Shipwrecked I awoke; there was a crash on the upper deck. I heard a thunderous crackling from my head above. I ran up the stairs and what I saw devastated me. The small wooden boat was completely coated in billowy flames. "Help, help, somebody please!" someone had cried. I slowly moved towards the sound being careful to dodge flames as much as possible. The smoke was choking me. I could see a faint outline of …showed first 75 words of 1823 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1823 total…of my eye as he slowly walked away sobbing. I couldn't take it and I began to cry, tears streamed down my face. I knew it was the right thing to do but it was so hard. Eventually the waves overpowered his sobbing screams. I was left, alone, to die a slow death. I would wait until the lava emerged from the dark rain forest and take my life. There was nothing I could do.