"I ummm thus might sound crazy Quack" Arieta muttered softly trying to formulate the words she wanted to say.
"it's okay just tell me what you want to do Arieta, I don't have any plans here I just want to have fun!" Donald had a peaceful look on him relaxed like nothing in the world could bother him,the sunrays falling onto his face making him glow in the setting sun.
"I uh Quack I want to be stronger Quack!" the words fell from her lips so quickly Donald almost thought he misheard her before a massive smile stretched across his face. it was tinged with a hint of madness as his inky black eyes gleamed at her outlandish request."I I you were so sure of yourself and so confident that nothing would phase you, even when we were running from those guards you never panicked or anything you just went for it and we got out of there quack. I I don't know why I'm saying all this you probably think I'm crazy quack." Arieta started getting flustered and stuttered making her blush from embarrassment, but Donald just looked at her sniffling his own laughter till he couldn't contain himself and began belching out a laugh that shook the ground as he slapped his knee in the process.
"bh bhaahahahaha kehahah Keke ha he hahaha I'm sorry," he wiped quick tears from his eyes."it's not funny but I just couldn't help myself when you try and act all serious while prancing from one foot to the next."
Arieta had a look of distraught and horror on her face as the cool facade of who she believed would help her crumble to peices before her very eyes. tears weld up within her threatening to burst forth before Donald stood up from his spot on the ground. confused and scared she looked up at him only to be embraced into a hug her teary eyes placed sobbing onto him."very well then if you so wish I'll make you the strongest there is, so no one will push you around or tell you what to do. you can be free to follow your hearts wishes and then we'll see where we go. the sights to see and all the pepole of this world to meet." He sobbing stopped as she pulled herself away from Donald and saw a burning conviction in his eyes. he would make good on his word and all of the sudden she felt stupid for ever doubting him.
"You Big Dummy Quack!!" she exclaimed and with a light pompous hit his shoulder with a punch."big meanie don't mess with me like that quack!" arieta spoke harshly with an upset tone but a smile quickly crossed both of their faces as Donald replied.
" I'm sorry I couldn't help myself you just looked so cute when you were pouting at me I just couldn't not mess with you!"Donald fell back looking towards the sky seeing the sun slowly setting in the distance, falling behind the sea of clouds."let's stay here for the night it's about to get dark and I don't think that we could get to the next city before nightfall."
"okay quack but-" Arieta was quickly cut off by the loud grumbling of her stomach threatening to eat her from the inside out."heh he like I was saying quack we don't have any food what are we going to eat? I'm hungry quack."
"I'll figure something out" Donald slowly pulled himself up taking a glance around at the Forrest that surrounded them."I'll go find us something to eat do ya mind scrounging up some firewood and getting a cooking fire started for tonight?" his smile split his face as he glanced back at the figure of Arieta standing in the setting sun.
"aye aye captain quack!" she mimicked a salute before a light chuckle came through her strained face as she miserably failed to look serious."
"Kay then I'll be back in a bit." He waved off to the girl behind him as he relaxidly began his stroll through the Forrest. groves of looming trees for as far as he could see, their gnarled and twisting trunks gave way to wafts of dim light dancing through the thick canopy overhead. suddenly he paused in his tracks hearing a passing sound crackling through the brush to his left.'dam' he thought 'I came out there to find something to eat but how the hell am I supposed to catch anything without a freaking weapon ugghhh! I need to think this crap through better before I just run off and do shit, it would all be so much easier!' as Donald grumbled to himself about his own poor stupidity a small critter made a rustle in the bush beside him again causing him to zero in on it.'well I'll never catch anything if I don't start trying!' determined with a self confidence and assurance in his own stupid decisions that no sane person should possess he lept onto the bush with a flying leap. Intending to pounce on whatever small criter was crawling about.with a massive thud he smacked onto the ground catching the little rabbit unawares as it fell into his clutches, but this little scamp had other plans than being foiled by this dimwit's beginners luck.it wriggled itself free from Donald's lose grip dashing off into the Forrest ahead."ohh no you don't ya cheeky little buggar I ain't goin hungry tonight!"and with a leap to his feet he gave chase to his fleet footed advirsary. In an elaborate game of cat and mouse or should it be duck and rabbit? Either way the hunt was on and Donald was not backing down easily from this challenge. He chased the rabbit up and down through the rough terrain falling face first and failing more times than he would like to admit in the pursuit of diner. finally after the sun had taken to dusk and the night drew close his querry had made a slip up. The rabbits lucky foot had run out for its front paw lost its footing and it slipped on the muddy clay, sending the poor thing rolling to a stop with a light thud, right into the great oak in front of it. the humble tree with twisting branches and great dark knots in its form being the final blow to the creature. after knocking itself unconscious from that nasty slip it was allmost trivially easy for Donald to scoop up his dinner. with a renewed vigor from finally 'catching' his prey he wandered back through the brush.seeing a bright light closing in in the distance he hastened his stride to a light sprint running back into the clearing to see Arieta bathed in the orange and yellowed hues of a campfire. she had dug a little pit and lit a mess of branches in its center providing the. with enough light to see and a place to cook their dinner.
"what happend quack. you look like hell?!" Arieta quickly shot up from her cozy spot next to the fire she had managed to set up while Donald was out being well Donald. She quickly rushed over to check to see if he was hurt, his clothes covered in grime and grass from his repeated tumbles through his chase.
"oh its not a big deal." He heaved with a sigh as he ploped to the ground next to the fire" just sit down I found us dinner khu khu!"he gave a triumphant laugh as he raised his hard fought query into the air.
"oh ho how so you can do something quack."she gave him a quick glance up and downloads like the little guy gave you quite the run for your money quack."
"oh you just shut it I found us some food didn't I?" Donald looked around him before finding a decently sharp flint rock that was cast in the grass. with a painfully slow and jagged cut he managed to slice its neck and skin off its hide with a few shotty cuts. His Bucher skills would get no praise sadly for they were quite crap If he did say so himself. finally after the painfully slow and shotty prep work he used his culinary mastery to skewer it on a stick and hold it over the fire. yes no groundbreaking seasoning or new technique or anything. he wasn't a chef he was just making some food man I should really learn how to cook sometime" He muttered under his breath not wanting to worry Arieta with his shit cooking. after the long wait they finally sat down to eat, splitting up the rabbit and chowing down with the full vigor of 2 starving hyenas chowing down on old leftovers. Their belly full after a long day they both colapsed down onto the soft grass of the clearing to catch some shut eye."yawn what a long day good night Arieta." Donald gently spoke with a tired voice before nestling himself next to the dying flames. His arm proved under his head as a makeshift pillow to accompany him to the land of dreams.
"good night Donald quack" Arieta replied as she ruffled her fethers before laying down the opposite side of the makeshift firepit "ya big dummy quack," she just barely muttered under the sound of ther yawn as she too laid down to rest. as the burning flames quelled to embers and smoldering coals the duo drifted off to the land of dreams...