(?'s Point of View)

"Where am I?"

It was dark. But there was a light in the darkness.

I started running towards it, but it never seemed to get any closer. No matter how hard I ran, it was always the same distance away.

"Yes," a strange voice bellowed from nowhere, "get the light. It seems to be getting closer, you know."

It was getting closer now, just as the voice had said. It seemed to be flickering.

Finally I reached the light. It seemed to be both pulling me in and pushing me away at the same time.

"Touch it." The voice said.

I reached my paw out, but just before I touched it some strong force made me pull it away. It felt like life and death.

"Good." The voice said. "I was hoping you wouldn't be too easy."