Ch1. Sunrise to sunset

AN: ( I decided to start with something new as my studies have kept me busy but i will continue with the paper towns. Also I decided to expand my knowledge of books and writing skills)

I awoke to a slight tremble. The wooden floors of the house creaked as the door opened with a small swing and the cold air filled the room.

"Winter has arrived in our backyard it seems Jason. Would you help us make the day more exciting?"

I could no longer contain my excitement as my sense of purpose let me jump out of the comfort of my own bed. I put layer upon layer of thick winter clothes and readied myself for the rush. Somehow the cold always intrigued me, as if a spell had been cast a long time ago. This was usually my mind wondering to my ideas as a small child.

The wonders of this world still eluded me, our poverty and isolation had played an enormous role in my upbringing, yet I still managed to go to college and study programming. Cruising through the years as I adapted to the technology and the beauty of my campus situated right on the edge of where no snowfall would ever reach it. When I finally graduated and applied for jobs my family recalled me to help them on the farm as times were growing dire indeed. The crops had washed away and working from home seemed the only viable option for me.

My father a stout and proud farmer grew up in Scotland and moved to South Africa when farming was starting to become almost impossible with the cold. My grandfather always farmed with livestock but agreed to the change in climate but the weather was always unexpected in this foreign but unusually beautiful land. My mother being an Afrikaner knew nothing about farming as she was raised in an industrial family but she was always supportive of him in more ways than one.

This day was particularly special for me as my birthday was to be held the next morning although it was today I always thanked whoever controlled the heavens for being blessed with a birthday in the winter. Stepping outside felt like being in the mercy of nature itself, the cold stunned me and my breath leaked white with every step. A snowstorm swept through the northern mountains but it passed and moved further north as the morning sun came.

I was joined by my few best friends and started to glide around with our skis and boots we even built a small slay to enjoy the fun. We were daring as usual and decided to climb the mountain as to see who could ski down without getting injured. When we reached the top it was almost sunset and with it came the beauty of the everlasting stars. The cosmos lit up and seemed to stare right back at me as I wondered what truly lay out there. It was my turn to head down and as I was the last everyone waited for me.

Then I felt it a change of wind at first I made no issue of it as it didn't change any of the drastic measures to head down but then I realized the northern wind was blowing south, the connection was made by me at an instant and I knew that the wind could pick up at any time and blow me from the steep mountain covered in snow and pillars of rock. Lowering my center of gravity was my only option as I sped up down to the mountain the base of the mountain was safer than the steep decline.

My friends started to shout at me and I remembered the times I had with them, I realized my cause was wasted when the wind picked up and threw me of course and downwards toward a cliff. Pictures of my family flashed before me, my times when I cried and times when the laughter would drown out my sorrows and I could forget the changes in my world for only a few seconds. I gleamed past my mistakes and was proud of my accomplishments. My last moment I enjoyed my burly and muscular friends company as though I was imagining it through a different scene and then I thought back again to the spell I had so hoped for. That the cold would embrace me as one of its own and joy it would bring to others who felt the same destiny. I then felt the ground hitting me as I tumbled a bone broke with a crack immediately pained soared throughout my leg and it continued to spread throughout my body as if a vile corruption was enforcing its own rule. I tumbled and tumbled what seemed to be an eternity. Grounding to a halt near the base I heard faint cries and the last I saw was Tristan, Dwayne and Jacob knelt beside me with tears in their eyes as the world faded into a black abyss.

AU: So I hope i made a good impression hope you all enjoyed it leave a review only if you want to!