The Haunted Isle -Chapter 2-
#2 of The Haunted Isle
The Haunted Isle: Chapter 2
The boat pulled off the pier and off into the harbor. Sam sat between Max and Kath, and she noticed a cooler.
"Hey Alex what's in the cooler?" She asked.
"Just a few drinks and some food" He replied with a smirk.
"What kind of drinks?" Stacy asked tilting her head a bit.
"You want the truth?" He asked back.
"Yes we do" She snapped.
"Just some Bud-Lite" He said chuckling and looking back at her.
"What!? You brought alcohol?" She said looking surprised.
Alex, Max, and Kath laughed, the girls didn't find anything funny.
"Why did you bring that? That stuff is bad for you, you know." Brit said crossing her arms.
"Aww c'mon ladies we just wanted to have some fun, and besides it's not that much" Max said wrapping an arm around Stacy.
"Well, it couldn't be too bad; I guess" Stacy said looking at Max with playful eyes.
"Yeah, what about you Brit?" He asked her with a smile.
"Well I guess a few." She said giggling.
"Alright, and you Sam?" He said pushing her into Kath playfully.
"I don't know, I've never drank before" she said looking down.
"Well it's never too late to try." Kath said wrapping an arm around her with a smile. She was used to this, she trusted him a lot.
"Well, okay maybe one." She said smiling back. She looked back behind her and noticed that the storm cloud was nearly directly over them. "Hey Alex, I thought you said that storm was 500 miles away."
"Oh, wow I didn't even notice that." He said looking up.
"Calm down Sam you'll be fine" Kath said opening the cooler and grabbing a bottle of the beer and expertly opening it with one paw and taking a long sip. Sam was always intrigued at how he did this. She smiled and got one and opened it cautiously, then took a deep sip. It took her second to swallow it all trying not to spit it out.
"That's...interesting" She said taking another sip, she was getting used to its taste now.
"Good ain't it?" Kath asked taking another drink and smiling at her.
"Yeah, it is" She said smiling back.
Alex took a beer and opened it taking a sip and turned the boat off and threw the anchor over the edge "Okay now who's up for a swim, and you can stay in the boat Sam" He said laughing a bit. Sam blushed, everyone knew she couldn't swim but she was still embarrassed about it.
"I'm game" Max said standing and jumping off the edge of the boat with a splash.
"Me too, I love swimming" Stacy said jumping after Max. Max splashed her and she splashed back with a laugh.
"Alrighty then" Alex said also jumping in and joining the splash fight. Sam turned and watched the others play.
"Alright you two girls can sit and chat, but I'm going swimming." Kath said. He smiled and stood giving one last look at Sam before jumping in and joining the fun. She turned to Brit and looked at her curiously.
"Your not gonna swim?" She asked.
"No, I haven't really liked swimming, since my brother almost drowned." She replied looking sad.
"Oh, I forgot, I'm sorry." Sam said looking down. She had completely forgotten about the day Brit's little brother almost drown when someone threw him into the harbor. He probably wouldn't have made it if she hadn't saved him.
"It's okay" she replied.
Sam looked up, the clouds had completely blocked out the sun, and she didn't think anything of it until the wind started to pick up very quickly. She stood on the seat turned, and yelled "Hey guys, I think a storm is coming." Right then a strong gust blew, rocking the boat roughly; Sam wasn't expecting that and fell with a scream towards the water. She saw arms come up and catch her just as she hit the water, it was Kath. Sam sighed as he wrapped his arms around her for support.
"Gotcha" He said with a smile "Be careful next time"
"Thanks Kath" She said hugging him tightly, she could feel her heart beating quickly of fear. She giggled and noticed that it was raining now. "Hey guys c'mon" She yelled at the others.
"C'mon it's just a little rain" Max yelled back, then there was a flash of lightning and a loud crack of thunder, Max and Alex were on the boat before Sam, Stacy and Kath were. Sam and Stacy got on the boat laughing at the two boys. Kath tried not to laugh too much.
"You two should have seen your faces when that thunder struck" Stacy said sitting down next to Brit. Brit was laughing so hard she couldn't talk. Max was blushing so deep you could see it against his red fur. Alex was busy pulling in the anchor; it was surprisingly light until he got o the end of the rope with no anchor attached. The rope had been cut or slashed; he didn't think much of it and started the boat. Sam sat between Kath and Max again, she was leaning against Kath and could still feel her heart beating frantically inside her chest. She looked up at him and noticed he was smiling down at her, she smiled back and decided to kiss his cheek "Thanks again for saving me" She said. He blushed as she kissed his cheek.
"Umm, no problem" He said smiling brightly and wrapped his arm around her shoulder.
"Hey guys you see the dock? Cause I don't." Alex said looking all around. Everyone looked around and noticed that there was only water for miles except for a small island in the distance.
"We couldn't have drifted that far from the shore, could've we?" Brit asked Alex
"I don't know but let's try that island, I'm sure there's someone on there" he replied.
"Hey isn't that the island that's based on that movie we saw?" Max asked looking to the island and back to Alex.
"Yeah, but I'm sure it's deserted" He said reassuringly "And that movie was just based on a myth."
"Your probably right" Max said.
"Well lets hurry I'm getting soaked" Brit said as another gust of wind blew.
"Alright, alright, Miss Pris we'll be there shortly." Alex said laughing.
"Fuck you" She snapped back.
"I just might take you up on that offer" He said giving her a sly wink.
