What the...?
Magpie shakes his head yet again to sober up but it doesn't have the desired effect; his eyes are out of focus and he can only see enormous, blurry bolsters, one after another, speeding fast past him. Too fast and too close because each passing bolster is followed by the strong slipstream that pulls off yet another feather of his black back.
The next slipstream takes him by surprise and tosses him around like a ragdoll and he lands right in front of a huge wheel.
In horror, he squeezes his eyes closed and blurts out his final words before the inevitable happens.
He feels an even stronger and even faster power toss him much further and he lands far away from the previous place.
To his surprise he is still alive, feeling dizzy though but alive anyway. Something huge bends over him and says,
Why on earth were you in the middle of this huge road?
In shock, he cannot spit out a single word and tries to see the creature that just spoke. His vision starts gradually coming back to him and he can spot big, sharp claws just beside his head and immediately loses his consciousness.
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General FictionThere is an unexpected turn in the story that drastically changes the course of events and, in the long run, even the lives of those involved. Magpie, the first to be involved, suddenly finds himself in the world so unlike his own. Will he find his...
