The elephant's foot

This is written by PPermelia, and as usual there is a warning.
"This is hell.." she whispered to herself, quivering on the cold mountain "Oh my lord this is hell.."

She sat there, the cold constantly biting at her paws as she lifted one barely above the deep, white snow. She continued to quiver, she felt as if there was no way of getting out of this, she felt panic, as if she were sinking deeper and deeper and the rope to pull her out of the hole was out of reach, she was ultimately hopeless but trying to grasp the last bit of hope she had in her soul, the walls were closing in on her and she knew this would be the end, she knew she wasn't strong enough to face this, even if she had someone.

Behind her was a hole, in front of her was a sunny spot on the mountain. She could no longer bare this, the snow decorating her fur as she took one step back. She gave a deep sigh, staring up at the top of the mountain where the sun shone down, but she had a long, cold path and she held little faith in herself. No matter who tried to help, she refused it. She didn't want to put her mind to work, she felt as if she deserved to waste away, she wanted to run away.

She knew what she wanted, and she turned around, she looked back at the mountain, where a portal appeared, it was golden and giving out a light, she knew she couldn't make it, she was certain of it. She could no longer cry, she was now completely devoid of emotion. She made her way down the mountain, sliding in each step, it seemed easier than where she was going now. She looked at the hole, which was empty. "Jade!" a voice called out from the portal "Jade, please wake up, why did you do this to yourself?!"

She could hear her mother's desperate sobs "Jade, Jade, Jade!" Her mother wept "N-No!, Come back to me Jade!, You're all I have left!" her mother cried, Jade looked back at the portal, swishing her long tail as she began to run towards it, she made her way up the mountain, the portal began to get bigger, she leapt through it before the darkness swallowed her. "Jade.." Jade slowly opened in her eyes, in front of her was her sobbing mother, holding her own corpse.

"You've made it." A man in golden stated "Is this what you want, this is your last chance."

Jade sighed deeply, the man gestured towards the hole. "Your own actions have brought you here." he stated coldly before turning around "They have degraded you down to nothing."

"I came back because I wanted to live!" Jade cried angrily "Now open the portal!"

"You brought this upon yourself." he told her, swishing his tail and knocking over a snow globe, in it was Jade's family picture. "You did this, there's only one way to go back."

"Please, please, let me go!" Jade begged as she clawed at his robes, falling to her paws "Please!"

He opened a portal, he looked at it with a smirk. She walked over to it and looked at him for a moment, giving him a thankful smile as she went through.