"Watch out for the fallen tree!" Too late. Anika stumbled head first over the fallen branch. Biting her lip, she picked her self up and examined the cut. Red blood trickled down her knee. Anika looked up. Her family were waiting impatiently for her. "Hurry up Anika! It's only a cut." "I know. I'm coming!" Anika called through gritted teeth. They had been trudging through the bush for hours on end, with the same dusty brown and dry green colors surrounding them. "Why did they find this so interesting?" Anika thought furiously. What's more, the twins actually seemed to be enjoying it. They were squealing and running around playing tag, while Anika was at the back wondering when it would be over.

Her feet seemed to have given up on her as the sun sank below the trees. She clutched a stitch and tried not to think of fresh,t cold water. The dust from the ground was in her ears and mouth and up her nose. Before she thought it, the bushland was covered in a swampy darkness. A pale moon rose up ahead."Anika, where are you?" Called a voice from the distance. With an icy jolt, she realized how far up ahead her parents were. She ran through the darkness, not being able to see two meters ahead of her. She tripped over numerous branches and ran into trees. "Where are you?" She yelled. A faint answer came back, but she couldn't distinguish the words. Then suddenly, a scream.

Anika froze. The noise of the scream was still ringing in her head. She gasped in horror. That was Kyra's voice! Anika broke into a sprint, all the while calling "Kyra, Kyra!" After was seemed hours, she bumped into the firm figure of her father. She was whisked into his arms. "Oh, Anika! We've been so worried. Do you know what's happened to Kyra?" Anika shuddered. "No. I heard a scream. I thought it was Kyra's." Her father nodded solemnly. "It was." She jumped when another scream ripped through the night. Without thought, she ran towards the noise. "No Anika! You'll get lost!" Yelled her father. But she paid no attention. One thought coursed through her head. Find Kyra.

Branches tried to pull her back and Mosquitos bit her skin as she thundered through the bush. Suddenly, a low hanging branch smacked into her forehead. Splitting pain ripped through her head. The last thing she heard before she lost consciousness was a scream. This time, from her own mouth.