La b y r i n t h I s l a n d

"What the hell happened? WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY SISTER?" - Cloud

*The underlined words means someone is talking to Hayner's video camera.

CHAPTER 4: What to do on an Island

"We've been on this island for a few days. AND NOW WE'VE BECOME CANNIBALS!" Hayner turned from his camera and noogied Roxas.

"As you can see, we totally lost it!" Roxas laughed and wrestled Hayner as he was filming.

"You always gotta film everywhere, don't you Hayner?" Pence spotted Hayner holding his camera while wrestling.

"Of course." Hayner pointed his camera at Pence. "So how has this island treated you so far, my silly inventor friend?"

"Well I haven't really had the time to invent anything... I'll start now!" Pence excitedly ran off into the woods.

Later

"I've done it! My first ever sea salt ice cream machine!" Pence jumped at his invention he put together, laying on the sand.

"It looks like a piece of crap to me..." Roxas stared at what looked like a cube, put together with whatever Pence could find from the island.

Roxas knew his friend always had a passion for inventing things in Twilight Town. Somehow, even though they were badly put together, Pence's inventions would always work. He is very smart, after all.

"You better get this on video, Hayner. This is gonna be huge!" Pence was very ambitious, yet being on an island.

"Pence has invented the very first sea salt ice cream machine. How do you feel about this, Pence? Wait, how do you know this'll work...?" Hayner pointed the camera to the cube of sticks, leaves, and branches. It had a hole on the side of it.

"Well Hayner.. poor, confused, Hayner, I will simply poke however many sticks through this hole on the side of the mechanism." Pence put 3 sticks into his invention. "In about an hour, there will be 3 sea salt ice cream popsicles! You'll see, you'll all see!" Pence laughed maniacally into Hayner's video.

Meanwhile...

Namine wandered into the tropical forest. It was very dense; there were no pathways. Namine dodged and jumped over many branches. The trees were very green, and they were as tall as you could see. The trees' tops created a ceiling over the forest, and the sun was shone through openings in the leaves and branches. Thick bushes and roots engulfed the forest that appeared as if it never ended. She kept hopping over roots and plants until she reached something large in front of her.

It was a cave. This is Namine's art cave.

Namine headed inside. The cave was dark, and not at all large. It was the size of an average room. This was Namine's hub and her escape from the boys when she needed it. She sat in front of a wall and took out a candle from the messenger bag she carried around with her. Namine lit the candle and began observing the cave painting she had created on the stone walls.

With the paint that she owned, Namine had painted the beautiful scene of the island's sunset. She contrasted the orange's, pink's, and purple's to recreate the real painting.

This cave was what she had, and the island was what she dreamed of.

Back to shore...

Roxas, Hayner, and a proud Pence sat in front of the breaking waves, the wind in their hair. They licked at their sea salt ice cream.

Namine left her cave and returned to the campsite. She saw all of the boys, even Cloud, swimming in the ocean. Sora, Roxas, Axel, Hayner, and Pence wrestled and splashed at each other, enjoying the clear blue waters on a usual beautiful day. Cloud excluded himself from the splashing and floated solely in peace further down the beach.

Namine sat on the sand and let the ocean breeze caress her. She closed her eyes and let the warmth of the summer sun embrace her skin.

Axel spotted Namine sitting alone in the sand. "Hey Nami! Join us!"

Namine opened her eyes and shook her head to Axel. She smiled, and all the other boys waved and continued playing.

The girl watched the boys play. They had all smiles, delighting the picturesque sea.

The first boy she noticed was Sora. Namine hadn't really talk to him, but she knew the brunet was really nice. And of course, he was shirtless, which displayed his abs. Actually, all the boys on the island had abs, Namine noticed. Well, except Pence, who wore a shirt while swimming.

Roxas laughed his mysterious, yet open laugh. Namine knew he was musical, because she often heard him singing while playing his guitar during sunset. He had a beautiful voice.

Hayner held his video camera while playing in the ocean. Since it's waterproof, Hayner brought it everywhere. Namine didn't really know Hayner, but she would often catch him staring at her .

