November
22, 2003
“Owie!”
Skyla yelped as she fell. “Gribbi, I falled,…” She called as she
wandered into the room she thought he was in. Only to find
Ursa.
“Gritti had to go
out, maybe I can help you.”
“No, I want my Gribbi” Skyla told her stubbornly. Ursa had to laugh at the
child’s antics as she pulled her to her so she could get a better look at the
scrapped knee. Skyla liked how Ursa was letting her be this close to her. She
was starting to think that if Gritti wasn’t there, that Ursa would do. As soon
as Skyla was patched up she turned and looked Ursa in her eyes, then stood on
her lap. Grinning. Ursa was wondering what the child
was up to. And got her answer Skyla leaned down and kissed the leader. Just as Buddi walked in.
“What
the?!” Buddi turned and
stormed out of the room and out of the building. The doors
slamming behind him. Ursa looked at the child
who cringed back a little,
“I’ll be back, I just need to talk to him.”
“Buddi Barbic, you
know better than to throw a tantrum.
“I know I’m sorry.”
He said wiping his face off. “Its just that,… that….”
“That you seen Sky
do what she did.” He nodded. “ She was just thanking
me for helping her. You shouldn’t let something like that get to you.”
“Your right, I’m
going to go play my flute now.” She nodded and headed inside. Sky reached back
up and let her hold her tight. By the time Gritti and Buddi both had come in
for the night, Sky had fallen asleep in Ursa’s arms. She was content. Ursa
handed the cub to Gritti and the child instantly curled in his arms. He beamed
as she did so. Buddi noticed that neither Gritti or
Ursa could look at each other without turning red.
“I’m going back out
before I catch what ever that you two have.” The older barbics
both laughed at Buddi’s comment as he left the room.
When Sky woke up she
found Buddi sitting there at the end of her bed.
“Gritti and Ursa had
some business that they had to take care of so, I’m watching you, Sky. Did you
want to go play hide and seek like we did before, only this time your doing the counting, and I do the hiding?” Skyla jumped
out of her bed and ran out the door before Buddi had a chance to think.
Skyla started her
counting. When she looked up she noticed that Buddi was gone, and started
looking for him. After about five minutes Skyla told him that she gave up. Not
getting an answer Skyla started to tremble.
“Come back Duddi I be good I be good!” She cried out. She looked
around a little more, then sat on the ground and started to cry.
“I want my Mamma!”
She cried out.
“What in the world
are you doing out here, Little girl?” Skyla reached
out as Gritti picked her up.
“They gone, they go
leave me, I bad!” Gritti’s heart fell for the child,
she was scared. Buddi was suppose to be watching her, where was he? Gritti
looked at Ursa she nodded in response looking around.
“Duddi’s
not here! He go to, he leave me too!” Ursa’s nails dug into her hands to mask
out the anger that she had at the moment. She talked to Skyla while she still
had a firm grip on Gritti. Skyla told her everything that had happened.
“I’ll meet you back
there later, Gritti, I’m going to have a talk with MY boy.” Gritti know all to
well what Ursa had in mind, nodded. But decided that Sky
could use a good meal, and followed Ursa the best that he could back home.
Buddi could feel the
cold stare behind him. He didn’t even want to look into her face, knowing how
much trouble he was in. Or that’s what he thought. Ursa took hold of his flute
and took it out of his hands, and put it into her belt. He had yet to see what
was in her hand. Ursa took hold of his ear and started dragging him to his
room. That’s when Buddi noticed that she had the dull sword in her hand.
“No not that, Ursa,
come on! Please no, Please don’t” He cried as she drug him through the halls,
“Have heart Ursa, I
didn’t mean it!” Ursa stopped in her tracks and turned to him that’s when he
noticed that her face was white,
“What part of leaving
a five year old alone out in the wood, like that didn’t you mean, Buddi Timba
Barbic?” Buddi swallowed. “Do you know how upset she was when we found her?”
She asked as she started to drag him into his room, Buddi still continued to
beg.
As soon as she heard
the first of Buddi’s cries, Skyla scrambled as fast as she could from Gritti’s lap and ran to her own room and climbed under the
bed. Trembling. Only she found his yells even louder
here, Gritti went over to her, and picked her back up, she was still frightened
from being left behind, and now the sounds coming from the other room were
helping her stay frightened.
“Buddi hurt?” She
asked looking into Gritti’s eyes. He nodded
“In
away yes. But he won’t ever
leave you like that again that’s for sure. He’ll think long and hard first
before hand.” Skyla understood the rest. They heard Ursa tell Buddi that he
could get cleaned up the he was to be back in his room he was going to be
staying there for the rest of the week, then he still
wasn’t going to be going out, that he would have extra chorse
to do. And that he had lost his flute until she was ready to give it back to him. Buddi nodded.
“LOOK WHAT YOU DID
YOU LITTLE BRAT!” Buddi heard Ursa clear her throat and seen her tapping her
sword.
“You want more?” He
shook his head and started off,
“Buddi don’t you
think you should say something to her.” Ursa asked Buddi just walked off and
shut the bathroom door before Ursa had a chance to open it back up locked. He
was mad, and he hurt.
*That Little Brat,
got me into a lot of trouble, Now I’M the one that has
to apologize I don’t think so. Ursa can do what she wants to me, but I’m not
talking to either one.* He thought getting himself ready for bed.