Chapter 9

“A map?” Julie asked, confused.

“When we got here, these treehouses were already here, and there was food and water and supplies. As each of us appeared here, clothes would appear down in the alcove by where we make our fire. It’s like they just appear out of thin air,” Jesse explained.

Julie would normally be surprised, but with all of the craziness that’s been happening lately, nothing can surprise her anymore.

Jesse continued. “Then, the other day, we went down to see what supplies were going to appear for us. We were just expecting food and water, but there was a map there, too. It was a map of the island, and that’s when Chris started getting adamant that he had to get to the other side of the island. Because when we started studying the map, we saw there was what looked like another portal on the opposite end of the island. It didn’t look like it would be hard to get there, so Chris sa