She awoke to pink smoke filling her room. Her blurry vision from sleep trying to focus on anything in this smoke. Realization hit her when she no longer felt the warmth of her sheets or the comfort of her blankets. Instead she found herself on a brown dirt path. Confused, the girl stood and noticed that on both sides of the path dropped off into deep chasms. The road lead only straight, straight to a single brick wall with a blue and gold French Door in the middle. Pink and Purple clouds filled the air around her and danced at her bare feet. She rushed towards the door, perhaps it’ll take her home, back to the known and where she feels safe. Touching the golden handles she began to pull the stubborn doors open. Pink smoke began to swirl at her feet and ingulf her in it’s cold embrace. Desperate the girl yanked the doors open and was blinded by a white light. She could see nothing but ventured forth into the Portal. It took her to a place she didn’t recognize. A place she didn’t know if she wanted to be in. What she saw when her pupils dilated to adjust to the light she wished she was still blinded. For the dirt highway home lead straight past a gate the was guarded by a 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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