Okay guys, I have a goal for the rest of this summer, and that is to write and complete this fanfiction! I've been working on the idea of it since around May, so it's really important to me that you guys read it. I've been putting a lot of work into it.
I'd right a summary, but I don't want to give much away. So here is a tiny bit of information. It takes place after exodus. The rafters return to the island. Survivors venture out in search of a treasure. That's all I'm going to tell you!
Spoilers for season one.
Ships are: PB&J, Shayid, SKJ, Jun, (who am I forgetting?) Basically all main ships.
Chapter 1:
Jack eagerly looked around.
It wasn't as if this was a new and unfamiliar place to him, it was
what they were doing here that was unusual. The wind blew a gentle
breeze, which was surprisingly refreshing after the long day. His
friend, Hurley, didn't seem to think so. Being a bigger man he
found it difficult to find a spot clear of leaves and branches, so
every few seconds be had to push a branch off of him. Jack found this
amusing. Lying back, he waited for a signal to come from below. He
loosened his grip on the rope he had held in between both of his
hands.
"Whoa easy, not so much Jack!" John called up the long
dark tunnel, as he felt the rope he was guiding slump down.
"Sorry!"
Jack yelled back, tightening his grip on the rope they had lowered
down the hatch.
"Could you guys just hurry up please?" Kate
yelled; from where she was half way down the hatch. "I can't get
down if you don't stop moving around!" Neither of the men
replied, but immediately Kate felt the rope tighten beneath (and
above) her. Locke reached up, carefully helping her off the rope and
onto the ground. Above ground, Jack handed the rope to Hurley, who
tiredly mumbled 'good luck dude.' Jack turned, nervously he
clasped his hands around the rope and with both Kate and Locke's
help he slowly made it down. The floor was covered in a thin layer of
dirt, just enough to notice under the feet. John rubbed his bald
head, as he looked around the room in confusion.
"It's empty."
He announced, stroking his chin thoughtfully. Kate looked over at
Jack, question marks flooding her eyes.
"It can't be, why go
through all this trouble for an empty room; and such a small one"
She replied, looking over the room again. Hastily she stepped
forward, then jumped back, as though something was headed towards
her. When she had stepped forward, a hollow knock rang through the
room. "Locke, shine your light on the floor.' John looked up at
her for a moment, before doing was she said.
'What is it?'
Jack asked, bending over and running his fingers over the glass in
curiosity.
'No, the question is, what is it doing under all
this?" John said thoughtfully tapping a finger on his chin. The
other two looked up and him, as if waiting for an answer. "Guess
there's only one way to find out." The man reached back into his
kaki pockets, pulling over a stone about the size of his fist.
"Why
do you have a rock in your pocket" Kate asked curiously, John
responded as though it was a rhetorical question.
"Stand back."
He warned, curling up his arm and releasing. All three of them jumped
back and shielded themselves as the rock bleed through the shield of
glass, spending pieces in all directions. Using her shoes Kate
carefully kicked the broken pieces of glass into the corner of the
empty room. Wordlessly they knelt down, looking into the small box
which had been under the glass. Hesitantly Jack reached forward to
pick up a large black velvet book. Using his hands he brushed off the
millions of dust particles. In the center of the cover was a diamond
square which encryptions of what appeared to be a ship. Around the
thin edges was a rim of gems, each gem had a different symbol carved
in it. Locke took the book from Jack, running his fingers over each
gem.
"I've never seen anything like it." He said to no one
in particular. Looking up at the other two, he carefully opened the
book. The binding creaked when it was opened. The pages inside were
yellowed with age, and so stiff that they felt (and looked) as though
they could crumble any moment. The first pages of the book told a
tale of an ancient treasure, hidden by the people of the island. It
said why they hid it, but not where. It told them of the people's
legends and myths, and how they believed that when their leader's
son was born at midnight, a star was created. Every year on the
child's birthday a ceremony was held. The people would get together
and dance around the fire, while chanting praises to their God, whom
they believed had sent the star as a sign, of the greatness their
future leader would bring them. That was the end of the story told by
the original writing of the book. At first they thought there was
nothing written on the remaining pages of the book, until they
flipped to the very end. In faded black ink was a journal entry
written by the man, who appeared to have created the hatch.
