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"Trinity, wait up! Don't go running off on your own!"
"Come on Ulyssa! We're almost there!" Critters scatter, sticks and leaves crunch under their feet as the two girls run up the mountain. The smaller girl with the biggest, toothiest grin you'd ever see was laughing as she ran, the taller and older girl behind her was struggling to keep up. The path they were following was overgrown; vines twisting along the dirt, bushes obstructed their path and had to be pushed out of the way, leaf litter scattered all over the ground over several autumns past. Suddenly the girl stops; she had reached the peak of the mountain, it takes another several seconds for the second girl to catch up to her. Once she does, she throws her hand on her knees, bending over trying to catch her breath.
"See? What'd I tell ya?" The younger girl, Trinity, says, staring into the horizon. Ulyssa, the older girl, finally catching her breath, shades her eyes and squints as she looks up.
The sun was setting over the horizon, still bright enough to be hard to look at, but low enough for the girls to experience the beautiful setting displayed before them. A blanket of clouds covered the distant skies, painted all sorts of warm colours as the sun sets behind them. Light dances on the leaves of the forest spread out below them as the gentle wind flows through the trees. The sound of birds chirping drones out the buzzing of the city, now in the distance.
"Wow, you're right. It's beautiful out here."
"I know, right?" Trinity turns to her sister with her toothy grin, although, one of her front teeth was missing, she was adorable. Ulyssa gave a faint smile back to her.
"It's beautiful, but it's also going to be dark soon. We don't want to be out here when it turns night, we should head back-"
"Awwwww but we just got here! Can't we stay for a little bit longerrrrr?" Trinity whines, grabbing Ulyssa's hand and turning to stand in front of her.
"I mean- well, I guess I do still need to catch my breath a little bit. But only for a few minutes!"
"Yay! Come on, there's one more thing that I was to show you." She squeezes her eyes closed in a big grin, then turns around, still holding Ulyssa's hand and leading her forward.
"Wait, there's something else?"
"You'll see, heehee." Trinity giggles
She leads Ulyssa through several bushes and down a bit of a slope, and she stops in front of a cavernous hole.
"This!"
"Woah.... what is this? I didn't know Mount Ebott had a giant hole in it..." Ulyssa walks forwards cautiously, making sure not to get too close to the edge. She peers over but she cant get close enough to see the bottom.
"I wonder whats down there?" Trinity says, shes on her hands and knees with her fingers creeping over the edge.
"Trinity, get away from the edge!"
"Why? I'm not gonna fa-" Suddenly, the ground beneath her gives way, and she topples over the edge.
"Trinity!" Ulyssa grabs her sister's hand in an attempt to her, but that only results in her being dragged into the pit as well. They both scream as they fall, but Ulyssa grabs Trinity's hand again, pulling her towards her and wrapping in her arms, protecting her. They hit the ground with a solid THUD and Ulyssa is thrown unconscious.