The Lights in Your Hand
Reaching out to grasp one of the lights in your hand you realize that this indeed is not a firefly. The bioluminescence glitters in your palm and you feel the Earth beneath you shift and move. You look down to see that the ground under you is not the grass of the meadow, but tiny vines grasping to anchor your feet. You begin to sink helplessly into the creatures mouth desperately trying to get out, but the ground around you continues to rise. It’s then you notice the thousands of teeth encircling you, grinding away as you sink deeper down an ever narrowing hole. There will be nothing left of your body, everything including your bones will be liquified. Even a forest needs to feed.