I debated about replying to this one because what I'm going to say is going to sound offensive.
When I read this, I get two thoughts. Either you are very young or english isn't your first language.
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Callaghan, Jodo, and Tommy were in a forest with trees high enough to merely reach the clouds;
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Merely doesn't work here.
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Callag and Jodo turned toward Tommy’s finger, examining the light.
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Toward his finger or toward where his finger was pointing? The way this is laid out suggests there's a light on Tommy's finger.
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Slowly walking, the light then moved closer towards them.
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I'm using this as an example. The way you have this, the light is walking...something I've never seen light do. I thought it might have been an error, until I saw this:
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The light walked faster and faster, they ran behind a root waiting for the light to approach.
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They become not ten yards from the light and it almost seemed as if it were day.
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become doesn't work here.
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The light walked faster and faster, they ran behind a root waiting for the light to approach.
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Continuity again. They ran...yet they're waiting for the light to approach...something it was already doing before they ran.
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the roar stopped, and out of the light was a gargantuan deer.
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out of the light
came a...
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Its coat shine like a pile of glittering gold
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Shone...altho pile makes this clunky. Shone like glittering gold is enough, if cliche.
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its eyes flared ruby red as bright as a two lit hearths in one room.
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This is choppy. '...as bright as fire in a hearth'...or something simple like that.
There are several of these types of sentences in here. The reason I wondered if english was your first language is the presence of several very short, repetative sentences.
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The light stopped, and silence fell around the forest. A deafening roar came from the light, they held their hands firmly against their ears, and the long roar still had a tremendous effect on them.
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Continuity problem.
Like I said, I wasn't sure if I should post because you could potentially take good intentions in a negative way...but I decided to anyway.
If you're offended, sorry. If you take the advice/crit in the spirit it was intended...great
Good luck and keep writing.
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