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                   It all started on a bright and sunny day. I remember we were walking through the woods. Just me, Sarah and Jack. It was a beautiful day. Sarah had come to each of our houses and gathered us up. She dragged me outside saying

                   "C'mon Laney it's such a nice day out let's go for a walk". Then we went to Jacks house to get him we looked at each other and both sighed. We both knew what we were thinking 

                  "Here we go again." we walked into the woods dodging trees and listening to the birds sing. It was, as usual a perfect day for a walk. Sarah really had impeccable taste. we were all walking when all of a sudden almost as if out of thin air there was clearing in the distance. I looked around, we were still on our usual path I looked forward again and saw Sarah running towards the clearing. Jack and I started running after her. When we got to the clearing we all stared up at the sky, none of us recognized the clearing from the dozens of times we had walked through these woods. Then I noticed a big rock near the center of clearing it almost stairs like things carved into the side. Sarah walked up to it stared up and just said

                   "woah! C'mon guys let's climb it." I declined saying

                  "oh, you guys know I'm afraid of heights you guys go up I'll take a picture. 

             "Ok, come on Jack!" they both scrambled up the "stairs" and stood on the flat area at the top. I aimed my phone at them and pressed the button. A bright flash shone through the clearing."shoot, I had my flash on, one sec I'll take another." I looked up at the rock but they were gone... I circled the rock expecting to see them on the other side snickering thinking they had got me. They weren't there. I went back to the front of the rock and scanned the clearing. I shouted

              "come on guys this isn't funny." silence even the birds had stopped chirping.

              "JACK! SARAH! I'M BEING SERIOUS, COME OUT!" nothing I looked back at the top of the rock then down at my phone I scrolled back through my pictures, then I saw it. I found the most recent picture it was hard to make out it was like the world had gone white. my flash hadn't been on. I could just make out Jack and Sarah falling, no being pulled off the rock. By something. I looked back at the rock and started to hyperventilate. They were gone I didn't know where they were if they were hurt if they were dead. Then when I looked back at the rock there was another bright flash. I screamed and dove to the ground. Then I heard a voice it sounded like Sarah. 

             "We, we, WE MADE IT!!" I looked up and was shocked. It was Sarah and Jack, but Sarah's hair was tangled and much longer. They were both wearing filthy what were those, SKINS! I looked at them again Sarah had a large scar crossing from her right ear to her lips. Jack looked stronger. And they both had this look in there eyes like they had gone through hell and back. Jack being the more athletic seeming jumped 10 feet off the rock. I still expected for Sarah to be the reserved one. But instead she jumped, she jumped almost into a swan dive and landed in a somersault . Then in one fluent movement landed on her hands and knees and kissed the ground. She rolled onto her back and looked at the sky. Then she whispered 

              "It took 20 years but we made it home."