Island In The Clouds

She gasped with excitement and shouted over the noise of the propeller: "The islands in the clouds are real!!"  I glared at her wishing she would shut up. My little sister Iyania was not supposed to be coming with me to my favorite spot.  This is where I go to relax and unwind, make new discoveries, and draw and stuff like that, not to babysit. She always has to follow me around, well as soon as we land on the island, I'm ditching her. We finally reached the island and she started bombarding me with questions "What's that? Why are the trees so big? How many animals live here? Are there unicorns here? Can I climb a tree?" 

"I don't care what you do, please just leave me alone!" I yelled, interrupting her questions.

"Where should I go? What is there to do?", she asked me.

"Go find out yourself," I said while walking away.  I heard her say something in the distance, but I didn't bother to figure out what she said. I immediately headed for my tree house that i finished building not to long ago. It's kind of a ways away from where we landed.  I begin to take in the scenery and try to find something new on my route.  I always loved it here on this island. My dad showed it to me when I was 12.  He told me this is where he would go to get away from everything when he was my age.  I've been coming here ever since.  Suddenly my thoughts are interrupted by the snapping of a twig. I quickly turn around, reaching for the knife in my book bag.  I turn around to see my startled little sister. "I thought I told you to do your own thing," I said.

"Well I don't want to get lost, and I'm scared," she said quietly.

"Fine come with me", I said reluctantly, "but you better not say one word to me." She suddenly was grinning from ear to ear, and I just rolled my eyes at her and continued my walk. For once in her life she did stay quiet, and I was actually enjoying this moment with her. She looked so amazed at the trees, wild plants, and how it always looked like the sun was setting.

"Hey, Bailey, there's a cave right there!" she yelled before covering her mouth.  I turned and sure enough there it was.  I never noticed it, even after all of the years I came to this island.  It appeared almost like magic.

"Let's go in! Come on! Please!?" she begged.

"No, Iyania, we don't have time today," I said sternly.

She rolled her eyes and continued walking to the tree house with me.  We were finally there in a matter of minutes.  Once we got there we began eating lunch, quietly, just like I like it. After lunch I took out my sketchpad and began drawing the sunset. Iyania began to huff and puff for attention, but I wasn't going to give it to her.

"I'm going to go explore!" she said indignantly.

"Whatever," I replied, "just don't go too far." She squealed with glee and quickly ran out of the tree-house.  I was glad she was out of my hair. I returned to my drawing, but I felt myself becoming tired. I decided to rest my eyes for a second. I opened my eyes and checked my watch.  I WAS ASLEEP FOR THREE HOURS. I look around the tree-house to see if Iyania came back, but she was no where in sight.  I immediately realize that she might have gone to that cave we saw earlier. Rolling my eyes, I grab my book-bag and leave the tree-house. I remember that the cave was next to a tree with leaves of different colors, and I see Iyania's footprints in the dirt going towards where the cave was.  I saw the tree from a distance, but once I got closer something wasn't quite right.  I got to the destination of the cave, but it was gone. And Iyania's footprints had disappeared into the rock wall, where the opening of the cave should have been.