Thursday, November 16, 2017

The Plunge


The howl of a wolf sent shivers vibrating down my spine down to my toes. I tried to find my footing in the dense and wet forest floor. Suddenly a crack of thunder made my hair stand on end. Then it started to rain, litres and litres gushing down on my head. Then through the mirky fog, I spotted a pair of gleaming orange eyes. As I inched closer I could hear heavy breathing like the beat of a kettle drum. Suddenly the strange creature unmasked itself. A huge brown bear sprang at me faster than a blink of my eyelid. The next moment I was running. Faster than ever before. The thumping footsteps of the bear became louder and louder in my eardrums. I began to hear rushing water and looked to my right. A gaping crevasse carved out slowly over the years by the thundering torrent of a waterfall. But suddenly the water ridden earth gave way. With the wet leaves covering the ground I lost my grip and started falling to my death. With a thunderous crack, I hit the water the splash barely being noticeable under the raging rapids. As I sunk down my foot became caught in a log. Second by second my oxygen levels were drained. I softly exhaled my last breath. My memories end there.

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