This was going to be the year of are first 10 year reunion at Davidson high.I was in abject fear of the whole thing.I had been voted most likely to succeed and had ended up a nobody a nothing a big zip.What happened to my promising future that looked so bright as a teenager.Life happened and life isn't always kind or goes according to set plans.No life is the biggest mystery we all face with it twist and turns.My life after graduation had started out with promise .I was excepted to a fine college,but when I got there I was no longer the smartest or the brightest I was just one face in the crowd,nothing special.I did well enough to not flunk out,but to me I felt like a failure.Then something happened in my life that would scar and taint everything for the rest of my life.

I 'm not even sure where.I know as I was placed in the van in the pit of my stomach I felt fear.I felt a primal fear like an animal whose been cornered.I'm sure all of us pledges felt it.Something bad was going to happen tonight.When we had arrived we were lead stumbling one my one to a clearing and our blindfolds were removed,In the center of the clearing there was a fire pit and people in black robes surrounding it.I could here a faint chant coming from them carried by the wind .The words were archaic and frightening I wanted to scream and run but some force held my feet motionless.The fear in me making my legs numb.One of the pledges was lead to the fire.I saw the glint of light reflected on the surface of a large blade.Then the boy screamed, then silence . Then more hooded figures stepped out from the trees.They started grabbing the other pledges as they fought to run.Somehow I had gotten away and ran and ran not stopping till I was far from that evil scene.I was found the next day in a state of shock on the side of a country road by a farmer.I had been taken to the hospital.For the longest of time I couldn't even speak.The memories of what happened were vague or non-existent.I couldn't remember anything from that night for about eight years except in nightmares.About two months ago the memories came back like a storm and almost drove me over the edge.But I survived.I will never reveal any of this to anyone.I fear for my soul.