Extract 4 of 4 - Chapter Twenty-Four

He knew he was not supposed to be inside the light, but he couldn’t tear himself away. It was so awe-inspiring, it literally stole the breath from his throat. It felt so wonderful to be inside with everybody else. He peered through the powerful beam and realised it was not them lifting up but a giant, round building was literally bursting through the solid floor, as if being released from a great compressor. They were stood in the middle of the emerging building, which rose at astounding speed around them.

Felix and the other members of the audience were completely captivated. They watched a solid circular wall emerge from the ground and grow before their eyes. The curved wall had hundreds of doors on it, of every size, shape and colour, each bearing a different symbol. Above he could see that the beam in which they stood had gone as high as it was going to go and now it pulsated outwards. The light in which they stood ebbed, sighing its final breath. They were all left staring up at the most unbelievable structure towering above them. Spiralling from the bottom to the top of the structure, passing each doorway en route, was a precarious stone stairwell. It felt as though he was inside a mighty, ancient well.

He suspected, from the way that everyone spoke about it, that it would be special, but he had never expected the Dream Arena to look like this!