Bright Seed

'Please don't be morning, please don't be morning ' Baji prayed mentally with his eyes still shut as he tried harder to go back to sleep. The more he tried to sleep the less effective it was for him to go back to sleep. The sounds in the background and the feeling of the hard floor against his skin made it even harder for him to go back to sleep. He could hear the insects chirping and the birds already singing, the wind howling as it beat against the nearby trees. 'Wait, it doesn't feel right. Why do I hear insects and birds? I should be in my bed'Baji thought subconsciously as he forced his eyes open immediately, but the light from the surrounding flooded his eyes and caused him to shut them again. 'Something doesn't feel right'He kept thinking, his brain slowly waking up again. He opened his eyes again and this time it had adjusted to the lights, so he was able to keep them open longer than before with no discomfort. He saw the bright rising sun and trees first and he was genu

Everyone was caught off guard by the strange noise and they tried desperately to keep their wits together. "what was that? " Felix asked as he watched the direction of the forest it sound came from. Damian wiped a sweat from his face and replied "what ever that was, I don't want to find out. Doesn't even sound natural at all "A few of them agreed with him on that as they cautiously looked around. Some of them already hid behind the trees in the opposite direction . They all just remained there for a few seconds and then about a minute, five minutes and then nothing else happened. "I think it wasn't close by, but very far away at the other direction. "Felix said this time he was at the top of a tree branch and looking at the direction of the sound, hoping to see more from his elevated position. "do you see anything? " they asked him but he shook his head in response before he said. "I don't see anything but trees everywhere, let's just hope what ever that is doesn't come this wa

The rain kept falling and Baji was drenched yet still hiding behind the tree from The creature. His breathing was laboured and his body hurt all over, but he knew he had to do something to escape. The rain had given him a sliver of hope, he may not just have to die today. The creature came closer and closer to Baji's location as it tried all what it could to find him fast before the situation got any worse. Baji as well knew he had to move quickly or the creature will find him, so he stood up gently and began moving from tree to tree and he moved away from the creature. He moved to the first and then to the next, but when he was about moving to the other he stepped on a twig and it broke with a loud snap that the creature heard. The creature heard it immediately and focused its attention in that direction and immediately found Baji. "there you are little man "It said And immediately Baji's heart sank into his chest and he just ran away, towards where he could hear the r

Chapter 7 “Huh?” Baji mumbled out half asleep. Felix tapped him on the shoulder slightly and he grunted and woke up to listen to him. “what is it Felix?” Baji said trying to get up and get the sleep off his eyes. It was so early in the morning. Baji looked around and saw that some of them were already asleep. He understood why though, they were unable to sleep last night since they were all still tensed because they were not safe. But they were unable to help the sleep so early that morning. When Baji got up, Felix gestured for him to follow him. Baji did not object and followed him, he moved with him quietly so as not to wake up the others. Felix took Baji to the side of the clearing, underneath a tree. There he found Hanson, Cordelia, Anita and Damien standing and waiting for him. Sofia and Felicia was also there, but they were curled up like a ball and sleeping. “what’s the problem?” Baji finally asked when he got there. He saw them looking at a spot underneath the tr

Chapter 9 Half an hour later and everyone has had something to eat and was just laying around. It was about noon, and the various groups had gone several trips to the farms to bring back enough food to keep them for days. It was a good development and Baji was still glad about it. Whilst everyone else rested, Baji called some of his classmates, just those he knew that had been proactive since all of it all so that they could talk about what next to do, and also to cross check the information they had gotten so far. He had called for Hanson, Damien, Felix, Sophia, Cordelia, Anita , Felicia, Joshua and Donald. They all came except for Sophia who was asleep and Felix who was on look out and still exploring the environ. “So why have you called us here, we have other things to do you know?” Damien said as he joined the others for the meeting. He came in last and Desmond was with him. The meeting had not started since Baji wanted everyone present before they started. “we just