Burial

Ten minutes of digging was all it took, for the rest of the party to join them.

Mrs Taiyo scolded and protested at first, but after confirming that there was no danger, she joined them and then one by one the rest of the kids followed except for one.

Margret just stood on the path while she watched the others take turns digging.

She watched them for almost thirty minutes, before she did What no one would have expected of her in a million years. She took off her green jacket walked to her left where Lucy's head laid, her heart beating twice as fast while her ebony face dribbled in sweet, she picked it up and placed it on her jacket before walking off the path.

When she approached the group, she walked past them and knelt near the body parts.

Before she could pick one part up, Mrs Taiyo who had been watching her all this time like the rest of the group, approached her.

She took off her black jacket that was dyed in a little red and placed it on the ground, She helped Margret with the body parts and they tied them together.

Not Mrs Taiyo, Margret nor any of the kids took their eyes off the body through the entire process, after all they had seen the worst this cursed forest had to offer _ or so they thought.

She really is a hypocrite, she always acts like she doesn't care, but deap down she cares more than any one of us ha! Alpha signed after watching her, before continuing.

By this time, even though stunned by her actions, no one really paid that much attention to her.

And just like that a 2 foot hole was dug, it wasn't ideal, but considering the fact that they were kids who didn't even have proper tools, it was the best they could do.The grave was dug under one of the tall red tree.

And now came the hardest part, saying goodbye.

After everything was done, all the kids gathered around the grave, while Margret helped Mrs Taiyo place the body in.

Soon as they placed the body, Mrs Taiyo was once again dead silent, she couldn't really find the words to use at this type of occasion.

But this time the silence didn't last long, and was broken a minute after the body was placed in the grave by Billie.

He took a handful of sand and threw it at the body

"A friend, she always had a smile on her face. Even though small, she had the biggest heart, her generosity new no bounds. She had a sweet voice and the cutest smile, though she looked like a frog when she pouted"

Hahah, the group broke into a silent laughter before it turned to whimpers and moans.

With tears streaming down his cheeks, Alpha took a handful of sand and threw it at the body

"A friend "

Mrs Taiyo followed suit, with her white napkin placed under her nose, she threw the sand

"A daughter, I'm sorry we didn't get to eat ice-cream like I promised "

Ciru, her eyes red from all the crying, had her glasses in her left hand, while she picked a handful of sand with her tiny hands

"A sister"

"A friend"

"A sister"

All the kids followed suit, and before they new it everyone had done it.

The grave wasn't full yet, after everyone had their turn, Dun and Tony helped with the rest.

When mercy saw this, she tried looking around for a different coloured flower, but to her disappointment everything from the smallest grass to the tallest of trees was only red.

She picked up a flower that she thought resembled the roses from back home, and placed it on the grave.

Soon after everyone saw this they followed and one by one they all picked up the flowers and placed them on the grave.

After Alpha placed his flower, he took on the skull part from before and used it's sharp end to scrub on some writing at the tall tree before her grave.

Soon the ceremony that had randomly started came to an end.

Throughout the ceremony Mrs Taiyo, Alpha, Dan and a few other kids had figured out something, even though it was through Alpha's own selfish reasons.

The faceless cowboy doesn't attack during the day, and the obvious one being that he can't kill anyone who's on the path, they thought that was the reason he didn't show up_atleast they hoped it was.

So that meant that even though they weren't really sure about it, this also increased their chances of survival, they could traverse through the forest when the sun was up, and search for a river nearby for water they all needed badly.

"So how do we cook it?" Looking at the dead dear that was between the two trees Margret asked.

All gazes fell on Mrs Taiyo.

She had once told them that she used to go hunting with her brothers, and she would occasionally roast rabbits and spring bucks for them.

She went silent for a moment

"We have to skin it first"

They were all pretty hungry, so none of them protested.

"How do we do that? We don't have anything to skin it with, we don't even have a matchbox

"I'll show you" with a face full of confidence, Mrs Taiyo answered.