Evaline:
Everything was fine one moment, and then-
A sharp, terrified scream split the calm air, cutting through the silence like a blade.
Gasps followed as someone shouted a name. Students froze and all our heads snapped toward the direction of the sound. My heart was lodged in my throat as I turned in time to spot someone slipping off the trail's edge where the ground had given away.
He failed wildly as he slid on the gravel and dirt, and then suddenly, he wasn't. Fortunately, there were thick and sturdy vines that tangled around his torso and arm, catching him before he could plummet to the depths below.
But he was hanging.
Hanging over nothing but air and jagged rocks hundreds of feet down.
Panic exploded among the students.
"Oh my god!"
"Is he going to fall?!"
"Help him - somebody do something!"
