A Stranger's Fear Edited

er's Fear (Edited)

  By Beth Hoyer

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  "Ahh!" yelled the stranger as the horse reared up nearly knocking him off her back.

  He gripped the reins tighter and forced the mare to stand despite rearing up on her back legs. The stranger eyed the bushes clustered around a tree gathered ahead in front of him with green eyes sight of night vision clear as day with his eyes. He narrowed his eyes glaring at the bushes as they rumbled along with the gathering trees nearby making his senses blare warning giving him a fearful feeling. He continued to stiffen as the bushes showed a group of dinosaurs recognized them as Tyrannosaurus Rexes that gave up roaring sounds. He eyed the dinosaurs that charged towards him while giving off sounds that made him think it was related to hunger to him which he forced the horse to move by kicking her sides with his feet hearing her whinny sound of terror. The stranger felt himself nervous as he looked behind him to see the dinosaurs were giving chase. He stiffened sensing that they were targeting his horse judging by their mouths aiming towards her instead of him and that the species are known by him to naturally don't target Humans even when hungry. He allowed the horse to have her head running through the bushes weaving around the trees till he heard a river sound guided her towards it due to knowing that the dinosaurs would give up chase if he and the mare went into the water. He saw a stone wall blocking his way in the distance urged the horse to jump over it which he found his order obeyed finding themselves falling into a river which he clung to the horse in a tight grip as they splashed underwater. The stranger felt the horse swimming in the water from the feeling of sinking not felt as he and she reached the surface and he heard the dinosaurs roar off sounds of frustrations to him behind him as the mare reached the other side of the river and got out of the water. He looked behind him with frustration seeing the dinosaurs on the river bank on the opposite side still roaring away that he would have to take another route through the forest to get to his destination.

  The stranger spoke "Drat, the dinosaurs for ruining things."

  He heard a soft whinny sound from the horse gently patted her on the side and urged her to follow the river bank a lengthy period of time till a bridge of stone came into view. He sighed and guided the horse over the narrow stone bridge that seemed to be made for Humans on horse back to travel over the river. He reached the other side and sighed forcing the horse to gallop in the forest till she halted the riding by rearing up again indicating a dinosaur hidden in the bushes waiting to pounce by the greenery rumbling in front of them abruptly. He stiffened from the feeling of fear hitting him felt the mare's nervousness as the bushes and trees stopped rumbling showing a towering overhead dinosaur the stranger recognized as a Tyrannosaurus Rex that bared its teeth while thrusting out its tongue indicating hunger to him.

  The stranger gasped out "Oh no!"

  He urged the horse in another direction away from the dinosaur who gave up a loud ear shattering roar behind him as he allowed the horse to have her way through the forest running with fear sensed from her and himself. The stranger looked behind him to see the dinosaur was behind them running after them while gaping its mouth open and shut with tongue sticking out at each open mouth gesture. He stiffened seeing that feeling fear hitting him shifted to face the front while riding the horse. The stranger heard silence in the forest instead of the familiar sounds of crickets sounding along with loud breathing from the horse and chasing dinosaur. He gasped for air mouth breathing hard from the oxygen mask covering his face which brought in air for him to breathe despite the oxygen in the forest seemingly on the thin side for Humans to tolerate breathing.

  He heard "Oxygen failure, adjust breathing now."

  The stranger obeyed forcing himself to breathe through his nose as he again heard the voice of the oxygen mask's computer speaking "Breathing acceptable."

  He urged the horse to continue galloping as he heard sounds of a roaring river nearby forced the mare towards the noises while glancing behind him to see the dinosaur hadn't given up chase. He felt himself more nervous from the river's noises than the chasing dinosaur. The stranger groaned as the horse reared up throwing her hind legs behind her while hearing grunting groans from the dinosaur behind. He adjusted the horse from kicking to head towards the river crashing through the bushes while hearing her whinnying sounding panicky to him along with hearing growls from the dinosaur behind him still chasing. The stranger found to his fear that there was a rocky cliff with another cliff in another direction with distance too far for a horse to jump.

