Triple Threat

Chapter 1: The Begining

Chapter 1: the Beginning

We've been on the run for the past 3 years now, ever since mum and the neighbour died, people

have been trying to take us home and adopt us, we went in once, but the police came a day later

and questioned us with murder, we ran away later that night, we haven't been to a house since, we

don't even know where we are or when it is, we live in a small house in the roots of six pine trees,

it's not very big and we often get small mammals in here, but it's home, we are somewhere in Ireland

I think, in a big Forrest, it's completely deserted, no ones been here that we know of, there's also a

large stream to the south and several grazing fields, and to way to the north is a small town with

about two hundred residents, we build our weapons from our resources, Layla has stone throwing

knifes and a sling shot, Samuel has his Bow, we build the arrows once a week, and I have a dagger.

Being the shorter blade kids, Layla and I attended karate school for a year undercover and have

been practising ever since with each other.

It's our daily activities, Layla's practicing with her throwing knifes, Samuel is hunting for rabbits,

and I'm climbing a tree for look out, we do this each every day, the other parts of the day were

practising hunting or cooking, I wrap myself in a deer skin coat and sit on a high branch, it's early

in the morning, the suns barely out yet, I can see the faint glow of the town way to the north,

there's nothing.

I sit their all morning, wondering what we would do with the rest if our lives, surely we wouldn't do

this all our time, we'd have to get out sometime, were 13 now for gods sake, normal boys my age

would be sleeping in a cosy bed right now, not worrying about anything but school the next day, no

we would be here a long time, maybe not necessarily here, but definitely on the run, I wonder if

there's anyone else like us, on the run, going wild, I think not, well maybe, we could run into

somebody, possibly.

Whilst I'm lost in my thoughts I don't notice movement to the east, a large deer is making there way

towards camp, "damn" , I cry out to the valley hoping that Sam

and Layla are close by, one Cry replied, that sounded like Layla, silence, Sam mustn't be in the valley, I

scramble down the pine tree to see Layla burst through the bushes, "what is it" she yells across the

clearing, i simply point to the deer about 20 metres to her left, she raises her throwing knives,

"SAM" I call thinking we could do with a long range shooter, suddenly, an arrow appears on the

Deers forehead and it falls losing consciousness, I looked around for my other triplet, but see

nothing, I spot a figure at the top of a tree about 50 metres away, "Sam? That you" I shout to the

figure, he jumps down and approaches us, it's Sam, he's looking quite pleased and I noticed the five