Remember that story pitch from a few chapters ago? Yeah. I really need to stop myself from getting attached to it before I finish Evacuate.

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Where am I?

It was the only thought that was able to push its way into my frozen mind as we sat in fear, huddled up to the wall of artificial rock like mice hiding from a cat.

Where am I?

It was cold. Cold and dark. I could barely see. Beside me, the nearest child let out a whimper, and I pulled her close with a comforting arm. A single noise was all that was needed to alert that wretched beast to our location.

I exchanged a worried glance with Steven, who took a deep breath and pressed himself deeper into the plaster rock. He was trying hard not to cry, I could tell. If he started crying, all of the kids would start crying, and then we'd all be dead.

I had to think of something. We couldn't stay here forever, listening to the snuffles of the creature outside and waiting for it to stop and retreat elsewhere. It was unlikely that the thing would ever leave now that it had caught onto the scent of 16 terrified 9-year-olds and 2 equally terrified elementary school teachers who had never asked for this to happen.

Where am I?

My mind was blank, save for those same three suffocating words, repeating over and over again like a broken record. The children needed me to think straight... But my brain wasn't working. I knew the answer to that question as well as the rest of us, so why was I still asking it?

We were here. At this stupid, horrible, endlessly nightmare-ish exhibition, where everything, everything, had gone wrong. We were trapped, trapped inside a dark, wet, freezing cold cave in the middle of nowhere, hiding from God-knows-what. That was where we were.

... Isn't that the answer?

Something told me it wasn't. Something told me that I wasn't even close.

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Somewhat of a prologue?? I'm trying to figure out how to start the story and my mind is blank. I'm not totally sure that all of this made sense. I would love some beta writers to help me with this story. It's possibly something that I'd think about trying to get published in the future. If you're interested, hit me up on Skype (my user is MsMistyMC), and I'll make a group messaging chat. I'm sorry if this doesn't work for some people, but I want everyone in the same place to make discussion easier and such.

Title?? Good? No?? I'm not totally sure about it. Comments are welcome.

I'm also open to any ideas for this, PM me if you've got some. Please no 'add my OC'.

As a last thought: in the story pitch, I mentioned that Carolyn's class consisted of 28 children. I haven't changed my mind. ;)