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Chapter One: The Dream
It was dark and there was no sign of the moon. There were trees everywhere surrounded by an eerie blue mist that appeared to be glowing slightly. The swamp is quiet, not a creature is stirring. A dark figure is running through the trees, swiftly and smoothly. The figure moves in a straight line, not veering from its path.
He keeps on running and running, driven by panic and fear. All he can hear is the sound of his feet sloshing through the mud, the snapping of twigs, and his haggard breathing. All he can see are trees and the mist. The occasional branch hits his face but he merely just pushes it away. He cannot stop. It is right behind him. He can almost feel its presence. It must not catch up to him. Suddenly he loses his footing and falls into the mud. He just lies there for a while; he's exhausted and out of wind. He gets up on his knees and looks behind him; a white glow is seen slowly moving through the trees heading towards him. Terror grips his heart and he jumps up to his feet and starts running again. All he sees are trees, there seems to be no end to them; when suddenly he comes across a clearing. The sudden light of the moon momentarily blinds him; he shields his eyes with his right arm and continues to run. His feet finds no ground and he tumbles down a ravine.
Adam groans as he gets up from the ground. He is sore from the fall and exhausted from the running. He checks his surroundings and sees that there is no way out of the ravine. The sides are too steep and the mud is too slippery. Remembering his pursuer, Adam looks up and is glad to only see the moon and the night sky. His relief is short-lived, however, as he notices a shadow appear in the moon. He squints his eyes, hoping he can make it out. The dark shadow gets closer and shapes itself into a giant black hand reaching out for him. Adam's eyes widen and he backs away from the hand until his back hits the side of the ravine. He lets himself slide to the ground, cowering and shaking in fear. The hand is mere inches from Adam when a bright white ball of light comes flying down and gets between them forcing the hand back. It hovers there for a moment and then starts circling the hand. A small trail of light is tailing the ball and tightens itself around the hand dispersing the darkness and destroying the hand. The ball floats over to Adam, whose eyes open even wider and face becomes deathly pale. "No" he whispers. The ball of light comes closer. "No." The ball of light glows brighter encasing Adam in a white light. He raises his left arm over his head and looks away as he screams "nooooooooooo!"
Adam bolts out of his sleeping bag, his face pale and his breath shallow. He is sweating and his grip on his sheets are iron tight. Adam calms himself down while muttering "it's just a dream Adam. A creepy, scary dream that seems to be too real for comfort… Okay, you need to stop this. There is nothing to worry about… except maybe what that light was trying to show you…. No. No. Don't think about it." Adam turned to the other defenders: Kara, Erik, Mel and the new kid, Rion, were sleeping peacefully in their sleeping bags while Seth was sprawled out on his like it was him that was being restless. I wish, thought Adam, that would make things so much easier for me. He lies back down and closes his eyes but the dream still plagues him. I can understand why I was afraid of the hand, anyone would be, but why was I afraid of the light? What was it trying to show me? The sight of the ball of light was clear in his head, as clear as his dream. He remembered that when it was getting closer to him that a strange symbol of some sort was attempting to form on it. What was that symbol? Why do I fear to see it? What does this all mean? Before he can contemplate more, fatigue overtakes him and he falls back to sleep. He dreams no more that night.
