The wind swept my hair into the air. It whipped it around in all directions, blowing it into my eyes. I ignored it and looked down off the cliff I stood on. I could see the entire forest from up here. Even the highway on the other side of the wood.
"Nats! Nats come over here!"
I turned to see my twin brother just making his way up the rock lift I stood on. I jumped down, meeting him halfway.
"Natalie, we have to go back now. Ma says dinner's ready."
I nodded starting to follow him back into the woods and toward our house. It was nearly an hour before we were back and by then, Pa was already sitting at our outdoor dining table.
"Hey you kids, how far didjya go out?" Pa asked with his gruff slurr.
"We went all the way to the cliffs!" I said proudly lifting my chin in the air. We had never gone that far by ourselves before.
"Here's dinner!" Ma declared as she brought out several large dishes.
"Yum! What is it today?" George asked excitedly as we sat down with Pa.
"Well, there was some hikers I saw out near our property and they was kind 'nuff to give us dinner," Ma explained.
Pa reached over the table and tried to snag him some of the stew out of the pot. Ma's wooden spoon smacked his hand before he had a chance.
"Not til we's said our thanks," Ma scolded.
"Thanks ye for der woods and der house and der kids. Amen. Let's eat!" Pa said quickly. George and I hardly had enough time to bow our heads before he was reaching for the pot again. George and I laughed at the glaring look Ma sent Pa as we filled our own bowls.
We all dug in hungrily to the delicious home-made stew, but stopped when we heard a bang and some screaming coming from the house.
George and I sent Ma and Pa a fearful look. Pa looked suspicious and I saw him reach for his hidden shot-gun. Ma simply smiled in amusement as she stood and reached for Georges base-ball bat.
"Ma? What's that noise?" I asked in confusion to her calm countenance.
She laughed heartily.
"Don't you worry sweety," she smiled at me. "That's just dessert!"
We all relaxed visibly, and even started laughing at our paranoid reactions.
"You sure did catch a live one!" Pa exclaimed between chuckles as we heard more screaming and struggling.
"Now you's just keep eating dinner, I'm gunna start on that meat-pie for dessert," Ma said kindly as she stood.
We all started when, as Ma opened our door, a frantic woman, drenched in blood rushed out.
"Please! Help me!" she exclaimed when she saw George, Pa, and I.
"We were just hiking when this women, she-" the dirty hiker stopped dead when she saw Ma.
She then turned back and looked at us, all still sitting round to eat our supper.
She screamed.
She only stopped when Ma brought the bat down on her head.
"Looks like I'm gunna need a little help with dessert after all," Ma said amusedly as she started to heft up the heavier woman.
"George, you're done. Why don't you help your poor Ma out?" Ma asked him.
"Of course!" George exclaimed rushing over and easily lifting the hiker onto his shoulder.
I turned back to supper as the door closed behind them. And took another heaping bite of the delicious meat stew._
A.N.: Heyo! I wrote this when I got bored one day, then suddenly realized: "Hey...I could make that into a fanfiction!" So here it is. The next chapter will be with the team, but my inspiration comes from you guys, SO PLEASE REVIEW!
