Chapter 1
Island
Tom awoke wearily, shaking off the abyss of sleep. He got up looking around at the deserted beach, the waves washing up on the sandy shore. Tom was a very tall boy, with soft features, big brown eyes, dark brown hair, tan skin, and long arms an legs. Barely being able to stand the heat he walked into the nearby jungle. He was parched of thirst, is nose was stuffy and his throat itchy. Walking through the green undergrowth, sweat streaming down his face. The sound of waves washing across the shore sounding more and more far away as he continued. The leafy plants blocking his sight through the forest. Dew drops dropped on him, the moist air, and heat squelching him. Hot, cooling sweat coursed down his face. His feet touched moist, wet, mud... BUMP! "OW!" "OUCH! Big bafoon, who are you? Don't you know this here is my island, eh?" Tom had run into another boy, with red, sandy hair, his small eyes squinting at him, the boy was most short, his eyes were of a bluish color. "Sorry. Who are you?" Tom said. The boy nodded. "I"m the ruler of this island of course, Chief Josh, pleased to meet ya!" Josh said, shaking his hand. There was loud and abrupt rustling in the nearby bushes, another boy about Toms age popped out of the bushes knocking straight into Josh. BONK! The boy looked a lot like Tom, except with smaller eyes and a bit of a bigger nose, he had dark brown hair, hazel eyes, and a sort of far away look in his eye. He looked down at Josh. "Oh, Sorry Chief." Joshes head stuck up out of the undergrowth. "Sorry... SORRY! SORRY you big faced, bobby!" His face was red with anger, freckles sticking out like stars on a pitch black night in the middle of nowhere. "Next time, you'll be more careful ya big baboon! First, I knock into this kid. Then, you! Oh, I just can't believe it... by the way what's your name again?"
The boy looked down to the floor, then back to the eyes of his Chief. "David."
Joshs' feet messed about on the floor. "Well, David... David, what a peculiar name... ... and you what's your name?" he said nodding at Tom. Tom smiled, "Tom, pleased to meet you sir." Josh nodded, grinning in a sort of way. "And now, David, Tom... lets get back to the tribe. David..." David looked up. "Lead the way." David walked through the underbrush, quite shyly. seeming to be content to get back to the 'tribe.'
The first thing that greeted them were a few 'Yips' and 'Hiodels.' Two boys and one girl jumped out of the plants in front of them. Josh yelped, hopping into the underbrush. He came out so red that he looked like lava, shaking a fist at the ones who had spooked them. "Rogues! Bandits! Spooking us as if you were the Draknom Tribe." he said, turning around and then turning back again. "You might as well be! The phrase Wild Child fits all three of you perfectly!" They backed off a bit. "Sorry, Chief... we didn't know you was out in the palms."