text: [Themes: fantasy]
  
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  > ACT II
  The wooden sword misses your face by an inch. Your back quickly returns to its normal position, and your hands get ready for another attack. As expected, the attack comes, but your body is quick to block it. Filled with determination, your hand signals your legs to counter attack. Your legs listen, and accompany the arm in its counter. The hand hits you enemy in his foot, throwing him off the balance. Thankfully, your shoulder stops your arm in its frenzy by hitting the enemy and knocking him on the ground. The arm is angry for missing its chance to beat up Exam's ass, but it understands. You help the Leacher up, with your left arm, fearing the other one won't listen. You have a bit trouble helping him up, as the right arm is your main one. Exam says a few things in his chest, what you assume is swearing. It's not the first time Exam's gotten angry over you beating him in a fight. Ever since Aryyn upped your training regime, days have become tiresome. Tiresome, but fruitful. You were quick to master the crafts of sword warfare, and it wasn't too difficult. Arryn said that he was pleasantly surprised by your accelerated learning. You fear that Tahyrst and Exam may be scared by your skill. You aren't that advanced though, as you often are beaten by either of them... Thankfully, you haven't gotten to fight Arryn yet. Looks like the two other Leacher initiates were at the end of their training, as they left for monster killing only last week. Your train of thought is interrupted by the smell of chicken. You turn your attention to the source and notice Exam and Tahyrst by your lunch. You rush to the little balcony, and quickly sit behind a chair grabbing a knife. With ease, you carve out a large part of the chicken, and start eating. The two Leachers start talking about some monster hunt, but you fail to listen as you've heard this before. You finish your part pretty damn fast, taking in account the size of the meal. You get up, with your mouth still full of food. You make your way to the balcony railing, and look at the scenery. This goes unnoticed by Tahyrst and Exam, as they're used on see you eat like a pig:
  
  "Gonna' be hard day tomorrow." Exam proclaims finishing his meal. Tahyrst hurries to finish her meal as well, then follows Exam:
  
  "Oh please, it's not like we're in danger... Thelion's army is three times bigger than Regnum's."
  
  "I know, I know. It's just this bad feeling I have, like we're taking this too easily."
  
  Tahyrst smiles, and then exclaims:
  
  "You've always been skeptical, older brother." The two get up and approach you, leaning on the railing, just like you: "No reason to worry."
  
  "What about you Aared?" Exam says, and then looks at you: "Come on, you have to admit that this is too easy."[Themes: modern]
  
  You wake up just in time to witness the most breathtaking sunrise you've ever seen. The sunshine is almost blinding you as you sit up along the shore. It would be an amazing experience if it wasn't for the fact that you didn't know where you are and how you got here. It is all a blank. Dazed and confused, you wonder what to do. You see in the distance only a few landmarks that you can make out. The jungle blooming with flowers of every color of the rainbow. But, it wasn't all just beauty. There is tall, shady vegetation further back, darkening out some of the areas as though something was lurking around every tree. To the right and left of your body is an elongated stretch of sandy beaches. It seems to expand further than the human eye can see. From where you are, the is no sign of existence for miles. Just the waves crashing against the soft white sand and the high swaying palms. Your hands start to shake as you become more and more frightened. What will you do?
  
  [Author's Note: You are stranded on a desert island - will you make the right choices to escape? Written for a creative writing class at Sanford Middle School]
  
  > call for Help
  You began calling for help as loud and obnoxious as you possibly can. You use all your might to alert anyone near or far of where you are currently stranded. You yell louder and louder to gain anything's attention. Time seems to stand still while you shout for help. But, as you remain calling, your throat begins to feel scratchy and your voice continually gets raspier. You're losing hope. It's been about 30 minutes and still no response. Not even a whisper. How could you possible know that anyone was on the island in the first place? How do you even know this is an island? Will you continue to call or give up?
  
  > keep Calling
  You might be losing your voice, it's going to go any time now and you doubt anyone will hear you after that, but that doesn't mean that you can't keep trying. You need to get off this island in any way possible. You stand up, wiping the sand off your (insert type of pants the character chosen is wearing) and try to remain balanced. Now that you're up, you scream all the top of your lungs for help. It was so loud, a group of birds that were hiding in the canopy of the jungle, squawk and fly away. That had to alert someone.
  
  Now you yell a little bit quieter, but still going strong. You're almost certain something would hear you, yet nothing has shown itself. It has been an hour and still no response. Right when you are about to give up, you hear a faint noise to the left of you. You can't figure out what it is, but it possibly could be someone to rescue you or... something that can put you in danger. You start to run towards it and don't notice that something was lying in your path until you trip on the object. You crash to the ground landing on your knees in the burning hot sandy shore. It's only a minor cut, but you don't know if you should continue on going towards the noise. But, before you make a choice, you look back to see what it is you tripped on. Maybe the mystery object could help you get off the treacherous island. It is a sharp, pointed dagger. Where it came from, you don't know. It might be from the person, if it even is a person, up ahead down the beachside.
  
  Even more of a reason to catch up to them. You bend down and clutch the knife's wooden handle, then stand back up. But, you aren't sure if you should continue. Like you said, it could put you in harm's way. Do you take a chance and go towards the sound or do you run away?
  
  > go Towards the Noise
  You begin to rejoice. If it is truly a person, perhaps they'll be able to get you off this island. You sprint down the sandy oceanfront hollering to get their attention. You raise your hand in the air and wave it back and forth trying to signal them to you. But, they are distant so you doubt they'll hear or see anything that you're doing. You bolt more rapidly and remain going towards the figure. After an intense dash towards it, you're surprised to figure out that it wasn't a human, but a snake that was so large, it could be a python. The snake is striking with a bronze-tan like color with little specks of dark brown scales. To top it all off, it has the most wicked look, making you regret your decision to come this way. What will you do?
  
  > flee to the Ocean
  Are you kidding? You're not going to approach a snake, even if you have a means of defense! You try your hardest to sneak away, hoping that it doesn't notice your presence. But, with your luck, you step on a piece of driftwood that washed up on the shore, making a sharp crackling noise. It tilts its head to the side, then begins to slither its way toward you at an incredible speed that you didn't think an animal that enormous could be capable of. You're caught off-guard and need to make a run for it...and fast. Taking on the towering waves of the ocean is your only choice if you want to survive the petrifying snake. Quickly, you sprint into the chilly water, making large strokes further and further into the ocean. The waves are getting rough and your skin is beginning to wrinkle in the ice cold sea. Right when you thought you might have escaped and you can swim back to the coast, something swims by your foot. You turn around just in time for a coral colored jellyfish to sting your elbow. In minutes the sting causes you to lose all consciousness. You sink to the bottom of the sea never to make it above water again.