The Mirror Fifth Edition | Page 25

Slowly, I turn my head to look behind me and see two big creatures growling at me. I cannot clearly identify them. Each is a combination of a grizzly bear and a wolf. The two creatures take steps toward me, and I suddenly feel like a deer in headlights. I rise slowly from the tree stump and try to back away quietly, but my foot steps on a twig, snapping it in half. This angers the creatures, and they pounce forward. Screaming, I turn around and start running. I look over my shoulder, only to see them sprinting after me at full speed. I run between the tall pine trees, panting from exhaustion, but the creatures are not discouraged. As I turn my head to see them running faster than ever before, I do not see the enormous log before me. Tripping over it, I tumble down a small hill and groan in pain as I come to a stop. I try to get up, but there is a surging pain in my knee. Looking down, I see it is all scraped up and bleeding. Meanwhile, the creatures continue sprinting at full speed toward me, but I can barely move. I am a goner, I think. I squeeze my eyes shut as I know I am about to feel excruciating pain, ultimately leading to my death. But the pain does not come. Opening my eyes, I see a beautiful pegasus fighting with the two creatures. I can hardly believe my eyes as I have never seen anything so beautiful. One of the creatures runs away, but the other stays, fighting with the mysterious pegasus. The creature that chased me lunges at the pegasus, and the beautiful animal misses the attack by backing up. The pegasus allows me to climb on her back, and as I do, the pegasus is unaware of the other vicious creature about to attack her. “Watch out!” I yell to the pegasus, and she immediately reacts by countering the attack. However, in the process of doing 25