For a moment, I panicked but I told myself that I could hardly die, not again. It wasn't much comfort, but it allowed me to take one uncertain step forward. Another step and my heart constricted, as if someone was wringing it out like a dirty cloth. I wheezed and took another step and felt my resolve wilting like a cut violet in the sun. I clutched my chest, thirsty for oxygen and thirsty for an end to the pain that scorched my bones like balefire. I thought of Fox, her laughing eyes, her mocking smile. It wasn't that I loved her or anything of the sort, but I needed something to focus on, and it seemed prudent to choose something from this life rather than my last. I wanted to help her, and I wanted someone at my side again. I took another step. Feeling bile in my throat I took another step, then another, but then I tripped, fell.

I came to in darkness and found myself on a hard gritty floor, I felt its solidity under my hands and smiled. I looked and I called "Fox!" to the edges darkness. Suddenly a match flared, illuminating her stern features. She peered down at me, put the match to  lantern she held in her other hand and said: "What the hell took you so long?"

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Author guidance for This exercise

Rules:
It has to be in either Jacob's or Fox's percpective. There are four worlds:
Artoxa
Lien
Xarvi
Ignok

Jacob starts off in Ignok with his new friend Fox. Ignok is the worst world, but not the most dangerous. As you get closer to Artoxa, the danger increases. You may make the worlds look however you like. Ignok is full of volcanoes and all the other worlds I leave up to you. Add a lot of twists in the plot, and keep in mind that he has only ten days to get to Artoxa. If he doesn't make it there in 10 days then Jacob will forver burn in the underworld. Don't want that! The explanation for all of the people who live in Ignok is that they commented suicide. You can give a reason for why people are there in the other worlds or you can have it that there's no people at all! Just get creative!

Name: Jacob Foster
Gender: Boy
Age: 18
Personality Traits: jerk, arrogant, and sexist

Name: Fox
Gender: Girl
Age: Unknown
Personality: Smart, quick thinker, hot-headed, and hates arrogant people (Like Jacob)

Jacob has already wasted 3 days in Ignok. He only has 7 days left.

updated Feb 8 '10 by BlackxWaters