The village that I used to live in thought I was a mistake, and my family thought the same thing. They kicked me out at the age of five, so I was on my own for three years. Then Liam found me wandering in the woods. Liam invited me to his campsite, and I've been with him ever since.
"Shub, pack up. Time to go," Stacy says, snapping me out of my thoughts. She left before I could do anything. I packed my things quickly and quietly.
"Hey Liam! What's with the sudden camp pack up? I thought we finally found a place to settle down," I said as soon as I was by Liam's side. He was talking to Scott, one of the few people who Liam could actually trust.
"I'll talk to you in a bit, Scott. Start packing the camp up. Shelby, how many times do I have to tell you, in front of others, call me 'H,' be happy it was just Scott this time. We have to leave because the people in the village are complaining about bandit raids. I want to keep my camp safe so we're leaving to a more desolate area," Liam said walking towards his tent, "Shelby saddled up our horses and attached the wagons to the others. Take as many people as you need."
"Scott, Mariel, Will, Graz, and Lauren. Come with me, we're going to saddle up two horses and attach the others to the wagons. Scott and Mariel start attaching those horses to the waggons. Will start on my horse. Graz and Lauren you got the fun job of cleaning up the stable area. I am going to saddle Li.. H's horse," I said while pointing to the different horses.
I got Liam's horse, Bird, because Bird only let me and Liam saddle him, but only let Liam ride him. Scott came up to me, scaring Bird.
"Shelby, we have to go now. The villagers are coming, and they have fire," Scott said quickly. I finished saddling Bird and led him out. Liam came running up to me and grabbed Bird. Will brought me my horse, and I mounted.
"Shelby, round up the camp and let's head out," Liam was yelling to get over all the noise. I nodded and went around the camp to make sure nothing was left behind. I galloped up to Liam who was walking in the front of the line.
"We're all good back there," I stated then asked, "If you don't mind me asking, where are we going?"
"I had some scouts roam around the world for a few months, and they found a place that's nowhere near any city or a village. It has a bunch of natural resources and we can settle down there... hopefully for good," Liam said before walking off.
A FEW MONTHS LATTER
We finally arrived at the destination. It had large trees, running water, caves, and it was just so beautiful. I took my horse for a bit of a run through the nearby forest to get a feel for this place.
"Shelby! Where are you? H wants you back at camp now," I think Will was the one yelling that. I pulled my horse back to camp and went to find Liam.
"Shelby, we need to talk. I was wanting to build some permeate homes in this area. I'll need some good builders and some helpers to find the things they need. Could you help me with that?" Liam asked as soon as I entered his makeshift house. I nodded and went over to the names of all the people in the camp.
"Liam, it says we have 16 adults in our camp. Is that number correct?" Liam seemed busy with sending scouts out to find materials. I decided to recount all the members of the camp.
First let's start with the people I know of. There's Will, Graz, Mariel, Scott, Del, Dillan, Lauren, Britt, Phoenix, Ash, Liam, and myself. That's 12, who am I forgetting? The last time it had Calum, Jack, Nova, and I think that says Stacy. That's who I was forgetting. I think Calum was the last to leave, and that was only about a year ago. We need to take this more often.
"Shelby, Have you decided who you're going to ask to help build our new town?" Liam asked, walking out of our makeshift home.
"Yeah. I'm going to get Scott, Will, and Del. I can write up what we need to start the building process. I also recounted the members in this camp and we only have 13 not 16 like the list says," he nodded and went to talk with Dillan about housing arrangements for the time being.