Everybody laughed, except Brit who was blushing as red as a tomato. Alex moved the boat towards the island, it was rough but they eventually made it. He moved the boat on the sand as far as it would go and jumped down with a rope and tied the boat to a nearby tree. The rain had softened enough see pretty well around. He turned back to the boat and saw that everyone had gotten off the boat. He looked down at the sand and noticed some fresh footprints; they were odd the left one look like an Orca footprint but the right looked horribly misshapen; he decided not to tell the others.
"Alright let's see if we can find some shelter" He said over the roar of the wind.
"Okay" Sam hollered back. She looked up at a small mountain in the middle of the island "Hey maybe there's a cave" She said after walking up to him.
"Okay, let's go check it out." He said to the others. They began walking into the forested area towards the mountain, they made sure to stay close, and soon they found a shallow cave. It was big enough to fit them all. Alex was the first to go in and check to make sure it was unoccupied. He came back and motioned for the rest to come in. They all walked towards the back of the cave they guys sat down but the girls still stood.
"What are we gonna do?" Stacy asked everyone.
"I guess we'll wait the storm out, it shouldn't take long for it to pass." Max replied
"Okay." She replied and sat down next to him and smiled. Brit sat next to Alex and he smiled at her and wrapped her arm around her. Sam sat close to Kath and leaned against him and smiled as he wrapped his arm around her.
It soon began to get dark as the furs in the cave passed the time talking about what they were going to do for the rest of the summer.
Stacy yawned and stretched "I'm tired" She said.
"Me too." Max said, yawning as well.
"I think we all need some sleep" Alex said.
"Yeah, I'm sure we can call our parents and head back out in the morning." Kath said smiling; he looked down at Sam and noticed she was already asleep resting on his shoulder. He chuckled and moved a bit of hair out of her face and looked at her soon he yawned, he looked up and saw the others were already lying down and asleep. He sighed and maneuvered himself and Sam to where they were laying down, he wrapped both arms around her and soon fell asleep.
Sam awoke the next morning before anyone else, she looked at her waist and saw Kath's arms wrapped around her, and she also felt his muzzle resting on her neck she slowly slipped out of his arms making sure not to wake him. She felt her face and it was very hot and she knew she was blushing. She looked outside and the sun was out and shining. She sat leaning against the wall and eventually she saw Max and Stacy stir. She also noticed that Max was holding Stacy the same Kath was with her. She giggled and Max sat straight up his arms sliding from under Stacy
"What was that?" He asked without really looking around.
"Sorry, that was me I didn't mean to wake you" Sam replied
"No problem." He replied rubbing his eyes. "Hey Sam you got something on your neck. Is that drool?"
Sam blushed and felt her neck where Kath's muzzle had been, sure enough there was a small bit of drool, and she quickly wiped it off.
Max chuckled and looked at Kath. "Cuddling were you?" He asked with a smile. Sam blushed again.
"Oh, like you weren't holding Stacy like some human plush." She said with a stern look.
Max blushed and stuck his tongue out at her. "Human plush pfft." He said looking around nervously.
Sam just smiled. Kath and Stacy were the next ones up; they both stretched and yawned in almost perfect unison. Max and Sam laughed a bit.
"Good morning you two." Sam said with a smile.
"Good morning" Kath said smiling "That was some sleep."
"I'll say..." Max said with a chuckle. Sam shot him a look that sent shills down his spine. "Just saying."
"Human plush" Sam said with an evil smile.
"Drool face" He snapped back.
"Guys what could you possibly be arguing about?" Stacy asked rubbing her eyes.
"Nothing" They both said in unison.
"Well could you keep it down?" she asked.
Brit and Alex here sleeping back to back, their tails intertwined. Brit stirred and stretched still asleep "Ooh, Alex" She said in her sleep, then Alex stirred a bit,
"Five more minutes babe" He said. All the others were laughing quietly
"Guys!" Max said loudly, both of them shot up.
"What?" Alex asked rubbing his eyes
.
"Yeah what?" Brit asked running her fingers through her hair.
"Sorry to wake you but..." Max started.
"Human plush" Sam interrupted and Max shut his mouth, Sam smiled.
"Drool face" He growled.
"Oh just shut it you two" Stacy snapped "It's too early for fighting."
"Yeah" Kath said in agreement. "What time is it anyway?"
"Noon" Sam said checking her phone "But on the bright side, we have absolutely no service here..." She said in false optimism.
"Man, that's too early" Brit said stretching.
"Well maybe you didn't notice but were in the back of a cave on an unknown island" Sam said sarcastically. She stood and walked to the mouth of the cave and peered out.
"Hey Sam, when did you put your hair up in a ponytail?" Stacy asked.
"What do you mean? My hair isn't..." Her voice trailed off; she felt the back of her head, it was up in some-sort of band she took it out and held it flat in her hand. She felt it with a finger, it felt like fur she turned it over and the back was pink with a few red and blue strands running under the pink. She looked at her hand and there was blood on it. Sam screamed as loud as she ever has before and threw whatever it was on the ground. She frantically wiped off the blood onto her shirt. "Oh, my God..." She said her voice trembling, "I...Think th-tha-that's someone f-fu-fur!" She didn't wait for a reply before she fainted.
"Sam!" Kath yelled catching her before she hit the ground. He noticed some footprints under her, he followed the odd shaped prints and they led right to where she was sleeping. "Hey guys come look at this." He said fanning Sam with a paw. Alex was the first over, he observed the tracks wide-eyed. They matched the prints he saw on the beach perfectly.
-To be continued-