He stood in the crowd right in front. His grey eyes were slanted and lit up with laughter. He raised his hand and pointed directly at me and laughed and laughed. The rest of the crowd joined in, they pointed at me and laughed.

Their voices were ringing in my ears. Their eyes were cutting through my soul. My head was spinning and I couldn't see clearly, their faces all turning into a blur.

And then I fell. I fell and fell and was about to hit the bott-

I jolted up, a scream on the tip of my tongue. Sweat coated my body and my hair fell in a...