Simply, Candace Chapter 1 My eyes were burning as I tried to open them. Sea's salt crust was stuck in my eyes so it was hard to see. A huge light was facing me and a long figure was standing way back in the corner. My head buzzed as I tried to get up from the cold, icy floor. " You sure do like to get some sleep." said the distant figure which I realised was a woman by her voice. " W-who, where umm... You" I whispered forgetting the proper way to speak. " I am Courtney, I have found you unconscious in the middle of the Pond of Causes. I brought you here to my den. If there is anything else I'm 27." replied the distant figure. " Can't.... See.." I shivered as my eyes started to close again. The figure came closer and took what looked like a towel and rubbed my eyes. I blinked away from the shining light and looked at the woman. She had a swimsuit over her which was all wet and soaked, her face was wrinkled as if she has been in the ocean for a decade. " What's...happened...?" I started getting back to myself. " Believe it or not, you are now at a forbidden island. Strange things happen around here. I've been trying to get out of here for 12 years. I built this den and have given up escaping. When I was 9 me and my father went travelling on a boat. We stopped here because the ship was recked. We stayed at the shore, Father said he would get me some fruits, from that day I never saw him." told the woman carefully."You must get some sleep now. Tomorrow I'll see you in the morning." But before could say anything she was gone. I looked around the room and saw a futon bed with white sheets of fur. Questions blurred my mind as I saw a little girl with her mother deep drowning in the sea yelling " Candace, stay on the ship, I'll get you soon!" The little girl yelled after her mother but she could not do anything.The poor girl was abandoned in the sea.
Simply, Candace Part 1 Before the Beginning. I ran towards the light, the plants wrapping themselves on my scratched legs until I could barely breath. They went up till my neck squeezing themselves against me. I kept running until I gave up pushing the strong stems apart and gently fell to the watery surface. The water of the river closed over me and suddenly I felt like drowning.