My Mysterious Life; Book 1

Saving Sylvia

I acted as a monkey swinging and jumping from trees looking for one that I could get a good view of Sylvia out of.
"RILEY!" I heard her scream just as I found one with a good view. I looked down at her. She was backing into a cave. "Sylvia!! I'm coming!!!" I screamed, not very confident. I ripped a branch off the tree to distract this beast, it turned around. IT WAS A JAGUAR! "Here, kitty, kitty!" I calmly yelled to it. It slowly walked toward me and looked up. "Oh, KITTY KITTY!" I screamed once more. It sat down, politely asking for the stick. It was too far away. So I threw the branch at it. The branch bounced off of its nose and rolled under the branch that I was balanced on. As the Jaguar ran to it, I jumped on it. I was riding a Jaguar! Holy crap. WOW. As the Jaguar was running, I stood on it. We were on the top of a steep hill, and I realized this just as the branch rolled off the cliff and the Jaguar was still chasing it. I looked up and found a branch to grab on. But, it required extreme hand-I-coordination. I thought about it. Well, let's see, it's either commit suicide with a Jaguar and a steep cliff, or, I could risk a little and grab onto the branch above me... without dying. Yup, I choose branch. That's a no-brainer.
I had a split-second to figure out how to grab the branch. Good thing that I'm a quick thinker. I grabbed the branch and swung atop it. I balanced my self and climbed to the top of the tree. Just as I looked down, I saw the Jaguar fall of the  cliff. Leaving me in my own thoughts. I just watched as he faded into the mist.