Emily's POV:
All my weight had been lifted off the ground in a split second. My own screams filled my ears as I began to get higher and higher from the ground, the ice-filled air whipped through my clothes and under my skin causing my body to fall numb.
I looked up into the night sky. At first, the only thing that I could see was the darkness of the night but as my eyes adjusted quickly to see the black figure with moonlit yellow eyes staring down at me.
"Who are you!" I screamed, my voice trembling.
Who am I kidding, is this thing even a person?
With no response, the fear I had struggled to fight back now washed over me causing my limbs to fall heavy. I finally accepted that screaming for help would be useless. No one would be able to hear me and even if someone did, by the time they noticed I would be out of sight at this speed. Instead, I tried to focus as I planned to grab hold of what looks like black smoke. I stretched my arm up against the wind and grabbed above my other hand, trying to hold on for dear life. I couldn't hold back the terrible thoughts that were flooding my mind.
What if I suddenly fall?
What if the figure suddenly let me go?
What if this is the night that I die?
The black figure once again looked down at me as I strained my death-grip on what I could only make out to be the ankle of the figure. It's yellow eyes held a cold icy stare now shooting higher in the air, leaving me a screaming mess behind it. It headed higher until we were racing on top of the brick London houses, dodging chimneys and power lines.
This isn't real.
Please don't let this be real.
I let out a loud scream as one of my legs almost hit a corner of a brick house, only missing by a slight second, the figure pulling my body away just in time it did for the many houses to come. I tried kicking and hitting thinking my only option would be to land on a rooftop but it's grip only tightened as we flew higher into the night sky leaving the silent suburb behind.
I would have thought my fear of heights would be enough to make me pass out by now but the adrenaline was keeping it at bay. It was only when we reached the clouds that I couldn't take it anymore. I shut my eyes hoping this nightmare would end and I would be able to awaken from this dream but I could still hear the gushes of wind whipping through my hair. The faintest noises of cars beeping from the late workers began to fade out until all I could hear was the wind rushing past my ears. Closing my eyes did help calm down the nerves but knowing that I couldn't hear anything just made it that much worse.
"Look," Spoke a dark loud voice.
I forced my eyes open and they widened in shock to realise that voice was coming from the figure above me. It stared down at me and I fell tranced into its eyes as it had done before. I watched the arm of the figure point down and I followed, my body becoming still as I looked back over my shoulder.
Lights. Thousands and thousands flickering in the night, like fireflies, tiny little specks filling the night sky. I thought they were stars but they were perfectly inline along every street and every building. I had never paid much attention to the city at night but at this height, despite the overwhelming fear...it was beautiful.
If I did die. If this wasn't just a dream, I was happy for this to be the last thing I saw. It would be a vision I will never forget.
I didn't turn back to the dark figure, I stayed with the lights that slowly began to blur my vision. It was soothing enough that my body felt as if it were asleep, that maybe this really was just a dream. It really did feel like I was flying, the city now growing smaller and the lights eventually fading. It all blurred together as my eyes closed. The only thing I could see was a cloud of faint green dust surrounding my limbs, simmering in the moonlight as it took over my last line of sight.
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