…….She ran through the faded Beast and to the gates but the ground opened up beneath her and she fell. A child’s voice whispers into her mind, “Welcome to the Lost you.” The girl screamed as she fell. Around her nothing but darkness. The child’s voice whispers, “Calm down miss. The fear is causing you to fall faster.” She took a deep breath and tried her hardest to calm down. A few more deep breaths and her descent was now a slow crawl. The child’s voice returned, “ Open your eyes, look around. These are your memories, things you forgot or things that happened when you were a child. These are the past you, the you you lost.” The girl opened her eyes, not knowing when she closed them in the first place. All around in the darkness small orbs of different colors lit up. She reached out and held one ball in her hand. The child whispers, “Peer inside.” The more the girl stared the more she saw images flash into the orb. This one held a memory of when she got her puppy when she was a little girl. She smiled, that dog was her best friend. Looking around she smiled and said “I have changed a lot but each of these things are a part of me. Building me into the person I am today. I may have Lost who I was but I took what I could and became the new me. The past me helped shape the present me. And the me right now will help shape the future me.” The child’s gleeful laugh filled air around her. “You are correct!” The fall began to quicken but she was then set gentle down and in front of her, once more, stood the Beast. His scythe out, it’s sharp blade pointing towards her. His watery voice washed over her, sending chills down her spin. “Time to Face the Beast”.......
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AuthorEmma Schroeder is 17 years old, a senior at Taylorsville High School, and lives in Taylorsville, UT. Archives
November 2015
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