You might want to go and cry under the bedsheets after reading this. Sorry it's not very good. I've been having headaches lately plus lots of French, science and maths exams to revise for.


I hate the rain. I can hear it pouring outside of the Crooked Caber and I'm glad I'm inside, away from that burning liquid. The rain is the only sound other than my heart thumping of nervousness.

"Another beer Ravs." I say to the bartender, who is playing the lever game with Teep. Ravs runs down the stairs and comes back with a few drinks for us. I tell him to just put it on my tab but he refuses and says,

"No, this ones on the house, mate. How are you feeling?" It's obvious how I'm feeling but I know Ravs just wants to keep the conversation going so none of us have to think about what could be happening at Blackrock.

"I shouldn't have let her do this. Anything could happen to her, anything. I miss her, I need her, I-" Before I could say the last couple of words, the ground shakes and there is a tremendous BOOM! My fingers go numb and I accidentally drop the beer on the floor.

Everything goes silent then. My racing heart is no longer making the loud thumping noises so the only noise is the dreaded rain. It's seems like the world has just paused. Teep still has his hand hovering over the lever and Ravs is still holding his beer halfway between the table and his mouth. Everyone stays still for another few seconds before I react.

I pull my cape so it covers most of my body and run out of the door. I can see smoke rising from behind the mountains. I look for my flying ring, but it's gone, along with most of my magical items. I don't have time to look for them so I just sprint.

The cape offers little protection against the rain and it soon gets wet through. The water hits me and it burns like acid, but I don't care. I need to get to Zoey. I try to teleport but I can't concentrate. The only the only thing I can think of is Zoey, covered in blood, dead.

No, I won't think of that. She won't be dead, I think to myself but I already know that I'm too late. I eventually get over the mountain and see what destruction Lalna's nuke has done. There isn't really anything to look at because the whole of Blackrock is gone and in its place is a crater.

On the other side of the crater is the lake where Zoey laded when she fell from the sky. That was the day I met her, the day which changed my whole life forever. I walk over to it, the rain still pouring down on me like a thousand needles falling from the clouds. Something other than rain then falls from the sky. A lime green sheep.

The sheep bobs to the surface of the water only to be pushed back down by yet another falling object. This time though, it's Zoey. Luckily the sheep cushioned her fall but she doesn't come up from the water.

I need to save her before she drowns but that would mean sacrificing myself. I don't care, she's more important to me than my own life. I leap into the blood stained water. The liquid stings and I feel pain which I have never experienced before but I try to ignore it. My goal it to save Zoey.

I see her descending into the deep water so I swim down and grab her hand. Her blue eyes open and she tries to scream in pain but her mouth gets filled with water. Seeing her in pain hurts me but I have to save her. I'm determined.

Despite her pain, I have to yank her up so I can hold her in a position which won't hurt her. She tries to scream more but once I get her body into my arms, she goes unconscious. I swim to the surface and I feel relief when I get out of the liquid which is my enemy. I lay Zoey down next to the water and I lie next to her, looking up at the sky.

"Zoey, I'm going to miss you, I'm going to need you, I love you." I manage to whisper before I start to lose consciousness. I've taken too much damage from the water but I don't care, at least Zoey is ok.

Just before I was about to go, I hear Zoey say something. Something which makes me sad but happy at the same time.

"Rythian, I'm going to miss you too, I'm gonna need you too, I love you too. Please don't leave me." My last memory is of her grabbing hold of me, tears in her eyes, and kissing me. Before I die, I kiss her back. Then I'm gone.