Which sentence would improve the description in the plot of a story best?
a girl ran to her friend’s house, which was far away.
when the teacher got up from her chair, she told the class to be quiet.
the joke that the boy told to his younger brother during dinner was funny.
sneaking across the yard, the teen found herself blinded by glowing yellow lights.

Sneaking across the yard, the teen found herself blinded by glowing yellow lights.

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.