Being You (accepting)

Charlotte

I wake to an echoing sound of pounding. I roll over slightly, only to feel a hard surface below me. That isn't right. I didn't fall asleep up stairs... And I'm not at a sleepover... What the heck? I open my eyes quickly, but moving as very little as possible otherwise. I'm not at my house, nor any house I had ever been to. There are five other people here too. A boy, and four girls. Amanda's behind me, one girl's pounding on the door, and the boy is trying to calm down another one.

"Well, this is exciting," I mutter sarcastically. The girl by the window, the one I assume started the pounding, breathes heavily now, and looks as if she's going to pass out. I sit up quietly and crawl to the edge of the room where I rest against the wall.

It takes me a few minutes to even think of testing the door. I climb to my feet and walk the few feet over to the front door. And... of course it's locked.

Okay... this is a little freaky. I pull my hand away from the door knob and notice myself shaking. I need to think straight... I need to think straight... But I can't. I close my eyes and take in a deep breath, getting back in control of my vivid imagination. When I open them, I notice a piece of paper in the middle of the floor.

"Someone want to read that?" I ask and point.

Kim Redwood

I looked over at the piece of paper, suddenly calm.

My hands slightly shaking, I picked it up. I cleared my throat, and read out loud.

"Welcome to my cabin.There's no way out. You are in the middle of a forest." Fear began to chill down my spine, "You are being watched."

I looed at the paper again. It had been typed, neatly in Times New Roman on
to lined paper. That was a strange thing to do.

"We have to find a way out of here." The boy said. I suddenly noticed his minority in relevance to the group. I took a deep breath, then pintched the bridge of my nose, trying to focus without my medication.

Dig deep, Kim, dig deep.

I cleared my mind, and opened my eyes. Suddenly focused and intentioned. First things first. Priorities for life: food, water, shelter.

Then again, the door had to come open too.

I spoke to the boy and the girl beside him: "I can't open the door alone, I tried. If we get a couple people and a piece of metal, we might be able to wrentch it open. I don't know what the resistance force is, but if three people can put a combined force of two hundred pounds on it at a decent angle..." I rambled, figuring out the math in my head; That door had to come open. But first, we'd need to find a stong piece of metal.

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Name: Valentina "Tina" Rose

Age: 14

Gender: Female

Appearance:

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Valentina (Or I) has bushy, wavy black and shoulder length hair. She has dark brown eyes and fair skin. She has pinkish-brown lips and chubby cheeks. In fact, a sharp chin and a small face. She(Or I) has an average height of 5"5.

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Go see me in the Post Your Pic Here[8]

Personality: 1. Depends on what mood she is in. She is sort of short-tempered, but she use's her temper only where she's supposed to. Valentina doesn't use it for unnecessary things. For example, She made an argument with her friend, but she answer's back only if she doesn't find any fault in herself.

2. She get's stressed out and lots of pressure hits her if she is allotted so many things to do at a time. She cries like every night. Valentina get's scared easily.

3. She doesn't like it when people insult the country she's from. To Tina, everyone in this World deserves equal rights. If you don't agree with her, then shut up. She doesn't like it when people blame things on other's, especially on her friends or family member, when actually they're supposed to take the blame.

4. Tina is VERY lazy. << Note. But she can do things, if she has the passion to do it or if she learns the importance of the task given to her. Tina is very strong when she has to be, but inside she feels herself sinking.

Likes: Tina loves to ice-skate, but never went for any classes though she still knows to skate. She's gone on the ice rink once. She loves to read and write, and is always day-dreaming in class especially for Chemistry classes. Tina loves to use the computer and browse. Tina loves to talk and is always there for anyone to talk things out whether its funny, deep secrets or problems.

Dislikes: Hates it when, people piss her off badly. She gets all moody, and doesn't talk to anyone for a day. Inside, she wants to talk to someone, but she doesn't have the guts. Valentina, absolutely hate people who act smart and think they're the "most awesomest/ greatest people in the world." Most of all, Tina hates people who change so much.

Skills: Pretty good at playing games and athletes. Loves to run and play badminton. She understands anyone's problem and let people tell her everything. She doesn't mention it to anyone unless you actually have to. She can make a person feel better in no time. Oh! You can also sleep in her lap, anytime. Its pretty comfortable. (What? Its the truth!)

Up for love?: I guess...

