Keep Dreaming

Chapter 3

Laceys Pov:

I walk outside and gasp. This place is not what I expected. There's about a hundred tents, kids running around with sticks in hand, and little fires by each tent. The ground, is black from ash, and trees are dead or have fallen. I feel like I could help make this a happier place, like back home. I twitch at the thought of home. Raven touches my arm in concern.
"Are you okay," she asks? I not and turn to look at her.
"What happened here," I ask quietly.
She sighs, shaking her head, "many, many things." I look down and start fiddling with my fingers.
"I could help. My dad was construction man and my mom designed houses," I say looking up at her. She smiles thoughtfully, nodding her head. We walk to her tent and she gestures for me to sit. Then, she explains what happened.
"A bomb dropped about 10 miles from us, we got the little effect," she starts, "Then, someone's set fire to our camp. Worst of all, we had a pack of lions come and they killed over 50 of our children."
"Wow," I say as I pat her hand.
"Yeah, I know. But we also had an owl come to us with a note saying the perge will start in 10 days top," she adds shaking her head.
"We need to build very strong and stable homes before than. Maybe make this place less....depressing," I say sound a bit unsure.
She smiles and nods as she gets up and goes to the entrance of the tent and looks out.
"We have a few people who used to build back at their home," she says as she twitches.
I jump up and walk outside then slowly walk back and whisper "I'll make an announcement." She laughs and nods.
"Hi everyone," I begin, "so as you all know by now, the perge is coming in 10 days tops. So, we need as many people as possible to help make everyone's home more stable. Also we can hopefully make this place more happy." When I finish, everyone starts clapping.
"If you want to help out, could you make a line infront of Ravens tent," I advise. I walk into Ravens tent as a bunch of people following me to line up.
"This is way more successful then I though," she admitted. I smile and let the first person in.