Chapter 3, The Second of Two New Friends.
After me and Jacob became "Friends". We continued on. Turns out he was a tent with him. After reaching an end of the Island we saw that we were only a few miles away from land and about 20 miles above water. Jacob said, "Ok, how are we going to reach shore." I thought for a second and then said, "This is kind of a stretch but it's worth a shot." Before Jacob could say anything I grabbed him and said, "Chaos control." We reached shore, infect we were in an inland forest. And when I looked over to who was looking green and when I let go he fell on the ground. I said, "Ok, I didn't take into account you probably got use to that altitude. So now you have altitude sickness. You should recover in an hour or so. So I am going on ahead. You should be fine here. Jacob gurgled as I walked away. I was walking for about 3 hours when I heard what seemed to be a girl screaming. The second I heard it I said, "Chaos control." I could tell I was close because I heard footsteps and all of them where coming towards me. Out of a set of trees I see a hedgehog girl run around behind me. She was small but I could tell see was at least my age. Whatever that is. She was malnourished so that probably held back her growth. A few months of eating healthy and she should be fine. But I digress. Before I could see much of her she hid behind me holding on to one of my legs. Then from the same set of trees I see hairless people. I will latter learn they are called Overlanders. These one where farmers. Each had a stun rifle in their hands. And looked very angry. One was short and fat, the second was tall and stalky the third was average sized. The fat one says, "There she is. "Hay, hedgehog boy, Hand over the girl." The stalky one said, "Yeah if you know what's good for yeah. So I asked, "For what reason do you want her. The average said one said, "Her parents are worried, I want to take her back to them." The girl then shouted, "Don't listen they are bad men." The fat one said, "Shut it you brat!" So I said, "I will let you have her." They smiled and she tightened her grip. And I continued by saying, "Over my dead body." And I drew my swords. The stalky one says, "Sounds like a lot of fun." They ready there stun rifles. So I ask, "This all you have." The average sized one said, "What of it." I replied, "No reason. Girl let go of my leg please." She does and within a second I was between the guys and with a rotating slash horizontally I hit them all and they fell to the ground. And if you were looking at me both my eyes were red and not just one. But as I walked back up to the girl my left Eye turned blue again. When I looked at her, she has blond fur and a blue dress. And her eyes where a beautiful shade of blue. Much better blue then mine. Anyway, when I got up to her I kneeled down so I could meet her at eye level and asked, "What is your name." She says, "Sapphire," But it was so quite that I almost missed it. But I said, "Sapphire, you look weak. I can carry you to my camp if you want. She replied timidly, "I don't want to be a burden." So I said, "The only burden is what one does in their life not the people they help. So if I thought you a burden I wouldn't have asked. She looked down at her feet, and the very worn shoes on them. Then looked up and said, "Thank you mister…" I told her, "Robert." So with a little bit of happiness in her voice she said, "Thank you mister Robert." I stood turned and crouched again putting my arms out behind me. She put her hands around my neck and I hooked my arms under her knees so she could sit lay agents me and relax. While walking I asked, Why where they chasing you." She replied, "Those men where Overlanders. They found me as a baby, I was in there care. But the day I turned five they put me into extremely heard labor. They gave me no chose. I am 12 now. An orical told them I would it a growth spurt soon. So they said, "Good, we can put her under even harder labor." Terrified I ran. I found a way out of where they held me. And ran, and ran. Nonstop for weeks. Those men have been chasing me for days. Sometimes I would lose them. Sometimes they almost catch me. But now I can say I am safe." So then I asked, "Are all Overlanders like that." She replied , " I am not sure. But I know one that was nice. Her name is Hope. She was only 5 when I met her when I 10, like I said; now I am 12. She was always kind. But when I was being worked hard the men would only lighten up if Hope was near. But the second she wasn't they went back to hard. Those men used whips to keep me in line. They have hit me just about everywhere with those. When I was worried about Hope. But before I left all I cared more about my safety." After she said that I thought for a second then said, "Well then I would say Hope was smarter than you think." She asked, "Why do you say that." I replied, "Don't you think you found the exit a little convent. Hope must have known about everything they were doing and freed you because she hated seeing you suffer. And if you were to suffer more. It was best to free you. And those guys have no clue Hope did it. I could tell." She replied, "Maybe." After a few minutes her mussels felt less and less tense. That prompted me to ask, "You comfortable." Sapphire replies, "Yes, your body is so warm, like a blanket." Slowly she went to sleep. Once asleep I started talking to myself. I said, "After all she gone thought, Sleep is a good thing to get. I am curious about that Hope girl. But I will worry about that later. Now I need to get aback to camp. Jacob is probably better now.
End of Chapter.