A Dragon's Challenge

Author’s Note: This is a personal narrative about the roller coaster I went on at Universal Studios in Orlando.  In this piece I am trying to improve my vocabulary by using more advanced words.   

Drops, upside downs, corkscrews on every turn.  I stared at the tracks, the carts swerving along.

“Hey Hannah, let’s go on this ride,” my dad demandes, but I am sceptical.

“Dad, I don't want to.  I don’t like roller coasters.

He looks at me, and begins to talk.  “What’s the worst that could happen?”

A thousand thoughts flood through my mind, and I am about to say something when I realize my cousin is talking to me.  My dad also tried to persuade him to ride, but he turned down the offer as well.

“I’ll go if you go Hannah,” he exclaimed.  I think for a few seconds, and sighed.

“Fine,” I heaved, slouching over, walking toward the ride’s line.

My dad patted me on the back.  “It’ll be fun Hannah.  You have nothing to worry about.”

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There was only about a five minute wait, so walking up there took ages.  When we reach the actual ride, dozens of people stand in line waiting to get on the carts.  My heart in thumping inside my chest, and my palms are sweating.

Finally, it was  our turn to board.  I sat in between my cousin and dad, my heart pounding harder and harder.  I push the bar down over my body, feeling trapped.

The ride takes off, going straight up a long, steep hill.  I grip onto my dads hand, his hand beginning to turn purple.  The hill takes forever to climb, and I shut my eyes, preparing for the worst.

Zoom!  The coater flew down, spinning upside down.  The air whooshed at me, my hair flying back.  We went around the loop, and I opened an eye.  I saw a corkscrew coming up and I thought: What’s going to happen?

We blast through the corkscrew, the carts twisting and turning.  Screams erupted, and I smiled.  This ride wasn’t so bad, I thought.

Throughout the entire trip, I went on many more rides: Space Mountain, Tower of Terror, Rockin’ Roller Coaster, and many more.  But Dragon’s Challenge was by far the most exhilarating.  It was my favorite.