Chapter 10
The breaking point
They ran until they got to their home. Or what used to be their home. It was nothing but ash and rubble. "What happened?" Brayden asked. "They came and brunt it down… I worked so hard…" Chloe said tearing up. "They most have left a clue to what they are going to do. Chloe, look for clues o- Brayden began. "NO! I'm tired of being useless! I'm done! I'm going to leave this behind forever!" And with that she ran into the forest. "I'm too useless for anybody…" She thought running through the forest.
One week past and winter set in. there was snow just about everywhere and Chloe was sitting in a tree house she made. She wrote in a journal she had made to keep herself busy.
11/13/2014 8:55
I feel uneasy these past few days… Maybe it's the loneliness, or maybe I'm slowly inching towards insanity. I don't know. I started to expand the tree house today. I still haven't gone mining – even though I LOVE it! – I just heard a noise. Weird, it sounds like a quiet howl… I don't know. I shouldn't investigate… to weak. I found a patch of. There it is again! What is it? My curiosity is to strong… I'm going to look.
Chloe shut her journal and stood up. She put on her sweater and opened the hatch. The ladder was sturdy enough for her (and her alone) but felt like it could fall any time soon. She carefully climbed down to investigate. She looked at the snow covered ground and saw footprints. Footprints of an agile person. "Hello?" Chloe whispered. No response. She tried it a little louder "Hello? Anyone there?" She looked up to see a creeper. "OH MY – the creeper blew up knocking her at least five feet from her original spot. The last thing she saw was a man running towards her. But this man wasn't going to save her like she had her old friend. "Forget about them there in the- she blacked out.