The jungle lives and thrives in a constant harmony. A perfect balance. A symphony that echoes through the passage of time in this place, as if the very nature of the jungle refused to change. The creatures that call this place their home, roam free, letting destiny be their guide. The canopy of trees and walls of endless plants observe everything that surrounds them. From the tiniest insect, to the most fearsome predator... in this place, there is always something in motion.
From the heights, Y'shaati, a creature like no other in Amazonia, swings among the vines with grace, making her way through the jungle. The figure of a beautiful naked human girl is partially exposed by the soothing sunlight that filters through the leaves and gently touches her white and slightly-taned skin. The girl lands on a thick tree branch without making the slightest noise and without disturbing the environment. Squatting in the branch, she stretches one of her arms to take a juicy guava. She sniffs her new found meal, but something about it displeases her and drops it to the ground. She takes another guava. Sniffs it, but drops it yet again. Some small rodents below her, lurking on the green soil of the jungle, notice the fallen aliments and seize them as the girl continues to drop more fruits just in front of them. Finally, Y'shaati finds the guava she considers ideal and begins to eat it with enthusiasm. The girl closes her azure-looking eyes while she enjoys each bite of the delicious fruit.
Just in the moment that the creatures turn up their gazes to know her location, she had already vanished without leaving a trace...
The girl continues her routinary journey. However, she decides to stop for a moment to satisfy another urgent need of hers. Nearby, in a small pond of water, some pale birds enjoy a good bath to clean their feathers and rest from a long travel. A peace and tranquility that is suddenly interrupted. The birds observe the figure of Y'shaati approaching slowly. They take a good look at her.
"That creature moves like an ape, using the four limbs of her body... but an ape, she's not", the birds debate between themselves. They decide not to take the risk and leave the pond as soon as they see fit. Y'shaati approaches and using only one hand, she begins to drink the crystalline liquid from the pond. She's thirsty. The water slides from her delicate lips down to her neck. Then, she brings her head to the body of water and begins to drink only using her mouth. Her beautiful golden hair falls and touches the surface of the water while covering most of her face. The birds simply contemplate the scene...
When her thirst is finally quenched, Y'shaati raises her head and shakes her mane to dry it. Satisfied, the girl crawls towards the nearest tree and quickly climbs it with an impressive skill. Once the girl goes away, the birds return to the pond and continue with their bath.
This is how the days have passed in Y'shaati's life since that event when she assumed her role as Guardian of the Jungle. The Queen of the Apes roams everywhere with absolute freedom. Days of peace. Days when she battles a malicious creature that seeks to take advantage of the weak... days when she stays at home, spending quality-time with her family of monkeys... days when she watches humans tribes from the shadows to understand their true nature more and more. Days when she returns to that singular cave in the waterfall with which she feels a strange, but heartwarming connection within her soul.
Y'shaati enjoys her new life as a true Queen... and the Jungle is her domain...
The sunset finally reached in Amazonia; Father Sun Kuarah'y descended on earth and Y'shaati prepares to return home soon with the Naka'i in the Petaity rainforest. As she delightedly observed the beautiful landscape hanging upside down from a high tree branch, her acute sense of hearing suddenly resonated by the sound of a howl of despair. Her smile dissapeared. Alerted by the pitiful cry, the monkey-girl quickly jumped to the trunk and began to descend from the tall tree. She grasps a vine and rapidly swings, trying to find the origin of that horrible sound. A most strange howl... nothing like something she had heard before. Then, she heard it again. The same high-pitched shriek was now closer than ever as she approached its source. She gets a strong feeling of discomfort running through her body, but this time, she distinguished it: that sound came from a monkey. A monkey pup that was probably in danger. Time for the monkey-girl to jump into action...
Y'shaati finally landed on the jungle floor and quickly began to crawl around the place... cautiously.
The Monkey Queen started to hoot and howl loudly to try to communicate with the fellow monkey and track down his exact position... But there was no answer.
