I blazed down the stairs and crashed through the door into the moonlit valley which sits beneath our old, rotting house. The only plus side to living in an abandoned pile of wood and bricks is being able to escape the the stresses of family ramblings and journey off into the secrets held in the forest that is calling outside my window. I ran faster and faster away from my "house" cutting through the cool autumn breeze; wearing nothing more then my ripped shorts and faded blue tanktop. With each gaining step my mind cleared a tad bit more. I was headed to one of my own secrets in which the riverbed kept hidden for me. As I whipped through the trees I began to hear the whispering of the river flowing through the forest. "I'm close," I thought as a smile grew on my face. My pace slowed to a stop and I let out a long, ear ringing whistle just as I reached the edge of the peaceful river. "Roark!" I called, "Where are yoooou?" Not even seconds after my call I see the familiar dark shape morph from the rocks and begin to float towards me. In his most original form he can obtain, he is literally a fuzzy cloud of darkness with deep purple eyes. He is also my best friend because only with each other can we both be our true selves. He comes closer, engulfing me in his eerie yet comforting darkness and begins to circle around me, communicating with deep smooth melodies which I guess can best be described as song. Somehow understanding exactly what he felt, I reply with a few of my own happy notes. Roark then streaks straight up into the air almost out of sight until he flips back around and strikes towards the ground at the speed of light. Inches from slamming into earth he turns, sweeps me off my feet, and flicks me up in the air onto his back. Squealing with joy, I waste no time and wrap my feet securely around him and entangle my fingers in what you could call his mane. We climb higher and higher through the air; twisting and turning through the moonlight dappled clouds. Neither of us had a care in the world. We were just sharing each others happiness while gliding through the sky. Then, as suddenly as it appeared, a gigantic beast comes and swallows us both. With one chew of its diamond-hard, dagger teeth, my spine cracks and splits. My vision became a sick, blinding white and.....