Other: Gets mad, when she doesn't get what she wants. NOT EVERYTHING, like things that make her go REALLY mad that she screams. That hasn't happened this year, thankfully.

Toby Sheer

I looked around for a piece of metal,

"If I myself was a piece of metal, where would I hide..." I muttered to myself.

I looked around the cabin from top to bottom, checking every nook and cranny. After a few minutes, one of the other girls yelled

"I found a crowbar!" she handed it to me

Good, they assume I'm the alpha-male. Pretty appropriate considering I'm the only male

I quickly anylized the door.

"Ok, what you said earlier," I say to the blonde haired girl.

"We need to get a good angle, I need two girls on on this side so they can pry the door open." I hear a mutter of agreement.

After a few moments of struggle, I hear a solid moan from the door, and finally it opens. A cool forest breeze sweeps through the cabin, everyone scrambles out into the fresh air. Breathing heavily.

Ryn

I step out of the cabin last, my eyes darting from tree to tree.
Our escape had been suspiciously easy to accomplish. The note, the crowbar, it had all been laid out for us. And if our kidnappers had wanted us to stay inside the cabin, they certainly would have fortified the door.
I ran my hands through my hair, making it stand on end, and looked up at the patches of sky that shone through the leaves.
They were giving us a false sense of control. But why?

The boy who had comforted me and organized the crowbar operation was leaning against a tree to my left, looking tired and lost. It took him only a second for him to pull himself together though, and soon the little boy look vanished.
The blonde haired girl, the one who had woken me up with the door banging, was pacing. Everyone else was kind of just milling around, or staring at the trees, looking dazed.
We were all in this mess together. And we didn't even know each other's names.
"I'm Ryn," I said quietly. No one seemed to hear. I took a breath.
"I'm Ryn." I made eye contact with a girl who had dark curls and was humming a tune under her breath. She blushed slightly.
"What's your name?" I asked.
"Um, Oli," she said. I gave her a slight smile.
"And what's your name?" I directed my gaze to the boy this time.
"Toby." he nodded his head slightly.
"And you?"
"Charolette."
"Valentine."
"Amanda. I'm Charolette's sister."
Everyone starts to look at each other, nodding and trying to smile a little.
The blonde haired girl has stopped pacing.
"I'm Kim," she says, "Now that we're all aquainted, we should get moving."

Oli

I laughed once at Kim's words and every set of eyes fell on me. I looked down at the ground and took a deep breath before I looked back into their eyes with confidence.

"It's not that I don't agree with you and all," I started, sounding sarcastic. "It's just that, in case you haven't noticed, we're all lost. There are a ton of different directions to go, and if the note is right and we are in the middle of the forest, it's going to take forever for us to find help. And what if one of us gets lost? Or killed?" I put my hands on my hips, trying to hold my confidence.

I hated that they were looking at me, I hated that they were quiet. I wanted one of them to say something, so argue or at least nod in agreement. The silence was too much--I started humming quietly to myself.

Kim Redwood

I regretting suggesting leaving as soon as I said it, and was corrected for it a moment later. The girl- Oli- seemed more than a little scared, and I didn't blame her. I wasn't a fan of her tone, though.

I thought for a second, and looked back towards the house; "As creepy as it sounds, maye staying inside wouldn't be such a bad idea until we figure out which direction to walk or have enough supplies to take a decent guess. Did we ever even see what was in the house?"

Everyone looked at each other, shaking their heads, before Toby spoke up, "I don't think so."

"How about a few people go in and see what's in there? Anything would be helpful at this point. And I'll look around to see if I can take out whatever cameras are watching us?" I thought for a second, "Does anyone know how to build a fire?" I looked around, hoping someone had taken survival 101 at some point.

I heard someone yell they did, and then offer to build one outside the cabin. I nodded in their direction, then followed a few people inside who had offered to scavenge the cabin for supplies. Immediately, I went to look for cameras.

As I did, I felt traces of fear and worry creep alng my skin. I didn't think this was the end of the horror we were going to see. I didn't think it was even just the begining.

Oh toughen up, I told myself, Like you can't handle anything they throw at you.

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Don't go overbored with the supplies they find. Also, none of the cameras get found.

