Chapter 8: The Cave
I woke to the sound of water dripping. It echoed… Then I woke up, realizing where I was. I was in a cave! But, why was it so bright? "You're finally up I see." someone said. I turned and saw Sasha by the entrance of the cave. His stomach was bandaged up. What had happened?
I remembered the mountain lion, and the fight. I looked next to me and saw Justin, whose stomach was also bandaged up. I felt my forehead where the lion had attacked me and felt a bandage there as well. Then I noticed the cave entrance was blocked by rocks.
"What… happened?" I asked. "Well after you passed out, I killed the lion. I took you both to this cave. You were sitting beside it." he started. "I got some old cloth that we use for bandaging from a Komona elder that was passing by. If he would of seen you… we would have been in trouble…" he flinched in pain and continued. "I cleaned the blood with a wet cloth and bandaged you both up. It will still need some treatment though…"
"While I was bandaging you, a storm came out of no where. I tried to get us out of here, but lightning struck the top of the cave… there was a cave in…" he said. "Why is there light?" I asked. He pointed to the pond that was beside me. Was this… the Harvest Goddess pond? "That is where I got the water." he said.
I thought about this, then my head started to hurt. I screamed in pain. "Danielle! Are you okay?" Sasha asked as he rushed over to me. "I told you! Call me Denni!" I laughed painfully. "It will hurt every now and then. She got me good too." he laughed. I realized Sasha had his hand on my face and blushed. His hands were… warm…
Justin woke up and saw Sasha's hand on my face and yelled, "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!?!" He swung his arms and then collapsed on the floor. Sasha jumped back and missed the attack. "Justin, are you okay?" I asked.
"I should be asking you the same thing. From now on, I'm not taking my eyes off you Indian boy!" he yelled. Sasha laughed, amused by this threat. "It's Sasha. And I was just helping her. Her head was hurting. You g-" "I bet you were!" Justin yelled hung up on the words 'helping her'. "Justin calm down. You're injured. Sasha… saved your life."
Justin's face grew calm. "He… he did?" he asked. Sasha nodded. "Well… er… this is awkward…" Justin said. "Thanks… I uh… guess." Sasha smiled. "No problem." He had the most wonderful smile… Sasha explained the story to Justin, who listened carefully. When Sasha told him where he had gotten the water, Justin's eyes grew wide. "You mean… the Goddess Pond?" he asked.
"Yeah…" Sasha said as he looked at the pond. "I guess I didn't think about that." "Should we try to… contact her?" Justin asked. Well, at least they're working together instead of arguing. "Sure." Sasha said. "Only one problem. We don't have a good sacrifice. Well, unless you want to sacrifice your sister." he joked.
I laughed nervously. "Well… Danielle, do you have any ideas?" Justin said ignoring Sasha's comment. We all thought for a minute. Sasha looked at Justin and with an evil grin. "What about your brother?" he joked. "He's not much, but he can be her slave or something… than we could-" Justin cut him off. "OH NO YOU DON'T! DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!" he yelled. "Too late." Sasha teased. Justin jumped on Sasha and they began to "play wrestle".
I looked at the pond, ignoring the boy's childish behavior, and thought about what to give her… I looked around the cave, and I saw it! In a small dark corner of the cave… there was a small blue flower… I picked it up and looked at it. Then I gently set it in the water, and the water spun around it and it disappeared. There was a bright flash of light, the boys stopped their wrestling (which Sasha was winning at) and we all stared… memorized.
Author's Note:
Is it the Goddess??? Or something else??? Lol. I hope you enjoy this chapter! More to come soon! Tell me who your favorite character is so far.
(Put your choice in either my poll, or a review)
-Sasha
-Valerie
-Danielle (Danni)
-Justin
-Hailey