Short Story Of Daniel's Run

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The end of April is always dreary, but luckily this was the first sunny day in two weeks. Daniel and James, the two closest friends in the world, decided to go for a run. They balance each other perfectly. Daniel, the tall, tan athlete; and James, the small, skinny nerd. They could not be any more different, but, both had a burning passion for running, and felt trapped by the gloomy, somber drizzle. They itched to get out and run. The path they always take runs behind Daniel’s house, and through the wooded city park. They took this path because -for the most part- it was secluded, both found it easy to slip out of reality as they ran. The other reason they enjoyed this path was the challenge it presented, it twisted up and around the steepest …show more content…

Each of them slipped out of the real world and into their own. The ground was damp and muddy from the rain, but they continued anyway. They had been running for almost forty five minutes; and as Daniel and James got to the end of their run, they stopped to look out over the hill, as they always did. They were standing there for a couple minutes, then with no suggestion of instability, the ground under Daniel’s feet gave out, he plunged down the side of the hill. He hit every branch near him as if they were trying to grab him, but he slipped out of their grasp. When he got to the bottom, his head slammed against a rock and instantly lost consciousness. High above there was James, at the top of the steep hill, staring down in shock at his lifeless looking …show more content…

What is that? I’m going to go check it out,” Daniel said. Daniel stumbled over to the backpack, still a little dazed from the fall. He scraped the damp moss off of it, and then examined it. When he opened it, a rush of cool damp air greeted his face. It seemed to come from the bottom of the backpack. Being confused by this he looked inside where he found a note that read: In twenty four hours you’ll be dead, if it isn’t you it’ll be your friend. There’s no way around it one of you will die, you’d better hope it’s the right guy. After reading the note he felt chills run up his spine, he got the feeling that someone, or something had done something to his body. Not knowing what this all meant, he took the note and put it in his pocket so James couldn’t find it. He walked back to James, who had been sitting on a rock, pretending to not be interested in the backpack. He told James that it was just an empty, old backpack. James sensed that Daniel might not be telling the whole truth, but let it go because he figured Daniel might still be disoriented from hitting his

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