Cheerilee's Garden(车厘子的花园）Part.9(23)

“Any last words?” her executioner asked.
She thought for a moment, then shook her head. There was nothing left to say.
He shrugged, and pulled down the lever.
Twilight closed her eyes as the floor disappeared beneath her hooves, but to her great surprise, she didn’t fall. She opened one eye carefully. A familiar-looking, yellow magical aura surrounded her, preventing her from falling to her death. She looked up as she heard the flapping of wings, and something large and white landed upon the platform, causing it to shake violently.