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The Red Room: A Narrative Fiction

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In a small village, like no other, about 15 years ago, there was three protagonist named Lizzy, John and Nick. Near this village, there was the town river that provides them with water and a mysterious cave that was forbidden to enter. The people who lived in this village lived in fear about the mysterious cave. As the story goes a wicked witch lives in the cave and anyone who had entered had never returned. Lately, people have begun to fall ill and they have reason to believe that it's the witch who lives in the cave that is causing the illness by turning the water green. One afternoon, Lizzy, John, and Nick were playing go fish when they started hearing screaming from a little girl. You could hear the pain in her voice as she cry's about …show more content…

As much as they didn't want to face the witch, they knew that they have to take action into their own hands to stop this illness. After one and a bit hours had passed the three had arrived at the entrance of the cave. Inside It looked dark, the kind of like a dark cloud in the sky with dripping water and a smell in which can make a person vomit almost straight away. As the three friends got deeper into the cave they vaguely started to hear a crying sound. As they turned the wide corner the three friends saw a lady standing there holding some sort of bowl. This bowl looked magical with the liquid inside looking as green as grass just like the river is turning. The lady was quite tall wearing a sky blue coloured dress and looked intimidating, with big black hair. The lady was looking straight into the water as if she was waiting for something to …show more content…

The lady suddenly yelled “who has dared to enter my cave” the three friends was totally terrified as they thought this was the end. John replied back to the lady “We come in peace please don't hurt us” The lady looked up with the anger in her face “leave, and let me be by myself”. Lizzy said in a brave voice “people are becoming ill and I think you are the reason why” the lady replied ‘I've done no such thing; why would you suspect me?” John replied with “you've killed anyone who had entered, now you're posting the town to ensure no one else will enter” the lady then said “My dragon was dying and I have been giving him this medicine to dull his pain, not trying to poison anyone and I've never killed anyone. My dragon would always have got to them before I could stop him”. As the lady said that they realised this is what is coursing all the deaths back at the village. They all calmly told the lady about the situation and how the medicine must be the source for the illness that is killing people. The lady was shocked from all the pain she has caused and begins to cry. The lady then goes on to say that "this morning my dragon has passed away and I no longer have the need to put the medicine in the

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