“Where are we?” Will said. I couldn’t believe it – Will was crying! Wait a second…why wasn’t I crying? This isn’t just some fictional story! It’s not like there’s some definite happy ending where we all walk into the sunset! Right about now I burst into tears myself. “Stop, guys, I don’t think we’re anywhere, but we’ve got to do something…” Patrick said. “I know,” Will said, wiping his face. “Be more careful next time!” came a voice from seemingly nowhere. “Who said that??” Will abruptly asked. “Me, you fool! Look closer.” The voice teased. So we all squinted our eyes and leaned forward, or what could have been forward, since there was no way to tell because there was nothing in this place at all. Sure enough, there was a silhouette of a human. It was as though they were invisible, though, and you could only see their outline. “Well kids, you lucked out. I saved you from that dragon, you should be thankful.” They said. “But that was our mom,” Quinn said in a very thin voice we could barely hear. “I won’t lie to you, Quinn,” The thing said, “It truly and honestly was your mom, but…over the years she was tempted. You know the story about Adam and Eve? Well your mother was, I suppose, like Eve, and was tempted by the serpent, which in this case, represents evil. Evil called to your mother, Patrick. And it offered her a change in life, what looked like a better one than the one she had already. And, unfortunately, she accepted it. |