Chapter 2: The Island
Being awoken to the feeling of something warm and fuzzy tickling your face is not a very pleasant thing. There are many reasons for this, first and fore most being that what ever was warm and fuzzy could in fact be something that wants to eat you. Second, it could be something that was in fact a man's beard and somehow you had ended up in his bed the night before.
Fortunately for Elizabeth it was neither of these things. It was merely a rabbit. Upon opening her eyes Elizabeth saw this and immediately noticed something very strange about this rabbit. It was all black and did not shy away from her when she sat up. In fact, it hopped right into her lap when it saw that she was awake. It seemed as though this rabbit had been handled before by people and rather enjoyed it.
Picking the rabbit up, Elizabeth stood and took in her surroundings. She was on an island that was small, but seemed quite large. There were trees every where, covering everything and a mountain in the middle of everything. All sorts of noises could be heard in the distance, birds and other creatures Elizabeth didn't want to meet. Deciding that standing on the shore of the island was not, as such, a great idea Elizabeth started walking about the island.
She found that it was oval shaped and that it looked the same from every spot on it. This was not good news for Elizabeth as it meant she could get lost very easily. She knew only that she had gotten back to the spot she started in because she could see her foot prints in the sand. Still carrying the rabbit, whom Elizabeth named Bob, she began a slow trek to the heart of the island. Very quickly she came upon a small pool that had a waterfall cascading into it. It was the most beautiful sight she had ever seen. The crystal blue waters were shimmering in the sunlight, the waterfall casting a rainbow over everything. However, Elizabeth soon realized she needed to move on, and so she continued walking. The farther she walked to the center, the denser the trees got. Very quickly it became dark under the canopy, the only light being of a dark green color.
And then, for some reason she could not place, Elizabeth had the feeling she was being watched. Unsheathing her sword, she turned around but seeing no one there continued on her way with her sword out. She soon walked into a sort of clearing. It was rather small but was covered with tall grass and had wild flowers growing every where. There was a small banana tree growing near by and Elizabeth gladly picked one and ate it. She'd had no idea just how hungry she was. She lied down in the grass feeling tired and the rabbit lied with her.
Elizabeth didn't know just how long she had slept for, she only knew that it getting dark quickly. This didn't seem to bother her however, because she saw that the moon was growing bright. She continued on her walk through the forest and within an hour came across another clearing, only this one was very different from the last. This one looked as though it had been lived on for at least six months. The grass had been cleared away and quite a few trees had been cut down. There was a sort of fire pit in the middle of the clearing and a bench looking object had been placed near it. Quite a few objects that looked like bowls of some sort were sitting at random about this place. It was quite clear that someone was living here.
Looking up, Elizabeth noticed a hut of some sort. It was placed in tree and there was ladder going to it. The entire thing was made of wood and there was a door with two windows. Both the door and windows were covered with some kind of fur. Growing quite curious, Elizabeth walked over to the hut and as she got closer, Bob the rabbit got more and more anxious until he finally jumped from her hands. Elizabeth soon realized why when she saw that the fur on the door and windows was rabbit's fur. Poor rabbits.
"Ah. I see you've found my home." Elizabeth whipped around to stare at the speaker. She had known from the first vowel who it was.
"JACK!"