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Chapter 12 - Changing shape

"How long did it take for you to make this place?" Lacey asked. "Three years.." Silvia replied. "Yeah I know it doesn't sound real, but here it is!" she smiled, eating a handful of the mix.

"You're so awesome, and smart!" Lacey told Silvia, smiling at her. "I just wanted to say thank you for saving me and taking me in." Silvia ducked her head.

"Don't mention it, but even if you are clueless and will probably get me killed, it gets lonely here and I'm glad you are here." She confessed, picking at her food.

"You can get stronger with my help." She added. Lacey smiled and started laughing, Silvia smiled but didn't laugh. "I mean it!" She insisted.

"We can be the perfect pair and can keep each other from being lonely." Lacey smiled at the younger girl beside her, she could never know how she had felt all alone on this island. She needed to get stronger.

She still hoped that maybe her family would be looking for her but no one had known she was on deck when the storm came. She wanted to cry but held the tears back and ate the mix of berries and nuts.

Silvia looked at Lacey, she had a sad look on her face. "Is everything okay?" She asked her, Lacey sighed. "I am fine." She said, straightening her shoulders.

"So what do we do now?" Lacey asked finishing her food. "Well we have all the time in the world so what do you want to do?" She asked Lacey. Lacey laughed,

"I want to get stronger!" Lacey expressed. "You will get there, but how about we go hunting for dinner." Silvia said, Lacey sighed. "Okay." She mumbled. They left the hidden rooms and grabbed new spears on the way down.

"I don't know how to use one of these." Lacey told Silvia walking beside her. "Well, do your best, but don't scare the hunt." She instructed. Lacey nodded, they headed toward the mountain. "My skirts are getting in the way!" Lacey grumbled after a couple minutes.

"We could cut them shorter." Silvia said. Lacey stopped short. "NO!" She shouted and the dress flashed red in warning. "Oh sorry, it was just a suggestion. If you have a better solution then go ahead." The dress faded back to blue, then started glowing and moving.

The skirt shortened, the sleeves shortened until there was no sleeves. Silvia stared in shock as the dress changed, Lacey smiled. "That's better!" Lacey beamed. "You could have told me it could change shape!" Silvia said, shaking her head and started walking again.

Lacey giggled and followed her, they entered a small meadow with grass that came to their waist. "Rabbits are mainly found here." Silvia told Lacey. She nodded, spear at the ready they entered the high grass and walked slowly as not to frighten the rabbits.

A movement caught Silvia's eye, she flipped around and drove her spear into the small animal. Lacey stood in shock at the rabbit on the spear, Silvia had moved so fast she didn't see her attack.

"How many should we get?" Lacey asked. "Only one should do for tonight's dinner." Silvia answered. They left the meadow and headed back to the tree. "Do you want to watch me prepare it?" She asked Lacey.

Lacey nodded and watched as Silvia prepared the rabbit. When it was all done she went into the hut followed by Lacey, and set it on the stone table. Silvia asked Lacey to chop it up while she lit the fire.

She went outside and cut some small sticks off the tree and then stripped them and went back inside. The girl put the meat stripes on the sticks and held them over the fire to cook.

It was getting dark when the meat was done. They pulled them off the fire then headed out the door to eat them. The girls sat in the sunlight that was fast fading. "Silvia, thank you." Lacey said again looking out at the sunset they could see from the top branch of their tree. "You're Welcome."

Silvia replied, looking out over the tops of the trees, mountain peaks rose high in the sky. "What is on the other side of that mountain?" Lacey asked. "I don't know, I haven't been on the other side of it." Silvia answered.

"Oh." Lacey said. "We could go see together." Lacey added. "Yeah maybe when you get stronger." She suggested. "Yeah we should probably wait so I don't die on the way up there." Lacey laughed. "Do you think the monsters live up there?" Lacey asked.

"Yeah I do." Silvia answered, silence fell as they ate and looked out over the treetops as the last of the light faded away behind the mountain peaks.

Lacey sat beside Silvia on the top branch of their tree. "Lacey even though you just came here and we just met, I feel that we are already friends." She said softly. Lacey smiled. "Even in the short time I have been here we have been through a lot." Lacey answered.

Silvia giggled. "Knowing this island, we will be going through a lot more." They soon got up and headed down the tree. When they reached the hut Lacey smiled at Silvia as she went up the ladder.

She sat down on the bed of leaves and sighed, her body aching. She looked down at her shorter skirt and smiled as it went longer to its full length and the sleeves came back. She laid down on her back and looked up at the ceiling, and soon was asleep.