A Flower in the Never Ending Pit
It was a dark and dreary night for Chihiro. She had spent the twilight hours dreamily reminding herself that she had a friend in the spirit world. Haku would come to her the next day. They would have adventures together, frolic above the clouds on Haku's scaly back, and breath the air while seeing the marvelous wonders below them. At that moment Chihiro felt as if she were floating aimlessly on a cloud, finally being free, not thinking of anything… when a soft white rose pedal fell on top of her nose.
She woke up to see Lin staring down at her.
"Time to work," she said. Chihiro woke with a start.
"Aaaaaaah," she shouted. Chihiro was confused and ran out of the room with a quickening pace. She raced down the stairs and launched herself out of the bathhouse. She didn't stop running until she was in the village. Lucky for her it wasn't dark. She hid in the bushes and was so scared that she cried herself to sleep. She wasn't sure why she was scared, was it because of the new job, Yubaba, or Haku? She didn't know. It was just at that moment that she saw Haku blissfully gliding down the path towards her.
She jumped up and caressed him. She was so happy that he was here. They ran away smiling and laughing as they made their way to the grassy hill by the "train station." When they got there Haku turned into his dragon like form and picked up Chihiro on his back. She observed the white scales on his back, the beautiful blue hair on his head, and thought to herself what a magnificent creature he was. As they took off Chihiro was jolted around and quickly took hold of Haku's horns. She gripped them as tightly as she possibly could for fear of falling off of him.
They passed over valleys, mountains, caves, and hills. They passed through rain, snow, hail, and lightning. They encountered spirits, humans, animals, and birds. As they passed through countless places the minutes folded into hours and the hours melted into days. They had stopped for food multiple times during the journey, but they hardly noticed if they were hungry or not. They drank from springs, rivers, and lakes, but didn't care if they were thirsty or not.
Finally they had reached their destination. They were now able to see in the distance what they had been waiting for: The Never Ending Pit. Chihiro had heard stories about it from Haku, Lin, and even Boh once, and she had always wanted to go. Luckily, she had a dragon that could fly her there. She had been told that it was a hole that was about two miles in diameter and no one had ever found a bottom to it. Spirits had gone down countless times trying to find the bottom, some are trying, some have tried, and some had died in the attempt. With all of the tales of it, it lived up to its expectations. It was huge, pitch black, and freaky. In fact, it gave Chihiro the creeps. It was so vast that only Haku could see to the other side. Haku suggested that they look inside when Chihiro refused. He tried to tempt her, but she was a stubborn girl and wouldn't budge.
Haku tried to push her in so he could catch her, but as they were too close to the edge Chihiro fought back and ended up pushing Haku into the pit. He was caught off guard and started to fall before he caught his balance. He smiled and started to fly back up when a dragon lunged out at Haku from a cave in the pit and bit him in the stomach.
Chihiro saw Haku struggling and falling to his doom when an idea struck her. Since this is a bottomless pit, if she jumps in, she won't fall to the ground and die. No, she would be able to reach Haku, feed him the tiniest bit of healing cake she had left that the water god had given her, heal him, and be able to get Haku to fly them both back up to safety. Brilliant! With that, Chihiro jumped off the edge into the pit with an indignant yell that rumbled and echoed in the cave.
She blasted down steadily in an arrow like shape so she would fall faster and could barely make out Haku in the distance. When she could clearly make out Haku she passed out spontaneously and silently fell. A few minutes later, a white rose pedal fell onto her cheek.