  He urged the horse to follow the cliff's line thinking to himself "There's got to be a way for me to get across safely."

  The stranger heard the dinosaur roar behind him urged the horse to halt and turn around facing the Tyrannosaurus Rex. He kept a firm hand on the reins eyeing the dinosaur that came into view charging towards him. The stranger raised a hand and mentally willed forwards the Master through making his Human eyes turn all black activating his mental powers.

  He mentally spoke with a hand aimed at the dinosaur "Stop chasing and be gone now."

  The stranger found to his fear that the dinosaur refused to budge from its charging instead aimed its teethed mouth towards the horse as if trying to bite it while the mare kept rearing up thrusting out legs kicking at it at each attempt. The stranger gripped the reins and urged the horse away from the cliff's edge and got the dinosaur's back to it near the edge as an idea came to his mind. He ordered the horse to rear up each time towards the dinosaur's front making the Tyrannosaurus Rex straightened up its form after each failed bite attempt. He found himself still nervous as the mare was sensed scared underneath him but obeyed to his orders of getting the dinosaur to back off till it reached the edge and refused to budge from the horse's manipulations as it attempted to bite her. The stranger felt fear take control as the horse gave off a loud whinnying sound and without his command took off in a direction with the cliff wall off his right as he again sensed the fearful feeling coming from him and the mare. He again looked behind him to see the dinosaur was again giving chase its attempts to bite the horse by gaping mouth nearing it each time it thrust to bite. The stranger looked off his right as the horse continued to gallop running in fear which his eyes spotted a rope bridge coming into view urged the horse towards it. He found to his fear that the rope bridge looked flimsy looking and didn't seem to be strong from the looks of but he wasn't sure if the bridge could hold the horse and figured he'll risk it. He forced the mare onto the rope bridge finding it swung a bit on each hoof footstep. The stranger heard a loud roar behind him that sounded of frustration to him which he looked to see the dinosaur was still on the cliff at the rope bridge's entrance and had eyes narrowed in some glaring look while having mouth gaping and still roaring away. He felt himself still nervous as he guided the horse slowly over the rope bridge and forced himself not to look down at the river rushing down below which he glimpsed it in a waterfall water falling down too many lengths for a Human to survive going down it. The stranger heard the horse give off a loud whinnying sound of fear which he looked behind to see the dinosaur was gnawing at one of the ropes holding up the bridge. He felt fear hitting him urged the horse to walk faster over the rope bridge finding themselves halfway through it to feel the bridge sag from the dinosaur's gnawing. He found the horse obeyed to his urging hurriedly got across to the cliff wall revealing a cave entrance and nothing else around it. He got the horse onto land as there was a loud snapping sound heard behind him which he looked to see one of the ropes of the bridge had given away and it was sagging off its side as he again heard the familiar roaring noise from the dinosaur again sounding of frustration to him. He shifted to face the cav
e entrance feeling himself still nervous from knowing it involved enclosed spaces making him feel fear from being in caves and such places like that. The stranger forced the horse into the cave forcing the mare to take her time walking in it. He shivered from the coldness hitting him all over despite clad in clothing of animal skins sewn together made to be like leather. He forced himself to breathe slow through the oxygen mask through his nose as the computer voice again sounded indicating inappropriate breathing techniques as the mare walked through the cave passageway seemingly endless with no opening and seemed to go around in bends of circles. He looked around the passageway seeing that some had openings indicating nothing which he figured to himself were entrances to bottomless pits making him more nervous and urged the horse to continue traveling faster. The stranger gasped of fear as the horse stumbled slipping her feet but avoided knocking him off along with keeping herself standing. He again urged the horse to continue to keep on gasping of fear each time the horse stumbled slipping and sliding over rocks he saw was really ice which he