by D. J. Holmes
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Running Deer begins to question. “Where am I? The fish’s tail pushed me and I fell into one of the portals…. It seems like I have been here forever.” Looking at himself he asks, “And why am I getting so tall? I don’t know what is happening, but it’s a good thing that my clothes seem to be expanding with each growth spurt that I have.” Pictures of his brother flash in his mind. “I wonder how my brother, Gray Wolf is doing? The last time I saw him, he was on the back of that huge fish and I was running toward him. I hope that he is ok.”
Running Deer begins to feel like he is slowly moving forward while bright bursts of light and loud claps of thunder become clearer with each movement. “That’s strange…. I wonder what that is.”
Shortly, one of the biggest storms in history begins to gather. Dark clouds and lightning bolts, which seem as large as the sky, spread their electricity from one end of the world to the other. The sound of thunder penetrates through all dimensions of time, heralding the cry that something extraordinary is about to happen.
“What’s happening?” Running Deer yells. “I’m being pushed out just like the day I was born.”