Four

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    I was collecting sticks for a campfire when I heard a horrible scream. It reverberated inside me. The sound was horrible, unlike anything I have ever heard. I stood paralyzed, unsure whether to run to or away from the scream. I decide to run towards it. Soon the volcano looms above me, giant and terrible. "The volcano is life, for it brought the island, but it is death, for it's fire destroys. Ling, do not go to the volcano, for it might be a destroyer." Nai-Nai used to say. Her words echo in my ears, but I do not listen.
     I am at the volcano now, climbing the familiar paths and footholds. I see a girl sitting on a rock. She has black skin, and short black hair in a braid down the back. She sniffles and looks to me, very confused.