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Prologue
She was on a beach. The sun was reflecting its dazzling rays on the green-gray water, and its heat burning her skin. As I was looking down on her from some unseen angle I realized that she was me. Only now I could see that I was clearly asleep and having a dream. Then a man came walking out of the water onto the shore, looking exhausted from swimming. As he came up to the shore he came to a halt, and stared at me with pleading eyes. His eyes were the strangest color, at first I thought his eyes were pitch black, but as I looked closer they seemed to be a very strange shade of dark-gold, almost black. The man was tall, a little bit muscular, and had skin the color of caramel, but a bit darker. It looked like my skin tone, but his skin was a smooth as porcelain, and in the sunlight he looked like he was glowing, no, more of a shining or sparkling, as if he had glitter on his skin. His face was smooth, unwrinkled, and a bit young looking. I realized he must be my age, 16.
As I was staring at him I realized his lips were moving. He was saying something to me. I think I heard him say "Sudi! Sudi! Please get out of here. This place is not meant for you."
Just as he finished his sentence a man walked up behind him. His eyes a dark crimson color and when I looked at his face the word dangerous kept flashing across my mind.