The Downfall of Death
Every day, Sara came to the forest and trained with Nicole until one day; Sara came to the clearing expecting her sister to greet her as usual but Nicole wasn’t there. Then she heard a choking sound above her and saw her sister being dangled upside down by a huge red python, “Run,” Nicole managed to choke out. The python lunged at Sara but froze at a thumping sound. The snake went limp, Amy came cautiously out from behind a tree, “Are you okay, did it get you?”. “No,” Sara said shakily, staring at the arrow Amy had shot into its head. “You are so lucky I took archery lessons, what were you thinking going into the forest.” Amy scolded, “and was that Death?” “No, it’s red, it can’t be Death.”. “One of Death’s minions.” said Nicole, who finally untangled herself from the scaly rope, “They are like weak versions of Death and will pursue its target relentlessly unless someone kills it or if it kills it’s target. It has a poisonous bite and-”, “I thought pythons don’t have poison,” interrupted Amy, “These ones do, and if it bites you, it never lets go until it makes sure that there was venom in your veins slowly creeping up to your heart. No one survives a bite.” said Nicole. “Death’s minions sound worse than Death himself,” said Sara, “No, if he likes us, which he obviously doesn’t, he can grant us heaven, you know, the place in your dream,” Nicole said to Sara, “but if he doesn’t like us-” “what a surprise,” muttered Amy sarcastically, “he can toss us in the demon realm where we get tortured endlessly without dying because we would already be dead before we even got two feet near Death.” continued Nicole. “Death has an even worse bite than his minions, one bite can wither your entire body into nothingness so I don’t see how we could defeat him without any armor.”. “You know, I did read something about new forms and armor in my book,” said Sara, “It said that you could transform into a sea serpent and I could turn into a dragon just in case the lion and eagle weren’t enough in battle but those forms could only be used three times; if you try to use it the fourth time, you will stay in the form and never be able to become human again.”. “And how does that help with the armor situation?” asked Nicole, “Dragon scales are unbreakable, after we transform once, the scales become armor when we’re in human form. And sea serpent hide is made of titanium and it works the same as dragon scales.”. “So dragonscale armor for you and titanium for me?” said Nicole, “Thats right.” said Sara, Indeed said a voice that sounded like the hissing of a thousand snakes that came from the heart of the forest, if you managed to acquire that armor, it would be my downfall and I couldn’t allow that to happen. Therefore I must send you to the demon realm, do your best to survive. Maniacal laughter rang in their ears. “GO AWAY!” Sara screamed, the laughter stopped, everything went black. When they opened their eyes, they were in a horrible new dimension.
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