be that simple but still said
"it is still a life anyway, stay with him here let me see if I call someone over to help carry him. I don't know if Martin is here yet. I told him to meet me at the place you saw me earlier, let me go and see if he is around yet "
" Keep your eyes on him always to see if there are any changes in his condition."
"Alright doc Alain " Celine answered.
All of a sudden Celine was left alone with the man.
Thinking that he will feel uncomfortable in his current position Celine trys to make him lie comfortably
"The mud on him is too much" she thinks, she then brings a handkerchief from her pocket, dip it in the river and use the damp handkerchief to wipe his nose and face down to his neckline repeatedly.
What she saw shocked her, this man in front of her although his features still has some dirt he can be classified as the most handsome man she has ever come across both in the village and in town.
She blush unknowingly
As she was distracted the man slowly opened his eyes his sights blurry but he still saw the girl busying about helping him clean his body.
Having not noticed that the man has regained some consciousness, Celine is busy, trying to help the man to feel comfortable, thinking he will be cold as his clothes are still wet and the weather is still a little cold Celine removed her outerwear to cover him.
" Hope this'll help" she says to herself
The man suddenly felt some warmth, being in the mud for some time, This is the only time he smelled a nice fragrance of that of flower and herb.
Opening his eyes once again, Celine eyes suddenly meet with his, his blue-gray eyes look into Celine blue eyes
"lub !..dubb!...dubbb...!"
Celine heart pounds like a drum in her chest, fast and hot which makes her blush even more
His body suddenly tense and alert as he stare coldly at her with his blue-gray eyes, he suddenly frown and fainted again.
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