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Lightning flashed and I heard the crack of thunder, my eyes snaped open and they widened as they took in my surroundings. I saw the twinkle of a lake not far from where I laid in the wet grass. I sat up quickly as a building came into view, but I soon came to realize that this was not one of the houses that were dotted around my hometown in America. This was basically a castle! It was a castle!

Then slowly I saw a silhouette of a man approach the doorway to the courtyard I was currently located in. He seemed to be waiting for me to come to him. I slowly stood apprehensively and walked toward him: cringing as my feet sunk in the mud caused by the rain. My eyes widened as I started to reconize the very man I was walking to, but it couldn't be.

"I see that you recognize me, my child"

"Yes, but It-it can't be." I stuttered quietly.

"But, it is... and if you come with me you will soon understand." he replied in a voice barely above a whisper.

And so, I did.

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