"Eeyahhhhhhh!" Lily screamed as another peal of thunder ripped through the air. The atmosphere vibrated with the intensity of the storm as she sheltered inside the hollow of a huge old tree. Lily knew hiding under trees was dangerous during a lighting storm, but it’s not like she had a choice. She’d lost her way as she found herself following a strange-looking animal she’d seen off the side of the trail. The fuzzy little creature wasn’t much bigger than a large rabbit, but she could have sworn it had wings! Something like that would get a ton of likes on her social media accounts. Now though, she wished she’d never seen the stupid thing because she was trapped. Night was falling and this ungodly thunderstorm was raging all around her.

Lily rocked back and forth with her elbows on her knees as she sat cross-legged, peering out of the tree trunk at the deluge of rain pouring from the sky. Would anyone notice she was missing? She hadn’t really told anyone she was coming here to the park today. She just stopped off afterwork like she did sometimes. Her eyes filled with tears as she scooted backed away from the entrance thinking that this was the absolute worst situation she could be in. Then suddenly, there was nothing. Solid ground gave way to pitch black nothingness. Lily’s sense of balance didn’t exist. She felt herself falling. Was she falling fast or slow? She couldn’t tell. There was a complete absence of anything that could help her figure it out. Lily squeezed her eyes shut tightly in a state of panic. Had she fallen into an abandoned mine? Was she going to survive? The answer came more quickly than she expected as she fell with a soft thud into a large pile of what felt like sticks and leaves. At least she thought it was a pile of sticks and leaves at first. Except now, she could feel the pile begin to moan and move.