Chapter 9-10: The dance
Ralph's Journal I was standing on the beach watching the tide go in and out. I saw Piggy slowly come out of the forest tangled in the creepers. "Is there anyone left?" I asked quietly. "Well, there are some littuns...." Piggy started "They don't count, are there any bigguns?" I said. "Well, there is Samneric, they are getting firewood," said Piggy Puzzled. They're all with Jack, I thought to myself as I stood up, brushing away the sand. I knew they were having a big feast over there, eating meat and having fun. I haven't have any meat in what seemed ages. "Maybe we should go, just to see what is going on, " said Piggy consciences of my feelings toward Jack. "Maybe we should...," I started "Just to see what is going on, and make sure that nothing horrible happens to anyone," I said while turning toward Piggy. Samneric were coming out the forest, holding firewood. They dropped the wood down on the beach, and walked slowly towards us. They were both walking on the same foot, I then noticed that thy really did everything together. I turned back out to sea, wishing that somehow I had a brother like that. I told Samneric that we were going to the feast.
We arrived at Jack's tribe at sun down. Jack was sitting on a high log, so then he could look down on everyone else. The bigguns and some littuns were running about. Many had pieces of pig, along with a cocoanut shell. Few of the people had stopped to see Piggy and I walk in. Soon more and more people noticed us, until everyone had stopped and looked at us. No one talked, other then Jack to Roger. He whispered something illumination into his ear, and then looked confused at us. I looked form him to the pig roasting above the fire. "Get them some pig," Jack order. Some I had a piece bigger than anyone's in my hand. I began eating, not much eating as just swallowing, not even stopping to chew. I then sat down on the log, and everyone returned to the state their were when I had first arrived. Then sun disappeared and the full moon came out, and the dancing began. Around the fire everyone started to chant and dance. "Kill the pig, slit her throat, spill her blood. " Piggy and I watched from the outside of the circle, caught up in this magic like dance. I soon found myself in the circle with them, chanting and dancing to the beat. I was first to caught up in the dance to see the beast come out of the forest crawling on his hands and knee. The littuns screamed in terror as they ran, the beast was now in the centre in our circle. Then Jack and the others jumped on this creature. I was too running to the thing biting, clawing, and hitting until it fell over the edge where the boys jumped on it, until it was dead. I stayed on the top on the mountain looking down at the scene. Soon the bigs ran off into the forest for the night. As soon as everyone was gone, I walked down to the beast to see what it looked like. In the glow of the moonlight, I then saw that it was Simon. The breathe was knocked out of my as I tripped along the beach, yet I didn't seem to get far. I kept looking back to the corpulent body that laid there. I finally may it back to our beach, where Piggy, Samneric and some littuns were asleep. I went into the hut alone, thought racing threw my head. "Murder," I whispered to myself.
I awoke the net morning with last night's images in my head. I found Piggy sitting in the bathing pool, cleaning him glasses. I walked next to him and sat next to him, staring out to the ocean where the phosphorescence sun warmed me. "Simon...." I started. I felt deeply ashamed of what I had a part of, the dance was so purged, and the kill was so exciting that I didn't yet know what happened to me. "It was an accident, he shouldn't have come out of the forest like that. It was the lighting and the thunder and the rain, and that bloody, barmy dance," said Piggy, turning towards me. "It was no accident, it was murder, murder I tell you," I said turning away from him. "Look whatever it was....you need to get over it," said Piggy. Then Samneric came over to join us. For the most part I stayed quiet, talking only when asked. For the rest of the day I stayed by the beach only helping with the fire. We then started talking about the fire, and what we should do with it. Night came especially fast today. I headed back slowly to the huts with Piggy and Samneric, slowing drifting off to sleep, awaiting the nightmares that would come tonight. I woke up from the sound of howling and shrieking. I could see that Piggy was also awake. Soon there were voices everywhere, I started to think that they were a beast, and hopped that it would go to the littuns. The hut then suddenly collapsed onto of us, and I then saw the dark figures everywhere. I then found one, and gave it a good beating, until it raised its knee in between my legs. Finally the camp started to quiet down. I found Piggy and Samneric and asked if they were okay. They all started talking about what had happened. "They stole my specs!" shouted Piggy. I then knew it was Jack.