A Watery Future

'I don't know why I keep hoping, it's not like they will stop bullying me if I ask them. Believe me, I've tried. But I can't help but wonder why they picked me; it's not like I'm ugly or beautiful, I'm just normal. I admit that I'm a little shy, but I try to respond to everyone who talks to me. It's just that I can't find the right words.  Well, I do know the right words, but my mind gives me so many different possibilities that by the time that I can answer, they're already gone. To me, it doesn't matter that I don't speak, as I long as I have my books, I'll be just fine.'

Breanna looked at the book, that she held in her hand, with a smile. The book had no title; it looked old and worn, which made it even more interesting for her. Interesting or not, the books were her world. She just hoped that this would be as interesting as the previous book she read. She opened the book, and settled on the ground of her little nook, for a long read.

          "After a long conversation with the village chief, I was advised to write my dreams down. I don't know what they mean, but they're filled with odd creatures and shapes. Maybe, we will know what they are in a few years. In my first dream, I was falling from high above in the sky to the ground. The first thing that I didn't understand, were the large metal birds that flew through the sky. What were those creatures? I just kept falling though, and after a while I saw a whale-shaped country, filled with white people. These white people were strange. They lived in large, square like shapes and moved around in metal creatures on wheels. The creatures had so many different colours, and some of them even had black smoke coming from one end! But that wasn't all. A lot of those people spent their days in other large, square like shapes. But these were made of a see-through but solid material. During my dream, the days flew by as if they only lasted for a minute, and I could see everything grow. Seeds became grain, a baby became a toddler, and people around my age became adults. To me, it seems like a bright, but strange future. What I still find strange, is that the people were behaving strange when it rained. Yes, there was a lot of rain, but rain is supposed to be celebrated. Is it not?"

Before she could continue, the five PM school bell rang. Without looking up, Breanna placed the book back where it belonged on the shelf, and left the library to go home. The next day, everything was the same as the previous day and Breanna could be found in the library again. However, there was one thing that was different. It was raining, hard, even though the weather forecast said it would be sunny.

          "My second dream was not that bad, it was almost the same as the first dream. It started a little different though. First I saw different planets as they moved in the shape of a cross, after that the first dream repeated. Next, it showed me another flash of the cross planet cross being completed. As soon as that happened, I saw days of rain and the people in panic. If the rain continued like this, the crops would be ruined!"

"Breanna, Breanna!" Surprised, Breanna looked up, and her eyes conveyed her question. "Weren't you supposed to be at the dentist by now?"  With a gasp of surprise, Breanna jumped up, placed the book back on its shelf, grabbed her bag and ran out of the library. Breanna didn't return to the library until a few days later. She had caught a cold on the way to the dentist. Because it had been raining for days now, she was not allowed to go until she was fully recovered. So, as soon as she was released, she ran to the book and began to read again.

          "The third dream was more like a nightmare. It was horrible! The water was trying to swallow everything on its path. The square like shapes were either completely gone or almost gone.
The see-through material was broken in some shapes and completely gone in others. And those metal creatures? They were being swept away with the flood. The survivors gathered on the few dry places in the country. However, there was no bread, meat or vegetables and what they used to trade for those items had become useless. I know that unless the survivors did something, everything would collapse. I saw more details in my dreams, but I just cannot write them down. They give me nightmares. These three dreams have been repeating themselves. Always one, two, three and then it starts all over again. Sometimes, there is a fourth dream, but all I can see is a girl waking up to find the disaster. I hope I will never experience this, but to those who read this: Be warned, the future is filled with uncertainties."

Breanna closed the book softly, and placed it on the ground next to her. 'As scary as this book is, it can't be true. This book has been translated so many times, that I don't even know if I can trust this as the truth.' She went home after cleaning up her little nook, but she could not get that last dream out of her mind. 'That isn't going to happen is it? I mean, it has been raining for days...Just like in the diary! And I sleep next to the living room!' However, she knew that she couldn't dwell on it forever, and that night she fell into a restless sleep.
The next morning, she awoke to the noise of heavy rain. Sleepily, she stepped out of bed and squeaked in surprise. Why was it so cold and wet? Dread filled her mind, and when she looked down, her eyes widened in horror.