That night I lay asleep in my room, waiting. I didn’t like the way I felt right now. I couldn’t really tell what was different about his night. I just felt different. Like a new feeling had entered the community. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a good feeling. Like many nights before I lay on my soft bed and day dreamed about the days activities. But something stopped me. This night was different, new to us all.
I stared at my ceiling, wishing I were by the river, walking along its pristine waters.
I shuddered. I had never felt such an emotion. I was uncomfortable. Miserably even! I got out of bed quickly and walked hurriedly to my room’s door. Exiting, I looked down the hallway. My ears were met with complete silence. I resumed breathing.
“Parents asleep, I’m good to go!”
My footsteps were quiet as I stepped lightly down the smoothly paved walkways. I was headed directly for the river, not knowing why I was traveling in the direction I was going. Normally I would take the main route and the only reason I did so was because my small school was along that route. But tonight I decided to spice things up a little. After all, school was again tomorrow. As I traveled I realized something for the first time. This was the first time I had been out of my dwelling at night. It was completely against the rules to leave ones dwelling at night. But the most significant thing about the whole adventure was the feelings I experienced while doing it. I wasn’t sure how to place it. The best I could come up with was Fun.
The night grew on as I walked by the cool, calm waters of our community’s small river. Everything was perfect, but I know soon that the bright sun would be peaking its head over the horizon. I turned to go, but something came to my attention. I couldn’t tell what it was at first, but after a moment it became very bright. It was far way, many miles to the north. I could tell it was coming from a distant community, but I could not tell what distant land the light came from. As a stood and stared I began to worry. It seemed to completely consume the entire horizon.
I stood there until I heard a familiar sound, that of a distant airplane. With this new revelation of sound I could begin to see that small airplanes dotted the horizon above the bright lights. I had very little information about the bright lights, but I know the presence of airplanes over a community was strictly off limits. I ran. I didn’t look back. And had I, I would have seen that the airplanes were consumed by the light. And if I had known more, like I do now, I would have known that the lights in the distance were fire.
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