The island was small, it took less than a half an hour to search the whole island and they found…nothing. Nothing but a dozen or so palm trees, a couple of coconut trees and some crabs who didn’t even to pay them any attention at all.
“Well, what do we do?” inquired Rose as she sat in the sand by a small fire. The fire had been made using the semi dried remains of a fallen palm tree. It was smoky and hard to breath, but it was warm and the air had gotten cool in the now night air.
“Get dry first.” Answered her sister lily as she hung her T-shirt on a stick closer to the fire. She had stripped down to her underwear in an attempt to get everything to dry faster.
Most of them had so it was awkward in a lot of ways. Rose and Lily were sisters and had shared a room for years and Rose had been roommates with Willow in college and of course her boyfriend Chris had seen her less then her underwear before, but she didn’t know Mike…Willow’s boyfriend all that well. Also, Britney was Lily’s girlfriend so it was awkward in that way as well.
“Well, the crabs seam to not care one lick about us, maybe we can cook them and get something in our bellies.” Offered Mike, he was sitting next to Willow. All six of them had paired off with their significant other. Mike and Willow, Lily and Britney and Chris and herself, but all gathered around the fire.
“Not tonight, I don’t think it is wise to go away from the fire.” Offered Chris
“I agree.” Confirmed Britney as she looked up at the sky. “The stars are beautiful even if the whole two moon thing is really off putting.”
“Agreed.” Confirmed Lily as she looked toward the nearby water. They had set up near a small reef which had multiple small sandbars just above the water line. “Maybe tomorrow one of us could try getting some fish or something.”
“Food is all good but how about water and getting home?” inquired Willow
“Well we will have coconut juice to drink and as for getting home…” started Chris “I don’t know.”
“Let’s get some rest, we will deal with everything in the morning when we have some light.” Advised Rose as everyone agreed.
Lying by the ever-dying fire the six of them drifted off to sleep. As they did a strange music began to come from the reef, they were camp beside, a call to the sea…a call to leave humanity behind and come to the sea.