Volcanic Panic

• Emily Lenehan, , Trinity Catholic School
• Short Story
• 2016

Excellence Award in the 'Word Zone 2016' competition

The ground is trembling, nervous, shaking like a sick dog. The unsteady land is creeping through the crust of the earth. BOOM! Smoke surges through the crystal blue sky. RUN! Powerful gusts of wind push you off your feet sending you airborne, flying until your sweating body hits the boiling ground. The glowing red lava bursts like a pimple, chasing you like a wolf hungry for food. Fiery lava is hot at your tail. You urge to run faster as the scorching ground burns through the souls of your shoes. PANTING, DIZZY, FEAR! Thoughts whir through your head until the thick layer of lava catches you.