Chapter 11

The Island of the Bandits

Alice P.O.V

I woke up, with the sun shining in my face. I sat up and saw everyone still sleeping, I leaned on the wall thinking about my family, I hope they weren't worried about me. Then Runo woke up.

"Alice." She whispered.

"Yes." I replied.

She walked towards me then sat down beside me.

"Is something wrong?" I asked.

"It's just that..what are we going to do know?" she asked

"Well, I'm not sure." I replied. "I can't think of anything."

"You know if we reached the island of the bandits we're doomed." She said.

"Why?" I asked.

"Because there is no escape there, we'll all either be killed or trapped there forever." She replied.

"Don't worry, nothings impossible." I told her.

She smiled. "Yeah."

Then we heard the ship reach land. I crawled to the window and noticed the sun was gone.

"Where did the sun go?" I asked Runo.

"On the bandits island there is no light but eternal darkness." She told me.

"Oh boy." I said.

Then the bandit leader walked in, which woke everyone up. He opened the cage, and tied us all with changes, and pulled us out like dogs, then he lead us outside. When we exited the ship and walked on shore, the people there all looked frightened to see us.

"Why do they all looked so scared?" I asked.

"Probably because they barely see humans like us." Shun said.

"Keep walking!" the bandits shouted at us.

Soon they lead us to a small cabin in the woods, they opened the door and threw us in and untied the changes around us.

"Stay in here, while we're gone." He shouted then closed the door.

"What was that all about?" Julie asked

"How should I know!" Dan shouted

"Are we prisoners or not?" Marucho asked.

"Not sure, but this cabin is just like a small home, it has rooms furniture and food." Shun said walking around, "But no windows and the walls are steel."

"So this like a home you never leave." I said

"Look our stuff!" Marucho pointed put in the corner of the room.

We all ran to our bags and everything was still there!

"They didn't take anything." Runo said.

"Yeah, are they really what they say they are horrible people that steal stuff then kill us." I asked.

"This is strange." Dan said. "Could all those stories be a lie?"

Then the door opened, the bandit leader was standing there, "Get out you can spend the rest of the day out, but be back by 8:00 or I'll hunt you down!" he said.

"Sure, thing." I said walking outside with the rest of my friends.

We walked by the trees and finally reached civilization, but when we got there the houses were all torn and brunt.

People were on the streets with ripped clothes. We walked pass them, people stared at us with strange faces.

As we walked on a small kid came to me and pulled on my jacket.

"Is something the matter?" I asked kneeling down, but he didn't say a thing. He just showed me his hands. I looked at them they were bleeding and had so many scars on them.

"Oh dear, let me fix that." I said pulling out bandages from my pocket and bandaged his small hands. After I finished I told him to be more careful, he nodded then placed something in my hand. I opened my fist to see a string with a rock at the end.

"Thank you." I said, the little boy smiled and ran back to his home.

"What did he give you?" Shun asked

"A rock with a sting on it." I said showing it to him.

"A crystal rock?" he asked

"No just a rock you pick up on the ground, I think he made it." I said.

"Just throw it away, it not something valuable." Shun said.

"No! He gave it to me so I have to keep it!" I shouted "Why would you ever throw someone's gift away!"

"Fine keep that piece of junk then." Shun said walking away.

'What's wrong with him?' I thought then I walked on, soon 8:00 came and we were back in our prison house.

"I'm so hungry!" Dan complained

"Shut-up Dan we all are!" Runo shouted

"I have something in my bag we can eat." I said. "I brought it from my house."

"What is it?" Julie asked.

"Ta-da some potato chips cheese flavour!" I shouted "I also have some chocolate flavour cookies. Want some?" I asked.

"Sure!" Dan said opening the bag of chips, and taking a bite.

"Yum!" he shouted eating more.

"Hey Dan don't hog all the food!" Julie shouted.

"Give me some!" Runo shouted trying to grab the bag too.

"Leave some for me!" Marucho shouted trying to grabbing the bag.

"Are they always like this?" I laughed.

"You get use to it." Shun said sipping his water.

"Want one." I said handing him a cookie.

"I'll eat it to survive." He said taking the cookie and biting it.

"It's not bad." He said taking another one.

Then suddenly the whole house shook.

"What's happening?" Runo asked.

"I don't know!" Julie asked. "Earthquake!"

Then we heard a shriek!

"Does and earthquake here shriek?" I asked

"It shouldn't." Shun said

Then I quickly got up and opened the door, there I saw a huge bird or monster, I couldn't tell.

Then it fell towards us and charged at me.

"Duck!" Shun shouted pushing me to the ground, then the bird stopped and shrieked again it looked me in the eye then fell into the forest, and everything was calm.

"What was that?" Dan asked.

"I don't know!" Marucho shouted.

Then the bandit leader ran in.

"Are you kids ok?" he asked.

"Yeah." Shun said standing up.

"That creature comes every night looking for a snack, be careful, lots of people have been hurt because of him." The bandit leader said.

"What?" I asked standing up, but it's shriek wasn't mad it was something else something I can't explain.