"Prim," whimpers Gale, "what was that?" "It's fine, it was nothing, we're fine," I say hugging him. "We need to get to higher grounds, find some water," I say trying to find a mountain but only finding the sky with a couple of clouds, it's quite peaceful for there to be a war going on.
We walk for a long time the sun scorching our skin, the last bit of water in us dripping out of our pores. We both pant and eventual drop to the ground parched.
"We… get a… short break then… we get… back up," I say through my panting. As soon as the sun starts to drop I know we need to find shelter. "Come on Gale," I say, "we need to find a place to stay for the night."
We keep on walking and find a mountain but that's not even the best part, there's a small cave. "Gale," I say still exasperated, "we can sleep here and in the morning go up hill to find water." He nods his head and we climb in the cave. I was so tired I don't remember falling asleep when I wake up.
I climb to the top of the mountain which makes my feet and legs ach. It's much, much higher than I expected. I want desperately to take a break but I know I can't waste any time. I walk on the dusty dirt and still don't find any sign of moisture.
This is crazy! How can there be all these trees but no water? I keep on walking slowly and I eventually start walking in mud. Once I realize this I start running till I find a small stream. This is it? I traveled all this way and there's just a small stream.
I look to the mountain ahead. Wait…a mountain, and in between to mountains is a valley and if a stream is going down one…water. I look down the mountain and sure enough I see a crystal clear lake. "Gale," I whisper. I turn around expecting to see his curly blond hair and blue eyes but find nothing. That's when I remember when I woke up this morning getting ready to leave the cave Gale wasn't there. The shock comes all at once, Gale is missing.