I was running, though I already knew that it wouldn’t get me away from what I was desperately trying to escape. But instinct had taken over my body and I had no control over where I was going.

I ran still faster, flying deeper and deeper into the dark woods behind my house. Small twigs whipped across my face and got tangled in my hair, but I was not going to stop to fix it.

Somewhere far behind me, the sounds of a ghostly battle resounded through the forest.

And then stopped.

I lost focus and my foot caught in a tree root. I landed, hearing the snap of my ankle as I went down. I desperately tried to get up, but I could go no further. The trees seemed to close up in an impenetrable wall as pale figures surrounded me.

I bowed my head, knowing that this was it.

This was the end.

A choice that I didn’t ever want to have to make. An event that I had wanted to put off for as long as possible.

But would I be able to do it?