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CM: A classmate and one of the closest friends I had my senior year in high school. She was very interested in my writings and even chipped in a few character and plot ideas.

BB: One of the popular girls my senior year. I did not register on her radar until we graduated. We ran into each other on campus the next year in college and she began speaking as if we had been best friends. I brushed her off and never heard from her again.

AB: Another classmate from my senior year. I think he had a bit of a crush on me but I was never interested in dating in high school.

 

Riding the Storm
09-12-1997
There was a village, surrounded by tall mountains, which sat right at the edge of the ocean. No wind ever blew there, so no ships could leave or enter the harbor. There used to be wind, but an evil mage had somehow made it disappear. The mountains cut the village off from the rest of the island, so the sea was the only way for them to survive. I'm guessing I lived in this village because I was asked to go on a quest to find the mage and destroy him in order to get the wind back before the village died. The problem was, this mage lived across the ocean, so there was no way to get to him.

Blackout.

A god came to me and offered to create a storm that would provide the wind to get us across the doledrum and out into sailing water. I agreed and began looking for a crew. The high school seniors I graduated with were there on senior retreat. CM wanted to go with me on the quest and, suddenly, so did BB and all the rest of the seniors. They convinced the teachers to go along and, suddenly, I had my crew. Just before we cast off, an older man appeared... dressed all in gray... and joined the crew. I had a suspicious feeling about him but I wasn't sure why so I couldn't deny him the chance to go along.

Blackout.

The god had created a huge storm and we were riding the edge of a huge tidal wave across the doledrum... crossing miles and miles of ocean in mere moments.

Blackout.

We had all just gone swimming and were back aboard to change. The girls went into the one bathroom on board and were going to change first. The stalls were really old and had huge cracks in them so it was hard to get privacy. No one could get totally dry because of the high humidity so we struggled to pull our clothes on over our damp skin. I finally got my shorts, etc. on and left the bathroom just as AB led the rest of the guys in to change.

Blackout.

We had landed at the mage's island and were fighting his soldiers. It was dark in his castle but I remember turning to CM and saying that it was lucky "we are elves" and could see in the dark. We had to shoot little triangles that floated in the air by pointing our palms at them... a flame would shoot out and the triangles would shatter. I suddenly noticed the guy in gray shooting at our people and realized he was the mage's brother. I shot at him as he ducked for cover and eventually managed to kill him. The mage, who had been hiding in the shadows, was furious and gave his position away. I stepped forward to attack him and....

End.