Chapter 1 Megan Richards was in the middle of a dream; at least she thought it was a dream. She was soaring through clouds like a bird, only she couldn’t feel the wind nor see the ground; nothing but clouds and blue, blue sky. Then a haunting guitar melody that she vaguely recognized began to play as she saw scenes from her life reflected in the clouds. As they flashed past her, she heard a male voice begin singing with the melody. "I close my eyes, only for a moment and the moment’s gone. All my dreams pass before my eyes, a curiosity. Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind." Megan tried to sigh as she felt a certain truth in those lyrics. What was her life in the grand scheme of things? What good did it do to have dreams when they could so easily be shattered to fall to the ground and blow away just like dust in the wind? "Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea. All we do crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see. Dust in the wind; all we are is dust in the wind. Ohhhh ohh ohhhh." Poignant strains of a violin started to play that almost made her want to cry, but instead, she tried to laugh; the lyrics just seemed to keep proving she had nothing worth holding onto. She was just another drop of water in an endless sea of talented people with useless dreams. Her life was meaningless. "Now, don’t hang on; nothin’ lasts forever but the earth and sky. It slips away, and all your money won’t another minute buy. Dust in the wind; all we are is dust in the wind. Dust in the wind; everything is dust in the wind, the wind…" Megan felt free as she saw the last scenes of her life flashing by; Jonnie yelling at her how much she’d hurt him, but she didn’t feel the pain of that any more and she didn’t want to. She was soaring toward the sun, feeling absolutely nothing but peace when a gust of wind suddenly threw her aside from her course and she heard Jonnie’s voice again. "MEGAN, DON’T YOU DARE LEAVE!!! I’LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW!!!" She tried to turn around but was finding it difficult to alter her course toward the sun. Then she heard another voice she didn’t recognize at all. “Megan, do you really want to go back?” She looked around trying to see who was speaking, but there was no one. She tried to say yes, but she couldn’t figure out how to make her voice work, so she screamed it mentally. "YES!!!" The voice spoke again, sounding like it was coming from the sun, and it said more loudly, “Good, because your destiny has not been fulfilled. You have to teach Jonathan how to handle his gifts. Teach him wisely and he will help to save your world.” She almost wanted to laugh, but she still couldn’t figure out how to make any sounds with her voice. So she let her thoughts speak for her. "What are you talking about?!! How to handle what gifts?!!" The voice sounded again but was fainter as if whoever was speaking was moving away from her. “This is not for you to question. You will know when it is time; just remember what we have told you.” Her confusion was causing her to lose concentration on soaring through the clouds and she suddenly realized she was falling. As she picked up speed, she started to become aware of feeling a lot of pain and being very frightened as she saw the ground rushing up to meet her. She opened her mouth to scream but still no sound came out; there was only a rush of air into her lungs that hurt worse than anything she’d ever felt.
Posted on: Sun, 07 Jul 2013 04:11:10 +0000
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