When I woke up for the first time, I remember seeing a glass of water and falling back asleep.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5g59spRdPT
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I dreamed of the day my dad died.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQS8MbZEhb
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We drove to the beach that morning. I was eight years old and dad said that he wanted to take me out to do something fun and I had happily said the beach.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYAYpEvfxp
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"Hey Daddy?" I asked while we were getting out of the car.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfx8vtLNlto
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"What is it?"557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEj2UUrjW7D
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"Do you think you can swim really far out with me? I wanna see what it feels like not to be able to touch the ground! Please!?"557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTZ6NalOBW
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"I guess but you have to promise to be careful. Okay?"557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcx9bzEWEiL
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"Yay! Thank you! Thank you sooo much Daddy!"557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACHVT2e8GM
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We parked the car and hoped out. There wasn't a lot of people at the beach that day. Just a few families.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWEAOP4w07
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"Come on Daddy! Let's go!" I yelled pulling him into the water.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZ6XBu49cN
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He dropped our stuff and walked into the water with me. We swam for a while and I decided I was ready to go deeper. He swam next to me until we got to a point where he couldn't touch.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAmNiILaGF
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"Is this far enough, Ai?" He asked me.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftzDdlKSi9
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I nodded. I felt so awesome to be the same height as him. I felt so tall! Suddenly, something latched onto my foot. It felt really sharp and painful latch itself onto my foot. I started to scream but was cut off by being pulled under the water. I looked down and saw what I thought at the time was the worlds biggest fish biting my ankle. I tried to swim away and saw Dad swimming down towards me.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Vg8LHXdf0
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I was starting to run out of breath. Dad pried the fishes mouth open and pushed me towards the surface. Unfortunately the fish had found new prey, his hand. Dad was pulled deeper and deeper into the water. That was the last I ever saw of dad and the reason I'm terrified of water.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAy1jJybiS
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I woke up, back to reality. I was string up at what looked like a whit roof, but after what I've been through it could've been Heaven. Too bad it was just a hospital. I looked around and saw that I was hooked to some machines. I looked to my left and saw flowers.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4HyHGWcig
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A woman walked into the room and looked at me for a second.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpREAd8qAy
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"Good morning, Ai," she said walking over to the machines. She checked the machines and then looked back at me. "It looks like your doing well. Do you have any questions?"557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXsNZRVAfT
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"Only three," I said. "Where am I, what happened, and how long was I out for?"557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1wjo7JY6h
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"You are in a hospital that was nearby your house. You've been out for a week." She have me a sympathetic look. "And as for what happened. I don't think your ready for that." She switched on the TV. "Just press this button if you need anything okay?" She pointed to a small button on the counter next to me.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHs9n9sYzsm
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"...there was said to be one survivor," the TV said. "After running into her house in an attempt to save her family, Ai Hope was said to be the only survivor of the fire."557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7XXfNYEkl
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Every memory came back to me. I looked up to the TV and saw a video of the fire playing on the screen. My heart started to beat faster. I ripped the iv out of my arm and ran into the bathroom. I pulled the hospital gown off and saw all the burn marks on my body. The fire had also singed the tips of my hair. The only place that wasn't touched by the fire was my face. I looked on my right shoulder and saw the handprint mark that my mom had left on me.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdXZbDD2tK
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I pulled the hospital gown back on and walked slowly to the bed I had been asleep on for the past week. I laid down and felt a year fall down my cheek. All of the burn marks on my body started to burn. Something also stung that hadn't bothered me in a while. The scar from being bitten from that big fish all those years ago. Now I had two great fears that were completely the opposite of one another. I was terrified of both fire and water.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkx9jF5aUc1
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Over the next few day, people came on and out of the room. I didn't really care what they did. I just looked out the window at the sky. I didn't eat much, didn't drink much, didn't do much. Four days passed by without me noticing.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxTM8GC2sc
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I fell asleep that last night.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQxlCNF9HF
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"Hello there," said a voice I didn't know.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXWyR0LkW1
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I opened my eyes and saw that I was in the middle of a fire. I screamed louder than I'd ever screamed before.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtndji8UsC
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"Help! Help! Please make it stop!"557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HLEbKtHIX
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Suddenly I was sinking in water. I tried to scream for help but when I opened my mouth it filled with water. I struggled and tried to swim. For some reason, I couldn't swim. I could only go down.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1BGBoC7ql
