Chapter 1:

Bullseye

"The worst thing about betrayal, is that it never comes from your enemies..." - Ash Sweeney

The girl opened her eyes. She had been dazed from the crash and just woken up. She tried getting up, but her arm seemed to be sprained. Pain shot through her body. She let out a pitiful wince. She gathered up her strength, and stood up straight.

She observed her surroundings. Nothing but trees from what she could see. All of a sudden, what sounded to be a horn, sounded from the distance. In a panic, she fled from the noise. Her heart was pounding as her feet hit the ground. While she was running, her foot got caught in a hole.

She lost her balance and started tumbling down a hill. The horn sounded again. The girl panicked. She looked around frivolously. She spotted a cave and headed towards it.

She stayed in the cave until she was sure the horns had stopped sounding. She began heading out of the cave. She decided that if she was going to live, she needed a fire. Her father, an army ranger, taught her how to start a fire when she was young. She gathered wood from the ground and placed it in a teepee like structure. Now all she needed to do was light the fire. She had a lighter in her purse when she got on the plane. Of course! Her purse!

Where was her purse? She had when she was on the plane… Suddenly, the girl knew where it was. She left the cave to where she had woken up. She continued trudging along until she spotted a pink object lying on the ground. She quickly hurried towards the pink purse. She picked up the pink purse. It was still intact, but damaged. She took out a few items. A pocket knife, a lighter, lipstick, some caramel candies, and soap. She put the bag around her shoulder and headed towards the cave. All of a sudden, a pig like squeal emerged. The girl followed it to two pigs fighting

It could've been about territory, or it could've been about a female pig, but to be honest, she didn't really care. She just wanted food. She crept up on the pigs. She knew she couldn't get both with her resources. She got closer and closer until she was in reaching distance of the pigs. She grabbed her knife, and stabbed the pig in the abdomen. The other began scurrying away. She knew it was a long shot, considering her knife throwing skills were about as advanced as an infant's, but she decided to go for it. Using her good arm, she threw the knife directly at the pig. Bullseye.

The girl was amazed! Two pigs in one day! She couldn't believe her eyes. she walked over to the other pig and retrieved her knife. She carried the two swines back to the cave, where she would roast them and eat them. All of a sudden, she heard a voice.

"We need to map our surroundings" It said. The voice was soft and gentle, yet full of wisdom.

"Okay, and then we go hunting. Right?" Said another voice. The second voice seemed more aggressive and snooty.

In a panic, the girl ran in her cave. She lit the fire and pulled out her knife. She waited to see if the voices would come near her. Sure enough, they did. Louder and louder. As they got closer, she got more frightened. She began breathing heavily.

"Stop!" The second voice called out "Do you hear that?" A silence commenced. Fell over the two. Terrified that they would find her, and kill her, she began walking backwards.

"It sounds like someone's here." Oh dear. Now she had done it.

"We should go check it out." Then all of a sudden, the first boy tripped over the foot hole, just as she did, and started falling down the hill. The girl held her breath.

"Are you okay, man?" Said the second boy.

"Fine" Said the first. He began trying to get up. He stood there to see where he was exactly. He began turning around

"I just fell that's all. There's nothing down here except for-"

The boy had spotted her. He started over to the cave.

"What?" Said the second. "Except for what?"

The first boy stared in amazement at the girl. She was breathing heavily and was holding a knife at the boy. The girl was quite fair with her hair pulled back into a braid. Her dress was white and in tatters. Angrily, the girl said, "Don't move."

Now the boy's expression hindered from amazement, to fear.

"Listen, we're not trying to hurt you." the boy said.

"Who is that? Why are they not by the cave? Ralph answer me dammit!" Yelled the second boy.

"It's… It's a girl." He responded.

"A girl? But how?"

"SHUT UP!" She screamed. "The both of you. Who are you?"

"I'm Ralph. The other boy is Jack. We were scouting the area." Said the first boy.

The boy was attractive and tall. His hair was curly and his eyes were brown and enchanting. He looked tough, but nice in a way. The second by jumped from the top of the hill. He looked at the girl with surprise.

