The Awakening (standard:fairy tales, 996 words)
Author: LadyofMistyFog	Added: Jul 18 2003	Views/Reads: 4009/2405	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
When all seems lost to Tawney, she decides to end her life, but in fashion. But induling in a swim in a forbidden lake, she awakens something that will not let her die, and will never die.

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lake, her eyes closed, savoring the moment.  That was until she felt as 
if electricity were dancing in the air around her and the water felt 
alive.  Swiftly, she opened her eyes, but nothing had changed visibly, 
and yet she could feel something brewing.  Then the whispers started, 
echoing across the lake, almost loud enough that she could hear them, 
almost but not quite.  Fear made her unable to swim back to the shore, 
but on the same note, she was intensely excited.  She wanted to know 
what was about to happen. 

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw something shift and immediately
she swiveled in the water to see.  For a moment, she thought the 
mountain was having a landslide.  Then she had to shake her head 
because she couldn't believe her eyes.  It almost seemed as if a woman 
was stepping out of the mountain.  But when she looked closer, she 
realized the woman wasn't stepping out of the mountain, but was waking 
out of the mountain.  Her hair was a dark earthy brown with trees 
sticking out like bizarre little hair decorations, and her skin was a 
mossy shade.  Slowly she rose, stretching as she did as if awakening 
from a deep doze. 

Again Tawney caught movement, and turned her head to the other side to
see a man rising out of the water. 

I will be writing more but gotta leave school.


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