Is there someone behind me? I swear that I heard a creaking sound behind the bookshelf to the right of me. I look over but the room is still just as empty as it was before. Why do I feel like there's someone else in here then? I hear a loud clanking noise above me. It sounds like ancient pipes coming to life after an eternity without use. The sound of rushing waters screams into my ears. I hold my hands over my ears as water enters from above me, below me, and to the sides of me. It feels as if a hurricane is forcing its way into my mind. Glass is breaking, and there's crashing sounds all around. I want to give into the water and let it take me over, but there's one thing in mind. One person that keeps me from doing this, it's Ali; she's standing in the distance. She's smiling and running to me, and then her whispers and her hair and her touch fill me up.
They keep me warm and they surround me with love and hope. I know that I have to survive that I have to save her. My conscious mind must still be trying to help me. It whispers two words, and they whisper echoes into all corners of my mind until it finally escapes my mouth, “coiasira putta.” I remember the spell to freeze time, but I'll only have five minutes until the flooding begins again. I try to think of all the incantations that I had learned previously, and then it becomes obvious what I must do. I close my eyes and inhale deeply. I shut my mind off and envision a swirling cloud, a cloud so dark grey, and large that it envelopes the room. It eventually envelopes even me. I can feel myself becoming a dark nothingness like the cloud. I exist only to do one thing and that is to get larger, and to envelop everything in my way. I become one with the cloud, I can only feel my breaths as I inhale deeply. I breathe in the water and it fills my veins up until they feel like they'll explode. I can't see what's happening in front of me but I can feel myself becoming smaller. I'm shrinking in size and I'm becoming a liquid element. It's a strange feeling but after a moment it stops. I feel normal, but I feel wet and cold. All feeling rushes back to my body and my eyes flicker open revealing the scene in front of me. I'm stranded in the middle of a lake and all around me are large trees. They tower over the lake and the reflecting branches look like arms trying to pull me out. I exhale deeply and water spurts out of my mouth. I swim to the edge of the lake and find that there's a green bench under the tree. I hop out of the water and take off my jeans and shirt, but I keep my boxers on just in case someone sees me. The branches cool me off from the summer sun of Ohio. The sun beats down in small spaces and I find two large spaces to dry my jeans and my shirt. I put my hands above my head and I lay back on the bench and tap my toes to silent music. I feel happy to be alive and comfortable, and I soon let my sleepiness give in and feel the darkness take its place.