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The ground fall from beneath me.

 I am falling

Nothing could stop me from falling, only the earth as my body hits it.

I cant breathe, oxygen no longer in my reach.

I cant breathe, my chest desperate for air.

I cant breathe.

Breathe.

I can breathe now, my chest aching as I hungrily eat at the air.

I can breathe now, my body slowly recovering from the fall.

I am on solid ground. 

I climb to my feet, my legs shaky, my heart pounding in my chest. It was not the first time I had failed and it would not be the last. It was the most difficult one yet and no matter how many times I tried it I could not preform it, my body always finding the ground before my feet. Mis Madam would be angry if I didn't prefect it. She would punish me until I got it right. Thats why I was practicing. Thats why I was failing. No one liked maddening miss Madam. No one.

I take a deep breath, before climbing onto the small tree stump. I don't think, I knew that if I thought to much I would be scared, I would become afraid of the jump and I was falter than fail. I didn't want to fail

I couldn't fail. 

I close my eyes and jump, jump as high as I can, tucking my legs neath me before kicking them out, trying to propel my body around, trying to flick my legs from underneath me in a full circle.

I am falling again.

Where was solid ground-

my face finds it first.

A muffled scream of pain escapes my lips and I am kissing dirt. It fills my mouth- but something like iron is more powerful, warm and think caught between the dirt and my teeth-

blood.

Blood runs from my face, feeding the earth, I watch as it leaks around my eyes, turning my vision scarlet. I don't cry though. I never cry. Instead I give a small howl of pain before pulling myself into a siting position. My hands cradle my nose. My nose is like a tap, water the colour of the red sea flows between my fingers, running down my arms.

I was broken.

But worse

I had failed. 


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