A Web of Lies
Don't Starve Fanfiction
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Chapter 2
So chapter 2… It's all fun and games until a pack of hounds kill you twice, in the same spot, within 2 minutes... I hate my life. Not to mention summer set fire to my wood farm. T.T
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After everybody had sat down at the dinner table Elisa served the leftover meat-loaf. Wiley looked at the dish with distain. His grandfather took a bite and pretended to die. "Save yourself lad, ahhh… Avenge me."
Wiley's face of distain changed into one of amusement. Elisa rolled her eyes. "Very funny."
Wiley started to eat his food, it tasted stale but he was hungry. Leftovers were the worst. "Is there anything else to eat?"
"I'll make you something special for tomorrow ok? I needed to clean out the fridge and this was what was left."
Elisa had finished washing the dishes, Connall was back in the basement working on his device and Ernest had his cat, Actaeon, sitting on his lap while watching Wiley in the living room, who was playing with his toys. "Wiley get ready for bed."
"I'm not tired yet."
"You want to be up early for tomorrow don't you?" How could he not, he was going to be eight in the morning and his dad had promised him he could go to the up-coming science convention. "Ok, but I want a story."
"You're starting to get a bit old for stories aren't you?"
"Come on lass, give the lad a story. It wouldn't do any arm' now would it?"
"One, but then straight to sleep." A grin spread across Wiley's face as he gave his grandfather a hug and ran up to his room. Elisa gave a teasing glare to the old man and followed her son up stairs.
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It was 7:00am sharp when Wiley woke up, he shot out of bed and into his parent's room. He probably sat there for 5 minutes waiting to see if his parents would wake, his patience was fruitless. He poked his father's forearm, eventually shaking him ever so slightly. "Daaaaaad, wake up already." His father opened one of his eyes and rolled over. "Dad's not here, leave a message."
"I know you're there dad, wake up!"
"Ok, ok. I'm up, I'm up." He sat up and stretched. His pale brown eyes still half way between awake and asleep. He swung his legs out from under the covers and woke up his wife. Wiley shot out of his parents' room and into his grandfather's.
It took 40 minutes to get everybody up and Wiley was almost exploding with joy. Wiley spent most of the day in the backyard; he went over to his neighbour's house and played stick swords with him as well. The end of the day greeted Wiley with cake and smothering hugs from his mother. His father did spend most of the day with him but still disappeared into the basement, whatever he was working on must have been important.
It better have been. Elisa was glad to see her husband out of the dark basement but her hopes sunk when he went back to whatever he was working on. She had to give him some leniency because the convention was in two days. That didn't mean he was off the hook yet though.
That night it was turkey and braised eggplant, with pudding for dessert. What kid could ask for more? He watched his father work on his machine for a while before his mother sent him to bed.
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That Monday was followed with home schooling from his grandfather and father, with homework as well. As soon as he was excused he grabbed a jar from the kitchen, a bug net from his room and out the back door. "Put on a jacket before you go out ok, oh and a hat."
"Yes mum." And with that into the yard. It was just starting to get dark, the perfect time to find interesting insects.
Keeping still in the long grass meant you were able to hear the crickets and that meant you could find their hiding spot. The tell-tale sound of little legs rubbing together was about 2 meters off to the right, moving very slowly he crept closer and closer to the insect until he was close enough to bring his net over it.
Bringing the trapped insect to the mouth of the jar he let it fall in and placed the lid on the top. By the time it was dark Wiley had caught 3 crickets, he should probably head back before it got darker. He went to take the critters home to show grandpa when he saw a small patch of light floating above the river at the bottom of the garden. Fireflies! He had to catch them; they were elusive little bugs, something exciting to show everybody back at home. Picking up the jar he crept up to the river bank. His mother and father had told him not to cross the river. They had told him it was like a maze and also that it had wild animals lurking within. He rolled up his trousers and waded into the river, careful not slip into the cold liquid. The fireflies slowly floated across the river, Wiley followed. Once on the other side he clasped the two parts of the jar together, catching a handful of the little luminescent bugs. He stared at the jar with the goofiest grin in the world.
Something cracked in the distance, followed by a soft hissing sound. Wiley's eyes widened and he shot back across the river. He figured that what his parents didn't know couldn't hurt them. Yet something was strangely alluring about the 'forbidden forest' across the river
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It's 10:15pm on a school night, well done me. I was listening to the Team Fortress 2 soundtrack on YouTube all night.
What's out in the forest? Will I ever finish my homework? What's going to happen next?
Stay tuned! Please leave a review, I'll reply to you and it helps the story grow.
~Dara999 Out.
