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                                  Andrew Roller Presents
                              NAUGHTY NAKED DREAMGIRLS
                                                 in 
                                          SEXY SOULS

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                                         Chapter Two

         I stared at a small, flickering flame near my feet.  I stepped back 
from it.  The flame had sprouted spontaneously from a rock, as a fire can, 
springing from a lump of coal.  I watched as the rock burned, but wasnÕt 
consumed.  I gazed out to my left again.  Katie and I must have been 
standing on a small, rocky elevation, for I could see for miles to the west.  
The fires in that direction grew thicker the deeper I peered toward the 
western horizon.  In fact, the horizon itself wasnÕt visible at all.  It was 
consumed utterly in flames so high and thick I couldnÕt see through them.  
Mixed in with the flames, behind them, between them, looming over them 
like the sky looms over the earth, was an utter, impenetrable blackness.
         I shivered.  I looked again at Katie.  She moved close to me and tried 
to shield herself from the horrific waste that lay beyond us by molding 
her body close to mine.
         ÒKatie, do you know what?  I donÕt think weÕre down by the river 
anymore.  I think weÕre someplace else,Ó I said to her.
         ÒI do too,Ó Katie said meekly.
         ÒDo you know where we might be, Katie?Ó I asked my friend.
         ÒI have a clue,Ó Katie answered.
         ÒFirst you get us lost and we wind up in Candyland, Katie, and now 
this.Ó I said.
         ÒI know,Ó Katie replied.
         ÒOmiGod,Ó I said.  I looked down at myself.  I felt KatieÕs body, 
pressed up close against mine.
         ÒWhat?Ó Katie whispered.
         ÒKatie, we donÕt have any clothes on!Ó I cried.
         ÒYikes!  And itÕs not even time for my bath!Ó Katie said.  We looked at 
ourselves.  We were completely, totally naked.  
         ÒI think weÕre supposed to be dead, Katie,Ó I said.  I shivered.  Tears 
formed in KatieÕs eyes as she looked at her naked 12-year-old tits, the 
flatness of her small tummy, her well-rounded thighs.  I looked at my own 
self.  My hips were bare, without a stitch on.  My long legs stretched down 
to my feet, looking like slim white marble pillars.
         ÒThis is scary,Ó I said.
         ÒWeÕre nudists, and dead too,Ó Katie told me.  
         ÒEEEEEYAHAHAH!Ó a voice cried.  I turned.  A large red man came up 
over the top of a boulder that was sitting behind us.  He was clutching a 
pitch fork.  He dropped down to the ground.  He thrust his pitch fork at us.  
Its three forked points jabbed KatieÕs soft ass.
         ÒOw-eeee!  My bottom!Ó Katie cried.  She leapt out in front of me, her 
hands clapped quickly to her seat.  No sooner had the Devil poked her in the 
ass, than he poked me.
         ÒYOW!Ó I cried.  Moving lickety-split, I darted forward.  The devil 
behind us gave an evil grin, a hearty laugh, and came charging after us.  He 
began herding us down a rocky slope toward a long procession of people 
that was heading toward the horizon.
         As I got to the bottom of the slope, howling as the Devil repeatedly 
jabbed my bottom, I saw a thick, dark river moving sinuously in the 
distance.  It looked deep and wide.  Puffs of smoke rose from its inky 
surface, as if the river itself was just short of catching fire.  Katie and I 
moved toward the long line of people heading for the river, the Devil at our 
backs, pushing us on with painful jabs of his big fork.  As I looked at the 
people I saw they were being herded like sheep, devils poking at them with 
pitchforks.  It was like watching dogs at work on a herd of sheep or cattle.
         Katie and I were forced to join the others.  I got between a woman 
and a man, Katie beside me, and felt relief as the Devil whoÕd found us 
moved away, to torment others in the line.  Everyone in the procession was 
naked.  I looked at them, but they didnÕt look back at me.  They seemed to 
be sleepwalking.  They stared blankly ahead, some mumbling, others 
weeping.  Together we trooped down across the rocky waste to the banks 
of the river.
         We halted.  We moved forward.  We halted again.  Down by the river 
the devils permitted us to spread out along the bank.  I lost all sense of 
time as I stared out across the river, waiting, clustered thickly with the 
others along that dark, brooding shore.  At last I found myself in a group 
that was ordered to board a raft.  I realized then that the raft had been 
what we were waiting for.  I fought to regain a sense of myself, of my 
thoughts, as I was herded aboard the raft.
         Katie!  I looked wildly about me.  Then I saw her, standing small and 
meek next to me.  She had in her face a little of the blank look the other 
bodies standing around us had.  I took her by the shoulder and shook her.
         ÒHuh?Ó Katie asked.  She looked at me.  ÒOh.  I must have been 
asleep,Ó Katie said.  ÒStanding up,Ó she added, realizing to her surprise 