Charlotte

They are scared. All of them. I'm not blaming them, but being scared isn't going to save our lives here. And wandering off into the forest wasn't the best idea, but staying here was even worse. The kidnappers would be back. That was too easy, whether on purpose, or maybe just a slip up, I don't know. If these people are skilled criminals, then it was most likely on purpose and there's something worse coming. But, if they were just amuture kidnappers, they'll be back expecting us to still be asleep. And when we're sitting ducks here, they might just kill us all.

I'm not going to die.

I look around quickly at my surroundings until I find a tall tree. I bounce up the first few branches quickly and slowly start to make my way to the top.

"What are you..." Amanda starts to ask from the ground.

I interrupt her. "Getting a view of where we are."

My head pokes up through the tops of of the leaves, and all I can see... is more trees. I look in every direction. "Crap," I mutter. "The forest goes on for miles," I call down for Amanda to hear. I climb down from the tree after awhile of pointless searching.

The best idea I've heard, so far, is building a fire. We could try to send stress signals. One thing I know, this isn't going to be fun...

Toby

I heard the blonde-haired girl ask if anyone knew how to make a fire.

"I can make a fire!" I yell.

Six years as a Boy Scout is worth its weight in survival gold

I realize we're going to need a few things.

"Okay, we're gonna need some stones for a fire ring and firewood." I say to the group of girls who didn't go into the cabin.

"Okay, lets spread out. Vision distance only, if you can't see the cabin, you've gone too far." one of the girls says.

"Okay. Let's go..." I mutter.

We all spread out into the forest, we find a few stones. I walk around breaking branches off of trees for fire wood.

One of the girls walks up to me and introduces herself.

“So what’s your name?” she says.

“Oh, my name’s Toby.” She shakes my hand.

“I wonder how we all got out here in the first place.”

“I wonder why I’m the only guy…” I say. She chuckles silently to herself.

Amanda:


I sat up stiffly, like a board. Wait, I was on a board. On the ground, actually.
I looked around, slightly shocked. I was sitting alone in the middle of a cabin, with no windows, and there were several girls and one guy prying open a door with a crowbar.
Not necessarily what I'd thought I would wake up to.
When did I fall I asleep? I asked myself as I stood up. I guess I can figure it out later.
I looked through the mob until I found someone I recognized.
Well, at least Char's here with me. I thought.
I was about to say something, like "Why didn't you wake me up?" or "What's going on?" but it probably would have been, "You jerk! Are you okay?". It's most likely a good thing I didn't get to speak, and they finally got the door open.
We all went outside, and it wasn't until I felt the breeze blow through my hair that I realized I was really, REALLY hot. Like, sweating in humid July in the middle of the Sahara desert.
I was hot, except that I was wearing my pajamas and my hair was a wreck.
*smile*
I made a mental note to tell that joke to Char later.
We went around in a circle and said our names, and then two girls got into an argument. I personally thought we should hang out for awhile, but then again, I stil had absolutely no idea what was happening.
The one guy said that he could make a fire, as long as he had firewood.
Time for me to show off my skill-age.
"Okay, lets spread out. Vision distance only, if you can't see the cabin, you've gone too far," I said.
Nobody seemed impressed.
I glowered off after Char to go find firewood. I wasn't really paying attention to where we were going, until her feet disappeared. I just figured I had slowed down, so I sped up.
Right into a tree.
You know, sometimes I doubt my awesomeness.
But it never lasts long.
I looked up, rubbing my head to see Char climbing up.
"What are-."
"Getting a better view," she said before I could finish. That meant she was in a bad mood, or worried about something. Probably the fact that we (or I, at least) had absolutely no idea where we were.
She mumbled something, but was so high I couldn't hear. It sounded a lot like, "Crap! That's the most tiles!"
But that doesn't make very much sense, does it?
I rolled my eyes. "What?"
There was no answer.
I sighed. "I'm going to go help find firewood!"
Still no answer. I debated whether or not to wait for her to get down, btu she was such a slow climber. I was much faster. And I was blind! Well, mostly, anyways.
Suddenly i heard somebody talking. It was that boy, Toby, i think, and one of the girls. I was never very good with names or faces.
I walked through the trees until the voices were very loud and close, and began to listen intently.
“So what’s your name?” the girl said. I must've just missed her introduction.
“Oh, my name’s Toby.” I could see through the leaves people shaking hands.
“I wonder how we all got out here in the first place.”
“I wonder why I’m the only guy…” Toby said.
I chuckle silently. He must have been really enjoying that. It was a good thing he wasn't bad looking. And lucky for me he didn't seem that much older.
I smiled at that thought.
But, then again, guys never notice my talent or charm. At least not that good ones. There was this one boy who would never get off my back, but he was a total butthead, so I had to act that way back.
I hated that, but he was so rude all the time! My mom didn't like him.
Oh my gosh! I thought. I hope my mom knows we're okay! And poor Dad... They must be panicking right now.
And then a thought struck me.
Should I be panicking, too?
I shivered, despite the heat, and kept listening.

