Jant slept the night away, nothing disturbing her this time. When she awoke the sun was up and her head was pounding. She hissed as she reach up and touched where she hit herself last night. There she found a massive bump tender to the touch. With a yelp she jolted her hand away. “Nothing is going to get done laying here.” She muttered before attempting to stand.
Jant’s legs were unsteady due to the pain and throbbing, but she got there. Looking around she saw nothing in the trees. At this point her stomach growled and she became aware of the dryness in her throat. “I need to eat.” She whispered to herself hugging her human stomach. She picked a direction and began to walk chuckling at her motion to grab one belly over the other. Then wondered why.
With that thought she wandered. Branch in one hand and a blue mushroom in the other.
The forest was almost peaceful as she walked. However the gnawing hunger was making her life miserable. “Can you stop grumbling long enough for me to think.” She chided her stomach. “Haa, look at me talking to my own stomach. How far must I go like this?”
Just as she was getting depressed by her situation she noticed a tree with red dots. “By the gods is that what I think it is?” She rushed over to it carful of her footing. When she got close her suspicions were confirmed. It was an apple tree. “Thank the gods I’m a centaur.” She reached up and plucked an apple. Due to being a centaur she can eat meat but she can survive on plants alone. She rubbed the apple on her breasts out of some habit and took a bite.
The sweet juices filled her mouth making her jaw ache. Jant loved apples, the snap from the first bite followed by the crunch. The juiciness, the sweet taste all of it. She felt tears streaming down her face as she smiled almost laughing at herself. “Thank you.” She whispered through her full mouth to no one in particular. She quickly devoured seven more apples before she was saited.
Now full she decided to drop the blue mushroom as she didn’t know if it was poisonous or not. She only kept it as a desperation. Now with the apples she decided to toss it and grab a couple for the walking. She didn’t know if she would get lucky like this again.
After getting her armful she walked back into the forest now set on finding some one she can talk to. She thought of last night and decided her choice was still the better option due to circumstances. “Who knows if he had friends in hiding.” She muttered a chill going down her spine and the various things that could have happened.
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