• Kina woke up and looked at the time on her alarm clock. 7:00, she thought. She rolled out of bed and headed towards the bathroom. School didn't start till eight, but she wanted to be ready.
    Kina came out of the bathroom with her shoulder length black hair pulled behind her ears and all of the sleep rubbed out of her brilliant green eyes. she grabbed her backpack and ran downstairs, grabbing a granola bar on her way out the door. Kina went to the garage and pulled out her bike.
    As she headed towards school, Kina thought she heard someone coming up behind her. "Hey Kina wait up!!!" shouted someone from behind her. Kina pulled on her brakes and looked behind her to Lorina, her best friend come up behind her.
    "Man I thought you weren't gonna slow down for a minute.", said Lorina patting her friend on the back. With her sleek blonde hair and bright blue eyes, Lorina was every boy's dream. The girls got to school and had a pretty uneventful day, except for the fact that they didn't have any classes together.
    On the way home from school, Kina and Lorina noticed that they were being followed by Lorina's ex-boyfriend Travis. They rode through the dump and were laughing on their way out. Travis was unfortunate enough to have landed in a pile of dung. Suddenly, the ground beneath the bikes started trembling.
    "What is that?!", cried Kina over the din.
    "I think it's an earthquake!!!!", answered Lorina, struggling to be heard.
    "In the middle of Ohio?!?!",asked Kina increduously. Whatever Lorina's answer was, Kina never heard it, for at the very moment Lorina opened her mouth, the ground beneath them opened like a hungry monster's jaw. The last thing the girls saw was the bright blue sky, before tumbling into the dark abyss below....

    To Be Continued