Twelve hours till daylight
By: Dara Wulf
Prelude
My heart pounded hard in my chest. My oxygen starved lungs labored to pull air past the lump in my throat. The voice of self-preservation screamed at me to run and not let his sacrifice be in vain. His words echoed all round me in the dark forest. "Run, Kane, don't let them get you! It's only an hour until daylight; you've got to make it outta here alive!" I tried to stop the wracking sobs, I couldn't afford to lose the small amount of air I was able to get, but I failed. It was just supposed to be a simple trip to the mountains! A chance for all of us to work out the problems we had with each other! It wasn't supposed to end this way! We weren't supposed to be fighting for our lives like this! None of us were supposed die!
Over the sound of my sobs, my erratic heartbeat, and all the voices shouting in my head I almost missed the sound of something running beside me. I could hear its strong heart beat over everything else. My panic doubled as the sound grew closer. I tried to push myself to go faster and run harder, but it kept pace. As I ran I caught glimpses of its humanoid form in the thick shrubs beside me. It was blurred with speed, and then disappeared. I calmed a degree as the pounding of my heart was once again the only sound I heard…then a dark thought crept into my head. Had Ranma really been killed that quickly? The last shred of hope I had that he'd somehow managed to escape the house disappeared. I was alone and the beast that had killed Ranma was somewhere in these woods stalking me.
I heard the snap of a twig just in time to turn my head and see something jump out at me. I knew it was over and my life flashed before my eyes. I did the only thing I could do then, I screamed.
AN~ Eh…I guess its ok. I'm not really a horror story kinda girl, but this one lodged itself in my head and wouldn't leave. I know it's not great but I'd like some reviews to tell me what I'm doing right and what I'm doing wrong…though mostly it'll be what I'm doing wrong…
