Chapter 4   Destiny Islands

*She has been sleeping for over 5 days now,* the old woman thought to herself. She looked down at the figure lying down on the bed, covered up to her face.

* Begin Flashback *  

Her granddaughter came in screaming and saying she needed help out on the beach. She followed her out there to see a figure lying down on the beach. "Go, get your papa." She said as she knelt down to see the young girl. She heard her granddaughter screaming out for her papa.

She turned the girl over and held her in her arms. The girl opened her eyes for just a moment to look up at the person that was holding her. *I want to go home.* She thought before she drifted of to a deep sleep. The grandmother looked down at her. She was very pretty. She had long, light brown hair pulled up into a messy pony tail, and from what she had seen, bright blue eyes.

She turned around to see her granddaughter and her husband walk up to her. "What's wrong?" He asked as he looked down at them. "She has a deep wound in her back. We need to get her inside and bandage it up before she dies. I'm surprised that she has lasted this long with a wound like that." She replied. He bent down and picked up the young girl up into his arms and walked inside the house.

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She had gotten through bandaging her and walked out of the room to sit down at the table with her husband. She looked down at the table. She was concerned that the girl might not make it through the night. "Did you see the blood in the sand? It was unbelievable. When I saw all the blood, I thought that she was dead, but when I picked her up she looked up at me. It was like . . . ." She trailed off into her own thoughts. *It was like she wanted to cry, but was to tired or weak to.* She looked back up at her husband as she saw her granddaughter walk through the door.

"Is she alright? Will she be okay?" She asked.

"She will be fine. Give her a couple of weeks and she should be up and walking." Her grandmother lied. She would be surprised if she made it to the next day.

* End Flashback *

*I can't believe she made.* She looked back at her one last time and shut the door.

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She lied awake and stared into the dark. *Well, this is familiar,* she thought, *the only difference is that I hear voices. Okay . . . . . . Does that mean I'm going crazy?* She sighed.

She heard the door open and saw the light spill through the doorway. She tried to sit up and see who it was, but was made to lay back down because of her wound. She now noticed the sharp pain in her back. It was like being hit by a train and surviving. She tried once more to sit up, but now the pain was so horrible that it made her vision blur. She gave up and laid back onto the bed.

"You shouldn't try and get up yet." She informed her. *Well, a little late to be telling me that now. I had to find out the hard way. Sit up, feel pain, lay back down with a throbbing back and a major headache.* She thought. She was feeling very annoyed and just wanted the old lady to leave and let her finish her sleep.

The lady came over and looked down at her. "You may stay here as long as you like." She said, "but I want allow you to get up until your wound is healed completely." She continued to look down at her and saw her close her eyes. She just wanted to be left alone so she could sleep. She heard the old woman leave and shut the door.

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She opened her eyes and sat up, painfully, but she was able to sit up. She could see a little light that came from the bottom of the door. She threw her legs over the bed and slowly got up. She noticed she wasn't wearing a top but instead a bandage that went from the tip of wear her cleavage was and stopped at the top of her bellybutton. She was also wearing some shorts. They were very short 'shorts'.

She slowly walked to the door and grabbed hold of the door knob. She stood there feeling the cold metal against her hot palm. She could barley breathe and she had only walked a short distance.

*How long have I been asleep here?* She thought as she slowly turned the door knob. She opened it and walked out to see that no one was there except a small puppy that came running up to her, licking her ankle. She walked over to the table and looked out the window of the small room. She saw the clear blue ocean water and smelled the it as the wind came blowing from the open door.

She walked over to the open door and peered through it. The intensity of the light made her eyes water until she was used to the brightness. It had been so long since she had been outside.

She looked down to see the puppy at her feet looking up at her. She bent down slowly and picked the small animal up. It was black all over except for its feet and nose which was a deep, brown tan. What was amazing was its dark blue eyes. She held the puppy as it licked her chin. She began to giggle and put the puppy down. It barked and ran off into the bushes that went around the house.        

She stepped onto the warm sand and started to walk out to the beaches shores. The breeze came and went making her hair fly with it. She closed her eyes as she felt the wind against her face and opened them again when she felt her long hair against her back as the wind stopped.

She looked out to the horizon and turned her head to look along the shore line. She began to walk in that direction as she felt the cold water against her feet.

As she was walking, she noticed that her back wasn't hurting her as badly. She stared at what now lied ahead of her. A thick layer of forest was stopping her from going anywhere else. She heard a dog growling and saw as the puppy came into the clearing. It started yipping happily and jumping into the air, then came over to her and started nibbling playfully at her feet. It turned around and looked back at her and started barking again. "You want me to follow you or something?" She asked the puppy quietly as the puppy responded her question by barking. She stared at the puppy and the dog stared back. It finally sat down and started to whine. *Fine. Why not follow the dog? It's not like I have anything else to do.*

She walked towards the puppy as it walked into the woods. When she pulled back the leaves and walked around some of the bushes, she came to find a small path. She began to walk along it, and occasionally step on a twig or something that made her wish she had shoes, she stopped as the dog ran ahead of her and ran into the thicket.

She continued her walk along the path and was relieved to finally hear the sound of the ocean once more.

She walked out onto the beach and looked around. There were palm trees everywhere. She walked on a little more to see a zip line from the top, what looked like a fort, to the bottom, where a post was.

She walked past the zip line (A/N: That's what I'll call it since I have 'no idea' what it is. All I know is that you glide down it like you would on a zip line.) and began to crawl up the cliff.(A/N: You know what that is. It's . . . . . . That cliff that you have to jump over when your racing Riku on the game.)

When she finally got over she looked around and saw a bridge. She walked over and began to cross it. She got to one part and saw one gap that she could have jumped across if it wasn't for her back, so she had to walk back and climb down towards the water and walk across that way. As soon as she reached the other side she saw the dog again. It was barking and scratching at a wooden door. She walked over to the door and slowly opened it. As she opened it enough the dog ran through the door.

She walked in the darkness, only seeing a little light through the cracks of pieces of wood, and following the little sound the dog was making.

She came to another door and opened it.

She stepped into the light and let her eyes adjust before waking on down the beach. She walked under the bridge and saw someone sleeping on the beach. She stood there, standing under the bridge, watching the sleeping form on the beach.

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