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Zoe sat in the darkness, all alone, reflecting on her decision of going to Mirkwood. She sat in the center of bed, feeling rather comfortable on the crème colored comforter. In her hands she read the letter that her parents had sent, skimming it over a few times. She looked at the digital clock on her night stand-the green letters showed 10:30.

"Damn-I have almost two hours to kill and nothing to do" she said to herself. She sat at her desk and started up her laptop-she was going to write a good-bye letter to all her closest friends. After all they do have a right to know she thought. She than continued to type rapidly.

An hour later the soft glow on the screen was still shining on her face. She looked over her work and was satisfied. She printed everything out and walked into the living room-If someone comes looking for me maybe they might see this she thought, as she placed the 2 papers on the glass coffee table. She walked back into the bedroom where she opened a suitcase and started packing a few odds and ends that she felt that she just had to bring to show her parents. She packed pictures, clothes, jewelry, her whole make-up kit, few CDs, etc. When she was done she had 2 suitcases on her bed that were filled to the brim and were ready to pop open.

The green lights on the clock read 11:55. Oh My Gosh-I have less than 5 minutes and than I'm going to see my parents.-she thought while wiping away a few tears that threatened to fall. She picked up the letter and read over the instructions her mother had written:

If you wish to come to Mirkwood than tonight (the night of your 18th birthday) light the candle at exactly 11:59 and put on the necklace after lighting the candle.

She opened up her nightstand to pull out her white lighter that had Princess written on it in pink. She set the candle on her desk and put the lighter next to it-knowing very well she would be using it in a few minutes. She went into the bathroom to apply some make-up and thought Hey I gotta look nice, there could be cute guys there. Finally satisfied with the image staring back at her, she went to the bedroom, ready to go to Mirkwood.

The clock read 11:58 she had less than a minute to go. Her stomache had butterflies and was going into knots. It almost felt like a dream that any of this wasn't really happening and that soon she was going to wake-up and everything was going to be back to normal. She delicately picked up the lighter in her hands-she held it like it was glass-this was the ticket that would take her to see her parents. She tested it to make sure there would be a flame so that it would when she needed it. And the time she needed it was now…

She looked at the clock just as it changed to 11:59, its now or never she thought. She lit the candle and watched it flame-nothing happened. "How could I have been so stupid to believe a stupid candle would take me to my parents" she scolded herself. She glanced at the desk and saw the necklace. Her eyes lit up as soon as she realized she forgot about the necklace on- she swiftly clasped it around her neck. She quickly became drowsy and her eyelids felt heavy. She tried to force them to stay open but quickly lost the battle as her eyelids closed. As soon as her eyelids closed- a deep sleep consumed her.