It was a foggy morning but far up on a rocky cliff, a silhouette of a boy could be seen by any person walking on the beach below. The boy sat, resting his crossed arms on top of his knees. He lifted his head and stared into the ocean. He released a sigh. "He's gone..." The troubled teenager whispered as a pink blob nuzzled into the boy's chestnut hair.
The only father figure in his life left him just as his real father did; no this was different. He was happy. Silver fathered him the way his father never could, recalling the time they spent together on the ship. Jim had helped the old cyborg make his escape when they sailed into the port.
Jim chuckled to himself. He never expected to change, more and more Jim acted and felt like Silver's son. Morph woke Jim out of his deep thoughts. The pink-jellied creature nestled into Jim's chestnut locks. Jim patted his jelly-like friend before standing up and returning to the RLS Legacy on his solar-surfer.
At that moment, in a different time and place, a girl walked briskly into a forest behind her house. She needed to get away from it all. She stormed deeply into the woods. The scent of pine and evergreen allowed her to think clearly. She passed through scratchy bushes and branches, getting scuffed as she hurried along.
She came across her favorite part of the forest. There was a large willow tree, it twisted toward her as if it were waiting for an embrace. She sat by the roots and waved her hands over the fresh grass, tickling the underside of her palm. She sighed, depressed and lost inside of her thoughts. Why can't I live inside my imagination? Is there a place that lives on dreams that will accept mine?
Emotion flowed outward and she grasped the grass and ripped out clumps of dirt before she collapsed into tears. "I need a place where I'll belong." She wiped her eyes. The moment she said those words a cyclone of wind brushed around her. The willow tree behind started to crack as the roots moved and shaped itself into a cave. The girl looked behind. The tree, her tree had morphed. Tired of this world, she crawled inside. She took five more steps before she turned to say goodbye to the world that gave her no peace. On her next step the earth beneath her crumbled underneath her weight. She descended into the dark abyss. As she rapidly approached the ground, her body did what was natural and she fainted.