by RabbitsPaw » 05/01/2011 11:24 AM
It was so quiet in the cavern. Efi could only hear the wind breathing through the cave, like an enormous lung. She yawned, and started to become annoyed. There was no end to this place, and she still hadn't found who she was looking for. She suddenly realized that the cavern had gotten thinner, the walls were closer.
The ground broke under her, and she quickly lunged herself backwards. With wide eyes, she saw rocks fall into a void that seconds ago were solid ground. Efi suddenly felt wobbly, and had to lie down for a moment. I must have come to a more unstable section of the cavern. She thought. She wanted to turn around, but her gut instinct told her that this was the right way. She looked closer in front of her. There was still a rocky ledge on the wall, that she could use to get across. This wasn't going to be fun.
Efi put her paw in front of the other, carefully. She was now halfway across the ledge, she knew it because she could see that it was slightly brighter in front of her, it was the color of the ground. It wasn't easy work, walking on a thin ledge with four paws. Every step meant full concentration, and she started to feel dizzy. She was now close, but not close enough. Her head was spinning, and her muscles tense. Her legs were shaking, and she felt like she would fall any moment.
Her breath stopped, she could feel her tail moving in the wrong way, making her lose her balance, and her front paws fumbled in thin air. Instinctively, her hind paws grasped the ledge, her legs tensed, and catapulted her through the air. Like a bullet she shot through the darkness, and she could see steady ground drawing closer. Efi knew this wasn't close enough, she bit desperately with her jaw, and felt it grasp a strong root which stood steady in the ground. She hauled herself upwards, and suddenly she felt herself lying on earth.
Due to the chock, her mind suddenly snapped, and she started laughing her guts out. It then turned into tears, and with an empty mind, she fell asleep.
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