Stranded Survival // Ethan Dolan

Chapter 13: "I AM Goddess Maria Lionza

  "They said: 'The myths are true! Love never dies! Welcome back, Goddess María Lionza!" I was frozen, while hundreds of dangerous-looking Indians with weapons kneeled down in front of me. I looked behind me and saw the guys looking scared at the Indians. They stopped crying and gave a confused look. I looked at Veronica who looked at me questioning. I shrugged my shoulders and mouthed: "I don't know." They all got up. "Kayla, can you untie us now?" Mr. Smith asked. "What are they talking about?" I asked him. "They see you as some Goddes called María Lionza. I think that they adore you, so if I were you, I'd free that kid over there." He gestured towards Ethan. "Oh, yeah." I ran past the kneeling people, over to Ethan. I slowly helped him up, and he looked scared.

"What is happening?" He asked. I sighed. "To be honest, I have no idea." Ethan stood up straight and we looked at the people that were now staring at us. "This feels so weird," I said. "I know. Do we now like, bow or something?" I shrugged. We slowly walked down from the temple, hand-in-hand and went to our friends. Oh, yeah... and Mr. Smith. I asked them to untie them and they did as I said. "Can anyone show us around here?" I asked, looking around for someone. "Yo puedo." The old lady from before said. "Great! Guys, she can show us around this place. We might see a way out!" I smiled at them happily, but they were still very confused.

The old lady slowly signaled me to come with her, as she was at the exit of their home. I hesitated but then followed her. There were 2 other big men next to that woman. "Guys, come on," I advised them to follow us. Ethan was right next to me and held my hand. We were both pretty scared, honestly. These people looked quite dangerous. We were walking for a while when the lady said something to me which I didn't really understand, but I took it as if she wanted me to hold her hand since she held her hand out. One of the men stopped the rest from following us and the other was holding a torch and walking with us. "What the hell, dude? Let me through!" Ethan was trying to go through and follow us, but he was no match for the man.

I looked back and mouthed to Ethan that he shouldn't worry about me, which immediately calmed him down. I turned my head back and followed the lady further into the jungle. We eventually stopped in front of a huge rock. The lady motioned to the man to push the rock away, so he did. Behind this rock, there was a cave full of drawings. The woman walked in and past the drawings. I followed her, with my fingers going over them. I toon a torch that was placed on the wall and held it in front of the drawings to get a vetter view. They looked absolutely amazing. Some were about hunters, builders and just the art of their culture.

We were walking all the way to the back of the cave and stopped at the end. The lady slowly reached over to my face and brought it closer to the wall. I was standing next to a drawing which made the woman very happy. I was still very confused and didn't know why she was so happy. When she let go of my face, I looked behind me. It was a drawing of a woman that looked just like me. She had brown hair and a snake wrapped around her waist. A tiger was leaning against her and she had a parrot on her shoulder.

  "Qué es esto?" I asked her what the drawing was and pointed at the goddess' face. It kind of reminded me of myself. "It is you, my dear." I shook my head. "You speak English?" The woman grinned and nodded. "A little bit." I could tell I was zooming off of what I wanted to say. "But that's not me. I am from America. I am not your goddess and I need to go home." The woman took a while to progress what I had just said. "No. You are our goddess. Our goddess of love and love never dies." I needed a plan to get out of here because this lady was definitely not gonna let us leave.

"You're right. I AM goddess María Lionza... And I must go back." I pointed to the torch I was holding, signaling for fire. "Home." I tried to make up some weird story, hoping she would buy it.

Guys, I am writing another book and I thought it would be nice if one of you would get to name one of the main roles. You can say your name, if it fits her personality. Some stuff about her (So you know what her personality is like).:

1. I was thinking of a name like Amy. ( I've already written a few chapters in where her name is Amy, but I can always change it.)

2. She's really sweet and loves animals.

3. In her cast, she will be played by Lili Reinhart.

4. She can be pretty sensitive.

5. She has just turned 21.

6. Likes to wake up early in the morning.

7. Her parents are rich.

8. She's really smart.