New story

Yay, I was able to write this morning! I woke up about 10 after falling back to sleep once Jesse had left for church. I woke up to an empty house, no distractions. So I pulled out my laptop and was able to write the following beginning to a story.

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I was driving home and I was exhausted. The headlights of my car barely pierced through the darkness to see one hundred metres in front of me. It was eerie, and my nerves kept me awake, despite the heaviness of my eyelids. Suddenly, everything went pitch black and I slammed on the breaks, hoping not to hit anything in the process. I panicked as my car skid to a halt, wondering what the hell had happened.

As my car came to a halt I hoped that there was no one else driving along the road, I had no idea which lane I was even in. I assumed I hadn't gone off the road as I didn't hear the sound of tyres on the gravel shoulder. I sat completely still, my hands clenched on the steering wheel, my heart racing in my chest, as I tried to calm myself down and let my eyes adjust to the light.

There was no breeze at all, the night air cool and still. As I opened the car door there was a deafening silence outside and the car, and I was still unable to comprehend exactly what had happened. Closing the door behind me, the sound seemed to echo, and I thought I would hear the distress of a nearby bird, but there was nothing.

Now outside the car, the faint light from the moon above scarcely lit the road on which I stood. I was definitely still on a sealed road, not the gravel shoulder, and a long way from the nearest town.

I stood off the road and fished my mobile phone from my pocket, but that, too, would not turn on. Swearing at my phone I shoved it back in my pocket. Feeling optimistic I went back to the car and tried turning it on to see if it would work now. But when I turned the key there was so noise at all, no attempt for the engine to turn over and come to life. Swearing again at my car I leaned over to the passenger seat and grabbed my jacket. It was going to be a long walk.

As I stepped out of the car I did wonder for a moment if I should move it off the road, but did not think I would be able to do it by myself. I took the keys from the ignition and out of habit locked the vehicle, with no seemingly logical reason why.

I started on my long trek to the nearest town, where I would hopefully be able to find some help. About 5 minutes into my walk I saw a light up ahead. It was a comforting sight to see as I was still surrounded by the darkness. I hoped that it was another car, pulled over for some other reason other than car troubles. Though, their lights were working, which is more than I could say.

Nearing the light I saw that it wasn’t a car, but a lantern, just left on the side of the road. I was cautious in my approach, keeping an ear out for any noises besides those of my feet. But I heard nothing else.

There was a piece of paper sitting on the ground next to the note and I found this more than ominous. As I crouched to pick up and read the piece of paper the lantern went out. The thoughts through my head were mostly swearing and WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!

“Soren needs you,” said a cool mesmerising voice in front of me.

I looked up to see where the voice had come from but felt a strange heaviness come over me, as if the air I was breathing was too thick. My eyes closed and I felt cool, strong arms catch me before I hit the ground.