An Endless Dark Cave by Oluwatobi Akangbe
It was one night when her father came into her and her sister’s room and told them a bedtime story as he did every night. “When I was a young boy there was this tale your grandpa told me one night about a girl the same age as you around the time, that he went into the cave . . . ” and he proceeded with the rest of the story. She was so happy because she loved it when her father would tell rumors and stories. That’s why her father told them the most. Matilda Dixion lived in a place where there was this rumor about the Titan that lured the children to eat them and if they ate them, they’ll become a Titan. After their father finished the story he left the room. When he left, one of her siblings dared her to go into the cave the next morning, so she took the dare and went into the cave because she wasn’t scared of anything, or at least she thought. The minute she took a step in with the flashlight, it shut off. She was prepared for this moment, so she took extra batteries out from her bag to see, but those didn’t work either. Matilda was always prepared no matter what situation or scenario; she thought of what could happen. That was something that her father taught her. She looked up to him so much. She questioned whether she should turn back or keep moving. She was so curious yet so naive. Took another step into the cave and kept moving. It was so cold she was shivering under her coat and jacket. Every step she took sounded like a creaking sound but she was walking on mud. “Strange,” she wondered. For every step she took, her courage lowered and so did her curiosity. She was so close to the cave that she could hear the Titan voices. *errrrrr* She looked back at the entrance and it was gone, her heart dropped. She wanted to run, but it was too late. All she could think about was if her dad had noticed she was gone. She thought, “What if they forgot about me? What if they thought I turned into a Titan already?” Her flashlight finally turned on. “So now you wanna turn on,” she said while rolling her eyes. As 3
