I took one look at the girl and backed away, desperate to get away from the daggers and those steely eyes. She smiled wickedly, and I turned and ran, running as fast as my legs could carry me. But my feet didn’t listen to my head, and so I in reality stayed in place, frozen with fear. Or was it something else? Was it some psychic power holding me back? Either way, I fought it, trying franticly to get away from the girl that wished to hurt me, or more. Maybe she even wanted to kill me.
Her eyes danced with laughter as she advanced, daggers raised. I stumbled back, first one step, then another. She smirked and I pulled to a stop, the spell holding me again. I pull against it, and then I fall, sprawled on my back. I’m on my feet in an instant, running away, not getting far before the magic stops me again.
I gritted my teeth, trying to think. My head hurt; I couldn’t remember anything, not even my own name. What was going on? I pulled against the spell again, and again stumbled forward a few steps. The girl was behind me; I could hear her breathing softly and evenly. I whirled around, knocking one of the daggers out of her hands before taking off again, pushing harder and harder, running until I can’t hear her anymore.
Now she’s too far away for the spell to work, and I continued to run, pushing myself to not stop. I was in a maze, the hedges around me at least twice as tall as me. Turning a corner, I skidded to a stop before the tall man in a trench coat. Again the spell seized me, and I realized what the whole thing had been: a trap. A game. It was then I remembered. My name was John. I was a spy for the SES. I was supposed to be on a mission… I must have been captured. Now it was too late, the man swooping in and driving the sword that had appeared out of nowhere into my chest. I gasped, stumbling back, and then fell to my knees, struggling to breath. But it was no use; I had already lost this game.










