User blog:Lema12/this has nothing to do with A &A but im wrighting a book called Nothing and just wanted to see if what you thought of the first chapter the book

please go easy on me i am sensative but i want honesty ok? i think i got the whole chapter but let me know if it seems something is missing.

NOTHING
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 Thunder rumbled as lightning shoots across the sky. Where was I? It sure didn’t look like where I was from. Speaking of which, where was I from? The skyscrapers and cars- the only memory of home -had been replaced by a large cluster of trees in the distance and sand dunes almost taller than me. A cool breeze blew the sand around me, it seemed like a storm was about to start.

 I raked my brain, looking for answers. Who was I? Easy. Alex Willow. Gender? Obviously female. Where did I live? Some were in the city. Did I have a family? When was my birthday? - Though I did know my age was 14 – Where in the world was I? How did I get here? Everything was a blur. I had no memory of my life.

            Standing up made my head dizzy. My head was pounding. The only other sound besides the thunder was the blood rushing in my ears.

 I looked down and noticed my clothes were covered in mud, twigs and leaves. I was wearing a dark blue T-shirt and simple gray track pants, on my feet only sandals. The wind blowing on my bear arms and feet made me shiver violently. I was definitely not dressed for this occasion.

            I stand there a little longer, lost in thought. Confused and desperate for answers. The fact that I knew nothing filled me with so much panic and despair it hurt.

            Another blast of lightning light up the sky. A storm was definitely coming and I had no shelter to keep it out or whatever animals lurked in the shadows of the forest. Surely it will be a long night, and I probably wouldn’t sleep a wink.

            No madder all the feelings I felt they we soon out ruled by fear. The thought that I had so much of, well nothing-nothing to keep me safe, nothing to eat or drink, nothing in my memory that would help me- scared me to death.

 Then I feel the first rain drop land on my forehead, it slowly make its way down my face. I couldn’t stay here in the freezing rain, I thought to myself. I was cold enough.



 Turning to the forest up a head a feeling of what was ether fear or hopefulness and a whole lot of uncertainty shot through me. If there was someone in the forest they could have shelter, food, water and maybe even know where I was. But what if there wasn’t? What risk would I be taking by going in to that dark place where there was not a hint of light?

 Even with all that I could feel something inside pulling me towards the trees, telling me to take the chance.

            I started toward the forest-seeing there was no other way-when another rain drop hit me but it wasn’t cold like the last. Figuring it was probably nothing I walked on without a care. Another drop, even warmer than the last. I stopped in my tracks and stared at the cloud filled sky.

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"> The next I felt was hot. Not sure what was happening I started to run my long blond braid thumping agenised my back, my bangs in my eyes. The now boiling rain coming in contact with my skin burned and it just kept getting hotter.

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">            I screamed as the pain became unbearable and jumped into the trees rolling and landed face down on the sandy surface. I slowly rolled on to my side. I felt a burning sensation from the rain were it had come in contact with my skin. Lying in the shadows of the huge leaves I tried to calm myself down, but it was hard not to panic. I could tell the rain had badly burned me, but I didn’t have the courage to look. I had the worst case scenario.

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"> To distract myself from the pain I observe the trees around me. It seems to be more like a jungle now that I have a chance to see it up close. A lot of the trees looked like the type you would find in a rain forest or something with vines hanging down. Then I see evergreen trees, oak trees and even a cactus. I sit up thinking I must be going insane or something. Completely confused I decided to look around for help. There had to be someone here. I was sure of it.

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">            As I walked I tried to think hard for any information from my life or about my family. Anything I could remember. But It was almost impossible I keeped getting distracted by that feeling inside.

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-indent: 36pt;"> Morning would soon come. The sun would make it very warm and if I were to go on I would need water. My throat was already dry from walking all night. I hadn’t seen a single river or stream or any source of water so far. So it pretty much looked like I was going to die of dehydration before I even could even remember when my birthday was. Then I had an idea. Cacti. I once heard they had water in them. But I didn’t remember where I heard that or from who. I had past one or two well I was walking but both were too far away to go back for and I couldn’t even find them again if I wanted to. The trees in the direction that I had come from looked different somehow like they had changed.

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">            Stopping to sit under tree for a rest I thought, I could huddle under the huge leaves for shelter but it wouldn’t keep out the animals like it did the rain. Then I remembered. I looked down and saw that I had been hit five times by the rain and now had burns were they had landed. It was a still pain full but not as much as it had been. I guess my plan to distract myself had worked. I would poor some water on it when I saw another cactus.

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">            On my feet again I looked franticly for a cactus, the only water source so far that doesn’t burn my flesh on contact. I was so thirsty now that I could hardly walk without stumbling. I needed water fast.

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">            I finally found one deep in the forest it stood in the middle of a sand dune. I was observing the cacti’s spiky green surface and that was when I saw the problem. How I was supposed to brake open the cactus to get to the water I needed so desperately. Definitely I couldn’t use my bear hands.

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">            I saw that when it came to opening a cactus I had limited options. I tried jabbing it with a rock a couple times, whacking it with a large tree branch and kicking at it, but when I had to pull little needles out of my feet I decided it wasn’t going to work.

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">            Giving up I looked to the sky which had turned from black to a light pink and orange. What I could see through the branches was peaceful. Birds flying around the tops of trees and soft buzzing noises from insects in the distance mixed with the sound of a tree frog that had perched on a branch above my head. It was so bright the sky shone like a million diamonds.

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"> “Crack!” The sound wasn’t very loud but I could still hear some animal hiding in a patch of berry bushes not too far from where I was standing. “Snap!” It was moving now. I was so terrified was it actually the size of a rabbit or as big as a bear. The bushes were thick and tall they could easily hide an animal even as big as that. The feeling was strong for a couple of seconds but then slowly faded.

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-indent: 36pt;"> Another thought other than the negative came to me over powering my fear. What if it wasn’t an animal, but a human?

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">            “Hello?” I yelled. No response. The bush had gone quiet. “Can you tell me where I am?” I called out again. Silence.

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-indent: 36pt;"> Had I imagined it? But I was so sure I heard something. In frustration I threw a rock that was on the ground at the cactus. Well it missed by a mile but it did hit something else.

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">            Ow! I jumped 3 feet off the ground. There was a quick rustling in the bushes that stopped almost as soon as it started. I was so stunned all I could do was stare at were the rock had landed. Nothing moved. Then I inched closer. When no one was there I turned back around only to see two bright blue eyes staring back at me.