Thread:Abbykurle/@comment-33999335-20180520125803/@comment-30921738-20180616165424

(ouch my hands are red and burning just from opening a water bottle)

Mr. Buttons took the lead, walking at a quick pace through the forest. The buzzing noise had faded, but sometimes Akurle heard growls or caught the scent of something odd. Dark shapes moved through the shadows and disappeared. The forest seemed to have woken up from it's moment of shock after the Eclipse.

Akurle felt groggy and tired, and her legs were getting tired quickly. "Can we.. take a break?" She muttered. Without waiting for a response, she sat down on the dirt to catch her breath.

Buttons stared at her. "You're tired already?"

"We've been running for a while now."

Mr. Buttons looked confused. "It's only been ten minutes. And I'm not running, I'm jogging."

Akurle seemed eager to change the subject. "Where are we headed anyway?"

"I'm not exactly sure. As long as we get away from those things that had been chasing us. They look like big wasps, but with red stripes, claws on their wings, and spikes on their back. Whenever you see one, there's sure to be more nearby. They might be some of The Dark Lord's minions." He noticed the look of worry on everyone's faces. "But... they don't like open spaces. And they don't travel to far from their hive. They're also really slow. There is a rocky mountain up ahead, where we could lose them easily."

Akurle perked up her ears and heard faint buzzing. Reluctantly, she stood up, but her legs were still sore. Either way, she followed Mr. Buttons farther into the forest, but found herself slowly falling behind.

Up ahead loomed a tall cliff. (i just went to taylor's falls a few days yesterday and saw some super cool cliffs. i also stood on top of some super tall cliffs, with a river churning beneath me...) It was jagged and cracked, and went slightly inward. A few trees had somehow managed to root themselves into ledges on the cliff, and a few scraggly pine trees rested on the very top.

"Please don't tell me we have to climb that." Akurle whined.

Mr. Buttons jumped up and dug his claws into the stone, slowly pulling helself up.

"Soooo... we do have to climb it?" She muttered, taking a step closer to the cliff.

"Well, you told me not to tell you." He smirked at her and chuckled. He pushed himself up using his back legs and then shoved his claws in a crack and repeated the process. Akurle groaned and tried the same thing, but fell when she was only a few feet off the ground.

"I survived a forest of monsters, an evil lord of darkness, a flooding museum, and I have a feeling that I'm going to die climbing a cliff." She jumped up and tried again., only getting a few more feet before she slipped and slid down.