A/N: It's been a long time since I have published anything here. I hope that you all enjoy it. Somethings I have taken out some things I have left the same as my imagination saw fit. Please review and let me know what you think! Enjoy! Oh...I own nothing.
She did not remember the forest being this dense before, which meant that he was close and trying to throw her off. She would have to run faster.
How often did her chase her around these trees until she was light headed and would carry her back to his dreaded castle, her muscles exhausted and her breathing ragged.
The moon shone bright in the sky and cut shadows in the trees and brush; she used this to her advantage. She could see the cliff. Darting to the left, she lept over a branch landing, surprisingly gracefully, in a brush of leaves. Hurling a gust of magic down the path she sat painfully still. A simple confusion spell, giving the illusion that she was still running along the same path and not huddled holding her breath until his footsteps faded. When she was sure that he had taken the bait she made a break for the cliff. He would hear her movement but it would give her just enough time to make it.
"WAIT!" Just as she had summoned all of her courage to leap, he was there. "Are you so desperate for your freedom that you would risk death? Your power isn't strong enough to save you from that fall."
She could feel his grin. That evil sadistic grin that was almost always there. It taunted her even now, when her back was turned and she couldn't see it with her own eyes. She could hear it in his voice. It crawled along her spine, settled at the nape of her neck, and forced her to turn and face him. "You underestimate me. You have always underestimated me. You really shouldn't do that.."
Firm in her decision and steeled by his contempt, she spread her arms wide smiled. She didn't get to see his smile fade away into panic as he rushed forward, just missing her tunic to pull her back before she fell.
"NO!"