Stupid. Boring. Pathetic.

That's what I think my life is like right now. I was entombed into neverending danger, and I was afraid to run- actually terrified fitted the situation more properly. I felt myself glow, and disapear. A blinding light came before me, drowning me... That was when I screamed. The blinding light swallowed me, and I awoke in a meadow. It was very alluring. I caught a glimpse of a cherry tree, up ahead of me.

I ran.

I pushed my legs faster, but I couldn't run fast enough. The tree seemed to absorb itself- like it was getting smaller. I kept running. Eventually black splotches covered my eyes, as the tree disapeared completly. As the black splotches filled my eyes, I felt disconnected. Like I lost my soul from my body completly. Maybe I had? Did I lose my soul?

No.

I knew for a fact that I didn't lose my soul. I was just gone. My mind wandered the never-ending tunnel of darkness. It devoured me.

"Zoey."

I turned toward the sound, I blinked. I opened my eyes, and I was in a meadow? It had to be a dream. Earth had no beautiful meadows like this. I heard the dripping of water, and a fishing pole being cast.

"Heath.." I barley heard myself whisper. Sadness would have knocked me to my knees if he hadn't ran, and caught me as I fell.

"But you don't belong here! Your dead!" I sobbed against his chest.

"Zo, babe, this is the Otherworld. It's not me that doesn't belong here- it's you."

Memory crashed over me, drowning me with despairand darkness and reality as my world shattered, and everything went black.

***

I awoke, and I was on the meadow grass, Heath leaning over me. "Heath..." I merley whispered.

"Zoey.." He whispered back. He hugged me, we held eachother until we were both sobbing.

"Zo, you need to see what your friends are doing." He whiped his hands in the air infront of me, like he was washing a window, and I saw a black girl hugging a blond haired girl, sobbing. A boy, and another boy were holding hands, sobbing, and a girl had her head in a man's chest, also crying. Also a girl was there, she was sobbing, but she was alone. But the person who caught my eye was the teenage boy holding a girl. He was sobbing the loudest, repeating; 'It's all my fault' or 'I'm so sorry'. I didn't know them. Heath whiped his hand in the air again, and I was back in the meadow with him.

"Remember them Zo?"

"No."

He looked concerned. "Think about all of your elements. One at a time. Then you will remember them. Close your eyes, and think." I closed my eyes. I thought about air. The boy's that were holding hands popped in my mind. I gasped, and opened my eyes.

"Damien, and Jack..." I whispered. He nodded.

"Think about fire, and water next." I nodded, and closed my eyes again. I thought about fire, and water, and the black girl popped in my head, still hugging the white girl. I opened my eyes.

"Shaunee.. Erin.." Tears starting filling the corner of my eyes. "Aphrodite, Darius..."

"I know your sad Zo. Your almost done. Think about Earth." I closed my eyes, and thought about Earth. The girl that was alone appeared in my mind.

"Stevie Rae.." I said, my eyes still closed. Spirit...

That word ran through my mind. I immediatly thought about it. The boy that was holding the girl's body showed up in my head.

"I knew you could do it." Heath whispered, tears starting to overflow in both of our eyes. "You can do this. I believe in you. I will be your angel."

I managed to laugh. "Your going to be my angel?" I said, sarcastically.

"Hard to believe isn't it?" He chuckled.

"When did you get so old Heath?" I smiled.

"Since I died." He frowned a bit.

"That's not funny."

"Sorry Zo." I closed my eyes, then opened them again.

"I love you Heath." I said, letting my eyes look at his face, one last time.

"I love you to Zo." We both were crying hard. He smiled at me, through his tears, and I returned the sad smile.

"Stark..." Was all I whispered before I blacked out again.

***

I was alone.

A girl appeared before me.

"Nyx!" I blurted. She smiled warmly at me, making me feel hopeful.

"Zoeybird." Nyx spoke in her wonderful voice. She was beautiful, wearing a long white dress. Her black hair was pulled up into a high, elegant bun. She reached out and touched my shoulder. "Spirit, be with Zoey, comfort her." As soon as she spoke the words I felt my element flow through me, in spite of where I was and why I was there, I smiled. "There is that smile that I love so much u-we-tsi-a-ge-ya."

"Oh Goddess!" I put my face in my hands "I messed up. I really, really messed up."

"No, u-we-tsi-a-ge-ya. You are following your heart." Nyx took my face, gently lifting it up to meet her eyes. "You don't belong here. You belong in the world of the living. You belong with your friends and your Grandma."

"What do I do now?" I asked. I didn't know how I got to the Otherworld, so I obviously didn't know how to get back.

"Take my hand u-we-tsi-a-ge-ya." I walked over to my beautiful Goddess, placing my hand in hers I closed my eyes.