It was dark.
No wind was blowing and an eerie silence was engulfing her as she walked through the woods. The only real sound to be heard was the sound of her shoes crunching the dead leaves under her. Why did she have to go through this? Her so called "friends" had left her at a party, leaving her to have to walk home by herself.
She mumbled under her breath as she pulled the strap of her nifty black purse back up to her shoulder. What friends they were. She really should start to hang out with some people who actually cared about her and not just how they looked in front of the popular kids. Tonight had been embarrassing for her and it had left her feeling hurt and very upset.
She sighed. What had her so called "friends" been thinking? "Oh hey guys! Let's just go ride around town being stupid idiots and not really care if we happen to leave someone behind!" She mimicked them with a dumb look on her face while waving her arms back and forth for affect. Whatever, it's not she even liked the party anyways. Too many crazy wild teens drinking and throwing up all over the place wasn't really her idea of having fun.
"What a bunch of jerks." She said aloud to no one as she continued to walk through the woods. The path she was traveling on was worn with age. The grass and dead leaves covered most of it leaving only parts of it visible. But she had walked this path thousands of times before...just not at night.
She continued on her journey for a few more minutes, her thoughts still on the party. She wasn't really paying attention to her surroundings as she was lost in her thoughts.
Turning right on the path, she suddenly froze. She looked around the pathway. The trees seemed to be denser and taller here making her feel small beside them. She had never gone this far before. Had she taken a wrong turn? Her parents were going to kill her if she came home late, but that wasn't the problem.
She felt like she was being watched.
Shivers ran up her spine, making her skin have goosebumps. Her breathing started to get faster as she started to think of what was happening.
She was alone, in the woods, in the dark and she was lost.
Her mind started to panic. How was she going to get back home? She didn't feel so angry anymore, she felt afraid. She started to walk again, this time walking faster then before. The odd feeling of being watched didn't leave her as she scanned the area looking for something that looked familiar to her to help her get out of this place. Her footsteps were getting louder now that she was walking at a quicker pace. The forest floor seemed to make her movements known to the whole world. What if someone heard her?
She continued for a while longer trying to find her way home. With every step she took the forest seemed to swallow her up into it's darkness leaving her feeling more lost than before. Her senses were on high alert. Everything seemed to be more noticeable than before. She was beginning to feel cold now and it didn't help that suddenly the wind had started to blow and make howling noises causing the forest to seem alive. She pushed her long light brown hair out of her face as the wind blew. She didn't like this situation one bit.
The full moon shown down upon her as she continued to walk giving her a pale complexion. All around her the trees seemed to be reaching for her trying to grab her and the wind seemed to be whispering things to her as she walked.
She came across a dead tree in the middle of the path. On the tree there was a note which read: "Don't look...or it takes you." She was interested with what it said. What would take her? She grabbed the note off the tree and continued on her way.
She path split into two ways after a while, she decided to go on the right path. She ended up in front of a building. The place looked deserted, but she knew that she had to continue on. She entered the building, her eyes were not able to see very far ahead because of the darkness. She had not brought a flashlight with her. She stepped as quietly as she could on the tile floor trying to not make a noise. Her breaths were shaky and she was ready to run at any second. She turned the corner and found herself in a long hallway. She then turned right and ended up in a small room. She could faintly see something on the wall as she approached it. I was another note. "Always watches no eyes." The note read. What could this possibly mean? Her hand shook as she reached for the note. She wanted to get out of here and now.
She turned around and walked to one of the many entrances of the building. She hesitated about stepping out. She suddenly heard a noise. Her breath hitched as She turned around quickly. Nothing was there.
Was her mind playing tricks on her?
She let out a shaky breath that she didn't even know she was holding. She shook her head. "I need to calm down. Nothing is wrong, I just need to focus on getting home" she thought.
She turned around again to face outside of the building. Her eyes grew wide in horror. There was something over by the trees. It looked like a man. It was tall, thin, it had very long arms, it's skin was pure white and it was wearing a suit and tie. But that wasn't what scared her.
It had no face. It looked like it was looking strait at her, but she couldn't tell. It was just...there.
She tried to scream, but no sound came out. She couldn't blink, couldn't move, her whole body was shaking in fear.
What...what was that thing!?
She started to hear static and her vision was getting fuzzy. Her mind was telling her to run, but her legs wouldn't comply.
She was going to die...she was going to die...she was going to die!
Tentacle-like appendages sprouted from its back as she stared at it. They seemed like they would engulf her at any moment now.
She was screaming on the inside for her body to comply with her and let her flee the scene. The creature continued to stare at her and she had a sinking feeling that it wasn't going to stay in that spot much longer.
Her legs finally complied with her and she began to run back into the building, her purse dropped to the floor forgotten about in her rush to get away. Her shoes hit the tiles with tremendous force as she ran creating an echo. Click clack, click clack, click. She was breathing heavily through her mouth trying desperately to suck in some air as she began to hyperventilate.
She ran strait out the other side of the building, not stopping one second to look back. She came across some old oil tanks. She ran in between them as fast as she could trying to get away from this hell hole. The static was growing louder in her ears, she could hardly hear anything else except the constant static and it was driving her up the wall. The same was happening to her vision. She could hardly see ten feet in front of her now.
She dared to look behind her.
The creature was there; about fifteen or so feet behind her. It was following her, but it wasn't moving. How did it get there then?
She gasped and looked forward again. Oh dear lord, why her?
All of a sudden she slipped. Her feet gave way under her and she started to fall. She put her hands out in front of her, but she ended up hitting her head on the dirt. She tried to get up but her head was swimming. She couldn't see, everything was blurry. She reached up to her head, her fingers came in contact with a sticky substance and it was now starting to drip down her hand. She bit her bottom lip, as she flinched from the pain. She didn't dare look up from were she was staring down at her lap.
The static was so loud now, she was sure her head would explode. She clutched at the side of her head trying to block out the sound.
Make it stop, make it stop!
Tears slid down her face, she was trapped. No where to run, no were to hide. Her vision was so fuzzy now she could hardly see anything, but she knew the thing was right in front of her. She could feel it staring down at her-even if it didn't have a face. She could hardly stay awake now. Why did she feel so tired? Her body started to sway back and forth, she could feel sleep creeping it's way closer to her. As she was about to hit the ground in exhaustion, something pulled her back up.
Those tentacles slid around her torso, pulling her back up in a sitting position. She gasped, horrified of what was happening to her. She tried to break free using all her leftover strength. But as she did so, they tightened their grip on her, making sure she couldn't escape. Something sharp touched her cheek, scratching it in the processes. That was the last thing she remembered before...
She blacked-out.