Snippet #1523932

Again the sun was brilliant in my eyes. It took several moments before I could see, and when I could, I stared in shock.

The bodies were gone.

I cried again, when would I run out of tears? But it was like she was at 20 people's funerals at once, watching all their loved ones cry and thinking of the ones I had lost. I placed my hand on my chest, resting between my breasts was a locket my mother had given me. Inside was the only picture of my father and myself together. I pulled it out and unlocked it, looking at my father, softly stroking his face.

Taking deep breathes, I closed the locket and turned back to the matter at hand. Surviving. I had seen the movies, the love, the drama, the getting saved, and I knew that wouldn't happen. I wasn't naive. Standing on trembling legs wasn't easy. I was sore, exhausted, and hungry. I went to the water again and washed my self, my clothes, the back pack, and my hair. I combed my hair as well as I could, then tied it back in a braid. The familiar weight was comforting.

I decided I would stay by the water for a couple days, to see if any other survivors would show up. With this in mind, I filled my bottle with sea water and headed into the trees, looking from some sturdy sticks I could use to build a shelter. I had seen tons of movies and my dad and I used to play survivor at our pool with a tent our fire pit. I knew how to make a fire with flint and steel, but not with just wood.

Either way, I grabbed enough twigs to attempt a fire. I brought this back to the shore and hunted for some sticks, bringing them back, building, and then getting more. The sun was in the middle of the sky by the time I had finished my shelter, and I collapsed to the ground in exhaustion and thirst. I knew I needed to start a fire soon.

I had once heard that you could purify sea water. As I looked hopelessly at the bottle of water it seemed less and less likely. I could get salt out of it if I wanted, but what good would salt be? I could check the ship, perhaps there may be food left. Then I realized that the ship was also gone.