Would You Die to Dance?

Swirling, I never thought I would ever make it through. Dancing, my feet aching, bleeding.... Possibly dying. I wish they would let me stop. I wish they would just let me go. And not bring another one.
He was watching from afar, laughing at me when I stumbled. I looked at the clock. An hour left. Just one. I can live through one hour.
Of course not when the floor shook.
"Alana! Run!" girls' and boys' voices screeched behind me. I ran, but was caught by HIM. I struggled, but he held on. He shouted at the girls at the other end of the room.
"She will die with me!" he shouted.
"GOOO!" I screamed as darkness covered my eyes.
The twenty four was now twenty three. One boy was left without a partner, and one sister would be sobbing for me.
But I still had hope. I would get rid of the never-ending King, or HIM, and I would never stop. I promise Ellie that, and I plan to keep it. I never will stop. Love will protect me.
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Screams died away as I shook my head. I had lived. Smiling, I got up. Never would Ellie let me die quite like that.
Slowly, I got up, rubbing the ashes off me. Time to move.