"We've been shipwrecked. Two nights ago the Captain came to us with warning of a great storm. That night, it happened. Waves came crashing over the sides of the ship. It was more then 'The Sun stream" could handle. I held onto my children tightly, but at some point young Elizabeth slipped away. I am afraid we have lost her to the sea. We crashed into rocks along the shore, and eventually made our way to the beach. About an hour a go Paul Reid and his son Micha came back, with this book in their hands. After reading it we have decided that its only use is to keep track of our movements here.
Allen Mortis, June 7 1932
We haven't been doing as good of a job writing in here as we would have liked. Things have been busy. We thought it would be a good idea to write this down though. The treasure is real! James' son, Leon, stumbled upon a music box while roaming in the caves, where we had laid his mother to rest prior to that time. At first we thought that it belonged to someone who was on the ship with us, until we saw the markings on the side, which were identical to the ones on the gems of this book. We played the box, and found that there were a series of codes. We haven't been able to decipher them yet.
Allen Mortis 1932
"There isn't
anything else" Locke told them. They all glanced at each other. Out
of the corner of her eye, Kate noticed that there was something else
where the book had been laying. Carefully she reached forward and
lifted the box (which was much heavier then she had expected) out of
the whole and onto her lap. Lifting it up again she blew off the
dust. On the sides were gems identical to the ones around the rim of
the books.
"It's the music box." She said quietly. John
reached out, carefully turning the switch on the side. Loud taping
noises filled the room. "Is that morse code?" John nodded,
carefully defining each tape and stroke series in his head.
"A
grave buried in the deep
here the shadows linger as night
follow
the star of the child
and there you will find
where the secret
lies"
"What?" Kate asked, Jack just sat there stroking his
chin thoughtfully.
"That's what is says." John nodded.
"What's it mean?" Jack wondered out loud
"This book
told us about the child who was born at midnight, and whose star was
created. We have to follow that star, to a grave. That's where the
next clue or the treasure is."
"And how do we know what star
to follow?" Jack asked. The three of them sat in silence, all deep
in thought.
"Jack, hand me your water bottle." Kate said
suddenly, as she took the book from Locke. Confused Jack handed her
his water bottle to her.
"What are you doing?" He
asked.
"Shine some light over here." She told him. Sighing he
did what she said. Kate moved the bottle around over the gems, which
were now magnified. "The corner ones all have a constellation in
it. I'm guessing that after dark, we find them all and there should
be a star that is in all the constellations, that one will be the
child's star." She said triumphantly closing the book in
conclusion to what she said. Locke grinned.
"Good job." He
said with a pat on the shoulder. "Lets get out of here, we'll
leave the book here."
After calling to Hurley a number of times
(apparently he had fallen a sleep), one by one they made their way
out of the deep tunnel and back into the jungle.
In a hurried
moment Sayid ran into the jungle calling for Jack all the while.
"Jack!" He called out again. The jungle seemed to be spinning
around him, by the kept moving, he had to find him. Not long ago Jin
and Michael had washed up on shore. Both were very weak, but alive.
Sun had panicked for just a few moments before attempting to help
them both, but her skills weren't enough. A rush of questions flew
through his mind. Where was Walt? Where was Sawyer? What happened to
the raft? There hadn't been any huge storms. In the distance he
heard someone reply, and took off in that direction.
"What's
going on?" Jack asked, when he had found them. In a breathless
sentence he explained everything. Before he was finished Jack was
running in the direction of the beach.
Back at the beach everyone
sat around a warm fire, silently listening to the story Michael told.
Well, thats all for chapter 1. I will have chapter 2 up as soon as I can! Even sooner if you guys review! Tell me what you think please!
