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Dark Rising

Episode 1 : Anna - Tag your it!

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As they parked the car Ana scanned the sky for the strange bird that she saw earlier, wondering if it followed them. The sky was vacant, scattered with clouds that reminded her of cotton candy. "Where did you go?" she queried as she saw movement in the corner of her eye.

She turned to get a better look. The movement had come from an alley way between two stores where a woman had run into some milk crates, dropping her to the ground. Peering closer she could see the woman recover to her feet then topple the stack of crates. Ana watched the crates fall as they crashed in front of a strange looking man. The man was running straight for the lady, not evading the crates as they fell. How did he ever expect to win a game of tag running like that? Grown-ups never made sense to Ana.

Ana saw that the woman had cornered herself at the end of the alley. The man slowed down, stalking her. She was surprised to see grownups playing tag. Grown ups never played tag. They were boring. The woman flailed her arms in front of her as the man approached. The man's arms were outstretched ready to snatch her. Suddenly a truck drove by, blocking Ana's view.

"Hey!" she exclaimed.

When she could see again, they had disappeared.

She looked over at Jeremy, who was just waking up. Poking him in his side she said "Tag, you're it!"

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