Chapter Five AmualLong found himself in a dark place. He felt as though he was so far from everyone he loved that he would never see them again. He didn’t know how he got here. All around him, black, broken buildings reached up to a red sky. Soft ash squished between his toes. Fires burned brightly from cracks in the ground. He tried to flee but he couldn’t. Silently, and unable to move, he watched the flames leap and plunge. He wondered if he had stumbled and fallen into another world. Or perhaps he was dreaming.
Muffled voices filled his thoughts with hope, but then they faded away. He wanted to escape this place, but every time he tried to move his legs they felt too heavy to lift, as if they were stuck to the ground. Even his arms were locked to his sides as if strapped to his body.
