Rarotonga Moon
Chapter 1 – New Beginnings
"Once on the island of Rarotonga there were many tribes that would huddle round a fire in the dead of night ready for any sudden instant when they would need to grab weapons and defend there land from the other tribes that stalk there targets to ensure an easy victory. But every tribe is unaware of one tribe, one tribe that is like no other. They are the true rulers of this island". Most people believe this story is true but others do not, but soon they will change there minds, and realise the danger that is soon to arise.
I am one person that doesn't stand out. I am shy but very protective person that likes to keep to myself and my family is just like me, they don't like to be with people they don't know. I get on with some people but I have to have known them for quite a while before I feel that I can trust them. This day is different from other days, this day I was more clumsy than normal and this started a rivalry between me and Phil the resident bully, and he was in a bad mood and that is never a good thing. I knew how to defend myself, I was taught how to when I was 5 so if I needed to I could reverse some of Phil's attacks back at him but Phil just walked away instead of making a scene and I was amazed just as much as the others that noticed what had happened. When I got home I was meet by my Nan and the rest of the family and I knew why they were there it was because it was my 16th birthday the next day and that was an important day for them let alone me. As my dad tried to get me out of the way I noticed something in my dads left eye something I never noticed before like he was angry or upset about something, or it was something he was hiding.
As quick as the morning comes it was night and the family all set of to make plans of what to do with max on his 16th birthday but then I knew that he would have to decide between people in the end and I didn't want to upset anyone like I did last year but that was inevitable.
The next day the family was up early and like every year someone would tell the story that was meant to be about the ancestors but I didn't believe it I believed it was used to keep the younger children quiet. When I had the chance I exited the room and tried to find my mum but when I found her she was busy so I decided not to interrupt her. When the story had finished I decide to talk to my granddad as I thought that he might be getting bored and need some entertainment. "What is the main point about the story then" I asked and I saw by the face on my granddad that he was about to lie "well the main point about is never underestimate your opponent as you can never be sure what they are capable of doing". As soon as I saw that my granddad was uncomfortable I decided that it would be better if I was to leave him alone instead of continuing to ask questions about there ancestors in the story.
Round about 7.30 in the morning I had to plan out my day, which included who I was going to spend time with on the day and then find out what each person was going to do. " right max is time that you sorted out what you want to do today and I would like it if you could get back here for about 7" rattled my mum in a threatening manner. I hesitated as I tried to decide who to spend time with on my birthday, I had been doing this every birthday for the last 4 years and each year the people that were not chosen got upset, and the same would happen again it was inevitable. In the end I decided that it was in my best interest to spend time having fun than being with someone like my dad who would just want to go hiking, but my uncle on the over hand always did something different every year, last year it was cave drawing, and the year before that it was wakeboarding. If there ever was a place to get adrenaline rush it was with my uncle. In the end I decided that I would spend an hour with my dad besides how boring it would be, and then I would spend an hour with my older brother which only happens once in a blue moon. When it comes to 3pm he would spend the rest of the day with my uncle. All day I was trying to think of what his uncle would have planed for later. The more I thought about it the quicker time passed by.
When I met my uncle I was surprised that all was there was a bow and arrows and I thought that we would be doing archery which was not his uncle's best idea but I couldn't be more wrong. "max" mysteriously said my uncle "yes" replying almost immediately " we're going hunting" I was almost shocked that I was going to be hunting the old fashioned way, were there is nothing more exhilarating than this. When I finally had a chance to hunt a dear then a strange animal wiped past and the dear was gone. Nothing surprised me more than seeing my uncle running in the same direction as the strange creature that seemed to run off with there dinner. I then decided it would be best to follow but when I did his uncle had vanished from sight. I was in the middle of the forest all alone with no idea what dangers were around me but when I saw my uncle reappearing from the trees I felt relieved that I was no longer on my own. I recovered my bravery and asked "what just happened". My uncle claimed that it was just a wolf that had taken the dinner but that was ok as everyone has to eat even the animals.
When they finally arrived back at the house everyone was uptight as if they were hiding something, something that they didn't want to discus as if it was life changing but if only I knew the real reason, then they could all relax and stop being so tense.