This chapter was really really difficult to write. I did lots of research. Who knew you'd actually learn stuff when writing? Okay, anyway, hope this one's better than the last one! :)

Beck
"So who wants to explore the island?" It was our third day, and we were all more than eager to have something to do. You'll be surprised how many games you can play in one day. We decided André, Robbie and I would try to walk around the island over the beach, and the girls would stay here, since Jade still couldn't walk properly and Cat's head still hurt.

"We'll be back as soon as possible," André said as we walked away.

"Yeah, don't hurry," Jade answered.

"Oh, will you guys bring coconuts?" Cat asked.

"Cat, there's coconuts all around you," Robbie said.

"WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN!?" Robbie quickly apologized and promised we'd take some coconuts with us. Then we left.

André
We walked in silence for about an hour. Everything worth saying had already been said somewhere in the last two days. So we all just enjoyed the walk and the quiet.

Robbie
We got stuck at the place a river ended into the sea. We thought it was the same river we got our water from, but we couldn't be sure.

"What do you think? Cross it or follow it?" Beck asked.

"Well, since we were trying to walk all around, I suppose we should cross it." I agreed with André, so we carefully stepped into the water.

"You know, if there's a river here, shouldn't there be mountains?" We all looked around, but we didn't see any major rise in the landscape.

"Maybe it's to far away," I suggested.

"Maybe." That would of course mean this island was way bigger than we'd expected, or hoped at least.

Beck
We continued walking at the other side of the river. After a while I noticed we were increasing in altitude.

"Hey guys, I think we found our mountain. Or the beginning of it." And indeed, after two more hours we weren't walking at the warm sand of the beach anymore. Instead the ground was hard and rocky, and we had to be careful not to trip.
We reached what seemed to be the highest point, if we wanted to keep following the shoreline. It was a beautiful place, really. I'd have loved to take Jade there. Although she wasn't quite the romance lover. Anyways, it was a great place to take a break.

André
The view from this point was amazing.

As soon as we get home I'm gonna write a song about this, I promised myself. We took a small break at the edge of the cliff, looking out over the ocean. As far as we could see there was nothing but water, sparkling in the sun. Beautiful. It did make us fully realize how far from home we were. And beneath us we saw the water hit the rocks with enormous power.

"You don't wanna fall in here!" I stated, and Beck and Robbie agreed.

Robbie
The place creeped me out. I was terribly afraid of heights, and I wanted nothing more than to run downhills to a lower spot. But when both Beck and André wanted to take a break at the highest point, where you could easily fall over the edge into the water, I didn't protest. I didn't want to look like a coward.

When we were ready to go again, we had to choose between a path leading land inwards and up the mountain, or one following the shoreline and going down. I knew what I wanted. Beck and André also wanted to keep walking along the ocean border, so down we went.

Beck
The path got smaller and smaller, until at some point you could hardly call it a path anymore. It was just a rocky, pretty steep hillside, and we had to continue backwards on legs and feet, keeping our balance by holding on to rocks sticking out of the mountain, in order not to fall.

"Maybe we should go back," André suggested. Robbie really didn't seem to want to make the climb either. But I wasn't done yet.

"How about I go and see if it gets easier further down ?" I suggested, and continued climbing. I found out it didn't get easier. In fact, it only got worse. At some point I had to climb straight down a cliff! I made the mistake of looking down, and I saw the sand of a beach beneath me. About fifty meters away. I decided not to risk my life any further and started to climb back up.

André

I followed Beck until the place where I had to climb almost straight down. I stopped at a small ridge.

"Hey man, it's not getting any better, let's go back!" I yelled at Beck, who was already trying to climb back up.

"Yeah, I'm- Wow!"

"What?" He looked up at me with wide open eyes. Then I looked behind me and froze.

The cat was gigantic. It's fur was orange-brown with black spots, and its eyes seemed to glow. It stared at me menacingly, only a few meters away.

"Oww..." The cat moved, sat down, as if to say:"you just try and run, I'll catch you anyway!" Or maybe that's just what I made out of it.

"Scare it away!" Beck yelled, but I was too scared myself to move. I knew better than to provoke a wild animal. All I could do was stare at the cat, and it stared back, mocking me for not being fast enough to run. I heard Beck climb up.

"Make fire or something!" he yelled.

"How 'm I supposed to do that?!" I yelled back in panic.

"You're standing on flint! Strike it with something metal!" I looked down. And indeed, I saw lots and lots of small pieces of the rock.

"I don't have any metal!" I said, but picked up a piece of flint anyway. The cat followed my every movement with those creepy eyes of his. Beck reached me.

"Try the buckle of your belt!" That guy's a genius! I clumsily hit the buckle with the flint.

"It's not working!" I yelled after a few tries. The cat still hadn't moved, but it seemed interested in what I was doing. Weird creature.

"Here, let me try," Beck said, and took the stuff out of my hands. He actually managed to create some sparks.

"Have you got any wood?"

"No!" I looked around. "Wait, yeah." There was only little vegetation, but there was a small bush close enough for me to reach it. I pulled as hard as I could. The cat growled dangerously.

"I... got it..." The plant got loose.

"Quickly! Hold it by the sparks!" Only a few seconds later we'd managed to set the dry branches of the bush on fire.

Beck

I held the burning plant in front of me, and walked towards the cat.

"Kssssht!" The cat growled, but slowly backed away.

"Yeah, you better run!" André yelled, suddenly not afraid anymore. The cat growled one last time, and then gave up and ran away. We watched as it disappeared between the rocks.

"O, yeah!" André high-fived me.

"Hey, we should get back to Robbie. Bet he's worried by now."

"Man, that guy is always worried." We walked back to the place we'd left our friend.

"Where is he?" André asked puzzled when he wasn't there. I shrugged.

"Don't know, maybe he went back to the others." Neither one of us believed that.

Oooooh I tried a cliffhanger... Do you hate me now? ;) Keep reviewing, ideas are totally welcome. Thanks to the people who already gave me some, I'll try to use them in the next chapter. Or maybe the one after that, because I might post a chapter about Trina and the parents.

Xxx Red