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Ice Cold Trail

I didn’t think I was walking for this long. I started when it was light, but now as I look up, it’s dark. And I have no clue where I am.

I am walking down this trail, through a forest that seems to go on forever. It’s cold, ice cold and there are trees everywhere that shine blue. I look up. The moon is high above, shining down upon me. I walk, no out of the transe I was in before, now scared as ever.

A ice cold breeze brushes passed me, perfectly hitting every inch of skin not covered in cloth. I shivered, it went right through me. Why hadn’t I brought my coat? I guess I didn’t plain on walking through a freezer forest.

How far did this thing go? There was a trail, so it ended somewhere right? It has to, it just has to.

I started t realize that I verbalized everything I thought was said in my mind. Great, now I’m talking to myself. Great. I’m going crazy. I rolled my eyes at myself.

I continued walking, until I saw something. A light? No. It was a porch light! A house! I began to run…

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