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Reliving the Dead

The boy stands alone in a vast field, nothing around him moves, he barely breathes, he is waiting. As he stands alone, his eyes glance around him alert for the slightest movement. Finally it appears he sees what he is looking for, a young girl glides forward into his vision. She doesn’t appear to notice him waving at her, she just continues her way past him toward the sea, as she just about touches the water she is jerked forward. The boy is now screaming at her to stop and come back, she can’t hear him, as she is jerked deeper out to sea by an invisible force. The boy tries his best to reach her, he is held back by the same force, all he can do is watch, as she is jerked deeper until she can barely keep her head above the water. She goes under now, on the third time she doesn’t come back. The boy screams in terror now but he knows that she is past saving. The girl of his dreams is gone, and has been for some time now. Everyone else has moved on, yet he is left there, screaming and reliving that horrible day.

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