The Perils of Losing Yourself in a Story

by Amaryllis

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I ambled along. Minding my own business. Feeling vaguely like I was expecting something. I just wasn’t sure what. All I knew was that…

“Aaaah!”

I tumbled off a cliff.

The drop came out of nowhere, and I just barely managed to grab onto the edge. I dangled. Hanging.

A beautiful, absolutely perfect girl that I’d never seen before in my entire life suddenly appeared before me. She smiled. I was blinded by her ultra-white teeth, flummoxed by her purple eyes, stunning hair.

“Hi, I’m amazingly smart, strong, and pretty, and I’m going to save you from the cliff you randomly fell off of.”

She reached out and plucked me up with one hand. I was sick of cliff-hanging anyway. Dang it. Second time this week. She batted her eyes and spoke.

“My name’s Mary Sue.”

She giggled. My hand itched to smack her. She yapped advice at me, flavored with a bubbliness just too disgusting for someone who’d just escaped death.

I had to choose.

Fall of a cliff. Or death by peppiness.

She giggled. I turned. I jumped.

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  1. The Perils of Losing Yourself in a Story

    Laine the Grey's Buddy Icon Laine the Grey

    Posted about 1 year ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    Very nice.

  2. The Perils of Losing Yourself in a Story

    Amaryllis' Buddy Icon Amaryllis

    Posted about 1 year ago

    Yeah, hopefully the cliff-hanger joke was obvious enough =) And thanks.

  3. The Perils of Losing Yourself in a Story

    Storykeeper of Fae's Buddy Icon Storykeeper of Fae

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    It was obvious enough. Very creative.

  4. The Perils of Losing Yourself in a Story

    Sailor Emo's Buddy Icon Sailor Emo

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    HAHAH !That’s probably what I would do too, only I’d bring a parachute =)

  5. The Perils of Losing Yourself in a Story

    Alexa ♥'s Buddy Icon Alexa ♥

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Funny. About the biggest peril I’ve faced is a papercut, but it was quite severe.

  6. The Perils of Losing Yourself in a Story

    Amaryllis' Buddy Icon Amaryllis

    Posted about 1 year ago

    xDD hmm…paperclip…I could maybe use that in a sequel. Except that might be too gory. =)

    Thanks.

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