quietly.
‘Y—Yes,’ I replied shakily, trying to pull myself together. ‘Could you not see her?’
‘Who?’ he asked looking around the area. Looking back at me he raised his eyebrows questioningly.
‘The woman I saw in the trees,’ I sighed, pointing in the direction she had stood moments before. ‘It was my mother.’
Dan didn’t say anything this time, but his eyebrows just raised even higher.
‘She disappeared when I was a child and I haven’t seen her since. The police, both ours and yours, were unable to find any trace of her and I ended up being shipped off to live with my aunt,’ I told him, ‘The woman I just saw… she didn’t look a day older than when she disappeared.’
‘I’m sorry,’ Daniel said quietly. He paused for a moment, then continued, ‘Are you sure you didn’t just see the shadows, it’s dark in here, it could just be your mind playing tricks on you.’
I shrugged my shoulders. I preferred his assessment of the situation to the ones that were currently running through my head. My imagination, that’s all it had been.
‘What happened to your father?’ Daniel asked.
‘He left,’ I replied shortly, ‘or rather I left. I never saw him again after I went to my aunt’s house.’ Daniel seemed to take the hint and stopped asking questions. My father was not a subject I liked to discuss. ‘Come on, let’s get out of here. We mustn’t stand around for too long. Though I suspect the Doctor already knows we’re here.’ I said the last bit quietly so Daniel wouldn’t hear.
We walked in silence for a while. I kept a wary eye out for any more ghostly visions, it had creeped me out more than I wanted Daniel to know. To be honest, the whole island made me nervous. How had we even got here? I had my suspicions but they were just that, suspicions. However, if I was right and my suspicions were true, then things weren’t looking good for us. I decided not to mention that.
The trees began to thin out as we walked and I dared myself to hope that we would soon be making it out of this forest.
‘Take it slowly,’ I warned Daniel as we neared the edge of the forest. I could see something through the thinning trees. He slowed down his pace and tried to tread as quietly as I was doing. He hadn’t quite got the hang of it and was making much more noise than I would have liked. I flinched at every twig breaking and every crunch of dry leaves under his feet.
Keeping hidden behind a nearby tree and glancing out of the forest, I looked around carefully. There was a large old stone building not far away. It looked as if it had been made to blend in with the surrounding rock, but the moonlight fell on the barred windows, betraying it.
Daniel came up beside me and peered through the gap in the direction I was looking. ‘That’s where we go,’ I said.
‘Oh great, another creepy old house,’ he replied, a fake look of joy on his face.
‘Don’t worry,’ I said grimacing, ‘I don’t think we’ll find an island inside this one.’
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Daniel
‘Note to self: Next time Jack tells you to get in the car with him. Don’t.’
Moving quietly across the field, we kept our bodies low to the ground to avoid detection. Try and keep the element of surprise if we can, Jack had said. The ‘if we can’ had not sounded very convincing.
The muscles in my legs were burning with the effort of trying to crouch down, whilst walking as fast as I could across the grass. The area between the forest and the building was too open should someone be watching for us, so we tried to stay close to anything that might give us some shelter from prying eyes.
Clumps of rocks were lying here and there providing a good place to hide behind and rest, and sections of the grass were so high we could almost move without being seen. Clearly we didn’t think about the swaying grass, and we might as well have had a big sign pointing at us saying ‘we’re down here’, but we
‘Y—Yes,’ I replied shakily, trying to pull myself together. ‘Could you not see her?’
‘Who?’ he asked looking around the area. Looking back at me he raised his eyebrows questioningly.
‘The woman I saw in the trees,’ I sighed, pointing in the direction she had stood moments before. ‘It was my mother.’
Dan didn’t say anything this time, but his eyebrows just raised even higher.
‘She disappeared when I was a child and I haven’t seen her since. The police, both ours and yours, were unable to find any trace of her and I ended up being shipped off to live with my aunt,’ I told him, ‘The woman I just saw… she didn’t look a day older than when she disappeared.’
‘I’m sorry,’ Daniel said quietly. He paused for a moment, then continued, ‘Are you sure you didn’t just see the shadows, it’s dark in here, it could just be your mind playing tricks on you.’
I shrugged my shoulders. I preferred his assessment of the situation to the ones that were currently running through my head. My imagination, that’s all it had been.
‘What happened to your father?’ Daniel asked.
‘He left,’ I replied shortly, ‘or rather I left. I never saw him again after I went to my aunt’s house.’ Daniel seemed to take the hint and stopped asking questions. My father was not a subject I liked to discuss. ‘Come on, let’s get out of here. We mustn’t stand around for too long. Though I suspect the Doctor already knows we’re here.’ I said the last bit quietly so Daniel wouldn’t hear.
We walked in silence for a while. I kept a wary eye out for any more ghostly visions, it had creeped me out more than I wanted Daniel to know. To be honest, the whole island made me nervous. How had we even got here? I had my suspicions but they were just that, suspicions. However, if I was right and my suspicions were true, then things weren’t looking good for us. I decided not to mention that.
The trees began to thin out as we walked and I dared myself to hope that we would soon be making it out of this forest.
‘Take it slowly,’ I warned Daniel as we neared the edge of the forest. I could see something through the thinning trees. He slowed down his pace and tried to tread as quietly as I was doing. He hadn’t quite got the hang of it and was making much more noise than I would have liked. I flinched at every twig breaking and every crunch of dry leaves under his feet.
Keeping hidden behind a nearby tree and glancing out of the forest, I looked around carefully. There was a large old stone building not far away. It looked as if it had been made to blend in with the surrounding rock, but the moonlight fell on the barred windows, betraying it.
Daniel came up beside me and peered through the gap in the direction I was looking. ‘That’s where we go,’ I said.
‘Oh great, another creepy old house,’ he replied, a fake look of joy on his face.
‘Don’t worry,’ I said grimacing, ‘I don’t think we’ll find an island inside this one.’
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Daniel
‘Note to self: Next time Jack tells you to get in the car with him. Don’t.’
Moving quietly across the field, we kept our bodies low to the ground to avoid detection. Try and keep the element of surprise if we can, Jack had said. The ‘if we can’ had not sounded very convincing.
The muscles in my legs were burning with the effort of trying to crouch down, whilst walking as fast as I could across the grass. The area between the forest and the building was too open should someone be watching for us, so we tried to stay close to anything that might give us some shelter from prying eyes.
Clumps of rocks were lying here and there providing a good place to hide behind and rest, and sections of the grass were so high we could almost move without being seen. Clearly we didn’t think about the swaying grass, and we might as well have had a big sign pointing at us saying ‘we’re down here’, but we
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