{Book 1} --- I pedaled through the neighborhood, the weather on my mind The wind was pickin' up and howlin' louder all the time The sky churned like a cauldron and the distant thunder roared And I knew that I was in for quite a storm A little rain never hurt no one, so I kept pressin' on And I tried to tell myself it's always darkest before the dawn Lightning struck an oak tree as I leapt off my bike The sirens started wailing, but there was no good place to hide I knew without a doubt there was a twister touchin' down So I crawled into a culvert to wait it out The little bit of courage I had left was almost gone But I tried to tell myself it's always before the dawn And then the nightmare started, it got deafeningly loud Every fiber in me screamed out, but I couldn't make a sound The whirling of a vortex, a violent carousel It sounded like a freight train was draggin' me to hell And this was my prayer "SAVE ME FROM THIS TERRIBLE NIGHTMARE"