I decide to jump off the cliff. I will be with my family that way. I run up to the edge, and without another thought, I jump.
But I don't hit the surface. I stay suspended in mid air. A wind floats me towards the beach at the bottom of the cliff. "Don't do this." My Mum appears. "Mum!" I scream. I want to hug her, but I can't. She disappears and is replaced by a figure with a long black hood and a scythe. "Who are you, the Grim Reaper?" I say.
"No, I am Thanatos, Greek God of death!"
"How pleasant." I say.
"I am not going to let you die yet," Thanatos explains "but you must do something in remembrance of your family. You are to pull twenty pranks in twenty days. Succeed, I'll bring your family back to life. Fail, and I'll be sending you on a one way trip to Hades. You don't have to accept. If you don't accept, you will be safer, but you won't be avenging your family. What's it going to be?"
I don't hesitate before answering: "I accept."
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