Chapter 5

I’m skating on a frozen lake with mountains surrounding me. There are nets set up about 50 feet away from each other on the lake and there are 10 kids on the ice including myself. We are all between 8-13 years old. Laughter and happiness fill the air. A kid yells and passes me the puck. Somehow I know he is my best friend but I don’t recognize his face. I rush up the ice and shoot the puck, it dings off the bar and down into the net, GOAL! I laugh and skate over to hug my teammates. This feels so real, like I’ve lived this before in another life. Suddenly the sun turns a deep red, casting a dark shadow over everything. The ice we are skating on begins to crack and I see all of my friends around me start to fall through the ice. I’m stranded on an ice block in the center of the lake that is now so hot it is boiling. This is it, this is how I die, boiled alive in a lake. The ice is getting smaller and the boiling water is starting to sting my feet and hands. Suddenly the ice breaks and I plunge into the boiling lake.

“Drakocarr!” Someone is calling my name, I look around and I see no one but suddenly hear a loud BEEP – BEEP – BEEP – BEEP – BEEP then my name again this time louder “DRAKOCARR!!” I am yanked out of my slumber and back into the world of consciousness…