Chapter 3

It was morning and Kevin had a nice nap despite what happened last night. But Kevin was woken up by a sudden knock on the door. Kevin looked at it and could tell that John was most likely still asleep so Kevin decided to go ahead and open the door. He unlocked it and then opened the door. "Finally found you. I was worried if you were going to make it yesterday after having Nina get you out of the cave." Kevin froze, remembering the voice and saw the blonde haired girl in camo. "M-mika, umm… What are you doing here?" Mika smiled. "I was a worried about you so I came to see where you ended up. I guess a village isn't a bad place for you to end up. I also got you another gift. Don't worry this one won't blow you up this time." Kevin was hesitant about it but he decided to go ahead and stick out his hand. Mika then took something out and put it in his hand. It was some gun powder. "Since you're a miner I thought this could help you when you need to blow something up in the mine. Now you can make your own dynamite." Kevin smiled and then put a hand on Mika's head. "Thanks Mika. It's a great gift." Mika then started to turn a red and then backed up. "W-well I should hurry and head home. My dad might get worried about me if I don't get home before he wakes up." But as soon as Mika turned around she tripped and a stick of dynamite hit the ground and blew up, throwing Mika back and having her get blown back right into Kevin. John then woke up and then saw Mika over Kevin. "Kevin!" John got a bow and put an arrow on and then aimed at Mika but Kevin then waved his hands in the air. "John wait, friendly, friendly!" John then froze, making a face.

Five Minutes Later… "WHHHAAAAAAAATTT! How on earth did you become friends with a Dynamare?" Kevin scratched his head, sitting next to Mika on the couch. "Well, my first day here I made shelter in a cave and then met Mika and after a while of talking we just sort of became friends. She was even kind enough to give me gunpowder to make dynamite whenever I go down to mine." John was still a little dumbfounded but responded. "W-well, since she isn't trying to blow up my home I guess its fine but she really needs to talk with the Chief first to get permission to stay in the town.

Another Five Minutes Later… Kevin and Mika are on one side of the Chief's table while the Chief and Lilianna are on the other covered in iron armor. The Chief then spoke. "Well, since she is your friend I guess its fine for her to come and go as she pleases but just try not to blow up the town please." Kevin and Mika smile and Mika nods. "Alright, I will try not to blow anything up." Mika and Kevin exit the Chief's home and Mika then turns to Kevin. "Alright, I should be heading home now. I will see you later Kevin." Kevin nods. "Alright, I will see you later." Mika then leaves the town and heads back to her home. Kevin is about to head out of the village to try and find a mine to collect minerals. He got his torches, sword, pickaxe, and some food so he is just about ready. But before he left town the little girl that he save came up to him. "Thank you for saving me last night." Kevin smiled. "You're welcome but next time; make sure you go inside before night time." The little girl nods and then goes back to her parents. Kevin smiles and then heads out of the village. As he travels through the forest he makes sure to mark trees with his sword so he can get back to the village.

He finally finds a mine and right before he enters he stands in front of it. "Alright, let's do this!" He then enters the mine and as he goes further in he makes sure to put torches on the walls so he can get out later on. As he heads further in he starts to find some stuff. He finds a lot of coal and some iron and as he goes further in he finds even more iron. After a while he starts to feel hungry so he sets down and has a lunch break. He takes out some apples and starts to eat, enjoying the sweet flavor of the apple freshly picked from the village. He then suddenly hears something in the mine. He freezes and looks over to one part of the cave he didn't explore yet, one of the forks in the mine. It starts to sound like footsteps as it gets close until it stops.

Kevin's heart starts to beat faster as the stillness of the air gets longer until an arrow suddenly fired and hit the apple he was eating, a few inches from his head. Kevin was so shocked from the arrow that he froze for a few seconds but then he hurried and moved, just in time from getting hit by another arrow, that time it was aimed at him. Kevin hurried down the mine, lucky enough to grab his sword before the chase happened. Kevin used the darkness of the cave to make a turn into another tunnel and the figure started to follow him but Kevin caught him and put the sword at the person's head. The person started to struggle and then Kevin heard the person speak. "Let me go!"

It was a really high pitched voice, a girl's voice. Kevin took out a torch and could see the person clearly. It was a little girl that looked 14, but she wasn't ordinary, she had white hair and pale skin tone to an almost white. And her eyes were strange as well. It had white for the center surrounded by black. "So what on earth are you?" The girl continued struggling. "Let me go! I am the Skeleton Princess, Shina!" Kevin was a little surprised. "Skeleton Princess? You don't look like a skeleton. I swear this place gets weirder and weirder the more I learn about it." Kevin was then elbowed in the chest and ended up letting her go. She backed up but she then got a good look at Kevin and then realized. "Wait you're an outsider." Kevin was holding onto where she elbowed him. "Y-yeah. I'm Kevin, a miner and wow that hurts." Kevin then collapsed onto the ground from the elbow with what was mainly bone. Shina walked over to him and then started to poke him with the back of the arrow. "Come on, I only elbowed you. It's not like you're going to die." Kevin looked up at the skeleton and swiped at the arrow. "But that really hurt!" Shina was shocked by him suddenly shouting and landed on her butt. "Hey you don't have to shout! The cave echos just fine!" Her shouting could be heard through out the tunnel. "Hey now you are shouting you little brat!" "Don't call me a brat you over grown mole!" "Just because i am a miner doesn't mean I sleep in the dirt you boney-brat!"

They kept shouting insults to each other back and forth like kids until they finally came to an end. Shina looked away. "Whatever, just get out of my home." Kevin was confused. "Wait...Your home? You live in a tunnel?" Shina looked back at him. "Yeah. Everyone has a specific place we live. Skeleton's like caves." Kevin scratched his head. "Sorry, I am still new to this island and didn't know I entered someone's home without their permission." Shina looked away again. "Well whatever. Just get out already." She then noticed the coal and iron Kevin mined. "Wait, you were looking for that stuff?" Kevin looked over to the coal and iron. "Yeah, those things are useful for us to make things." Shina stayed silent for a moment. "Well... I guess you can come back to get more of those." Kevin blinked some. "What, really?" Shina looked over to him. "Yeah. If you mine those things out then i will have more space in my home and you get to have those materials." Kevin smiles. "Alright thanks Shina." Shina looked away. "W-whatever, just hurry up and go." Kevin got up and got his stuff and then froze and turned to Shina with a sheepish smile. "I sort of lost where i was once the chase started..." Shina sighed and then showed him the way out.

Once they were out Kevin thanked Shina again and then headed back to the village. Once there he showed up to John with all the iron and coal and John was surprised to see him with all those and not be hurt. He ended up almost having his Jaw hit the floor when Kevin told him about meeting Shina and becoming friends with her. But once he got it back together, John then told him he can give him a new sword, iron chest plate and a pair of boots for all those and threw in a bow for free. Kevin accepted the offer and got the bow now and then headed back to the Chief's house to eat and then rest from his energetic day.