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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWriting Prompt: “So, umm, where did your house go?”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>
Roxy continued running through the trees, thin twigs catching her dark curls as she weaved in the brush. She turned and glanced behind her briefly but saw nothing giving chase. She focused her attention back to the girl in front of her, Sierra. Her only priority was following Sierra to her house, where they\u2019d be safe.<\/p>
\u201cAlmost there,\u201d Sierra shouted as she turned her head towards Roxy, her green eyes scanning the forest behind them both.<\/p>
Roxy was glad to hear those words. Her legs were starting to burn, and she was gasping for air. Sierra climbed over a large fallen tree and ducked down behind it on the other side. Roxy followed, dropping out of sight as she wiped her forehead with her shirt sleeve.<\/p>
\u201cAre you OK?\u201d Sierra asked, pulling stray leaves from her long, frazzled braids.<\/p>
\u201cYeah, I think, but was that thing<\/em>?\u201d Roxy replied, her eyes glancing around the surroundings.<\/p>
\u201cI\u2019m not sure, but my mom will know. She knows all about magical creatures,\u201d Sierra answered. \u201cMy house is just on the other side of that hill. We can be there is less than five minutes. Come on!\u201d<\/p>
The two girls slowly raised their heads to peer over the tree trunk and check the woods behind them. There was a slight breeze rattling the leaves on the trees, and a woodpecker\u2019s knock echoed in the distance. They stood, and moved side by side through the trees, clutching each other\u2019s arms as their eyes wildly darted around, looking for any signs of movement. Only the leaves crunching under their feet could be heard as they stepped upon the faint hiking trail Sierra and her brother cleared last Spring. They quickened their pace as the path wound around a rocky outcrop, Roxy clinging tightly to Sierra\u2019s arm as she once again checked behind them. Sierra stopped suddenly, Roxy almost knocking them both over as they stumbled forward.<\/p>
There, in front of them, was a large clearing, with a short, stone wall in the outline of a building. Sierra stood silently; her eyes wide as she took in the empty site.<\/p>
\u201cIt\u2019s gone,\u201d she whispered, her head shaking in disbelief.<\/p>
\u201cWhat?\u201d Roxy asked, her eyes watching Sierra.<\/p>
\u201cMy house,\u201d Sierra said, \u201cIt\u2019s gone.\u201d<\/p>
Roxy scrunched her face, her brain trying to piece together what Sierra was implying.<\/p>
\u201cSo, umm, where did your house go?\u201d Roxy asked, still not understanding.<\/p>
\u201cI have no idea.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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