It's All In Her Dreams
Elli lay curled up in bed, the comforter twisted around her. She groaned unpleasantly, while a vivid scene flashed through her mind.
She was running through the woods with an impulse to find Jay, the new farmer. Something was wrong. Very wrong.
Panting, she turned the corner and just missed stumbling into the Harvest Goddess' pond. She sat down to catch her breath. She swept her hand across the cool water, even though Summer's heat was pounding down. Elli splashed her face, and the cool water relaxed her. She sighed happily. Nothing was wrong. She jogged to the beach and lay in the warm sand, closing her tired eyes. But when she opened her eyes, there was a strange shadow in the water. Startled, Elli waded in, but to her dismay, the shadow was in a deeper part, and she couldn't swim!
Instinctively, she plugged her nose and plunged under. The shadow! What could it be? Elli reached out her hand. Was it…? No it couldn't be! Jay? Elli stood up and gasped for air. No one was around, so she was forced to dive under to rescue Jay herself.
But as soon as she grabbed his wrist, her chest was full of pain. Elli groped upward, but she couldn't…couldn't reach. The blackness somehow crept in. Elli woke up hearing her own bloodcurdling scream. Jay! He was in trouble!
Neglecting her shoes, Elli ran to the beach. The last time she ignored one of her dreams, she lost her parents, and she had never gotten over that. "Oh Goddess! Jay, I'm coming!"