My family has some dark secrets (which, by the way we don’t talk about)…..as I opened the book my childhood passed before my eyes, suddenly I was a baby in my mom’s arms. Then I was standing in front of my preschool holding someone’s hand. The last vision was probably the worst; my mom leaving me as I wept. After the visions ended, the first thing I read was: “For whoever holds this book, holds great pain”.
I flipped the pages and continued reading. All I could understand was …… do not attract the attention of the queen?….. and do not go near the lake. I am pretty sure that the nearest lake to Edmonton is an hour away. I finally got to the last page which said in capital words; “READ AT YOUR OWN RISK”. I looked down on the page where there were only two lines. I don’t know what happened to the other lines, but it looked like the page was torn in half. I guessed this was the prophecy and it looked like a prophecy. I read aloud:
“The creature’s trail stands cold and frail,
guarded by pain and torment….”
“Very well dear”, said a voice from behind me. I turned to see, but no one was there. I went to see what grandma was doing and I found her chopping tomatoes. “So, the brave one returns”, she said amusingly. She told me to help her cut some vegetables for the pizza (yeah, we make homemade pizza). After we finished eating, I did the dishes and went to sleep.
I dreamt about me riding a horse to…. A pizza store?? I picked up the pizza that the owner gave me and started delivering the pizza. After I finished delivering pizza, this random woman came up to me and threw a bucket of water on my face and I woke up. You know dear reader, that water woman’s (yes, that is what I’m calling her) water bucket took me to another place. I was standing in a cave, which was filled with some weird blue mist. I decided to put on my brave face and started advancing. As I was walking, I saw something chained in a cage. The creature was struggling and was glowing. I decided to go and help, but as soon as I looked down to see where I was going to step; I was startled to see that I was standing at the foot of a weakened and dusty bridge. I stepped cautiously and started advancing towards the creature who was now glowing. I was just about to reach the creature, but the wood under my feet broke and I screamed as I fell into darkness……
….more to continue in the next chapter….