The Curse of Icarus.

Chapter 3 ~what it means to fall~

After school, me and Jack had about 4 hours to get ready for the field trip, that was going to be hell. We got to my apartment and cleaned up a bit before I had him watch a few episodes of supernatural, all of which he enjoyed, after the last episode I got up and checked the time, 6:38 p.m. Only 25 minutes before the field trip, we then walked back to the school.

=== 3 hours left ====

After we got to the school I stoped and said hi to Ella. "Hey girl" I exclaimed she turned around "hey what's up, you ready for the field trip of death?" She asked "yes! I've never been more excited!" I said in a British accent, she giggled and walked into the bus, me following close behind, the bus ride took about a half an hour to get to the Empire State Building. After we got off we all walked in and the teacher said "alright class today we will be taking a tour of this building, and we will be lucky enough to get to go to the very top floor!" Some of the kids sighed while others groaned. Jack on the other hand was quite excited, he began telling me about that on the top floor, you can feel the building tilt with the force of the wind, and that sometimes it rains upwards, and what not. After a while we began our accent upwards, we had to have small groups go at a time, me, Ella and Jack were some of the kids in the last group, as I walked into the elevator I felt something, it was like this morning when me and Jack ran through the streets, whatever it was. I did not like it. Not one bit!.

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The elevator doors opened to our lone teacher sitting there waiting for the last group, as I walked into the elevator I turned around and looked at the busy street, little did I know that this was one of the few time I would be seeing this exact street. And then the doors closed.

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"So...did you forget that you have a fear of heights?" I asked Jack as he clung to my left arm, he looked up at me wide eyed, "I'm not afraid of heights" he paused and then looked out the window "just falling" he said very matter of factly, to most people it would be strange having a 6' foot giant holding onto a little 5'4 girls arm, but me and Jack had the weird type of friendship. I smirked up at him and began walking towards the big window at the end, of the building.

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He clung to me tighter, I could hear him dry heaving as we got closer, as soon as we were able to look over he ran to the teacher and asked her if he could use the restroom, the entire time he asked I was giggling quite loudly, he then left and went to the bathroom.
All the sudden Ella showed up next to me, "holy shit, don't scare me like that" I whisper yelled, she stared at me with her beady brown eyes, but at this moment they almost looked black
~what is going on?~ I thought

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She pointed to the window somewhat downwards, so I stepped a little closer to the window

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As I looked down I just saw the busy street, and then I heard a growl behind me. Right where Ella should be.

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And then I hear a scream.

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I turn around.

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And I see a black wolf... a Hellhound.

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I see Jack run towards me.

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I see the Hellhound run towards me.

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The Hellhounds claws come in contact with my stomach.

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I hear screams of people fill my ears as they scurry to get out.

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It almost feels like slow motion, Jack pulls out what looks like a sword.

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Shattering Glass and pain, the Hellhound disappears into golden dust.

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And I'm falling, reaching for something to grab, but never finding it, I feel like the screams are being sucked out of me. And so is the air, Jack is screaming my name, but I'm falling to fast to really tell what else is going on. Panic raises in my chest.
I never got to tell my mom I love her, the last time we talked it was a fight, will she see me as the child who hated her?. I never got to say how much I appreciated my friends. My home. My life. My schools swim team. I never got to do anything in my life worth living. And now it is all over too soon.

And then I asked myself.

What does it mean to Fall?

Authors note

Hey guys I hope you liked this chapter, I've been writing a lot lately and I'm super proud of myself. Hopefully I'll have somewhat of an idea of how to start the next chapter lol 😂

And if you were wondering, no she does not have feelings for him......... yet!

Anyways have a great day ☀️☀️☀️