A Mystical Adventure

You decide to head towards the oasis, your thirst slowly driving you mad. You trudge through the sand, looking at the shimmering spot on the sand. As you draw nearer, you begin to feel less sure of yourself as the water seems to vanish into the earth...

In fact, a lot of the sand seems to sink in to the ground itself and a large pit lies ahead. You frown with curiosity...what is a huge pit doing out here in the middle of the desert? Shouldn't a sandstorm have coated it over?

You lean over the edge of the pit and you glance down, seeing something glinting. Without realizing it, you soon begin to slip downwards and your eyes grow wide as the steepness of the pit starts to drag you down. No matter how much you try to scramble back up, the sand slips beneath your fingers and causes you to fall deeper into the hole.

You're eyes grow wide as you look over your shoulder and see two large pincers start to push up from the bottom of the pit, sand cascading off of their gleaming forms. You cry out in shock as with one swift snap, they catch you and start to pull you down towards the creature below.

You swallow painfully and try to think of a way to break free. You wonder if you can pull the pincers apart...and then you recall the Shield spell the old man gave you.

You better think fast...