a lone soul [from U.L.S]

A lone soul opens its eyes to the sound of its own whimpering. It lifts its head off the slightly wet ground and attempts to look around only to find that it can’t see anything clearly because it is to dark. It shivers as it climbs to its feet, its muscles aching and the cold air tickling every strand of its hair. It lets out a cry of “mum!” only to get his own shaky echo as a reply floating through the tree’s that his eyes begin to recognize. He sees them blocking out the stars and knows he is in a valley. It takes him a few minutes to remember why he is in a forest. He’s at school camp. “Anyone!” he calls out but once again only gets his echo as a reply. He rubs his arms shivering in the cold and sits down to wait for dawn to walk back to camp. But as his eyes have now adjusted as he sits he sees a body on the grass next to him. He reaches to hold it but his hand slips through and he sees that it is himself. He has twisted his legs awkwardly and has grazes all over his body. There is a large dent in the head of his body as well as his sitting figure. Seeing this he screams so loud his ears sting. It echo’s through the valley. He only stops screaming when he sees a flash light shine through the trees. When he stops he also hears voices.

“What are you running to? Brendan! Get back here before you fall off a cliff.”

There is a spotlight on him and he looks up to see it coming from his friend Brendan standing atop a steep slope almost above him. “Jeremy!”

Brendan slides down the steep slope, dropping his torch on the way but leaving enough light to see by. He lands near him and walks towards him looking him in the eyes but with an expression of horror.

“Brendan, Thank you, I’m so scared. I mean what’s happening? I’m here but I’m there!” Jeremy says quickly as he points at his body.

“You’re dead.” Brendan said almost crying.

“No. no way. I just want to go home.”

“They won’t be able to see you.”

Spot lights from above light them up. They shout promises of a rescue team, that would do no good, but who could tell them that?