Scary island life

Lacey awoke to a creaking sound upon the second floor, she sat up as Silvia came down the ladder. "You're awake, good because I'm going to need your help to prep the monster's hide for tanning." She announced.

"We will grab some food a little later." She instructed, going straight for the door. Lacey followed, she didn't know anything about tanning, but she would probably need to if she was going to survive on this Island.

She couldn't always count on Silvia to do everything for her. "Yes I am or was a princess!" She thought. Lacey was not going to tell Silvia that if they were going to live together on the island for who knows how long.

"I will have to do my part." She thought, as she followed Silvia to the bottom of the tree. When they got there, Silvia grabbed a knife and started hacking the beasts hid into movable pieces.

She handed Lacey a knife too, and instructed her to get to work. Lacey almost gagged when she pulled away the first piece of the hide, soon the beast was stripped and the hides lay in a pile. "Well we can't eat the meat because it eats people and I just couldn't stomach it." Silvia mumbled.

"But we'll have to move it, we don't want more on top of us from the smell of one of their own dead." Silvia announced. "First we must get these in water to soak." She Instructed.

"So we are going back to the lagoon." Silvia announced. They headed to the lagoon with arm loads of hides and put them in the stream to soak. The girls had to make two trips before they got them all in the stream.

Then they went back to take care of what remained of the monster. Lacey sank down on the ground, her energy already all gone, from the walk back and forth.

Silvia, still full of energy started hacking away at the remains, making it smaller so they could take it away from the tree. Lacey got up and helped with the un-tasteful task. When they got it all chopped up it was almost dark.

"We must take this away and throw it into the tide to be taken out to sea, before we have a dozen or more monsters under my tree." Silvia reminded Lacey.

They took piece after piece down and threw it into the water. It took them well into the night to finish. Lacey crawled into the leafy bed and was asleep before she even heard the door close behind Silvia.

Lacey awoke the next morning still tired from yesterday walks, Silvia sat at the table looking at the glass pieces that still sat on the table, "Can I have these?" Silvia asked. "Sure." She said getting up.

"We both need a bath so whenever you are ready we will go." Silvia said getting up, they went outside, but stopped as Silvia opened a small secret compartment in the branch by the porch, and pulled out a spear.

Then she replaced the door and started walking again. "That's neat and smart!" Lacey remarked, following her down the tree.

The way was becoming familiar to her. When they reached the logon she just jumped in, fully dressed. Silvia went to check on the hides before joining her.

They washed their clothes while they bathed and set them out to dry before going back to bathing in the logon. The girls had been there for an hour when all of a sudden the dress glowed yellow as it sat in a bush drying.

Lacey noticed it turning color and jumped out of the water. Silvia watched as she grabbed it. "The Dress, it's Yellow! something its coming!" Lacey screeched, as she slipped it over her head, and got dressed in a hurry.

Silvia followed her lead without question and got out of the water and dressed. The dress was still yellow as they hurried down the path to the tree. Lacey's skirts gathered around her legs making her stumble, she just gathered it up in her hands and kept running. "Man! These skirts!" She grumbled.

They didn't stop until they reached the tree. Silvia jumped up then helped her up. The girls sat in silence for a moment before they heard the beast moving around on the ground underneath them.

When it came into sight, Lacey grabbed Silvia's arm, but Silvia stayed still on the branch, studying it. "It can't smell us when we are up here, I have herbs hanging all around this tree so we are safe.

I learned by accident that the beasts cannot smell us with them around. That is how I was able to survive these years." She smiled, Lacey still was worried but stayed still, the monster circled around the tree a couple times before leaving.

Silvia let out a sigh. "Well let's go get some food." she said, and started moving up the tree. Lacey followed, her dress was blue now. She was hungry, she had not eaten in a day. She followed Silvia up the tree but instead of going to the hut they went higher.

Lacey was almost to ask why they were so high in the tree, but stopped when Silvia grabbed the knot and pulled open the hidden door. Lacey gasped as it opened and stayed standing right outside the door.

Silvia turned around and giggled, "Come in." She said going in and setting the spear up against the wall. Lacey slowly crossed the threshold and Silvia closed the door after her. There was a table with a bench made from wood and stairs that led up to another room.

"WOW!!" was all Lacey could say as she sat down on the bench. "Here." Silvia said, putting a leaf with nuts and dried berries on it in front of her, which she had gotten off the many shelves that lined the room and then sat down on the bench with her own leaf full.

To be continued-