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Challenge: Silence
Title: A Single Word
Word Count: 313

After that stormy night, she’d woken in a strange place. It was a forest, a lush green jungle, and it was full of life. At least, it was in the beginning. Shortly after she’d arrived, the animals had fled and it became increasingly difficult to find them.

Luckily, there were humans nearby. She found herself passing the time by watching them from the shadows. They were adults, but their quirks reminded her of her friends. The woman was as quick to laugh as Kairi, the old man had a short attention span that rivaled Tidus’, and the long-haired man who visited them had kind eyes like Sora.

Every day she would go exploring in the forest and look for treasures or trinkets and every night she would leave her gifts in front of the tent entrance. She then scurried off into the underbrush to watch and dance with glee, hopping from side to side while swinging her arms and tail when they discovered her treasure.

One day there was a lot of commotion in camp when she returned at dusk. She could see three new shadows moving in the tent and danced to the thought of making more friends. Just as she was placing her berries and rocks in front of the tent, the flap opened and one of the newcomers, a duck, smacked her with a stick, knocking her back a few steps.

“Donald, stop!” The woman cried as she rushed out of the tent. “This one isn’t like the others. It’s harmless.”

“What?” The duck cried, “It’s a heartless!”

“Stop!” A voice said as one of the last people she expected to see stepped out of the tent; Sora. “If it’s not hurting anybody, leave it alone.”

She began to dance and bounded over to her old friend but, no matter how hard she tried, Selphie couldn’t utter a single word.

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