Drift

Chapter 9

"Okay, I have a theory. Get ready for me to blow your mind today. We'll literally be picking up parts of your brain off the trees. Pieces of your mind will be blown to the other side of the beach."

"Lovely." I whispered under my breath, after I'd imagined the mind-blowing scene (no pun intended), then let Jason continue with whatever ludicrous thought he'd cooked up this time.

"Cut the dramatic crap and get to the point, Broadway." Kat said dismissively, having just woken up. She had this "don't even try to mess with me" aura around her, and paired with her piercing blue eyes and wild black hair, she was definitely not one you wanted to cross.

Needless to say, she wasn't a morning person. We all drew sticks on who had to wake her up, after Ben had advised us that she wasn't exactly pleasant before 12pm. I, unfortunately, drew the short stick, and as a result had to tiptoe into her tent and shake her awake at arms length, wincing every time she turned in case she planned a surprise attack. Charlie had said we needed her to help us sort out breakfast, because she was in charge of food.

It did not go down well with her, to say the least.

Basically, I was almost bitten by a rabid Kat with wild bed hair and bad breath.

That was not the highlight of the day.

Surprisingly, sleeping in a tent is not as uncomfortable as you would think. In fact, Alex and I only had to deal with about 5 bugs during the course of the night, which surprised me. Being on an unknown Island made me expect the worst, and to be honest, the worst for me would be a scorpion or a snake, not a beetle that was only trying to get back to it's family.

"Okay." Jason started readily. "Okay. Okay. Okay."

"Aanndd I've lost interest in 3, 2-" Kat said, putting the numbers up on her fingers as she spoke.

"Okay!" Jason interrupted. "I'm seriously proud of this one: The wardrobe from Narnia could have easily led to the mythical land of Westeros."

Jason waited in anticipation as a few seconds ticked by.

Alex, who looked just as confused as I felt, looked around in curiosity and hesitantly put her hand up.

"Uh, yeah, when does the mind blowing begin?"

"Hold on Blondie, this guy may have just said the first actually interesting thing I've heard any of you say since we got off that stupid boat." Said Kat, moving in front of Alex and a little closer to Jason. "Carry on, Broadway. You've got my attention so make it useful."

Jason seemed somewhat stunned by Kat's reaction, but soon smiled and continued to speak. "Think about it. Narnia and Westeros must belong to the same universe. Both mythical, both medieval, both have some sort of spiritual edge. I think those 4 kids could have easily found themselves in Westeros instead of Narnia."

"One thing you gotta love about Jason." Alex whispered to me. "He makes things interesting."

I chuckled at her remark as I continued to pick the berries off of some bushes that Kat had found. I had been instructed to only pick the pinkish- reddish ones, because she wasn't sure if the rest were poisonous. She also said I shouldn't eat any of them before she inspected them. We didn't need anyone lost because of indulgence or greed.

We'd been berry picking for breakfast for a long while, with myself, Jason, Kat and Alex divided across one area to pick all the bushes clean. Carrie had called dibs on Charlie and suggested they go fishing, and Ben was back at the camp trying to work out a schedule. He was planning to go exploring with Charlie and I so that we could map the island, and maybe find another way back home.