that she was, in fact, standing, on the deck of a wooden raft.  I felt the 
thrumming of engines under my feet.  I turned.  I saw a cloud of smoke 
spew forth from an engine house at the front of the raft.  The smoke fell 
thickly upon us, like soot from a steel mill.  Then an updraft of air caught 
it, as the raft we were on moved out into the water.  The smoke lifted.  
More belched from the engine house. 
         ÒWeÕre crossing the River Lethe, Katie!Ó I whispered to her.  ÒI read 
about it in school.  Try not to forget anything.  Try to remember that 
youÕre Katie Pepperdine!Ó
         ÒOh, yeah.  And donÕt talk to the corpse!Ó Katie told me.  ÒI remember 
that too.Ó
         ÒThatÕs past, Katie,Ó I said to her.  ÒYou did talk to the corpse, and 
now weÕve gone to Hell instead of him.Ó
         Katie thought for a moment.  ÒWell, at least Satan isnÕt after me 
anymore,Ó she said.
         ÒNo, instead weÕre going to him,Ó I answered.
         ÒThis is weird,Ó Katie said.  The press of bodies was close about us.  
She clasped my hand.  ÒHow do we get home?Ó Katie asked me.
         ÒI have no idea,Ó I answered.
         ÒWait!Ó Katie said.  ÒDidnÕt that grave digger guy say that SatanÕs 
wife didnÕt like him anymore, but wanted me instead?Ó
         ÒYes,Ó I said.  I coughed.  The air out on the river was thick with 
sulfur.
         ÒThen--Ó Katie said, pausing to cough at the stinky air.  ÒThen if we 
get SatanÕs wife to like him again, maybe weÕll be able to go home!Ó
         ÒThatÕs ridiculous, Katie!Ó I scolded.  ÒHow do you convince someone 
else to like someone you donÕt even like?Ó
         ÒI dunno,Ó Katie said.  ÒBut itÕs too hot down here.  I donÕt want to 
stay.Ó
         ÒKatie!Ó I cried.  She pushed her way between two people that were 
standing next to her.  She moved out to the edge of the raft.  I followed 
her, clutching her hand.  We gaped at the dark water flowing past and 
under the raft.  I thought about jumping in, but I felt heat rising off the 
water.  I sensed that however hot the air around us was, the water itself 
was hotter still.
         ÒStay back!Ó a voice cried.  I turned and saw a tall, gaunt man moving 
along the edge of the crowd.  He had a pole in his hand, and I saw as it 
trailed in the water that smoke was rising from the end of the wooden 
pole where it touched the river.  ÒStay back!Ó the man cried at us again.  A 
shock of white hair rose from his head, like Einstein, but his eyes were 
red and glowed ethereally, and I saw only terror in them.
         ÒWeÕre here by accident!  I spoke to a corpse!Ó Katie said to the man 
in a small, plucky voice.
         ÒYouÕre here, that is all that matters,Ó the man said, staring down at 
both Katie and I with his hot, glowing eyes.  ÒStay away from the edge of 
the raft.  If you fall into the river, even I canÕt save you.  And the devils 
will only laugh, standing on the shore, as they watch you drown and burn 
for the rest of eternity!Ó
         ÒYikes!Ó Katie cried.  Both she and I leaped back from the raftÕs edge.
         ÒBut how do we get out of here?Ó I shouted over the roar of the 
engines to the man with the pole.
         ÒHahahaha!  IÕve been wondering the same thing myself, for the last 
million years!Ó the man answered.  ÒI shall not warn you again about the 
river, so watch where you step!Ó
         ÒYes, sir,Ó Katie said.  The man turned away from us.  He stalked 
along the edge of the raft, back toward the engine house.  He pushed at 
people who were too close to the end of the deck.  
         ÒThatÕs Charon,Ó I whispered to Katie.  ÒI remember reading about 
him too, in school.  His job is to take us across the river.Ó
         ÒOh,Ó Katie said.  ÒWell somebody should tell him that his boat 
makes too much smoke and his river stinks!Ó
         Suddenly, I saw a figure in the crowd lose its balance.  It was a 
woman.  She was big and fat.  She had apparently been pushing through the 
crowd and now suddenly found herself at the edge of the raft and then, due 
to her own momentum or perhaps even her own will, she fell into the river.
         ÒFool!Ó Charon shouted at the lost passenger.  The poor naked woman 
screamed as her body splashed into the water and immediately burst into 
flames.  She struggled to keep from drowning, flapping her hands about, 
gasping for air, as, simultaneously, her nacreous flesh became 
combustible, burning but not being consumed.
         ÒYeeeek!  Help!  Save meeeee!Ó the woman cried as the ferry chugged 
on past her.  I stared out from the deck at her, watching as we left her 
behind.  She burned, burned, burned, and struggled, but never disappeared 
into the depths.  Finally, I turned to Katie.
         ÒSee?  ThatÕs what happens when you do what youÕre not supposed 
to,Ó I told her.
         ÒYes,Ó Katie agreed.  We watched together as the woman was carried 
downriver.  We held hands.  ÒWeÕve got to find SatanÕs wife,Ó Katie said to 
me finally.
         ÒLetÕs just hope we are here by accident, and not really and truly 
dead,Ó I told Katie.
         ÒRight,Ó Katie agreed.

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