Chapter 1

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   I walk through the forest in the dead of night. All I can hear are cricket chirps and a rustle from the slight breeze in the air.
   I don't wonder why I'm there. It just feels... right. Like I'd seen it a million times before.
   I look around and see the tall sleek trees, reaching for the stars.
   I look down and see the moon-tanned moss on the rocks below.
   Astonished by the full moon, gleaming through the small opening in the trees, my eyes seemed to shine back. With inspiration. Hope.
   I walk a few steps forward, and I hear something.
   A song, coming from somewhere in that forest. I can't tell where it's coming from, but I'm mesmerized. It's a complex tune, but the person- whoever it was- was playing it wonderfully.
   Lost in the music, I wandered, in search of the mysterious tune.
   I step forward once more and hear a voice.
   "It's beautiful, isn't it?"
   Before I had a chance to turn, the scene in front of me began to disappear. I was suddenly surrounded by a white void of nothingness.
   And that's when I suddenly jumped off my pillow, breathing heavily.
   My pale eyes crazed, yet unseeing.

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