This is, once again, in the point of view of or sexy hawt prince of sexy hawtness (lmao). And he's being kind of a sexy hawt idiot... as usual...

I knew it was kind of mean, but her hair was sticking out in every direction! I was hilarious! I squeezed out my shirt and pulled my hair back into my usual ponytails. Ugh. I was seriously thinking about cutting it. Washing it everyday was beginning to get annoying! Though it was wet, I pulled my clean shirt over my head.

Pucca came back out. I didn't turn to look at her because I thought that she would be mad at me for laughing at her. She cleared her throat, forcing me to look up.

Her hair was down and the sun shone on her flawless features with such light that I almost winced. My jaw dropped as she smiled, probably because of my expression, showing her pearly white teeth. Her eyes were sarcastic.

"Better?" she asked pleasantly.

"…Uh huh…" I was barely able to say; I was so dazed! She rolled her eyes and removed her bag from her shoulders.

"A certain person went through my bag and first aid kit this morning, and forgot to zip it back up when they were finished rummaging!" she said. I got annoyed.

"Hey, if that's –"

"Let me finish!" she said, cutting me off. I raised my eyebrows. "That certain person is someone that I would like to thank." She said. I tried to hide my happiness.

"You're welcome." I murmured with a fake, cold scowl.

"I'm glad you're talking to me. After what happened yesterday, I was afraid that you would take another vow of silence!" she said frowning. I rolled my eyes, got up, and walked past her.

"I considered it." I replied.

"Where are we going?" she asked, following me. I sighed. I wasn't happy at all that she wasn't going home… but she didn't know the way, and I couldn't go back to Sooga. That meant that the only way that she would stay safe was if I protected her myself.

I refused to answer her question. I was too upset to talk as we walked through the forest. We walked for an hour in complete silence. She took a breath.

"Are you still mad at me?" she asked, her voice tense. She didn't even look up at me. I sighed.

"No, not mad… just worried." I replied sternly.

"Oh."

We continued to walk in silence. Then, she just stopped.

"What?" I asked annoyed. She scowled at me. She was in deep thought.

"How much farther to... wherever we're going?" she finally asked.

"About three miles. Why?" She ignored my question and asked another.

"In which direction?" I rolled my eyes.

"I don't know! Uh…north…then east…and then possibly west for a mile, and then southeast to the village of Maple Leaf."

"Hm." she said, in deep thought. Again.

"What?" I asked impatiently.

"Can we afford to take break?" she asked, staring at me curiously.

"Yeah, I guess. But I still don't see what this has anything to do with all of those questions…" I replied. She smiled.

"Would you like me to explain?" she asked, sitting down, about to lean on a very large oak tree. She patted a space on the grass next to her, gesturing for me to sit along side her.

"Um…okay?" I mumbled and sat in the spot. I looked at her with interest as she looked down at her hands and twiddled her thumbs. After a few minutes, she began to speak. She didn't look up.

"Garu?" she asked.

"Yes?" I asked, with slight impatience. I really had to work on that.

"Have you ever heard of a… Birthgift?" I stiffened at the word. How could she possibly know about that?

"A… Birthgift…" I mumbled.

"Yeah. Do you know what that is?" she asked.

"That depends…how much do you know?" Our eyes met and we stared at each other for a long time. She eventually put her head down, and I cocked mine to one side.

"Well," she said, "what would you say if I told you that… maybe...I was given a Birthgift?" My mouth dropped. She looked up, surprised at my reaction.

"…We're not… supposed to…exactly… say anything about those…" I said, looking away.

"So you do know what that is!" she exclaimed.

"Uh… fine, I guess you could say that I just know what that is." I replied.

"Well… do you have a Birthgift too?" she asked curiously.

"We're not supposed to talk about those." I repeated.

"Yes, but there are conditions…" she said, glaring at me.

"True…" I mumbled. She recited the one exception.

"Tell those whom you trust no to tell others". I sighed. She looked down. "You don't trust me, do you." she whispered.

"You know, I do. And I guess I'm curious to know yours, too." I shrugged. "But we don't have time for that! We have to keep going!" I said, getting up. Pucca got up as well.

"My thoughts exactly." She took my hand and started pulling me towards the route that we were taking.

"What are you - ?" I asked. She swept me into her arms, and we were off like a bullet shot! We were zooming down the path, zipping through the forest, the trees a blur f green. In a matter of seconds, we were in front of a gate. The words on it were very clear.

Maple leaf village

She put me down and I staggered. She caught me in time and helped me to stand up straight. My mouth was open and my eyes must have been bugging out of my head. Speed! Her Birthgift was speed! How surprising! I opened my mouth to speak, but all that came out was an incomprehensible blabbering.

"You…and, but…then, uh… what was…huh?" She started laughing so hard that she fell on the floor. I scowled after the shock had subsided. She stood up.

"I'm sorry! But that was hilarious! Your expression… it was… oh my god!" She started laughing again. I sighed and, still being a bit wobbly, grabbed her hand and dragged her through the village gates. She was laughing the entire time.

-sigh- please review... *shakes head*