"ZAHARA!!" I hear a familiar voice scream. "ZAHARA PLEASE GET UP!" I feel hands jerking my shoulders back and forth. I try to swat the hands away but I couldn't move. Why can't I move? I'm so cold... What's happening? Suddenly, the hands are yanked off of me and I hear Anastasia scream. "Don't you dare touch her," I hear her venom in her words.
"Or what?" I hear a man's voice, then hands lifting me and throwing me over their shoulder. "If you don't let me take her, I will kill you. Don't worry, I won't keep your witch for long. You can have her back when I'm done with her." The man starts to turn, and I don't hear Anastasia getting up. What's going on? I have to do something. Oh God I need to do something. Then I can feel myself go flying and I hear the man hit the ground with a loud grunt. "What was THAT?" He yells, sounding infuriated. I hit a tree, and then I hit the ground. I open my eyes and I inhale sharply, struggling to stand up.
"Anastasia help me!" I yell, already hearing the pounding of feet on the ground in my direction. I look at the man who tried to take me. There were roots wrapped around his ankles and wrists, pinning him to the ground. Ana pulls me up and looks me over. "Are you okay?" She asks with wide eyes, looking just as terrified as I felt. "Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. Now lets get out of here," I say. We start running, not looking back.
We got to a clearing and stopped for a second to breathe. "We need to keep going," Ana panted. I nod and we started running again. "How long are those roots gonna hold him down?" I asked Ana. "Not for much longer," she said. "We need to keep going." So we kept going. And going. And going.
We got as far as the edge of the woods. I had gotten a little ahead of Ana so I turned around to talk to her. "Hey, how much far- Ana?" She wasn't behind me. "Ana?" I called a little louder. Oh God. She's gone. No no no no. She can't be gone. I heard a twig break behind me. "Ana?"
Then everything went black...
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Visions of Nature
FantasyIn a small town in Western North Carolina, everything seems normal for Zahara Wolfe and her family. Then, Zahara starts having these strange dreams, and starts doing things that she can't explain. And her best friend, Anastasia, is the only one who...