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Slap me if I get something wrong!

Gotta back out. Sorry! I never did post anything, so that shouldn't be a problem right?

Anyway, thanks! Sorry again. :S

Sure, Kei. Go ahead.

Kim Redwood

I searched for what seemed like an hour, finially giving up on locating whatever they had placed watching us. The thought someone still was after us somewhat infuriated me, though it did more to distrub than anger.

I walked outside, and noticed a fire had been started. I smiled at the boy who had acomplished this, and noticed a girl that seemed to be hanging on his side. Typical.

Though if he is the only boy- My mind drifted for a moment, then I shook myself out of it. Survival first. Stupid cliche romance later.

But something needed to be done, some type of organization. Otherwise, we'd all turn on it each other like some sort of freaky physcology experiment. It ocured to me suddenly that this could be the point of the kidnapping, then pushed the thought away. Intentions didn't matter right now.

"Can you whistle?" I turned to a dirty-blonde nearby. She nodded, and let out a whistle, quickly quieting the surrouding people. I silently cursed the fact I couldn't, then stood up on a large tree stump so I was just a foot above the ground. I cleared my throat, and talked just loud enough for people to hear.

"In case none of you have noticed, we're kind of stranded in the middle of nowhere." My sarcasm got a few weak chuckles, "And if that piece of paper is right, we're being watched. I think we need to organize outselves, choose a leader or something along those lines. We might be stuck here for a while, so it'd be good to learn each other's names too. I'm Kim, by the way." I paused for a moment, "I mean, that's just a thought, but I don't want there to be some kind of wierd power struggle later that ends up getting us all killed. Anyone read Lord of the Flies?"

I noticed a few people nod at the vauge familiarity of our situation, and was grateful the comparison was noticed. I swallowed, wishing suddenly that I had some water. Food sounded good at the moment too.

I spoke again to the silent group; "Any ideas? Because something needs to be done before we can figure out what to do." I took a deep breath, mentally patting myself on the back. As afraid as I was, I wasn't about to show it to anyone.

I thought for a moment about my own qualifications. I wouldn't mind being leader. In fact-I survied the group- I might end up being the best choice.

Toby Sheer

The girl, Amanda stuck around me. Hanging by my side. After about an hour of searching, we all organized back at the cabin. The un-official leader of the group stood up in front of us.

I chuckle when she asks if anyone had every read the Lord of the Flies, nods from the group.

I swear if I get eaten...

"Any Ideas...?" she asked, shrugging.

I stepped forward.

"Well, statistics tell us that a human can survive from eight to fourteen days without water, and up to four weeks without food. So finding water should be our first priority, we already have shelter. And food can come later." I say, more nods from the group.

"And of course we need a leader, an official leader. And I don't know if it's just me, but Kim seems fit for the job." an agreeing mutter from the crowd.

"Then it's unanimous, Kim's the leader." she kicks at the dirt a little, blushing slightly.

"And If I could interject one more thing, I think it would be a useful idea to have a small party of people to go out looking for a water source, like a stream or pond. Anything will do." I finish and Kim moves up in front of the group again.

"I like that idea, does anyone else have any ideas before we do anything else?" she asks.

Charlotte

"Then it's unanimous, Kim's the leader."

I nod. I don't want to be the leader, whether or not she ends up being a great leader or a crappy one doesn't really matter to me as long as we survive, and I'm not held accountable. Ryan would laugh at that. She'd be the leader if she were here.

Thinking of my best friend causes my mind to wander. I only half listen as Toby continues to speak... something about water.

"I like that idea, does anyone else have any ideas before we do anything else?" Kim asks.

"Mark the trees," I say, a little bit more loudly than I want. When I get the confused looks, I explain. "Mark the trees so we know our way back." Not the best idea I've had, but still, it's something...

(Tell me if I'm wrong on anything. Oh, and Ryan is a made up name, but not a made up person! )