āHector where are you?! Hector!ā Iām yelling and yelling while running in the forest. The trees are tall and very close to each other, but I know this forest well enough I donāt need to worry of getting lost.
āHector! This is not funny, come back!ā he although knows it better having grown up in it. I am searching for him for a long time, I donāt know why. I know only that I have to find him. Pine needles and twigs are being crushed beneath my boots. For every minute passing and not finding him I can feel my agony magnifying. Out of the sudden my feet stop all by themselves. Where am I? I donāt recognize that place. I am alone. Where is Hector? He told me he would never leave me alone ever again. The landscape changed around without any warning. I am not in my forest any more. I am inside a dark and cold stony cave, big enough to allow me stand upright without even touching the ceiling. It is huge. I can feel the need to go deeper inside of it. I can hear a rhythmic sound, much like breathing but it is very deep to be human. It must be from an animal. A very big one I donāt know of. I am really afraid, my hands are freezing and drip cold sweat. I open my mouth and scream for Hector one more time, but there is no sound coming out. What is happening to me? I canāt understand. I must get out of here but canāt move my legs. They seem to have frozen there. I can hear a loud crawl coming from the depths of the cave, just like something big moved. It is too dark for me to see where the sound came from or what made it and I donāt want to move from where am at, even if something tells me to do so. After trying many times I finally find my voice.
āIs somebody there?ā I sound scared, much like a child, even if I didnāt mean to.
āYou are not ready yetā¦ But I can wait for a little whileā¦ Not very much thoughā¦ It has been too longā¦ Rest Fireās child and be afraid no moreā¦everything is going to be ok, you have me now, and I am never letting you goā¦Donāt be afraid of me any moreā¦ā that voiceā¦ I have known it since forever. I canāt doubt it, even if I feel that it is dangerous to do so.
āWho are you?ā I try to sound brave. At least my voice isnāt trembling this time.
āNo, Fireās child, you are not ready yet. But you are going to learn soonā¦ Until then, sleep sweet and I will hold your nightmares awayā I canāt resist the voice, so I fall into deep sleep.
Ā I was thrown out of my bed. My breathing came out rough, like it does when Iām running. I slowly let myself fall back on the mattress and try to get calm. What was all that? Maybe just another dreamā¦ Even if it felt pretty real to me. My eyelids began to weight and I fell asleep into a dreamless sleep. Just like the voice had promised.
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