When Step Lost the Game

As inviolable she thought she was Step had lost the game. Step never thought she would be this upset, she believed she would be fine with one loss. The fact was she had never lost a game before and when she did today, it was all her fault she believed. Step wanted to avoid her friends as they would most likely be disappointed with her; she wander alone in the Forest of Whispers.

 

While walking aimlessly deeper into the forest, Step started to get unnerved from the lack of noise. She stop in search for some sound and heard fate motes of breath, squeak through the atmosphere, emanating from somewhere. The faint breath started to garble, and eventually Step was listening to someone whispering in the Forest of Whispers. “Where are you going Step,” it spoke softly, “you know this won’t solve anything.” Step froze in the spot and could not bring herself to answer. “You might have lost but you will only lose more if you walk away,” the whisper declared. Step remained in on tight standing position, having a small intention, to slightly step away down the path she just walked. “Step don’t do this, DON’T DO THIS STEP!” From that cried whisper, Step sprinted back the way she came, until she crashed into Henry her friend. “Calm down man, it was only me,” said Henry. Step came to the realization that it was Henry who was whispering in the forest of whisper, someone she had lost the game with. “I can’t believe, it was you, why you got to scare me so?” Step asked. “It was only a prank, just for fun, like the game we just lost, I still and fun didn’t you?” Step laughed at her frivoled experience, and felt much better about her day.