The mountain of no return

Cassandra Thomas
The mountain of no return
(Final Draft)

Come on, come on, Keisha and Saniyah let’s go! My sister and I rushed and grabbed our luggage excitedly both reaching for the same bag. Keisha and Saniyah said at the same time “your always doing that” in unison they both said “see”. Being though Keisha and Saniyah were twins they would often do or say the same thing. My mother began to yell once again “If yall two don’t come on then yall will be left”. When we heard our mother call a second time we raced down the steps because we knew that it was finally time to go. When Keisha and I got outside I could not help but feel like I had forgot something. That’s when it hit me, and I thought to my self, Spike. Spike is the name of my dog. He is not that big nor is he that small. He is all brown and has pretty brown eyes. Spike is very friendly and happens to be my best friend. Which is why I felt the need to bring him on all of our family vacations. Now normally my parents would not allow me to bring Spike on any family vacations, but this time I refused to let them say no, so I begged and pleaded until they finally gave in. When I returned back outside with spike in my hands I noticed that my parents had already put the luggage in the car and were just waiting on me. I got in the car full of excitement because I enjoy going on family vacations. This trip was a little different from the rest because this time we were going camping. This was my first time going camping so I was anxious. That is probably why they allowed Spike to come this time. The ride to “The mountain of no return” seemed a bit long. The name of the mountain alone kind of gave me the creeps and every time someone said the name of the mountain I would get a bad feeling in my stomach. I shook the thought because I was still excited. When we finally arrived there my family and I immediately began to put up our sleeping tents. My parents shared a tent while Keisha, Spike, and I shared a tent. We were all pretty much exhausted from the drive so after putting out tents up we decided to go to sleep and wake up early tomorrow to begin our first camping adventure together. The next morning we woke up at eight o’ clock and made something to eat. Making something to eat where we were at was different because everything we made to eat was made by us holding it over fire; therefore there was not a variety of things for us to eat. We repeatedly ate Marshmallows, fish, hot chocolate, fish, hotdogs, and junk food that bought for the trip. After eating some fish I decided to take Spike for a little walk, but I was so busy looking around and talking to Spike that I did not realize that I walked a little further then planned. I looked back and noticed that I did not realize where I was. When I looked ahead two large lions and a huge black bear greeted me. My heart dropped to my feet when I noticed the vicious animals. At that moment the words “The mountain of no return” instantly came to head. At the very moment I knew that I would never return. I knew that I should have went with my gut feeling. The black bear was the first to start his attack. He looked at me with his devious eyes, “what are you doing in our turf?” With my hands trembling I replied I was just walking my dog, I did not mean any harm. The two loins answered in unison “ well offense token”. The animals began to close in on me. That’s when Spike hopped out my arms and jumped to my defense. He took his first claw at the bear and from there on I knew that the worst was about to take place. I knew that me and little Spike could not take the three vicious animals. When the bear clawed back at Spike I knew that my assumption was correct. Blood began to shed and fear took over my body. I looked over and saw a huge tree branch. I ran over a got the tree branch so that I could use it against the two lions. I began swinging the tree branch as quick as I can considering all the weight on the branch. Suddenly I realized that Spike and I were not fighting alone. I looked and saw Keisha and my two parents swinging there own little weapons that they must have found. Keisha had a metal weapon that I could not make out, my mother had a huge rock, and my father had two large tree branches. My father helped me fight off the two lions while my mother, Keisha, and Spike fought of the bear. My mother hit the bear over the head so many times that I lost count. I noticed that the bear was down and could tell that the bear was not getting back up because he was not breathing. So Spike, Keisha, and my mother came and joined my father and I. The two lions were putting up a good fight. My mother began to choke one of the lions with all of her might forcing the lion to fall to the ground. We were all swinging our weapons with much force. You could hear our weapons hitting the lion and in matter of time we sent the lion crashing to the ground. We were exhausted after the battle. We all hugged, happy that we were all okay. I could not help but wonder how they knew where to find me so I asked. “ How did yall know where to find me”? Keisha answered because my twin senses kicked in like they always do and I knew that you were in harm. I told mommy and daddy and we rushed to save you. Thank you I replied with tear in my eyes. At that point I was very happy and for the first time I appreciated the fact that I was a twin. This family trip will be one that I will always remember and a place that I will never return back to. Keisha and I said at the same time “We are out of here as soon as we reach our tents and grab our luggage”. Just then two large tigers interrupted our thoughts. My family and I all looked at the two hungry looking tigers in disbelief….