Failed Departure

             Sapphire again found herself in the dark, suffocating space of the basement, with something moving around her. Hunting her, she couldn’t find the way out of the basement. The stairs weren’t where they should be. She couldn’t see anything to orient herself with, and the creature was always close behind her. She didn’t know who or what was making the noises or following her. But she didn’t want them catching her because she knew it meant she’d never get out of the basement alive.

             With tears rolling down her cheeks, she sat bolt right up in bed, throwing off the covers as a terror filled scream wrenched from her throat. Breathing heavily, she only got a moment of peace before the door to the room she was in nearly ripped from its hinges and Magnus was there, looking around, wild-eyed. “What wro