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Ending from Chapter One:

"Hey! It's not my fault you . . ." Cliff's voice turns into a bunch of murmurs.

~Vision~

Just like a heat wave the blackness swarms over my whole body. Knocking the breath out of me. I feel like I'm racing through a black tunnel leaving the sounds of the cafeteria behind me. My body is completely numb and my voice says nothing when I try to let out a scream. All I can do is let myself go and pray to god this ends. Soon.

~End Vision~


Chapter 2 - Nicholas

Nicholas Lusak was walking around a crowd of people in a busy amusement park. Even through all those people he only sensed one. He couldn't see her, but he could smell her. Almost like her scent was acting as a trail, bringing him closer to her with every deep breath he took. He knew he was seconds away from actually seeing her face.

"Nick, Nick! Come on it's time to wake up!" Jeannie, Nick's younger sister barrages into his bedroom and pulls up the blind, allowing the piercing bright light to spread its way through the room. "Come on! Grandpa's gonna be here in two days!"

"Right and we wouldn't want to miss that." Nicholas mumbled. His head lay under his pillow in an attempt to block the sun out.

"Come on Nick, it won't be as bad as last time. I promise." Jeannie says in her innocent voice.

"You're right cause this time he my parents aren't here for him to kill. I'm going back to sleep! It's 10:30 in the morning! On a Saturday for that matter!" Nick said bitterly, pulling the blankets over his head.

"Fine! I'll just tell Uncle Jim that you don't care!" She gets up from Nick's bed, where she was unwelcomely sitting and stomps her way out the door. Just like any typical nine year old.

"Close the blind on your way out!" But instead of doing that, she slams the bedroom door closed. "Or not?"

Normally Nick wasn't this grumpy, ever. But in his dream he was so close to actually seeing her. The girl that he had been dreaming about every night for the past month and a half. He squeezes his eyes closed and then opens them again.

Nick pulls over the bed covers and wobbles out of bed. He makes his way over to his dresser and closes the lid over his dream box, locking every detail about his dream inside.

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Downstairs Uncle Jim is watching a "How to Cook" show. Jeannie is coloring in her My Little Pony coloring book. Nicholas isn't very hungry so he makes his way back up the stairs again. Instead of going to his room, he walks right past his door and moves on to the next one. Nick opens the door and goes into the room, closing the door behind him.

He walks toward the vanity table that belonged to his mother and picks up a family picture. With just him, his mom, Jeannie and his dad. This was taken two weeks before the accident. Nick examines the looks on all of their faces. Everyone was smiling, as if they had never been happier---that statement was true in Nick's case, he had never been happier than that day. Everyone but his father. Barret Lusak wasn't smiling, his expression lay blank, he was keeping a straight face while everyone else was laughing. Why hadn't Nick noticed this before? But in his father's eyes, Nicholas could almost see a slight pang of worry. Was it possible that Nick's father knew what was coming to him and his wife?

Nick puts the picture face down on the bed and lays down. He remembers that night, as if it were yesterday and not a year ago.

* Flashback *

"Jeannie, where did mom go? I have to tell her something." Nicholas asked his little sister. His little sister just looked up at him and shook her head. Nick sensed something really bad was about to happen. "Come on Jeannie, we've gotta go find them"

"Fine, you can be a bum sometimes Nick you know that?" Jeannie replied, yes Nick knew it was past her bedtime, but that didn't matter when your parents are missing.

Nicholas picked up Jeannie and raced out the front door, almost forgetting to close it behind him. He ran to the next door neighbors and asked if they had saw his parents within the past fifteen minutes.

"Yes, they walked by here nearly ten minutes ago with a flashlight in their hands. Headed up towards the old church, not a safe place to be at night you know." Mrs. Appleton informed Nick. Without even a thank you he turned around and ran towards the abandoned road which lead to the old church. When he got there he saw a disturbing sight. The church was up in flames, his Grandfather's car was parked on the road and a flashlight with a sticker that said "Property of Lusak" was laying on the grass still on.

"Jeannie I need you to go to the house across the field and tell them to call 911. Okay?" but before he could get an answer from her he ran towards the fire, feeling it's warmth pull him into the flames and lock him inside the thick gray fog.

* End Flashback *

Nicholas wakes up sweating. Wait this isn't my room, he thinks. He looks around to see that he hasn't yet left his parents room. After shuddering away his dream he puts the picture back and goes and gets ready for the interesting day to come.