Anchored

The island

Anna woke with a start. The storm outside was furiously pounding against the walls of the small house she occupied. Shivering she pulled on a jacket and krept over to the dirty window. The island looked terryfying in the dark, but tonight all you could see was the rain. It shot through the sky Makeing long slices in its wake.

Anna gazed out the window with little interest, until she saw the man laying on the beach. Drawing in a quick breath she backed away from the window. she sat in silence for a moment then whispered, "its just a trick of weather. who would lay on the beach in a storm like this?". It seemed unlikely to be true, laughing slightly at her surprise, Anna slowly made her way back to the window. Once again laying face-first in the sand was the strange man.

She stared for a long time before makeing her way down the winding stairs. As soon as Anna set foot outside she was drenched, the coldness of the rain was shocking, but she welcomed the surprise. Anna ran down the steps as fast as she could and didn't stop till she neared the beach.

As she got closer, Anna started to make out the features of the man, who was actually not a man at all, but a boy. he had dark tan skin, frekled from working in the sun. his brown hair curled around the ears, giving him an adorable elfish demeanor.slowly she turned his body so his face was visible. he had a ovalish face, more frekles sprinkled his nose and cheeks. his eyes were closed and Anna was tempted to lift his eyelids just to see the Color behind. He had strands of hair stuck to his forehead from the rains relentless battering. Just as Anna went to brush a stray hair from his face, a hand shot up, gripping her wrist strongly.

"Who are you." a weak voice whispered over the wind. All Anna could do was stare in shock at the boy before her. The eyes Anna wanted so badly to see now gazed upon her with anger and fear.

"who ARE you!" he demanded once more, this time his voice strong and clear.

"I...I'm............." Anna couldn't finish. She felt like she had been caught stealing. but what had she stolen? Before she could further explain herself, the boys eyes rolled in the back of his head and he was uncontious again.