To those who bother reading my writings: thanx, and sorry about taking so long, and writing such a short piece of work. I'm in the middle of my exams and just be grateful I bothered to write this instead of studying for geography. Anyway, I hope you like it and don't forget to review.

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Turning to the billion strands of lives that- I realized in shock- I was in total control of. I could destroy whom I wished and I could save whom I wanted. Like.Jake, and Tom and.Tobias.

But, how?

I had said there were billions, and billions there were. Which ones were my friends? I had no idea. There were thousands being born, millions dying as I waited and many more intertwining, joining and crossing others on the journey they called life. It all seemed like ages ago, life. Like it had disappeared within me. Immortality had changed me in a matter of moments. Eternal life was twisting my thoughts and defying what I once thought was-

No. I couldn't let my mind wander. Lives were at stake and my friends were in danger. Scanning back and forth through bright shining strands and dull, almost lifeless lines, I grew frustrated very quickly. How hard could it be to find six- I mean, five- strands that were twisted around each other in more ways than possible. Very hard apparently. Losing focusing again, I scolded myself. At times like this when time was meant to be precious and every second counted, I wasted it.

Scanning, searching, seeking. Flipping through pages of a thousand-page encyclopedia, hoping to find a specific page without a guide or reference. Trying to locate a book in a library without numbers or assistance of any kind. That's what this was like.

After.how long? Time didn't really matter here did it? But it did in the real world, the world where I no longer existed. It affected them, my friends. They could be in trouble or they might need help. What if.they were.dead? But they couldn't be could they? Could that be the reason I could not locate them, even among so many others. Could they have been dying as I selfishly worried about my own well being? Could it?

No, I reassured myself. They wouldn't do anything that would harm themselves on purpose in any way. And the Yeerk threat was over, wasn't it. They ended it right after.right after.Strange. I have no living memory of what occurred the day I had intended to kill someone. Jake.he had told me to.then.I forget. Well, obviously something went wrong or I wouldn't have appeared here.

I slumped to the ground, exhausted. Below me was empty space and a clear blackness that looked eerily haunting. Yet it felt like the cold, uninviting touch of stone. Staring up at the ever-moving and ever-changing lines above me, I noticed a light, almost faded line. Fluorescent in colour and forever moving, forever twisting and turning and detaching from other lines, even without help I knew to whom this pale, yet vivid line belonged.

I should have known, I did know. After all, she had been my best friend for.forever it seemed.

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There we go.I told you it was short.:'(.I'll write more after this exam.which ends in two days.) And thanks for reading.review!! (am I getting annoying yet with the review thing? If so, let me know.all you have to do is click on the little box below.)