"Holy shit you weren't lying!" He said without hindering his gaze from the girl.

"Who else knows you're here?" She asked

"Just about everyone back at the lagoon" Answered Ralph

"Who the hell are you?" Jack asked

"None of your concern."

"Actually it is my concern!" Jack yelled "You are threatening me with a knife! I at least should take the liberty of knowing your name for God sake!"

The second boy had fiery red hair and a mad looking expression. His eyes were green and aggressive. He was very well built and looked very tough.

"My name is Sarah." She replied

"How did you get two pigs?" asked Ralph.

"I found them, they are mine! Don't get any closer!" Sarah cautioned.

"Look, we don't want your pig, Sarah. We want to know how you got here." Said Jack. His expression changed into more of a pitiful and frightened look, which made him seem a bit more trustable.

"I woke up here." She said. Ralph began to move closer to her.

"You look hurt, are you alright?"

"I'm fine now leave! For your sake!"

" We will be fine Sarah" Said Ralph. He reached across and grabbed her bad arm.

"Ouch!" She screamed as she shook him off. She put rested her arm on her opposite shoulder.

"Your hurt!" Ralph exclaimed."We have supplies back at our camp we could help you!"

"I don't need your help!" Sarah barked. "Please…. Leave me be."

"We're not leaving you here!" Said Ralph.

"Just come with us back to our camp. We will fix your arm."

"Alright fine!" She exclaimed. She snatched her purse and put the knife inside. "Where is your camp?"

"Ralph, take Sarah back to our camp, I'll keep scouting." Said Jack.

"What about the pigs? Said Ralph

"I'll take them on my way back. Now go."

"Alright" He said. He looked almost happy to take her. "Come on. The camp is this way." They began towards the camp.

"How many boys are in your camp?" She asked

"I don't know." He responded. "A lot."

Finally, the camp was in sight. They emerged from the bushes. Silence fell over the island. Ralph felt that it was the perfect time to make an announcement.

"We have found some food. Pigs; Two of them. While scouting we also found another survivor." He said.

"My name is Sarah, I'm fifteen." Said Sarah.

Whispers and murmurs began to commence.

"A girl?" Said one boy.

"No way!" Said another.

"Come on Sarah, we need to fix your arm." Said Ralph.

"Don't worry about my arm Ralph." Said Sarah. "I'll take care of it."

"It's bleeding!" He argued.

"Here." She grabbed her knife out of her purse and cut off a bit of her dress. She wrapped the cloth around her wound. "Now it's not bleeding." Ralph hesitated, but reluctantly let it go.

After about an hour, Jack came back with the two pigs slumped across.

"Dinner time boys!" Said Jack. All the boys swarmed around Jack. He put the pigs down and headed for Sarah.

"Is your arm ok?" He asked.

"Yeah it's fine."

"Good." He said with a very serious expression. He started walking right past her. As he was walking, he shouted something from the distance.

"Alright people, we need fire. Start gathering woods." All of a sudden, everyone rant towards the forest and came back with tons of sticks. After all the sticks were piled up, everyone stared at the pile. They looked at it like it was going to light itself and they were very frustrated when it didn't.

"It needs to be lit fools. Does anyone have a lighter?" Asked Jack.

"I had one, but I think it got lost on the plane." Said Ralph.

"I don't have one." Said one boy.

"Neither do I!" Said another. Everyone began arguing about how they left theirs at home, or how they lost it in the crash. In all the ruckus, no one heard Sarah when she stated that she did, infact, have one. In spite of the previous attempt, Sarah said it louder.

"I said, I have a lighter!" Sarah Screamed as loud as she could. Everyone was silent and all eyes were on her.

She reached into her purse and pulled out her lighter. Still with all eyes on her, she knelt by the fire, and proceeded to light the fire. At first, everyone was still silenced. Amazement took control of the crowd. Then after a short while, everyone began cheering. This time it was Sarah who was in wonderment. She looked over at Jack, who was smiling slyly. Sarah smiled a half-grin at jack and walked away.