Disclaimer: I do not own Jurassic Park.
Chapter One
(Eric's Pov.)
It was my last day of school. I was so happy that it was finally going to be summer because my soon-to-be stepfather was going to take me and one other person, of my choosing, to Costa Rica in a few weeks. Of course I was planning on asking my best friend Amy to come with me. We have been best friends since we were little. Amy is a tomboy with blond shoulder-length hair, fair skin, and blue eyes. She is the smallest kid in my grade and many kids like to tease her about it. Their teasing never seemed to affect her, but I still stood up for her when they did. She also was a very fast runner.
Finally the school bell rang and I gathered my stuff to leave. I glanced over to Amy who gave me an excited smile. I walked over to her.
"I can't believe school's over." she told me.
"I know. I can't either." I replied. "Hey, I need to talk to you about something while we're walking home."
"Okay, let's go." she told me and we started walking towards our homes.
"How come we're best friends and I've never been to your house before? I never even met you parents before." I told her while walking.
"Well…Uh… They don't really like visitors." I knew she was lying, but I decided to drop it.
"Anyway, you know about the trip to Costa Rica I've been talking to you about?"
"Yeah, you can't stop going on and on about it." she told me laughing.
"Well Ben said that I can take a friend and I want you to come."
"Oh, I don't know, Eric."
"Come on, please." I pleaded with her. "We will pay for everything."
She sighed. "I guess I could talk to the... I mean my parents about it." she told me.
"Yes!" I hugged her. "You're the best."
"I know." she said smiling. "I will call you tonight and tell you what they say."
Later:
"Eric, it's time for dinner." My mom told me. I walked into the kitchen and sat down at the table. We had ordered pizza since my mom never was a very good cook. Before my parents were divorced, my dad was the one that always used to cook. Then I started eating. A few minutes later the phone rang.
"I'll get it." My mom told me.
"Hello… Oh hi, Amy. How are you…Oh I'm fine. Would you like to talk to Erik? Okay… Erik, it's for you." she told me. I got up and took the phone from my mom and went to my room.
"Hello?"
"Guess what…" Amy said on the other line.
"What?" I asked her.
"They said I can go with you to Costa Rica."
"Really, that's great." I told her.
"I know. I can't wait."
Three weeks later:
We were getting ready to land in Costa Rica. I was so excited. I have been waiting for this day for months. Finally we landed and got off the plane.
"Come on kids. Let's hurry up and get are bags so we can go to the hotel." Ben told us.
About an hour later we were at the hotel. Amy was in the room across from ours. A few minutes later she came over to our room.
"So, what are we doing today?" she asked us.
"Well, some friends of mine agreed to take us on a boat and go paragliding near Isla Sorna." Ben told us.
"But I thought that that area was restricted." Amy said.
"It is, but I'm sure it will be alright just this once." Ben said.
Soon enough we were on a boat getting the equipment on needed to go paragliding. They strapped us all in.
"Are you sure this can hold all of us." I asked one of Ben's friends.
"Well, considering how underweight your friend is, it wouldn't be a problem. Here you go, my friend." he said as he hooked the rope onto us. Amy glared at him for his remark about her being underweight.
"Make sure you get us as close as you can. I'll give you something extra if you make it a good trip." Ben told them.
"I'm going to get you close, my friend, but not too close. You don't want to be eaten." he joked. "You ready, amigo?"
"Ready!" We all said.
"One, two, three!" Ben pulled the shoot opened and we flew up into the air and we all whooped. We flew higher and higher. Ben was videotaping all the action.
"Scared?" Ben asked us.
"Uh-Uh. This is great!" I replied.
"This is awesome!" Amy said.
"See anything yet?" I asked them.
"No." they both said.
Soon we lost sight of the boat because of a cloudy mist. Then we felt a bump.
"Was that supposed to happen?" Amy asked us.
Then we felt a few more bumps.
"What's going on?" I asked Ben.
"I don't know." Ben replied.
Then the boat reappeared, with no one in it.
"What happened to them?" Amy asked.
"Where'd they go?" I asked.
"I don't know." Ben replied.
Then we saw rocks ahead of the boat that had no one on it..
"Ahhhhhhh! "We're going to crash!" I screamed.
"No, we're not. Move your hands." Ben told us. Then he unhooked us from the rope attached to the boat, which then slammed into the rocks. Ben then grabbed the two handles that steered us. "I'm going to try to land us on that Island."
"Are you crazy? There are dinosaurs on that island that will shred us to pieces!" Amy told him.
"I don't think we have any other choice." he told her. Then he started to lower us to the Island.
"Watch out, you're getting to close to the trees." I warned Ben, but then we started to hit a few branches.
"Hang on!" Ben told us. The sharp branches had made a hole in our shoot, and now we were plummeting towards the ground, through the trees. Then we all of a sudden stopped. Our shoot had got caught in the branches. We were about six feet from the ground.
"Okay, I'm going to unhook you two, alright?" Ben said. "Amy, you first."
"Alright." Amy said.
"One, two, three!" and he unhooked Amy and she fell to the ground.
"Now you, Erik. One, two, three!" Then I too was unhooked. When I stood up I noticed the camera was still on so I turned it off.
"I'm going to unhook myself now." Ben told us.
Then we heard a weird screeching noise.
"What was that?" Amy asked.
"I have no idea." I told her. Then we saw two raptors jump out from behind the bushes right front of us.
