Patriot Prose 2024-2025 | Page 20

She put the raft into the water, holding it so the current wouldn’ t take it away. She grabbed a big stick, took a step back, and jumped on before it could ride away with the strong ripples in the water. She stumbled onto the raft, struggling to balance herself before sitting down and grabbed the stick. She planned to use it to steer. It was smooth sailing for a while but not for too long. Allie noticed the river ending. She was confused until realizing it wasn’ t an end, it was a waterfall! It looked about 30 feet, and there were sharp rocks at the bottom. She screamed in fear and tried to steer away but it was too late, and she was already sailing down the waterfall, screaming in pure terror the whole way down. She just barley flew over the rocks below and crashed right into the stream, knocking her off the boat. She grabbed onto the side and struggled to climb back on. Shook up and soaked, she sat in silence on the raft. She looked behind her at the roaring waterfall. She looked back ahead, still terrified and silent.
She took a real deep breath and held the stick tight, ready to finish this journey. A few minutes later she sees a sign that read“ Fairy Forest”, so she immediately got ready to jump off. Stick in hand, she used it to fling herself off the raft and into the grass, tumbling into the soft moss. She watched the raft zip past her and down the stream. Knowing there was nothing she could do bout getting that raft back, she walks into the forest. By now the sun has started to rise and the sky exploded, popping with fierce colors of the early morning. She just kept walking into the forest, map in hand.
At that moment she saw a little fairy fly across her face, she whipped around, trying to see where it had gone but it was gone. She just kept walking, knowing she must be getting close. She walked until she found a mossy area with a bunch of little fairy houses. She paused.“ This must be it!” She thought, running towards it. She knew she just needed to pass through this, but she thought she might as well have some fun and try to meet some fairies before she left. The whole experience was crazy, and she contemplated if she was dreaming as she thought back to everything else that’ s happened so far. Before she could finish her thought, another fairy whooshed by her, then another, and another. Before she knew it she was surrounded by little fairies circling around her like a tornado.
They were purple, they were pink, they were green, and they were EVERYWHERE.“ Woah!” She called out, flustered. The fairies began to slow down and gradually come down to the ground. Pixie dust swirled in the air as their wings flapped. They looked up at Allie. One green fairy rose up in front of her.“ A human!” The fairy called out in a quite squeaky voice.“ What happens to bring you this deep into the Enchanted Forest? Nobodies came her for years!” Allie responded saying“ I’ m on a mission to help a friend and I need to get to that stream.” She pointed to the Magical Stream on her map. The little green fairy looked down at the map.“ I see” she says.“ That’ s a long way from here dear”. It was silent for a minute until the green fairy spoke again.“ But I think I know a way to get you there quickly. I’ m Trixie.” She held out her tiny hand to shake Allie’ s. Allie held out her pinky finger.
Trudy’ s looked down at the others a mumbled something Allie couldn’ t hear. All the others rose up and started circling Allie again, faster this time. Golden pixie dust flew around everywhere. Allie was confused. The fairies then went down.“ There.” Says Trixie.“ Now with our pixie dust we granted to you, you may now fly high in the sky to reach your final destination. Use this wisely Allie, and don ' t frolic off. You were lucky enough to be worthy of this gift, and you have a mission to complete. So, keep to it.” Says Trixie. Allie felt her feet lift off the floor.“ Thank you so much, but how do I control it?” Said Allie frantically.“ Don’ t worry