The Dungeon Tree

"It"

The large hand slammed against the ground sending us up, I looked down and saw the figure attempting the throw another punch. I flipped my sword and tried to aim it at them, I found the perfect time and threw it. The sword flew through the air and plunged into the figure's chest.

The figure let out a piercing scream making me cover my ears, I turned downward and saw how close the ground was. The landing wasn't going to be pretty, I covered my face before impact but felt nothing when I should have hit the ground.

"You're welcome, I just saved our lives using one of my spells. Now come on, we need to get out of here while we still can."

I picked myself off the ground and ran to the direction where Steven and the girl were, the hand that the figure creates chased us at high speeds.

"Steven! Start running now!" I said, I hadn't seen him yet but I knew he could hear me. I turned around and saw the hand right behind the girls back.

The world around me seemed to slow down, I ran at girl pushing her out of the way causing the hand the grab me.

The hand started to drag me back, I tried to move my arms but I couldn't manage it. I looked around to see if I could somehow use something but before I thought of anything Steven jumped out and tried to cut the off the hand.

I looked back and saw that his slash did nothing, the arms reconnected and kept dragging me back. I looked off in the distance and finally got a good look at the figure, she looked like an old women.

"Dang it, we can't beat the witch with what we have!" Said the girl who used magic.

The witch then dropped me in front of her, I put my hand close to my sword and stared at her. I tried thinking about her weaknesses, the only time I actually hurt her was when I threw my blade at her.

"John you need to get out of there, we can't win this fight!" Said Steven, I looked at him for a moment and kept thinking of a plan. I got low to the ground and quietly put some dirt in my hand, I ran at the witch and threw it into her eyes. She let out a low growl and put her hands over her eyes.

"Ok let's go!" I yelled, turning around running. I jumped over fallen tree logs and ran through thickets. Steven did the same while the magic caster seemed a little more careful, up ahead we saw the girl Steven was with.

"Emma we need to go now or that thing will get us!" Said Steven.

All four of us ran through the forest until we could barely breath, I looked around to see if the coast was clear and thankfully saw nothing. I let out and sigh of relief and slumped onto a tree, I sat there for a moment and closed my eyes but felt an ominous presence.

I opened my eyes and looked around, Everyone was gone. I jumped up and pulled out my sword, I walked around and saw smoke coming from the other side of a bush.

I moved the bush to the side and saw the witch there, she looked as if she was waiting for me. Me and her made eye contact for a moment, there was no point in hiding so I jumped down to her.

The witch brought out the large hands she used earlier and put them close to her body. Nobody moved or made a sound, the only noises were the wind and the pond close by.

The witch threw one of her hand at me but I moved to the side and dodged it, she used her other hand but I dodged that one too. She started to smile and I realized what she was planning to do, I turned around and saw that both hand had connected trapping me within them. She started to bring her hands back to hit me, since I couldn't damage them I turned around and ran at the witch. The witch gave another sinister smile and brought out two more hands, I readied my sword and thought of the only spell that could manage to beat her hands.

"Magic Slash!" I yelled. The blade cut completely through her hands, she took a step back in astonishment. But that was soon replaced with rage, the hands behind me were coming back even faster. I used the spell again to try and stop those hands but she moved them out of the way putting them above me.

She slammed her fists down causing them to collide with my sword, her fists were slowly burying me into the ground. My legs started to feel weak but I held on, I thought about what happened to the others and if they were dealing with this too.

All of a sudden the witches hands vanished, I looked at the witch and saw her body collapse on the ground. I looked at the person behind her and noticed that it was Steven, I let out a small smile and collapsed on the ground.