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a dream.

they wanted me. they darkend the skies with their presence, and told all who looked up to them that they were looking for me. what i was able to do, was what confirmed that it was truely me that they wanted. they threatened that they would kill, if i did not agree to give myself in to them. they did not tell me what they were going to do to me.

i think i was given a day to say my farewells. i said goobyes to my mother and father. it was a dark day for the people of my city, whose lives had been effected by the dark, looming presence in the sky.

i climbed, alone, to the tallest point in my city. i climbed up the muddy and cemented ground, up and up, into the cold night. lights of the city were shining brightly, but so were the lights of those mysterious beings who wanted me. i finally reached the top. on one side, i looked down at the bright buildings and homes. on the other side, there was the sea, shimmering under the reflected lights. i remember taking a one last, but good, look. absorbed what i saw, because it was to be my last. i was proud that i had the courage to give myself in. i was a sacrifice. i was going to be saving the lives of many. i was not worth the sum of their lives. i had to do this. and i knew, one day, this was going to happen. i was to be summoned. though i've never imagined it to be this way... but if it must be so, then so it shall be.

i walked down the darkened hall. the halls where almost everyone had died or ran away, except for a couple of resistant souls. i opened the door of a friend, but quickly closed it in fear of seeing the remnants of his soggy, bloated body. a pang of guilt. i should quickly go to them, let them have me, before any more deaths occur. somehow, their coming had caused much death already.

my fault.......

i opened to another door, and was relieved to see a friend, still alive. she was at her desk. when she saw me, she stopped what she was doing. we talked, and i mentioned the opening of the other room. she stood up from her chair and walked to her bed, and laid on it, her back facing towards me. she mumbled something, something about the deaths, mourning about our mutual friend. was it my fault? yes it was. i'm so sorry. i will go away. good bye. and i walked away.

i reached my destination. standing in front of their looming presence in the sky, where they were waiting for me.
i gave myself up for them.
i gave myself up for those who i loved and hated.
i was sacrificed.