Blackness surrounded me. The wind blew the shroud around me into a frenzy of tongues as I fell in the gray damp sky. I only assumed it was damp from the fog that blurred by me, yet I couldn't feel anything but pain. I inhaled a long screeching gasp and without control I yelled  out into the howling wind, to be devoured and concealed, overcome. Coming out of the clouds I finally saw the rain, yet it didn't seem to be falling, it slowly backed away in the opposing direction as I spun in the air and witnessed the dark earths details become more detailed, more visible. How did I get here? where was I going? I had no time to think, the ground came too quickly and with a thump my bones cracked, shattered on the surface of this desolate place. The shroud stopped dead and slowly follow me into the earth. My mind was twisting in a spiral like the puddles of water I saw before me. The black cloak covered me like the night sky.

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This is an edited version (to fix tense and spelling errors) of the very first full length story I attempted to write. Which has been, successfully followed by a myriad of other "attempts" ... because I can't seem to finish anything! Arrgh! *Walks away frustrated*

updated Apr 16 '09 by Sly