Everything was suddenly pitch dark. I don't mean that kind of dark, I mean a darkness beyond recognition. Even being in a deep cavern with no reflecting light isn't as dark as this. It wasn't hostile or threatening, but just was. I feel my feet shuffle forward instinctively against a wooden stage. It felt freshly polished, but the wood itself had worn from the years people had walked these steps before. A blinding beam engulfed me and the stage from above me, from what I cannot tell you. I couldn't see beyond this light, but I knew I was in it, seeing my features of myself being etched into life, like a line artist breathing active life as they draw their work.

I only sensed and saw confusion and perplexity, and when my vision restored to a first-person perspective, I heard voices. Hushed murmurs in front of me from...an unknown number of entities. I didn't see anything, but I remember sensing that I had a Roman coliseum in front of me, and a multitude of angels, demons, and deities were in the stands, muttering quietly to themselves. Two lines suddenly become clear between two masculine voices in front of me: "What is she doing here?" "It isn't her time yet."

To my left, a light in the shape of a doorway appeared. It had a black spot growing in it, as if something was approaching me, and my friend, Todd, began to call out, "Lynette!"

I pondered, approaching the light tunnel slowly. “Todd?” I thought to myself.

"Lynette! Lynette, come on!" No sooner than the black spot had turned to Todd's form and I began to enter the tunnel, I opened my eyes to discover I was turned over the opposite way from the street light, eyes locked on with a car tire attached to an SUV hauling itself at 45-mph towards me, and I managed to be on my feet within a split second. I was not very athletic or fit, mind you. I stared at the car in disbelief, then turned to my friend whose eyes were just as big as mine felt. If I didn't wake up when I did, I would've had my head crushed by that car. I still don't know who or what exactly was judging me, how many entities there were, or exactly where I was. I just know I'm lucky to be alive.