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Then I was in a whit room. Not the hospital room. I wasn't sure if it was even a room. White just went on and on for what looked like miles.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73El7IJaaS
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"So you're afraid of both fire and water? Weird. Normally people who are afraid of water find comfort in the warmth of fire. And people who are afraid of fire find comfort in the coolness of water. You will be a powerful one," The voice I didn't know said again.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcvhImiWrW
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I looked around but saw nothing.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7TmtVjYnb
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"Uh, down here."557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhepD9qsJj
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I looked down and saw a small white snake sitting in front of me.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMwALJ2tKd
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"This is a dream right?" I asked the snake.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd10GP9qXqm
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"No, no, no, my friend. This is real. It is made from a dream but it's all real."557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZkIEIeTLe
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"Okay. That doesn't make sense."557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Drc6OVswe
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"It will in time. But first I would like to ask you a question. Do you want to live a new life? A life in a world where you can conquer your fears? Where everything you thought was fake is made real?"557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSxOhkd6Lm
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"That would be great and all, but..."557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3CG3ULKSD
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"Good!" The snake interrupted. "Then let's get going."557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyEpb00Jew
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"Going? To where?"557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjLTXkDRNr
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"To Dreamland of course!"557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrb9q82Vfjl
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A door appeared in the middle of the "room". I followed the little white snake through the door. We were standing on air.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFiFikxecQ
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"This is Dreamland. Here you can live a new life and conquer your fears. I'm going to give you a tour of Dreamland, but after that your on your own. Our first stop is the guild. This is where I will drop you off and where you can start your new life in Dreamland."557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRggw0qyEZ
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I looked down at a large colorful building. It looked like something you'd see in a fairy tale. It had bubbles coming in and out of the chimney. Some of them had people riding on rope of them. At one point, I think I saw lightning strike the building.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYpB94DtZxk
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"You will also be able to master your powers here."557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEDup4EgUl
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"Powers?"557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkV1IWDAp9m
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"Yes. Each person who enters Dreamland is given powers based on their fears. Your powers will be fire and water. Almost nobody in Dreamland has two powers. Actually there are only a few. The only reason you have two is because you fear fire and water both equally. Not many people have fears as great as yours."557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISw01HbJMG
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Controlling fire and water? This was an amazing yet terrifying dream. The very thought of being near fire or water made me shudder.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtaxE2ZEWc
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"This is no dream," the snake said suddenly interrupting my thoughts.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjsPxxVNHN
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"Can you read my mind?"557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTuvQS1nI7Z
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"Yes. And I have proof that this is no dream." The snake suddenly bit onto my leg. I felt a stinging pain in my leg.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1UJbRvkdF
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"Okay! Okay! You've proved your point! This isn't a dream! I get that!"557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPmEJyIPfm
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He let go. I looked at my leg and saw a small line of blood drip down my leg. This really wasn't a dream.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsrATghdOwM
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"Good. Now let's continue with our tour."557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9pgeNkepG
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He took me around the entire world of Dreamland. I saw things I thought would never exist. I saw mythical animals, people who weren't human, and what I was most amazed by was how backwards thing were here. Waterfalls that fell up, grass that grew upside down, and things like that.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpLnWw1ruSR
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"Are you ready to go live your new life? After this you can never go back to your life on earth. Are you sure you don't want me to take you back now?" The snake asked.557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVLdI3JoAS
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"Positive!"557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2NrCUVcrb
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"Good. And my name isn't the snake, by the way, it's Fie. It was nice meeting you Miss Hope. Have a good life in Dreamland!"557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUPKWxLi8w
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I started to fall but landed on one of the giant bubbles I saw earlier. It slowly carried me down to the guild."557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQ1bjNYDfl
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"And Ai!" Fie yelled. "I forgot to tell you one thing!"557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcg3JnF5qty
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"What!?"557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlkIE9Toes7
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"Live!"557Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvp6ZY9iDgb
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