A/N: Hey everyone! A day early, I am on a roll with updating this! I think this is better than the first chapter, that's because it's longer, and has better grammar. Well please review! ~ Swirlspot
Maggie, Claire, and Eliza got into the boat. Eliza's parents let her borrow the boat for an hour. They drove straight to Stellar Island; an hour wasn't as long as they wanted.
Eliza pulled the boat on shore, and then sat down in the sand, "Where do you want to go first"
"Up" Maggie said, and then looked at her watch, "We only have forty-five minutes"
"Okay then, let's go up" Eliza said.
They walked around, Maggie, and Eliza enjoying themselves, and taking pictures. While Claire was squeezing Maggie's hand for dear life, "Maggie, Eliza, can we please leave now?" She asked in fear.
"Claire, we have only been here for fifteen-minuets, me and Eliza have not looked at the river yet. That's our goal for today" Maggie responded.
"For today? You're not thinking about coming back are you?" Claire asked.
"Of course we are!" Eliza shouted, "Me, and Maggie have agreed to come back after church tomorrow"
"Back? Here?" Claire asked, "Well I've got nothing to do tomorrow, so I'm in"
"Claire, you don't come back with us" Maggie said, "its not hard to see when my BFF is uncomfortable, the only thing you've done since we got here, is hold my hand"
"Okay, to be honest, I kind of want to come back though" Claire said, "I'm writing a book, and it would be nice to get the knowledge from nature itself, rather from the internet"
"Oh, if you want to come with tomorrow, then that would be great!" Eliza said, "I too, also like to write"
"Cool" Claire responded.
They walked, and talked, when they came upon the river Maggie was talking about. Maggie walked up to the edge to look at the water, "It's so beautiful"
"Careful Maggie" Claire said, "You don't want to fall in"
"It's fine" Maggie said as she moved away from the edge, to another spot near the edge, "Wow, I can't believe we're seeing this right now- ahh! "
"Maggie! Maggie are you alright?" Claire asked her while shouting.
"Yeah, I'm fine" Maggie shouted back.
"I'm going down there" Claire said.
"Why? She said she was fine, we can just throw a rope, or something down so she can get up" Eliza responded.
"You must not know Maggie very well" Claire said, "Whenever she says she's okay, she isn't"
"Fine, but you're not going down there alone, I'm coming with you" Eliza said.
Claire went down in front of Eliza, and then they slid down together. When they got down, the first thing they saw was Maggie on the other side of the cave holding her ankle.
"Are you okay?" Eliza asked, as she got up to go towards Maggie.
"My ankle hurts" Maggie said, "A lot; I probably won't be able to walk"
"Well this is just great" Claire said, "We're trapped down in a cave, Maggie can't walk, we don't have cell serve, and nobody knows where we are"
"This is my entire fault" Eliza said, "If I didn't suggest we go here, and then none of this would have happened"
"Eliza, this isn't your fault, it's none of our faults" Claire said, "There's no use blaming yourself when we all agreed to come here, plus we have bigger problems. If you really can't walk Maggie, then we'll search the cave, and you stay here"
"I'll try to walk" Maggie said.
She started to get up, using her good leg for all her support. When Maggie started to put pressure on her right ankle, she fell right over, but Eliza caught her, and lowered her down to the ground, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, thanks to you" Maggie said.
Claire got closer to Maggie, and started to look at her ankle, "Are you sure it's not broken?"
"It could be" Maggie said
"Well figure this out later" Claire said, "Come on Eliza, let's go"
They looked around for at least an hour, came back and were hanging around. When Maggie realized it was already seven o'clock, "We've been out for three hours!"
"My parents are going to kill me" Eliza said.
"Mine too" Maggie and Claire said at the same time.
"I found a pool of water, back there, I think it leads to the ocean" Eliza told the others.
"Take me to it" Claire said to Eliza.
"Me too" Maggie said, and then started getting up.
"No, Maggie you shouldn't put any pressure on that ankle" Claire told Maggie, and then she went back on the floor.
"I know, but I can't stay here, I'll never get off this island" Maggie responded, and then started to get off the ground again.
She started to wobble, and then Claire shouted, "Eliza, catch her!"
Eliza rushed forward, then caught Maggie in her arms, "Thanks Eliza"
"You're welcome!" Eliza responded, "Maybe you should hang onto me"
"Yeah, I should" Maggie told her.
They walked, with Maggie hanging onto Eliza for dear life. When they got to the pool, Eliza set down Maggie on the ground, and then she sat down too, along with Claire.
Claire decided to jump in the pool, "Claire, what the heck?" Maggie asked.
"We're not going to get anywhere if we sit here all night" Claire stated, "We need to check this out, if it really leads to the ocean, like Eliza says, then it's the best we get out of here now"
"I agree" Eliza said, then took off her shoes, and jumped into the water, "Are you coming Maggie?"
"Yeah, but how am I supposed to swim with a hurt ankle?" She asked the other two.
"Just get in and swim, you have no other choice" Eliza responded.
"Okay" Maggie said, then took off her shoes, and jumped into the water.
As soon as she got in, the moon went directly over head of the cave, and then the water started bubbling, and sparkling. The three thought nothing of it, took a breath, and then swam down.
They all got to the surface, unharmed, but then Eliza asked, "What do we do now?"
Just then a boat came up to them, and then the gut inside of it asked, "Need a ride?"
"Luke, just on time" Claire said, then reached her hand up for him to grab onto, so he could pull her in. Once she was in she asked, "How did you know we were out here?"
"Maggie texted and told me you guys were coming here" He said.
He pulled Eliza into the boat, then reached a hand out to Maggie, but she didn't give him her hand, "Come on Maggie, you have to get into the boat"
"It'll hurt too much" She responded.
"Come on Maggie" Claire said to her.
Maggie nodded, then grabbed Luke's hand, and he pulled her into the boat. She said "Ouch" a few times under her breath. They started sailing back home, when Claire asked, "What did mom, and dad do when I didn't return?"
"Freaked out pretty much, they started calling everyone they knew in hope to find you" Luke told her, "But they only discovered Maggie, and Elizabeth were missing too. They sent out me, and Anthony to look for you guys, I check my phone for messages, when I saw Maggie's text. She told me you guys were going to Stellar, and since I know you would tell me if you came back, I figured you guys were still on Stellar Island"
"Thanks big brother, I owe you one" Claire told him.
"I do have one question though" Luke told them.
"What's that?" Claire asked.
"Why did Maggie say getting into the boat would hurt too much?" He asked Claire.
"She sprained, or possibly broke her ankle today" Claire told him.
Luke was freaking out about that, he always tried to protect Maggie since he met her, now she was hurt, and he couldn't do anything about that. Maggie notice his worried face, and told him "I'm fine Luke, don't freak out"
"I wasn't worried" Luke said as he blushed.
Claire ignored this, and wondered what all three of their parents' punishment would be. Only time would tell.
A/N: The next chapter will be out on, 12/21/18, see ya then! Please review! ~ Swirlspot
