The treehouse

Lacey looked up as Silvia came through the tree. "They come get some." She called Silvia.

"We found berries and soon they had the pot empty. "Did you find anything?" Asked Tim. "Yeah." Silvia said excitedly, "I found a treehouse." She seemed bewildered. "It's just a way's downstream." Silvia said standing up. "Lilly."

Lilly came over and lay down so the girls helped Tim on her back. As they walked beside the stream, Silvia continued talking.

"It's in a small meadow just ahead. I went inside of it, there was dust everywhere. but that we can fix in no time. It has two rooms, there is a fireplace."

"If there is a house in the middle of a forest on an monster infested island where are the people or person that lives in it?" Tim asked.

"Well if there are people they have not been in this place for a while." Silvia said as they walked into the small clearing, like Silvia had said a big tree growing in the middle of it and going up around it was a staircase that led up to a house that you could barely see through the leaves and branches. 'Wow. It's a real house with windows." Lacey said, staring.

Lilly laydown, they helped Tim off and carefully went up the stairs, Lacey noticed that on the wood of the railing was carved symbols that looked like they could be words in another language.

They entered the main part of the tree house, there was a fireplace. A place that had shelves that held bottles and pots and cups and bowls. A table with benches, and a cot in the corner.

Then there was another staircase leading up, they shut the door behind them, there was a lock which Lacey put in place. They help Tim sit up to the table, Lacey puts the pot on the table. She took her spear off her back sighing and placed it up against the wall.

"Tim will sleep down here we will sleep up stair." Silvia said, Lacey nodded. "This place can't have just been abandoned. "Tim said. "Maybe the owner got eaten." Lacey said giggling. "Relax Tim if someone comes back then we will see what happens then." Lacey said, sitting down too. Silvia sighed. "Now all we do it wait." She said,

After a while of silence, Lacey got up putting her spear in place on her back. "Where are you going?" Tim and Silvia both asked. "I think it's time I use my spear, there should be rabbits or something around here." Lacey said, going to the door. "Ok, we will clean up." Silvia said, which got a groan from Tim.

She left the tree house going down the stairs. Lilly had found a place and was laying, she looked up as Lacey approached but put her head down when she saw Lacey.

Lacey smiled and passed Lilly and headed into the trees. The forest was full of life, flowers and plants of all kinds were in bloom. The beauty was all around her as she walked, but her eyes were only focused on any movement that might be an animal.

She moved on light feet, making as little sound as possible. She had been walking for about fifteen minutes, and had entered a small clearing, when a movement caught her eye, she turned to see. A tall man-like creature standing there not far off looking right at her. It had a deer-like face and antlers two feet high.

She did not move stunned, her heart skipped a beat, she looked at its eyes that were like black holes, and it was like they were locked into a staring contest. A rustle behind her made her jump in fright and turn around to see nothing.

When she turned around again the deer like creature was gone, her heart was racing as she grabbed her spear off her back on guard, she continued moving.

When a twig snapped, she stopped and moved upon the noise more quietly. She came upon a doe grazing. She stopped and crouched down aiming her spear; she quickly made the blow.

Then her heart still racing, she put the spear away and swung the body onto her shoulders. Taking careful steps, she made her way back towards the tree house.

Lacey walked into the clearing, Silvia stood on the steps and had just thrown some water onto the grass. Seeing Lacey, she set the pot on the step and came to help Lacey. "WOW." Silvia said, taking the deer from her.

An hour later the girls had the deer skinned and the hide hanging in a tree and the meat cut up. Lacey picked up the pot on her way up the steps with the meat she was going to cook for their dinner.

She entered and Tim still sat up at the table with a couple bottles in front of him. "Oh, your back." He said. "Yeah I got back a while ago." She said setting the pot on the table and went over to the fireplace, wood was in a box next to it.

She stirred the cools and put a couple logs on. "What's in the bottles?" She asked. "Some spices. Can I cook?" Tim asked. "Sure." Lacey said placing the meat in a clean pot that was on the table. "I will need water." Tim said going to work ripping up the meat. Lacey nodded and grabbed a clean pot then left.

Silvia, who had been taking care of the rest of the meat, jumped from one of the trees. Lacey giggled. "Tim's going to cook, he seems to know his spices." Lacey said, Silvia grabbed some more meat and headed for another tree but called back.

"If he doesn't make it inedible, it's fine." Lacey laughed loudly and headed to the stream to fill the pot.

To be continued-