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   The black shrivelled hand gripped me by the throat. Tight.I can barely breathe.I can feel the cold coming off this dark claw,its spreading from my neck to my face. I can feel ice in my lungs,it´s burning,the pain. It feels like I am on fire on the inside.Barely breathing,frost comes out as I gasp for air,last breath,while the last of me is frozen solid.It is cold outside but this feels like I am on fire. I am above the ground,suspended,being held.Eyes closing,freezing over,snow forms on my lashes and I let go.    That was the last thing I remember. I guess I am still alive. Still here. Apparently,I have been found in the middle of the field by a farmer taking his dog out for a walk, this morning. I was just lying there. He took me in. Warmed me up and contacted sheriff. From there, they checked on the missing persons and I fit the description. Before long my parents were at my side and this is how I ended up at home,back in my bed,typing in my diary.I do not ev...

   Another day. More procedures. More torture and suffering. That damned chair. All these straps. No more!She had enough. She took this for years but no more. Joy has been undergoing these experiments for a long while. The pain and suffering was getting unbearable and today would be the last day. She made her choice on the way to the chair and it might cost her life,but it was worth the freedom. To remember what it was like to live like a normal human being. Away from cold instruments,heartless tests,pain and torture. They can mask it as a breakthrough and as help but she knows better and it sure as hell does not feel as help to her. She had to take the chance and she would take it today.    Joy sat down. The cold metal chair was as inviting as ever. The straps came on and the machine was on next. The test hast started but this time,Joy was ready to give them all of the power they been testing,wanting and pulling out of her. Sitting in the empty cold white room,sh...

   Smoke enveloped her. Surrounded her like a big tight embrace. She felt at ease,comfortable,at peace. She was surrounded by it and was ready to submit. She outstretched her hands to the sides,kicked back and fell into the pit. Her feet left the ground,she was weightless,falling,floating. For once she was free,for once in her life she felt truly weightless. Shame this is what it has taken, but this is what she wanted. She was ready,she thought,it is though and she would be the one to do it. In an instant she has disappeared into the dark. To her,it lasted minutes. To those watching,she was gone just like that. She was a brave soul in their eyes but to her, she was the only one, able and capable of doing it. Cowards they were,all of them. Just like that she was gone.The pit has swallowed the sacrifice. Another year passed. The spirit was satiated once more,or so they thought.    As the villagers turned their back to the pit and started walking away,fire and brimst...