Chapter one
Amy's eyes were closed tight in her deep slumber. Derek was awake and was watching her closely. She lay in the long grass, the same place where she had been sleeping all night. Her blonde hair was loose and fell around her shoulders.
Derek thought his sister looked peaceful laying there. Maybe too peaceful. He moved his hand in front of her face to see if she would stir. She didn't flinch, didn't move, the only way Derek knew she was still alive was the gentle rising of her chest when she breathed. Derek watched her for a couple of minutes as she slept but then he got worried. Maybe the excitement of last night put her in a coma when she went to sleep. The effects of running for her life were too much for her and now she lay in a peaceful coma. How could Derek get her out of a coma when they were in a remote island inhabited by dinosaurs?
"Amy?" he asked. She lay still. "Amy? Amy! Amy!." he yelled shaking her shoulders. Amy awoke and looked up at Derek kneeling over her.
"Good morning" she said quietly. Derek sighed and sat down beside her. She sat up and looked at him closely. "Sheesh Amy, I thought you were in a coma or something!"
"What? Coma? Why did you think that?"
Derek shrugged, "I just never have seen someone in that deep of sleep before."
Amy made a face, "I was dreaming that we were back home, in Montana. We were with mom and dad on one of their dig sites. Dad was excited because he had found another raptor. He was explaining to us how much a raptor is like a bird, even though he has explained that to us dozens of times already.. It felt so real and we were safe."
Derek smiled at Amy, "Yeah, I would love that right about now. Being safe in Montana, with mom and dad, digging up dinosaur bones. Seeing that huge grin on dads face when he finds another raptor, even his explanations on how much raptors are similar to birds" Then he got serious. "But we're not there and we got to get moving. I think this is a safe side of the island but you can never be sure. We need to go find some of the building we saw from the air."
Amy nodded, , the sighed deeply. "Are we going to be okay?" she asked. "Will we even be able to see mom and dad again?"
"Of course we will be okay sis, I'm your big brother and I would never let anything happen to you."
"Yeah, it's true your my big brother, but only by 37 minutes!"
In most of their 13 years of existence, Derek had always rubbed in the fact that he was the elder of the twins. Amy didn't mind too much, he has always been a good big brother to her.
Derek got to his feet and helped Amy up. Amy brushed the loose grass from her skirt and followed her brother onward. They had chosen to sleep in an area which they believed to be mostly inhabited by herbivores. Not being sure they didn't want to sleep on the ground but they took a chance and slept in the grass underneath a large tree. Their exhaustion from the day before helped them to fall asleep quickly.
Now they planned to head to the shore of the herbivore part of the island where the buildings were.
Amy walked close to her brother as they journeyed to the blue water ahead.