Axel was the tallest. She and Axel had started to become good friends. Namine could spot his flashy, spiky, red hair anywhere. He loved setting things on fire, and Cloud nicknamed him "Pyro" (while Axel called Cloud "Spiky.")

"Hey Namine! Do you wanna make a sand castle with me?" Pence inturrepted her train of thought as she didn't notice Pence leave the waters.

"Uh, sure." Namine answered to Pence, who became excited and started building something from the sand.

Half an Hour Later...

"Done. Mine is amazing!" Pence jumped at his creation of sand. It was a large volcano, trees -maybe?-, and a moat around it. "Its this island! I made the volcano, all the trees, and even all of us!" Pence pointed at little figures with heads. "Plus, of course I made the ocean." Pence smiled at his work, never bothering to look at Namine's.

Namine observed Pence's island of sand and water and then looked at her creation. "Well I guess mine is ok compared to yours."

"Oh come on, I bet it's not that bad." Pence turned from his creation then to hers.

"Holy sh..." Pence stared at Namine's work of sand.

It was a large, exact replica of Mickey's castle.

Namine had every detail down; from the towers to its flags to its windows and castle gate.

Pence stared in awe, butterflies in his stomach. This girl is amazing...

The Next Day... Namine's P.O.V.

It was about noon. Nobody was around, and I stared at the horizon. The ocean was calm, peaceful. Hmm, I've never really swam out into the ocean before. The boys yesterday had fun swimming, but I didn't go. Well, since there's nobody around, I'll go for a swim.

I slipped my white dress off to reveal a white, two-piece bathing suit I had always been wearing underneath.

In the still of the ocean, I waded away from shore. I kept going until the water reached my stomach, and then finally when I couldn't touch the ground and had to tread water. I was far out, away from the beach.

This is nice. I floated on my back for a while, and then started to swim around. The water was deep, but that's okay because I can swim.

The water was refreshing from the heat of the summer sun. I swam around solely, until...

"CRAMP!"

OUCH! My leg... It feels paralyzed! "HELP!"

I doggiepaddled and tried my best to keep my head out of the water. "SOMEBODY HELP ME!" I yelled as loud as I could.

Where is everyone? MY LEG HURTS SO BAD AND I'M DROWNING! I struggled and let out another yelp. I started to sink, and couldn't do anything about it.

End of Namine's P.O.V.

On the beach, Pence was the first to hear Namine's cry for help. "Don't worry Namine! I'm coming!" Pence ran to shore. He turned to his left and saw somebody running much faster and started swimming to help her first.

Pence didn't give up and started swimming towards her. He wasn't the fastest swimmer. On his way to Namine, the person who had gotten to her first was already bringing her back.

He brought her to shore and lay her down on the sand. He performed mouth-to-mouth, and Namine coughed out the water and opened her eyes.

"Axel... Thank you." Axel smiled as Namine hugged him.

In the ocean, "Dammit. He beat me to it." Pence was mad and jealous.

Soon...

"What the hell happened? WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY SISTER?" Cloud rushed to Namine, who was sitting on the sand next to Axel.

"Calm down, Cloud. Axel saved me." Namine told Cloud as he bent down to survey any damage.

"Spiky, chill out. You weren't around so I had to save poor, drowning Namine." Axel attempted to make Cloud guilty.

Yes, Cloud was as hard as stone, but a part of him had a soft side for his baby sister. "I'm glad you're okay, Namine. Thanks, Pyro." Cloud sat next to his sister, who couldn't stand.

Namine was extremely grateful to Axel, who said it was nothing and he was just helping a friend. But Namine liked him more than just a friend. He was her amazing hero.

The rest of that day was spent with Axel, who Namine couldn't take her eyes off of.

Do you enjoy my story so far? There's so much more that's going to happen. Reviews are appreciated :) !

Anyways, did anyone else feel that earthquake? The whole east coast was affected ! I just thought it was the washing machine in my house getting out of control... LOL. :)

In the next chapter:

What happens when the group finds a treasure map?

Currently in progress, this upcoming part 1 of two chapters will be published soon!