Stella Lockheed In the depths of unconsciousness, I found myself adrift in a sea of absolute darkness. Seriously, it was like I'd been plunged into the blackest, creepiest void imaginable. No light, no sound, nada. Just me, floating around in this weird, weightless state like a ghost. The silence was so deafening it was like a loud ringing in my ears. You know, that eerie quiet where you can hear your own heartbeat? Yeah, that's exactly what was going on. But time? Forget about it. It felt like I'd been stuck in this freaky dreamland forever. As I floated deeper into this pitch-black abyss, things got seriously disorienting. I couldn't tell which way was up or down, left or right. It was all one big, trippy blur. I reached out—or at least I tried to—but there was literally nothing the