I had turned around after hearing the hissing sound only to be met by a strange skeletal creature about to attack me. The next thing I knew was that a burst of light disintegrated the creature. I didn't even hear what the man had said... at this point... I was questioning what was reality and what was an illusion. I barely registered the arrival of another person... None of this could have been real. A lake of blood full of dead bodies... a man that shot light beams... skeletal creatures... and...

My gaze fell back to the girl covered in blood. My eyes wide with terror. That man hadn't acknowledged her existence. He hadn't seen her. Was it... that person...? From the lake...? Was she a ghost...? There to drag me back to the lake and have me join them? My heart began hammering out of control. I backed away, only to trip and fall flat on my ass. I looked around quickly and found my discarded knife not too far away, I crawled towards it quickly, snatched it up, and began running as fast as I possibly could. Away from this strange man, and that woman, that... ghost.

[i]"None of this makes sense, none of this makes sense, none of this makes sense...! Wake up, wake up, wake up! It's a dream, it's a dream, it's a dream!"[/i] Those thoughts kept running through my head as I ran. I didn't run for too long... maybe a little less than a quarter of a mile. My breathing was ragged, my side was stinging horribly, I felt like I couldn't get enough oxygen into my lungs. I eventually hid behind a tree, sinking down to my knees, my back against the tree. I covered my mouth and forced myself to breathe through my nose, afraid that my ragged breathing would be loud enough for someone to hear me.