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1. Problems or Stayin' Alive

As I opened my eyes I noticed that something wasn't right. Instead of a hospital room I saw some bees which feasted on a group of dandelions. The twittering of birds clearly audible and the blue sky streamed over the green carpet I was lying on. Only then I noticed that I wasn't feeling any pain. Unbelieving I looked at myself, sweeping my body for injuries but found none. Then I raised myself so that I sat on the pasture. Next to me was my sling bag. Now there were three possibilities for my sudden appearance on this meadow:

A dream? I thought about it. In my dreams I always found strange things, things that were unrealistic. Often I could even steer the direction my dream was going. But this felt too real to be a dream.

Am I dead? That would be possible. But I didn't feel dead. At least I imagined the life after death to be different. That I would see those people again that died before me. Me grandparents, my uncle and my mother. And then of course a bit mixed with what you know from church: Angels, Saints, Jesus and God on his throne.

This location had something paradisical but it wasn't the paradise, it was too … well, it was too empty. I was definitively the only human being on this meadow. So there was only one possibility …

I … am alive. I took a deep breath and opened my mouth as if to say something, but closed it again. But … where the hell am I? This green meadow with a few deciduous trees here and there was definitely NOT in Dusseldorf. But in a strange way I was completely indifferent about this fact because the surroundings just invited one to relax. This was simply pure nature. It was simply beautiful. So beautiful that I just let myself sink down onto the grass between the dandelions to rest for a while. Before I knew what was happening I doze off.

A loud grumbling from my stomach awakened me. It was already evening. The sun was close over the horizon. The mechanical clock on my necklace showed that it was 18:24. I hadn't eaten since this morning in school. Hoping to find something in my bag I opened the zipper ans searched for something I might have left over but my hand found nothing. Shit! Of course my bottle of water was empty, too. Today of all days I just had to be ravenous while in school. Well I couldn't do anything about that now, could I? Slowly it got chilly. I started to shiver and closed the zipper of my black leather jacket. Maybe I should call someone. My hand groped for my mobile in the pockets of my pants but … It is gone! Shit, where is my mobile?! For a few minutes I searched through my things but my mobile was still missing. Great. Not that as well? What now? If I will stay here for the night I have to make a fire to stay warm. But how? There were possibilities but only one was possible to me. But the question was if I managed to light a fire like the Neanderthals. Now it would be useful if I would be a smoker. At least then I would have a lighter … .

I got up, shouldered my backpack and went towards the next grove. As I arrived there I started searching for tree branches to use as firewood. It wasn't easy and I needed till after sunset. The small sliver of the waxing moon gave nearly no light. Clumsily I tried to spin a stick fast enough to light a fire but I had no luck today. The stars shone brightly from the clear sky which was something I hadn't ever seen while in Dusseldorf when I finally gave up. I was completely knackered, my head hurt and I was starving and very thirsty. I just wound up my clock before finally falling asleep in the grass.

My sleep – as far as you could even call it that – was short and restless. I was cold regardless of how I curled up. The time grew hazy as well as my thoughts till finally everything sunk into darkness.