The Riddle Of The Future

Posion

"Lucy!" I screamed and ran to her side. Her face had turned a horrible shade of blue and her body jerked uncontrollably on the ground. She was starting to foam at the mouth and panic threatened to overcome me. Clearly the water must have been poisonous and I cursed Mr. Than for not informing us earlier.

I crouched by Lucy but the minute I touched her, an image burned itself into my mind of a star shaped herb. I immediately realised that the herb was the cure. I didn't stop to ponder how I knew this and instead started to run around the bank of the lake, searching in the small bushes for the special herb.

I had almost ran the entire perimeter of the lake (I mentally thanked my sports teacher) when I finally spotted a bush that was slightly larger than the others. I stopped, panting and began to search frantically through the leaves, scratching and nicking my skin in the process. After scrabbling around in the dirt for a few minutes, Lucy's life ebbing away, I managed to grab an armful of the star-shaped leaves.

I sprinted back to where Lucy was laying and forced her mouth open. I scrunched the leaf up as small as I could before shoving it into her mouth and making her swallow. She gasped and spluttered and I watched anxiously, feeling how sweaty my palms were. To my relief, I saw that her cheeks were beginning to turn a nice red and her breathing was beginning to slow down. I sighed in relief and sat down heavily, my body aching.

"What happened?" Lucy whispered hoarsely.

"The water was poisonous," I said wiping my greasy forehead. "I found something that would help."

"You saved my life, Alex," she said putting a shaky hand on my leg. I smiled down at her and made sure she was as comfortable as she could be on the ground. The fire was still roaring and I felt the heat warm my bones, making my eyes droop by themselves.

"How did you know that that leaf would work?" Lucy suddenly asked.

"I don't know," I sighed. "I had another vision, I guess."

"Five minutes alone in this place and I've already almost died," Lucy chuckled. I laughed weakly and we fell into silence. Before long, sleep overcame me and I welcomed it gratefully.

*

The sun rose early in the morning and we decided to pack up our meagre possessions and head off into the unknown. It was hot and we were thirsty but we couldn't stay at the Lake of Death, as I liked to call it. The only chance we had was to move forward, despite being completely unaware of the dangers we were heading straight for.

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