hey kids, what up? this is technically my second fanfic, but the first one was completely horrible and from a lonnnnng time ago on another name. fyi every other chapter changes view point, the odd chapters its Avery and the even chapters its the guys. so basically, please review? I want to know what you think. I have some ideas for upcoming chapters, but any comments/suggestions are welcome. hope you like it. later kids. 3kate
Simply put, it was so hot out. Every breath, every step was mechanical by now. One more breath closer, one more step closer, closer to.....to what? I couldn't even answer that question. I had no clue where I was headed, let alone where I'd end up. The wind was blowing anything it could get its hands on. It was a hot breeze though, not like the kind you'd feel if you were on the beach. I stumbled, thinking about the last time I was at the beach, as my shoe got caught in a crack in the ground. It was so dry, every time I put my foot on the ground a little cloud of dust exploded up, as if trying to aim for my face, so maybe I'd just choke on it and drop dead. It would be so easy. That's what was sad. How easy it would be to just stop. There would be no more confusion, no more open-ended thoughts. But I was afraid that if I stopped, even to just look around, I'd collapse on the ground and there would be nothing urging me to get up. I was lucky that hadn't already happened. The horizon was an immeasurable distance away, it was likely to swallow me up before I got anywhere.
I heard a noise. My response was slow, but I turned my head to the left. There was nothing there. I turned to the right, and there were odd clouds of dust bursting out of the ground. I turned my course and headed straight for them. They were closer than I had originally thought. I kept walking and the wind blow the next cloud right into my face. I coughed, my body sounding hollow, but I was still walking. Before I had time to react, I felt my foot step out...and hit nothing. There was no ground below it, just the thick cloud that was making me squint and choke. My body weight was already traveling forward and I couldn't stop my own momentum. I fell into a comforting darkness.