A Race Against Time
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With her mother dying of a mysterious illness and no known cure, Maria sets out into the haunted forest at the edge of her home to obtain a cure from the elusive evil witch in the woods. As dusk descends and Maria sneaks out, what could possibly go wrong?
-An enraged scream tore through the haunting quiet deep in the forest. Maria ran blindly through the dark woods, relying on the streams of moonlight puncturing the thick canopy and piercing the compacted fog to guide her. The mist blanketing the ground parted and swirled, disturbed by her escape, but swiftly reformed as though she was never there. She had never meant for this to happen, she had only wanted a cure, she had only wanted to save her mother.-
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