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The sun shown down on the island canopy. Making the large over hanging leaves glow creating dim light in the dark of the massive forest. Cicadas chirped noisily in the hip tall grass. The air trapped by the trees and vines was humid making the heat even harder to stand. The soft snap of twigs echoed in the forest as heavy boots flattened a path between the towering trees. "How much farther?" A red faced portly man dressed in a sweat stained beige uniform questioned; looking frustrated. Soft laughter answered him as their guide turned around. Long rouge locks framed delicate features. Sifting through her many pockets the woman pulled out a cr

The piping hot water surrounded the girl's bare body. She laid still short curls floating aimlessly around her face. Small pink lips pressured together as she held her breath. Fighting off the urge to shoot straight up in the shallow tube, she fought to hold her breath. Even resorting to clamping her hands over the edge of the tube, digging her nails into the pale porcelain. She always felt numb like this. Body warmed to the center by the heat. The irritation in her lungs and throat begging her to breathe only a slight itch compared to what she felt when she was above. In the cool air of her apartment. But the second of pure bliss that she f

I stared at the ground as I walked. Grey pavement seemed to flash by under my sneakered feet. My dark hood was pulled over my face blocking out the afternoon sun. Hands balled into fists in my jacket pockets. Sweat ran in streams down my back darkening the fabric of my shirt and jacket. I panted as the heat seemed to consume the last of my strength as I walked. I don't remember why I was running. I just was. I don't know how I wound up on the side walk that's just where I woke up. I didn't know where I am. I was just there. Walking down a random sidewalk. Down a random shopping strip. In some random city. I didn't even know if I was still in

 I stood there in the middle of the empty snow covered field, staring up at the dark gray clouds blocking out the sun. Sighing, I closed my eyes. Letting out a stream of fog into the freezing air through my nose. As I was doing this I felt something cold and wet softly land in the middle of my forehead. I opened my eyes laughing softly, holding up my hand so that the small blue glowing winter fairy could fly up to perch in the palm of my hand. The little fairy sat there watching me with it's huge shiny black eyes. Swinging her feet back and forth. "Hey, there." I whispered to her softly, trying not to scare her. The winter fairy smiled shy

 Tap, tap, tap. The sound of my boots against the white tiled floor bounced off the arching roof. Leaning my head back I looked up at the stained glass windows. Splashes of color depicting scriptures shone with the late afternoon sun. I traced the dull gray metal that separated each individual slab of glass. Stepping closer I kneeled down onto the tile. Still studying the glass, I hardly noticed the ache in my scraped bare knees. Licking my dry lips I finally forced my eyes to gather the rest around me. The pale cream face of the Virgin Mary, the dark rich wood of the alter, the rows and rows of pews. Swallowing thickly I looked up to the

 Lana ran through the dark, wet, and cold forest. Her face and body being whipped, poked, and stabbed repeatedly by branches. Lana let out a loud scream hoping someone might hear her. She turned to look over her shoulder as she ran trying to see if the creature was still there. Turning to look had been a mistake because Lana's bare foot got caught in a vine making her trip. She landed in the dirt and mud stabbing her cheek with an invisible twig. She cried out in pain tears coming to her eyes. Lana began to cry and sob hysterically. She pulled her leg up trying to get loss of the vine. Lana was shaking terribly she whipped her head around whe