Dreams

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The mountains overlooked the dusky evening sky. Bright pinks and oranges peeked out from behind the wispy clouds. Athena was lying in the grass beside a large boulder. She curled up in it's shade and felt herself drifting to sleep. Athena loved to dream. Mostly because her dreams were filled with memories of her and her brother. Or she believed her dreams revealed things about her mother and where she came from.
Athena dreamt of her and her brother as pups. They wrestled in tall grasses and chased ducks until they flew into the sky. After a hard days chase, the pups curled up next to their mother and drifted into a heavy sleep. In the dream, Athena had woken up with a startle. All around her were flames, red and orange and yellow. She looked back and forth frantically for her mother and brother. Her brother ran into her as he was being chased by a colossal tree trunk hitting the ground, creaking and crackling in the flames. Athena nipped at him gently and led them away as far as she could from the flame. Their mother was never found.

What happened to you mother?Athena thought as she woke up from her dazy dream...[/size]