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Short stories: A science fiction mystery

by Alexandria Porath

Created on: June 26, 2009

The Forest next to Apple Wood Road

The air was fresh with sunlight everywhere. The soft light glistened on Sara's blonde hair, as her sharp green eyes shined in the sun. Today was an early dismissal and Sara's parents didn't really want her to be home until later. Usually she would go to the mall or play video games at Game Shop, but today that all seemed boring, not worth it. She sighed, as she began walking on Apple Wood Road. She had always walked on that old dirt path road after school. The forest on the side of that road seemed to call her name. The sunlight had hit it just right, and with the hot weather made it seemed like a perfect day to go for a hike. She ran into the forest with delight.

Sara knew there was some thing mysterious about the forest she was in, but she couldn't point her finger on it. Her bright green eyes scanned the forest nervously. There was no noise in the forest, no animal sounds, and no wind. She looked at the trees, there were strange holes on them as if they had small windows and doors. She began to see an opening at the end of the forest. There was something else coming from the end of the forest, noise.

Her heart sank, as her eyes tried to make out what was making the noise. As she came closer to the opening, it was clear to her there was nothing there, but she still heard it. It was like people talking, but not in English and not loud enough for it to make sense. As she took her first step on to the opening, snap her foot trampled a tiny wheel barrel, but before she knew what she stepped on, she was attacked. Ropes, small sharp spears, and what felt like a bug bite took her tumbling to the hard dirt ground. Now she really thought she was dead, the last thought that entered her mind before she hit the floor like a dead bird was that 12 was such a young age to die.

Sara wasn't even close to dead, but she was pasted out on the cold dirt ground. When she woke up, there was a five inch, to what seem to be a human to her, standing on her chest. Sara was sure the human figure was a girl because of spongy pink dress and her long brown hair. There was some type of crown on her head that made it certain to Sara that she was the leader of these human like figures. In her right hand the girl had a spear with a gemstone ball at the tip. When Sara tried to get up the ropes gripped her to the dirt ground. The girl began to speak, but not in any langue Sara knew. Somehow Sara's mind was able to understand it, through,

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