She began to run quickly through the dense vegetation until her ears tolg her that something was coming towards her at full speed. Y'shaati stopped. She has no idea of what is coming, but the thing is coming closer and closer... a beast? Probably... Time to fight.
In an instant, she dug her knuckles into the floor and adopted her Tahuayo battle stance. She was ready for anything.
The leaves of the bushes in front of her began to shake more and more aggressively every time. Y'shaati grunted and showed her bare fangs as she prepared to land the first blow to her adversary...
In the blink of an eye, a creature jumped from the bushes into her... and suddenly, Y'shaati felt something rather 'unsual'. The Monkey Queen blushed. She slowly turned down her head to see a little monkey lightly hugging one of her breasts. The little monkey was trembling with such fear that he didn't realized what he was holding to until he opened his eyes and turned up his gaze.
The little creature, stunned, shrieked in terror and accidentally fell to the ground.
Y'shaati, with a confused gesture on her face, inclined her head and looked at the little creature. She can't believe how tiny he is. He is still trembling and crying. Gently, she tried to communicate with the little fella slightly hooting in order to calm him down a little bit to ask him what was happening. The monkey, shocked to understand what Y'shaati said, looked back at her.
Sobbing, the scared monkey speaking the unpronounceable language of primates, answered her question: he was being chased. With nervous howls, he told Y'shaati that a terrible predator wanted to devour him. The little monkey pleaded for her help. Surprised, Y'shaati quickly scanned her surroundings for a brief moment, trying to know where the supposed beast could be. Too much time hesitating was her mistake, as the hunting predator suddenly jumped out the from the bushes by her side to attack her.
With excellent reflexes, the monkey-girl took the monkey in her arms and dodged the pouncing beast. At last, she could see who was this predator: the creature, a Tejú, a big, blue and yellow lizard of the Jungle was in front of her, willing to fight with the Queen of the Apes to devour its prey.
Bigger than an average Tejú, the lizard roared with all its might and suddenly tried to bite Y'shaati's arm to eat the little fella. The Monkey Queen answered with a powerful kick direct to the beast's head. In an instant, she quickly put the defenseless pup on her back and ran towards the nearest tree to climb it and put the little creature into safety. Then, she immediately jumped off the tree while the monkey watched everything from above. She landed on the floor, in front of its opponent.
Now both were even... a fair fight... Y'shaati was ready for battle.
Noticing that its prey was now out of its reach, the Tejú roared again angered to demonstrate that he wasn't afraid of confronting the Guardian of the Apes. However, this attitude suddenly disappeared when the beast watched the girl launch a thunderous warcry that deafened its hearing.
The lizard, staggered by the powerful sound, instantly freezed when he saw the Monkey Queen's glowing skin covered in a radiant green aura. Now he realized who he was challenging... He was challenging a wild animal, just like him. Maybe even wilder and greater... he was challenging a Goddess of the Jungle...
The Tejú, now trembling like a scaredy creature, turned around and ran away, terrified.
The fight ended even before it started...
Y'shaati, sighing deeply in relief, finally returned to her normal state. One more triumph to her account this day. No doubt about it.
A few moments later, she returned to the tree where she left the little monkey pup and climbed to the branch where he is sitting.
The poor creature had no idea of what just happened. It is as if he had witnessed a miracle. Something out of this world.
Y'shaati finally arrived with the little creature and slowly approached him.
The little fella didn't know how to react or say to his savior.
Y'shaati, squatting and hunching her shoulders, bringed her head close to him, and with friendly hoots while touching her chest with her knuckles, she spoke this to the monkey:
Ook... ooh-oh ook (Me... Y'shaati).
Then, she asked him a very personal question. She asked for his name.
The little creature refused to respond at first glance, but after a few seconds, he took the valor and answered back in the same way:
Ook... uh-ook ooh (Me... I'ppi).
