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So, I decided to update earlier this time. Just for you, amazing people. I hope you like this chapter. Oh, and another thing: if you haven't read the Hunger Games trilogy, go read it. You'll love it, I promise. (Even if it may break your heart.)
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*Ally's P.O.V*
It was the rain that woke me up.
Heavy drops came pouring on me, wetting me to the bone. I got up, shivering, and noticed the grey sky above me.
"The rain season." I heard someone mutter. Jason.
He and the others were on their feet, frantically trying to find shelter from this natural threat. I had only briefly heard of it, but I was aware that on island, every few months, it would rain for weeks after weeks, ruining all the fruit and other sources of food.
The others must have known it too, because they were all exchanging worried glances. "All the fruits…they'll get ruined." I whispered.
Austin came beside me, and helped me to my feet, pulling me into a tight embrace. "Yeah, and along with that, it brings starvation."
We all knew it, so no one bothered being optimistic. We stayed there for a while, in the rain, having no idea what to do. It must have been somewhere around noon, but the clouds were blocking any sort of light, and it was dark.
"Better head back to our beach. You know…the one with the shelter. Maybe some of the food we left there yesterday will be safe." Abigail muttered. Every eye turned to her. She got a bit shy, but kept her shoulders straight. She wasn't used to attention. "If there is food left, we can ration it, and hope that someone will find us."
No one argued. It was a plan, after all, and a plan is better than nothing, no matter how unlikely it might seem.
So, without further notice, we headed back to the camp. Fortunately, Jason and the others remembered the way back, since Austin and I had completely forgotten it, and without them, we would have been lost by now.
Finally, when it seemed like everyone was too tired to continue, we saw the ocean in front of us. The beach. Everything was like it had been before, except our shelter; it had crumbled to pieces, probably from the strong wind.
It took some time for us to realize it. We shared scared glances. But no one had the courage to say what lay in front of us. Until Austin stepped forward.
"Our shelter." He muttered. "It's gone."
We were stuck on this island, with no food, and no shelter to protect us from the pouring rain. We were all soaked and frozen to the bone.
Jackson, who hadn't said a word since we even came on this island, or at least I hadn't heard him, spoke up. "There's no use in sitting here and doing nothing. We better each try and find tree that we could be able to climb. Up there, we'll find some kind of shelter from the leaves and branches."
"Ok. Fine. Let's go." Jason said, and we headed back for the forest again.
Austin helped me find a reasonably tall tree which I would be able to climb, and said that if I wanted too, he could make me company, and we ended up sleeping together that night.
Abigail turned out to be really handy with her hands, and she climbed up on each of our trees, and made a shelter from the branches in no time.
After everyone had settled, I lay my head on Austin chest. I could feel his heart beating, and I realized that if we didn't find food soon, it would stop altogether.
That was a very disturbing though to fall asleep to, but I eventually managed to relax. We had found shelter. The only tricky part was the food. But we were some sort of team now. We had over looked our differences, and we had broken the walls those labels had build for us at school. And with that, we may even be able to survive.
Just maybe.
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