In the lake of crystals,
untouched stones shimmer & shine as the spheres of glimmering energy fill the fiery night sky.
Over the grassy hill the castle, even in ruin stood strong.
Twisted stairs wound down to a dim lit room where rays of light pierced the air.
It was then that my flaring soul took flight & raced back to my old boat that danced with the lake, I felt at peace.
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She never thought it would be her; she thought it would last forever and then HE came and took her to his domain. The little girl with a flame in her soul - she struggled to escape but, like an insect fleeing a fly trap, was overwhelmed by his power.
I was Cassandra a fourteen year old girl, my friends called me Cassie, I went to west Hilton High School, a busy place in Pyrecast city. School is annoying because it relies on using notes we took years before so we have to keep them for years to come. Most of the time you could see me swinging at the park wearing a t-shirt and black tights, it’s a nice look for me. I think the reason everyone hates me is because i love playing video games, they think it’s weird for a girl to play games.
I only have one friend his name is Phill, Phill is a nerd and that’s why he’s my friend, he even taped his glasses together when they broke. we play games together on the weekend but we haven’t been talking much because I spent the summer in Australia.
“How was your summer, Cassie?” Phill blurted out from across the chaotic classroom. Me not wanting to answer because I had a bad summer immediately rejects the idea of responding. Eccentrically Phill pounces onto my desk and for that reason, I had to answer “So what did you do this summer” not wanting to sound stupid I replied with
“nothing” even though my summer wasn't good. The bell naturally chimed for the class to start Phill shot back to his seat and got out his notes from last year because he didn’t want the teacher to get mad for not being ready.
“I hate this class,” a shy sixteen year old girl named Cindy said quietly from beside me. Cindy is a nice girl with long flowing blue hair, she wore black leather jacket and tattered blue jeans. Most of the time she was sitting in the bathroom alone but for some reason recently she has been hanging out with me.
“I don't like it any more than you do,” I replied. During class, we suffer through the lectures and the worksheets, me and Cindy talking quietly back and forth for the rest of class. Even though she doesn’t look at me when she talks she is a new friend.
When English ended I scurry over to my locker that was on the furthest side of the school possible. As I was closing my locker, Phill, being the dork that he is, jumped out of nowhere and scared me. “Why did you do that? you frightened me” I said. Phill brought me to a room in the school with walls blue as the ocean the desks in pods of four desks, probably a grade five room. “What room is this” I said
“I don't know” he replied, he told me about how he saw a glint of fire and when he walked in there had black slime on the wall except it was hard like stone, it had winding indents in it and mysterious symbols resembling something but I couldn't make out what it looked like because the bell rang for the next class.
The rest of the day went by smoothly and after school, I went home by the time I got back home it was nine-thirty at night, the day was so tiring I passed out on the couch. I twist and turn all night seeing visions of a creature. When I woke up I got ready for school and I left for the train, it's tolerably tiresome waiting for the train every day but there's no alternate way to get to school so I have to. The train shredded down the tracks and came screeching to a halt when it got to my stop. I stepped off and walked half a mile to school and this is what I did every day, it's kind of soothing now, especially in the snow.
An hour past and I see a figure wandering in the blizzard, I wonder over to it but there's nothing in its spot I dismiss it and go to school. traveling back to the room where i saw the black wall of slime and see a glint of blue light, I step into the room but don’t end up in the room “Where am I” I think to myself as darkness consumes me.
A few minutes pass and I can start to make out figures in the distance, I see the trees that twist up into the endless sky, the water black like tar I can see the birds flying overhead and the animals bolting through the forest.
“I’m on an island” I think to myself but there’s one question remaining, where am I. I wonder into the forest and see a little cove that I can make my home, for now at least. When i get into the cove I see a campfire lit in in the perfect spot to light up the whole area “but who else is here”. As i'm thinking about how I arrived here my stomach rumbles and I realize I haven't had anything to eat today because I wasn't hungry but now I am. Hungrily I turn to look at my surroundings and notice the flash of a rabbits silver fur I try luring it over to me for what felt like an hour but it wasn't interested.
What if i build a trap I realize now that, that might work spending hours making and trying to trap a rabbit I catch one as I scurry over to it and find a sharp stone in the sand I remember what my videogames have taught me about skinning animals It’s not as easy in real life.
After cooking and eating the poor rabbit I start to build a shelter it’s not much to look at right now just a few logs propping up leaves for a roof but it keeps me warm besides I don’t have any sort of tools to build anything.
Days go by, weeks, maybe years nothing is certain anymore all I know is that i’m stranded on an island with no way of escaping. As i’m setting up to go to bed something scapes past me, I jump in terror and see the creature from my dreams a huge beast with nearly a hundred arms and fifty eyes. As the beast shoots past me I notice it’s made of the same slime-like stone that the wall in school was made of.
Paralyzed with fear I Gasp for air, I couldn't move, i couldn’t run and i was sure i was dead. The creature slithered away faster than i could process. After some time i collapse to the ground for an hour.
