The Hourglass

Chapter 15

Chapter 15
I'm thirsty, I'm sweaty, I'm bloody and blistered. Pain is shooting though my head from banging it against the stone earlier. I know I can only hold out for so much longer. I don't want to die alone in this forest. No one knowing where I am and my body taken over by vines, and roots. I would rather die on the battle field, or by the side of someone I love. If I go down I want to go down with a purpose, not lost and alone. I'm only a girl. Only 16 years in with my life and this might be my end. My oblivion. This whole situation is my fault though. I chose to run away from my problems. But maybe this is how it's suppose to end. With the sun smoldering me and bugs swarming around. I know I have to reach the camp. People will be looking for me. I'm leading this attack plan and here I am in the middle of the woods. When knows, the camp could be under attack right now. And I wouldn't be there. The amount of stress everyone is going though right now is mad. Why is it anything different for me? There are thousands of people back at camp that I have abandoned. They haven't gone awall but here I am cracked. The leader of all people left them. I keep walking with my groggy vision and then I feel liquid soaking though my thin shoes, I notice a puddle on the ground, and it hasn't rained recently, that means there must be water nearby. I search high and low to find nothing, however, I am almost out of the woods. I see the end of the trees, and gaze at the camp in seeing distance. I've made it. I see the tree where I had fallen asleep the night before, the sun shone in the middle of the sky singling it was about noon. I stumble out of the forest and onto the field. I make my way toward the camp, and when I reach it I fall to my knees at the entrance. Someone sees me and calls for help. The person gets to me and I rasp, "I need water." I breathe with relief, I made it. People are rushing around as the man holds me up as he awaits for the help of others.
Someone runs to me with a container of water, and I drink it down gratefully. I then ask, "where is Caleb?"
"Looking for you." Says the man behind me.
"Where did he go?"
"At this point? Not sure. I just heard he was heading to the mountains."
I pull out my phone and send Caleb a text hoping that he still has the phone I gave him, and that it works. I say, Caleb, I came back to camp sorry for leaving and worrying you I hope you get this. If you do meet me by our tree xoxo -K
People try and stop me but after I drink as much water as I can, I get up and head back to the tree where Caleb and I had slept the past few nights, under the stars with nothing above our heads. We would always have a small fire crackling nearby to light up eachothers faces. As I sit by the tree and I'm deep in thought and then I think, what if I had died in those woods? I had never told Caleb I love him. And I still haven't and that is why I hope he gets that text and comes here so I can tell him. It something he needs to know. I've been thinking about telling him for ages but I wasn't sure until now. He was willing to risk his life for me and I am willing to risk my life for him. I love him.
I sit there for hours and the sun begins to set behind the mountains and then I see a small figure exiting from the woods. It's Caleb. I run towards him and when I get close enough I see he is limping with cuts and brusies all over him. His shirt is tattered into a few pieces, and he falls to the ground. I hold him in my arms with his eyes closing slowly, and I whisper, "No you can't die on me now, I love you, I love you, I love you." As I hold him in my arms and sob. I try to heal him. And when I had tried, one of his wounds gushed with more blood, I tried once more and another cut was created on his abdomen. He was white as a ghost from loosing so much blood. My mind was racing. What was happening? But my magic was the least of my worries, knew I had to get him to camp and get him medical attention, so I pick him up, and head back to camp. He opens his eyes for a moment and mumbles "I love you too." And then he is back asleep.
*** the beginning part of this chapter (the monologue) was for school because we had to write a monologue for class and I decided to write it on this hope you enjoyed