the frozen water . When you look down you see the reflection of the forest , blurred and out of focus- looking different somehow . For a while you just stand there , gazing around you at this bizarre situation you ’ ve found yourself in . And then a sound tears across your ears , and there ’ s a blue flash across your vision and .... no more .
When you wake , you ’ re back on the ice- was it a dream ? But when you look up , another shock is in store . Instead of trees swollen with leaves and glinting sun , the sky overhead is ink black and the trees are spindly , draped with snow . You begin to panic , scrabble on the ice trying to find some sanity , until suddenly you understand . You fell through the ice and ended up here . And you know you ’ re not going to get back . You sink to the ground , overwhelmed with despair .
By dawn , the steadily falling snow has covered you and your tracks in a white blanket . It ’ s like you ’ ve never been here .
Isabella Harvey
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