• Chapter 1: Inevitable
    " Hey mom? I'm going to go plant my avocado tree across the street," I said.
    "You be careful out there, who knows what kind of creeps might be lurking out there."
    "I know mom, you ALWAYS tell me that. Besides, I have a big shovel with me. If anyone tries anything, I'll knock them out," I replied as I pretended to whack someone over the head.
    I walked across the street and started looking for a good spot for my tree. "Man it's so hot out," I thought out loud.
    My mom had complained about water dripping all over our porch from the lady's countless plants from upstairs to our apartment manager. A week or two later, everyone got notices on their door saying that we can only have two potted plants on our porch, and they must not grow higher than the rail. Great going mom... So, here I was out planting my avocado tree because of my mom's stupid complaints. Just then, I found the perfect spot. My tree would get a lot of sun and rain without pine trees threatening to take over. So, I started the long task of digging. Then, very faintly I heard someone say my name. "Katelynn..." it said again.
    "Who's out there?" I asked as I looked around me. I was gripping the shovel so tight that my knuckles turned white. "Helloooooo? Is there anyone there?" Nobody answered, so I cautiously turned around and started to dig, faster than before. All I wanted to do was get back home. The hole I'd been digging was about a foot deep now. I had to make the hole deep enough so my tree wouldn't fall over. "Lets see," I said. "My tree is about... four inches taller than me and I'm five foot, four... So that's five foot eight.. I guess I should at least make the hole two feet deep." So I kept digging. One last tome I shoved my shovel into the dirt. Then a blast of cold air enveloped me. I screamed as my shovel slipped out of my hand and fell through the hole I'd been digging, into a dark... cave? "Oh crud! If I don't get the shovel, mom's gonna kill me, but... It looks creepy in there!"
    Before I knew it, my feet were dragging my in. I seemed to have lost all of my free will. then I fell through the hole and landed on solid ground about six feet down. Great. Now I was stuck... "I'm gonna die.. Nobody is going to know what happened to me. I'm going to starve to death!!" I started to hyperventilate. then a little voice in my head said, Katelynn, calm down.. deep breaths..
    That calmed me down a little. I found my shovel and started to look around, but it was too dark. Light, light.. I need a light. Then I remembered my little rubber duck key chain light that my boyfriend, Brien gave me for Christmas. It made a quacking sound every time I pushed the on button. It would be annoying, but I had to take a look around to see if there was any way out. Finally, after a lot of searching, I found a ladder with a hatch at the top. So I started to climb, but my body wouldn't do as it was told. Then I heard it again, "Katelynn...."
    then my body started to follow the voice. I couldn't help it. No matter what I did, I couldn't stop. I was being drawn further and further from my only escape.

    Chapter 2: Discovery
    I had to use my duck light to reveal my path as I was pulled further and further through the cave. The echos of the quacking started to drive me mad. Then I saw a faint glow towards the end of the tunnel. with every step I took, it seemed to get brighter. So I shut off my duck light and was momentarily blinded as my eyes adjusted to the darkness around me.
    At first, I couldn't tell what I was looking at. was it animals? I could have sworn I saw little animals running around. I got to the end of the cave and it was almost as bright as the world above ground, but the light didn't seem be coming from any particular place. It was just there. Then I noticed some writing on the wall. It read, "Whom ever reads upon this wall, may your wings never break, your paws never get caught in a trap and may your hooves never shatter.
    "Hmm that's interesting," I said. then I noticed carvings of many animals on the walls. "Wow, interesting petroglyphs. I still don't know who, or what was calling my name though..." Luckily, curiosity didn't get the better of me.. I shivered and found my way back to the ladder. I made it out into the daylight and was a little disoriented from being stuck underground. I ran home completely forgetting about my avocado tree lying on it's side by the hole that could have become my death.

    Chapter 3: Dreams
    That night I slept restlessly. I had many strange dreams. In the first one, I was across the street, and everything was so crisp and clear. I had never seen the world like this before. I was so busy looking around at the beauty of everything, that I didn't realize where I was. Before I even had a chance to react, I tripped over my avocado tree and fall down the hole once again. I landed on something hard. "What the... I don't remember there being a statue of a woman here before.
    Then I found myself at the end of the tunnel where the petroglyphs were. All the animals were different though. They all glowed with their own types of energy. They were so beautiful, I couldn't help but touch them. The carving of a bear was the closest to me, and when I traced my fingers over it's head, the glowing energy which was darker than the other animals then traveled through my hand, up my arm, and into my heart.
    Every animal I touched sent it's own unique energy into me. Then I fell backwards. I fell further and further away from the light into darkness.
    Next thing I knew, I was racing across endless fields of green, but at the same time I was watching from the infinite sky, whole I saw along side the fields in a vast deep river. Life had new meaning. I had more strange dreams throughout the night, but I couldn't recall all of them.
    the last dream I had was in complete darkness. I could hear sounds off in the distance, and I could smell the fear of those around me. I tried to ask what was going on, then light came flooding in and a great beast took me in it's jaw and bit down. I screamed as I sat up in bed.
    I had difficulties sleeping for the rest of the night. When I got up to get ready to go, I realized my whole left side was very tender. Then I saw that my whole entire side was purple and blue.
    How could I have gotten such a bruise in my sleep? Then I remembered my first dream. But... Could that have really happened?