Lorina's Death

Lorina's Death

   We walked quietly, marveling at the wondrous new world we found. Harry walked ahead of me and Lorina, trying to act tough saying things like, "Don't worry, we are fine." and "I will protect you." It seemed to work on Lorina but I was in a trance. The giant trees that grew from the ground weren't even trees at all; they were giant mushrooms, all glowing different iridescent colors such as pink, blue, purple, and orange.

   Harry stopped suddenly and spun on his heels. He froze in horror. I turned to see what had frozen my older brother and saw the scariest creature I had ever imagined. His body was that of a dragon, with sleek black scales and long talons. His fangs stuck out from behind his scaly mouth and his eyes glowed red. Scares covered him from the tip of his tail to his head, 30 feet away.

   He stood hovering over us, growling as foamy saliva dripped from his mouth. I screamed which made it roar. Lorina turned to run and grabbed the collar of my dress to pull me along. We ran past Harry as he told us to run and not stop. He followed behind us, with the beast on his heels.

   "Lorina, take Alice and don't stop! Run into the forest! Hide!" He screamed. Lorina and I ran through the mushroom trees and the overly large ferns until we were a ways away from the trail.

   Lorina stuffed me up against the truck of a short mushroom to hide me. "Stay here Alice!" She told me. She ran back the direction we had come. I waited until I thought she couldn't see me, and then chased after her.

   I hid behind the 8 foot tall grass and watched Lorina run to Harry who was attempting to battle the beast with a sharp stick. She told him where she had left me and told him to run. They both turned to run back to me with Harry leading.

   The beast growled angrily and charged after them. He snapped his jaws near Lorina which startled her so much; she screamed and tripped over a mushroom root.

   "Lorina!" Harry screamed as he slid to a stop a ways ahead of her. Lorina turned around and looked into the beast's eyes, pleading for mercy... but finding none. It chopped down on her arm and sent her flying through the air behind it into a mushroom trunk.

   She hit it hard and fell to the ground. My hand flew to my mouth as tears clouded my eyes and sobs chocked my throat.

   Harry yelled at the beast. "Come get me!" As he ran at the beast. He ran underneath its scaly stomach and drove the sharp stick strait into its heart. The beast screeched and fell over, lifeless and limp.

   As my tears spilled from my puffy eyes, I ran to my older sister, praying she would survive, only knowing that she wouldn't. Harry saw me and ran to meet me at her body. I fell to my knees by her side and cradled her lifeless body, blood trickling from her mouth.

   Harry crouched and huddled with me in sorrow, morning the loss of our dear sister.

   After a while, we stood up. I asked, "Where are we?" Harry was the one who read all the books so I figured he would know what place we were in. "And what was that?"

   "I think that was a Jaborwalky." He answered.

   "Wait, those only exist in one place. So we are in.....Wonderland."