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As Kylie climbed higher up the mountain, her spirits sank lower. Each step she took engulfed her deeper in sadness. She trudged along in silence, not being able to speak from grief or anger or guilt, she did not know. When she could finally not bear to stand anymore, she sat down hard onto the stone cliff. She looked over the edge and dizziness swarmed her vision, black crawling into her line of sight, threatening to pull her into cold hands of sleep. Only seconds late...
When I wake up from my night's sleep, my eyes make everything seem blurry. All of a sudden a horrifying shape approaches me. White and brown and scary. I scream as I go to the back wall of my room. The figure begins to scream too and suddenly me and my mom are both screaming at the top of our lungs. "Why are we screaming River?" my mom asks. "You scared me when you came into the room, " I say almost defensively, well very defensively. My mom nods her head in understanding and walks out of the room. She pauses, "Breakfast is ready," and then ...
Submitted to Contest #63
"By the time I stepped outside, the leaves were on fire" .... everything was, burning. I looked around. The entire city was burning. I ran, to my house. It was gone my home, my belongings, ...my life gone burned to ashes and dust. I screamed tearing through the burnt walls and door ... searching frantically!!! "MOMMY" a voice behind me shouted. I turned and ran to my three year old daughter and scooped her up. "Why are you here by yourself, where is your nanny?!!!" " I not know mommy" Buildings everywhere in sight were encased in a thick lay...
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