The Berkeley Castle

by: moonlightbear

chapter 5--fire

------------------------late at night at the camp----------------------------------

it was dark and cold, but then it was suddenly really hot. then it got brighter, the sun was rising and he saw trees... lots of trees... and fire... the fire was spreading! spreading around a lake... "Its too hot Raz turn around!" but they kept go towards the lake Jake was scared... Raz came closer to the fire, they were mere inches away from the licking flames and Jake begged his friend to leave... to take him away... alittle ways away Jake saw a figure run out of the flames, the figure was on fire... it ran into the lake for safety... ... and then it changed,... ... he was in the front doorway of his new home but he couldn't get in... someone, who looked to be an officer was in his way. "Excuse me, can I go in please?!" no one moved, "Hello!!" he waved his arms, no one noticed, "What going on?!?! Ouch!!" he exclaimed as something pinched his skin hard... he looked at his shoulder(where he was pinched) and saw nothing for a moment and then he saw it... the familar eyes of his close friend, "Raz?" he asked to confirm... the eyes were soon surrounded by the rest of the dragon's body, and the dragon nodded. "Then I must be dreaming..." Jake concluded... the dragon turned its head to the people who were blocking Jake's entrance into his home...

"I'm very sorry about your loss Mrs. Baker, we were able to recover one of your children's body. If you could come to identify the body... Mrs. Zero told us it was not hers." the officer said.

"Yes, yes... I'll come," Kate said coming out of the house... "You know we only moved here less then 3 days ago--'

GASP!! Jake woke from his dream in fear realizing what it was... "Hmmm... Jake you ok?" Mike yawned out. Jake didn't hear the question, he was looking around himself, looking for what could be the souce of the soon forest fire. His eyes landed on the put out campfire, he poked it with a stick... Nothing happened, maybe it was just a nightmare and nothing more...

"Ow, damn it!" A voice said from the words, Mike was next to Jake in a second. "Who was that?" He asked.

"Look Danny's dad isn't in his sleeping bag, its probably him..." Jake replied calmly, he headed back to bed, but then something caught his eye. A light, not a flash light light but a fire light light... "Ow, ow! shit shit shit! Go out stupid!! Damn it!!!OUCH!!!" Jake's eyes were wide with fear, as the light grew...

"EVERYBODY UP!!! We got to go!!!" Said Danny's father as he ran out of where the fire started.

"What? why???" Danny called from his sleep... "Turn off the sun dad..." He call sleepily.

"Uh, Dude, thats not the sun!" Sara said when she rose her head she was soon up and in her shoes. Jake and Mike already had there's on, so Lucas just picked his son up and started to run up the path they had taken to get there...

"No!!" Jake yelled.

"KID FOLLOW ME!! I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING!!"

"Right thats why we're heading down wind... If we go that way, it'll catch us or worst trap us... then we'll be heading back this way and it'll still catch us!! WE GOTTA GO UP WIND!!" Thats what happened, thats why he saw what he did... and now hopefully they'll all live longer... "THIS WAY!!!!" He yelled leading the way... "Sara cellphone out now!!" He said as they ran around the large lake. "We need help call 911!" They were soon running through the forest on the other side of the lake. They were safe, the fire was spreading fast down wind, but here... It wasn't... Sara was told an officer would be waiting for them in a designated spot, some place on some road, Danny and his dad knew where to go. As they made it, the officer came out to get them.

"Jeez, I'm sure glad you guys made it out alright." He said, Jake smiled, it was the officer from his dream...

"Me too!" Jake and Sara said at once, they looked at each other and then laughed.

The officer smiled, "Come on, I'm taking you to the station. Your families will meet you there; you'll all stay there till the fire is out and its safe for you all to return." At the questioning looks he got he explained, "The fire is heading to your homes, we don't want anyone in the way of the fire's path, but we should have it under control shortly, I believe." They all climbed into the vehicle, Danny was on his father's lap in the front seat and the Baker kids were sqaushed in the back. As they drove the long way around the forest, they got a grand view of it... Including the fire, and it did indeed went down and the tracked back. As Jake saw this his dream came back to him, the figure was on fire... it ran to the lake for safety... Jake eyed his family, he knew it was one of them, but did it really matter? He guess not... But he shuddered at the thought and the others notice that...

"You ok, Jake? You don't look so good..."

"I'm I'm fine..." He said, and turned to look out the window. They would just think he was a freak, if he told them what he knew/saw/dreamt... /whatever... He was beginning to feel like a freak, too.

"You know, he woke up with a jump this morning. Was it a nightmare Jake?"

"No, I'm fine." He repeated...

It wasn't long til they got to the station and the families were reunited. "HONEY BEAR, BABY BEAR!!" Annie called. Danny rolled his eyes as he hugged his mom.

"Why do you insist on calling me that, mom!"

"Because I love you!" She said.

"Hi honey, I swear after tonight I'm quiting!"

"Oh my goodness, You know your not to smoke out there, and near the kids!! I told you!!"

"I know I know, and I know I'ma going to pay, literally, for it, but please keep it down."

"MOM!!" The four Baker kids called as they came into the room. When they heard Danny's mom's nickname for him many of the kids there laughed. Kate was so relieved that her children were all safe and sound...

"I don't know what I'd do with out you kids!" She said hugging them dearly.

An hour later the fire was out, it wasn't too bad on the account of it being called in so fast. No homes were damaged, but there was ashes of fallen trees in the air, making it hard to breathe abit. The police said they could stay for the night and they did. As Jake laid on the cot past dreams came to him, ones he'd forgotten or hadn't thought of. He went over the three we know of: the fire, the castle, and the Evanston home; and then there was a dream of choas, balloons, and the phrase "Its gonna blow!!" That was Dylan's Birthday... And then the dream about the movie being made, he thought it was cool and even cooler a month later when they called Kate and she announced it to the family... Dejavu... it was weird... Then there was a dream about him doing a 520 on his board, but that still remains a dream... "Why can't I dream of better things more often, tonight was too tiring?" He said quietly too himself.

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author's notes: did i scare ppl away or something why aren't i getting any reviews at all!! i'm not trying to be rude here, i just want to know what you think of it!! so please review IF ANYTHING TELL ME TO THROW THIS AWAY if you think its no good... i just want to know what you think...

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