CHAP 4 – The Forest of Saddness
The air was damp and cold, and I was wishing I were home in my warm bed. Slowly, I started to see outlines of figures. I looked up and saw giant shapes. Slowly swaying back and forth. My eyes came even more into focus so that I could recognize what they were: Massive silver trees. Beyond that were black clouds pelting rain sending the forest into a chaotic mess of rain, wind, and coldness. . "Madonna? Is that you?" I felt around in the blackness. The ground felt uneven against my feet. As I stepped back and forth, I could feel leaves crunching and sticks braking. The cold wind sent chills down my back and my soaking wet clothes clung tightly to my skin. I stepped down into a small hole and fumbled forward. A pair of furry arms caught me mid way and saves me from possibly nasty fall. "OH! Maddy! You're a lifesaver!" I stood up. My vision was now good enough to see her looking at me. She, too, was soaking wet, and looked absolutely terrified, "What is this place?" she asked. We both turned away from each other and looked around. Trees as far as you cold see. The silver in the tree's sparkles in the darkness. This place was more than just a forest, I could feel it. There was a sadness. "It looks like a huge forest to me." I said. "We'd better find shelter before this wind and cold gets the best of us..." Maddy said. We started walking through the sticks and fallen trees. The forest seemed endless and as if there was no hope of ever finding our way out. I started to feel a knot in my stomach; I wanted to find shelter...I wanted to go home.
After around ten minutes of crawling through the forest and a couple cuts each, we finally found a tiny shelter under a fallen tree. We both sat, huddled against each other, trying to keep warm. "This should work for shelter until the morning." Said Maddy, leaning against the trunk of the tree. "If there is a morning..." I said. Maddy gave me a serious look. I could tell she was as scared as I was. I looked at her closer, how horrible it must be to wake up in a place like this? It was my doing that brought her here. Maybe I should have just asked for sun block or something. I have to admit though, I am very happy I'm not here alone.
Eventually Maddy drifted to sleep, and I was left staring into the darkness of the forest. I wish I could have my diary...but wait! I do! I grabbed my backpack and rummaged through it and drew out my leather covor diary and pen. I adjusted myself so that some of the little night light would allow me to see my writing. I slowly opened the book and turned to the first page. My pen hovered above the page as I started to write. Date unknown, time, at night.
Journal, I see no point in writing about what has happened. So let's just start with now. It is raining very hard still, but I think it might clear up sometime soon. Maddy is asleep now and I can't sleep. That's why I have come to you. I don't think I have ever been as scared as I am now. I wish I were home, with my friends and family. Even my grumpy cousins seem wonderful compaired to this. I can't stop thinking of what's going to happen. Have all the other people who died, awoken just as I have? Is what I am experiencing uncommon? Has this happened to everyone? I wish you were more than just a place for me to write my thoughts. I wish you could give me advice. I wish I had answers.
I have one goal. That is to find my love, Scott. I don't even know if he is out there in this world. But if he is, I have to find him. I will write later.
Anna
I closed my journal and tucked it safely back into my backpack. I felt a little better that I had let some of my thoughts out. I had to save strength for the adventures that would follow the next day. And with that, I leaned against the trunk and fell into a dreamless sleep.
The air was damp and cold, and I was wishing I were home in my warm bed. Slowly, I started to see outlines of figures. I looked up and saw giant shapes. Slowly swaying back and forth. My eyes came even more into focus so that I could recognize what they were: Massive silver trees. Beyond that were black clouds pelting rain sending the forest into a chaotic mess of rain, wind, and coldness. . "Madonna? Is that you?" I felt around in the blackness. The ground felt uneven against my feet. As I stepped back and forth, I could feel leaves crunching and sticks braking. The cold wind sent chills down my back and my soaking wet clothes clung tightly to my skin. I stepped down into a small hole and fumbled forward. A pair of furry arms caught me mid way and saves me from possibly nasty fall. "OH! Maddy! You're a lifesaver!" I stood up. My vision was now good enough to see her looking at me. She, too, was soaking wet, and looked absolutely terrified, "What is this place?" she asked. We both turned away from each other and looked around. Trees as far as you cold see. The silver in the tree's sparkles in the darkness. This place was more than just a forest, I could feel it. There was a sadness. "It looks like a huge forest to me." I said. "We'd better find shelter before this wind and cold gets the best of us..." Maddy said. We started walking through the sticks and fallen trees. The forest seemed endless and as if there was no hope of ever finding our way out. I started to feel a knot in my stomach; I wanted to find shelter...I wanted to go home.
After around ten minutes of crawling through the forest and a couple cuts each, we finally found a tiny shelter under a fallen tree. We both sat, huddled against each other, trying to keep warm. "This should work for shelter until the morning." Said Maddy, leaning against the trunk of the tree. "If there is a morning..." I said. Maddy gave me a serious look. I could tell she was as scared as I was. I looked at her closer, how horrible it must be to wake up in a place like this? It was my doing that brought her here. Maybe I should have just asked for sun block or something. I have to admit though, I am very happy I'm not here alone.
Eventually Maddy drifted to sleep, and I was left staring into the darkness of the forest. I wish I could have my diary...but wait! I do! I grabbed my backpack and rummaged through it and drew out my leather covor diary and pen. I adjusted myself so that some of the little night light would allow me to see my writing. I slowly opened the book and turned to the first page. My pen hovered above the page as I started to write. Date unknown, time, at night.
Journal, I see no point in writing about what has happened. So let's just start with now. It is raining very hard still, but I think it might clear up sometime soon. Maddy is asleep now and I can't sleep. That's why I have come to you. I don't think I have ever been as scared as I am now. I wish I were home, with my friends and family. Even my grumpy cousins seem wonderful compaired to this. I can't stop thinking of what's going to happen. Have all the other people who died, awoken just as I have? Is what I am experiencing uncommon? Has this happened to everyone? I wish you were more than just a place for me to write my thoughts. I wish you could give me advice. I wish I had answers.
I have one goal. That is to find my love, Scott. I don't even know if he is out there in this world. But if he is, I have to find him. I will write later.
Anna
I closed my journal and tucked it safely back into my backpack. I felt a little better that I had let some of my thoughts out. I had to save strength for the adventures that would follow the next day. And with that, I leaned against the trunk and fell into a dreamless sleep.