Chapter Five

Trouble in Paradise

Westly's eyes opened to a blinding sun, a silhouette with two long braided pigtails in the right corner of his vision. The young girl looked as if she was twelve, as her hair was brown and and eyes a golden hazel.

"Caitlyn what're you doing here?" A squeaky voiced 12 year old Westly said as he got up from the sand he had been laying down on. "I wanna show you something." A younger Caitlyn said firmly as it was hard for her to be taken seriously with her voice so high. Caitlyn grabbed onto Westly's hand as his face turned a shade of red before she ran off towards the abandoned part of Apple Island, dragging him along. Westly rubbed his eyes, still quite tired before he asked, "how'd you find me anyways? I fell asleep while you were trying to look for me."

"You know that I suck at hide and seek Westly." Caitlyn spoke still looking straight ahead towards their destination a cliff coming into view in front of them. "Anyways I just asked your father where you usually hide. The important thing is I found this." She stopped as Westly kept walking not paying attention. He was pulled back by his shirt before noticing he almost walked off a cliff. "Woah watch your step West." Caitlyn said using both hands to pull him back. "My bad, anyways, why'd you bring me here?" Caitlyn pointed out towards the horizon, "Look at it, the sunset."

"Look how beautiful everything is, think about how amazing everything must be outside of this island." Caitlyn spoke as her voice became softer.

"Your point?"

"My point is that we should go out and explore it, you and me."

"Alright it's you and I, it's almost like they don't teach you anything at school."

"Uhuh you and I, but you even said it yourself you wanted off this island, so I'm saying we can both go and see the world." Caitlyn said annoyed. "Unless you're scared to leave?"

"No way I'm scared I'd leave the island today if I had a boat!"

"Good so we'll leave when we're eighteen." Caitlyn finally said as she looked at Westly's face to see his expression. "Promise?"

"You're on!" Westly exclaimed. "I said, promise?" Caitlyn said even more annoyed than before.

"Yeah yeah whatever I promise."

"Spit on it."

"What?"

Caitlyn spit onto the palm of her hand holding it out for Westly to shake. Westly looked disgusted as he stared at the hand Caitlyn held out, but then he looked at the sincerity in her eyes and spit on his palm. He shook her hand and yelled in disgust. "Come on West, you're two year old twin brother and sister are more manlier than you." Caitlyn sighed. "Anyways I'll race you back to your house and if I win I eat all your dessert."

Caitlyn ran off towards the beach they had left as Westly ran behind her yelling, "No fair you had a head start!" Westly's foot hit something hard as he lost his balance. He fell head first into a pile of rocks, passing out.

Westly woke up as he was being carried in the water. The dock was on fire all around him and he could hear panting coming from a distressed Caitlyn. Swords clashing and bullets firing could be heard all throughout the cove.

Westly was back in hell.

[End]

[Editor's Note: This was basically the back story on the promise between Caitlyn and Westly.]