My first fanfic! I hope everyone enjoys!
"Are you ready to land?" Artemis Sharp asked his daughter, Deryn. "No." Deryn answered, "But I don't think I ever will be." Her father smiled and began to lower the balloon. As the balloon began to lower, the flame began to increase. "Da!" Deryn asked, "If we are going down, why is the flame going up?" But she did not need her father's answer because she already knew. The hot air balloon was going up in flames. "Barking spiders." she whispered. There was nothing they could do. They had only enough water to drink, and no other way of putting out the flame. Deryn's father turned to her.
"Deryn," he said, "I love you."
"No.."
"I love your mother and your brother."
"Da, what are you doing."
"Good-bye."
And then he pushed her out of the balloon. She screamed the whole way down. But not because of the drop. She screamed because of what she fell off of, and what she left behind. She screamed because she knew that if her father hadn't saved her, he could have saved himself.
She broke a few bones upon impact. It didn't matter. Broken bones could heal, but she would never see her father again.
I know it isn't great, but I would love reviews!
