Chapter 1: First Regrets

"Ariella. Ariella, Wake up." Bo said as he shook me gently awake.

My eyes slowly opened, and I sat up and yawned.

"Ahh... She's finally awake, heh?" Pascal asked.

"Ariella. Are you okay?" Bo asked.

"Yeah I'm fine." I said as I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes. "Why?"

"Well... You slept for quite a while... It's nearly noon." Bo answered.

"What?!" I exclaimed as I jumped out of bed. "Why didn't you wake me up?! There's so much to do! What-"

Bo grabbed me and sat me back down with my back against the wall.

"It's okay." he said with a smile. "Calm down. Pascal and I have everything under control."

"Aye. That we do." Pascal said smiling "Now come sit over here lass. I just finished cookin' the fish."

I sat down in front of the little bonfire in front of Pascal. Then Bo sat down right beside me, and Pascal handed us both a plate.

We ate oranges, coconuts, and Salmon for breakfast... I mean... lunch.

"So have you started building us a house Bo?" I asked as I took bite of Salmon.

"Yes. I have." Bo said.

I nearly choked on my fish. "Really?" I asked.

"Yeah. I already collected nearly all the wood and stone for both Pascal, and our new home." he explained.

For some reason, my heart seemed to flip when he said "our home".

"That's great!" I said happily.

"Yeah... But aside from that good news... I'm afraid we have another problem..." Pascal said, not looking up from his plate.

Bo and I both turned our attention towards Pascal.

"I checked the ship this mornin'. And I'm afraid that it was nearly destroyed in that storm last night..." he said sorrowfully. "It'll take moths to repair it..."

At first I wasn't really worried about what Pascal said. I mean... didn't the Harvest Goddess want me to stay on this island?

But then the meaning of his words hit me. There was no way off this island!

My eyes grew wide, and my stomach twisted.

I began to choke and cough.

"Ariella! Calm down! Are you okay?" Bo asked as he handed me one of the bottles of water from the ship.

"I-I'm fine." I choked. "Just s-shocked."

"Aye." Pascal said. "Luckily, the storm didn't sweep away all our luggage. We still have a few bottles of water, some tools, and some kitchen utensils."

We all finished eating in silence.

"Now if you two will excuse me." Pascal said once he had finished. "I have some important business to attend to."

"I just... Can't believe it." I said to Bo once Pascal left.

"I know... It is unbelievable." Bo said.

I sighed and then looked at Bo and gave him a kiss. "Well, let's make the best of it." I said happily.

"Yeah." Bo said as he stood up. "I need to get back to work. You gonna be okay by yourself?"

"Yeah." I said "I'll just clean up a little around here. Then I'll go see if I can find anything for dinner."

"Okay." he said happily. "Come and get me if you need me. I won't be that far away."

"Okay." I said as I watched him turn the corner.

I sighed happily.

"This was my island! And I'm going to make some thing of it!" I thought to myself.

I began to clean up when something sailed past me, and then landed beside me.

It was a note attached to an arrow!

I looked all around, but didn't see anyone.

I opened it up and read it.

I felt my heart stop.

It said this:

"If you value your lives. You'll get off this island. NOW!!!

-Signed,

Komona Tribe"