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time, his tail connects
with Liam’s torso sending him flying towards the nearest tree.
    With effort, Liam gets to his feet and
silently walks towards the beast as it steps closer to me. I stare
at it as it closes the distance between us. I attempt to back up,
but I can’t. Why does this always happen to me in life or death
situations?
    Out of the corner of my eye, I see Liam bring
his weapon over his head and thrust it into the beast’s back. About
a foot away from me, the beast howls in pain. Saliva spews out of
its mouth, soaking my clothes with its putrid spit. It quickly
turns around and gives its attention back to Liam. He and the beast
circle each other waiting for the other to make a move. It is
bleeding profusely, but doesn’t appear affected by it. Liam, on the
other hand, appears sluggish and quickly tiring.
    The beast lunges forward, hitting Liam in an
attempt to knock him backwards. He momentarily loses his balance,
but catches his footing. He swings his sword over his head and
thrusts it towards the beast’s chest, but misses him as it moves
backwards. With a scream, it stops moving and begins to flap its
wings with such force that it knocks the sword out of Liam’s hand.
The wind from the wings of the beast combined with my fear becomes
so strong that it causes Liam to fall to the ground. Already on the
ground, I stare in shock, not knowing what to do to help.
    As it begins to move towards weaponless Liam,
I know that I have to do something. I close my eyes and take a deep
breath, trying to calm myself down. The wind begins to die down. I
can’t let Liam die because I’m too scared to do anything. Opening
my eyes, I stand up and take off running towards the tree and grab
Liam’s sword. I turn and move towards the beast with the sword
pointed ahead. For Narnia, I guess.
    The beast has his attention focused on Liam
lying on the ground, so it doesn’t notice me coming towards it. I
reach the beast and jump on its back plunging the knife into its
thick and scaly skin, causing it to screech out in pain and fall to
the ground. I look at Liam and see him smiling at me. It is a good
look for him. I watch as his features quickly transform from a
smile into a grimace of shock.
    “No, Ryanne. Watch out!” Liam screams as an
immense pain shoots through my abdomen. My eyes widen and mouth
opens as I try to grasp for breath. The beast pulls his spiked tale
out of my back as it falls to the ground dead. I land beside it and
try to remain calm as blood begins to seep from the wound onto the
grass. Panicking will not help anything. My body becomes cold and
my vision starts to blur. The colors around me collide into one
another, creating a swirling vortex of color masses. Liam jumps up
and runs towards me. When he gets to me, my eyes are already
closing. He starts yelling something at me, but I can’t hear
anything and am quickly losing consciousness.
     
    I open my eyes and look around. I am back in
my bedroom, lying on my bed. The book is lying open on my stomach.
What? What just happened? How did I get back?
    Rubbing my eyes, I look around my room,
looking for anything out of the ordinary. A sharp pain shoots
through my abdomen as I sit up. The rain outside starts beating
against the glass window; the loud sound echoing through the empty
house. It is a slow steady rain, as if Mother Earth was crying—sad
about a sudden change. Tearing my gaze from the window, I yelp as I
glance at my pillow. For lying on my pillow is the flame shaped
pendent that Liam had been wearing.
     

Chapter Five
    Ever since that dream, I’ve worn Liam’s
pendant around my neck. For some reason, I believe that it is going
to protect me like Liam did. Protect me from what though? I’m not
really sure. I still don’t understand what actually happened while
I was…there, but I’m taking the pendent as a sign.
    I finished reading the book and spent the
rest of the weekend studying like I used to before mom passed away.
I could have been