Zaire is holding a net with some fish inside.
He is quickly heading to where he left Zendaya. He is in a hurry as he doesn't want Zendaya to wake up before he arrives. To his surprise when he arrived, Zendaya was not present. He thought that even if Zendaya wakes up, she will not vacate as she will just freeze like yesterday.
"Tom, Tom" Zaire furiously called Tom, who was pretending to be asleep. Tom heard Zendaya when she left, he just didn't stop her as he wanted her to die in the wild. He promised Zaire that he will not eat her, but other animals didn't promise to eat her.
"What?", he slowly said pretending that he just woke up now.
Zaire right next to Tom's head. "Where is Zendaya?", he enquired.
" Who is Zendaya ?", the python inquired back with a slow playful tone. He knew that Zaire could just take his life right here if he wants but still took chances.
"I'm not playing Tom. Where is she?", with a darker tone and more furiously, he asked. Zaire's eyes were turning to clouded grey color with his spear turning to lava color. The clouds rapidly covering and the wind roughly blowing." Did you eat her?"
Tom quickly turned to confirm that Zendaya is not there, even though it was just an act. He turned back and said, "I didn't eat her. I promise you, she probably walked away and I probably didn't hear her. Please spare me." He pleaded.
The wind was getting rougher while the clouds were getting darker. Zaire's spear was like a burning metal while his hair blew with the wind. Trees losing their leaves. Large animals trying to be restrained, while small ones like a meerkat were already being moved by the wind.
"Please, Please ", Tom begged." Come down Zaire. I honestly didn't eat, I'm sure we will find her.",
After a moment, Zaire calmed down. His eyes turned back to normal including his spear turn to its golden color. The wind stopped and the clouds cleared.
"I will not spare you if something had happened to her.", Zaire said as calmly as he can be, he was still a bit furious. He knew that he wasn't supposed to be that angry. It is his responsibility to always control his anger. It's his people's custom to always keep calm because if they don't, people and other animals may suffer the consequences of their temper. As the prince, he holds much more power than most, meaning that he had to be more responsible.
Zaire called a martial eagle, asked it to search for Zendaya. Together with Tom, they went to seek help from the lion to help them trace Zendaya.
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I was lucky to escape those ostriches. When I was about to bump the other one, I quickly turned left. The ostriches slightly bumped each other, but this didn't stop them from coming after me. The monkeys seem to be smarter than I thought as they used me as a distraction to take the eggs themselves. Smart, but not lucky. One of the ostriches saw the monkeys picking the eggs, a hissing sound was all it had to do to warn the other one. Both ostriches went back to the nest and after the monkeys. So fast the monkeys climbed the trees and ran away. The sudden wind and darkening of the clouds also did me a favor. After that wind, I somehow lost both the ostriches and the monkeys. I searched for a while, then found a spot where I can eat my egg in peace.
As I'm digging a hole for burying my egg, I found this blue leaf-shaped rock(gem) about my hand length. It is pretty heavy than it seemed. For a moment I felt my body being electrified but I ignored this feeling.
The branches are ready to make fire. I covered the egg with soil. Dug another hole to put back the gem. It is not allowed to take something that I like a gem in the evil forest. It could be cursed and by taking it you could carry the curse for the rest of your life, even worse continue with your generation to come.
As I'm preparing to start the fire, I hear a voice calling.
" Zendaya, Zendaya", A voice called. I turned to see who was calling me and I saw Zaire. He was alone and running towards me.
"Oh that snake", I thought.