Sudden Fear
Chapter 1: Taken In the Night
Discalmier: I don't own anything, except for the plot, but nothing more. Enjoy:)
Night began to overtake the blue sky, as the moon began to get high in the air. Darkness soon came over the sleepy town of Atlanta. However, this sleepy town holds a secret; a secret no one has ever found the truth to, a secret that has haunted this town for more than two decades.
This secret or scary story as you could call it was told to every soul that lived in and around Atlanta. However, I Katie Scarlett O'Hara didn't believe in such a story let alone pass it around.
By now you are probably wondering what this story or "secret" could be. As the story goes; in a rather large plantation just off the beaten path. There lived a rather handsome and rich man. He owned the best of everything from homes, clothes, servants, buggy's anything and he had it. People talked about him often and knew he was the richest man in the county and of course all of Georgia and South Carolina. However, there was one thing that people didn't know about this man…Why tell of his secret now? That would just give away the whole story. Now where was I? Oh, yes, I didn't believe such a thing, but one night that would change all that.
"Then what happened pa?" Carreen asked as she, Suellen and I sat around listening to our father tell scary stories. It was always a thing we did during the last night of October.
"Carreen, you've heard this story a thousand times and you come to say that you don't remember the end of the story?" Gerald asked looking at his middle daughter with a shock written on his face.
"Fiddle-Dee-Dee, Carreen, you know what happens you just want to hear the end." I said while sitting and working on my needle work within the dim lighted room. Working on my needle point I did all in my power to block out my father's story.
Looking over at me, my younger sister Carreen just glared at me as a chill came through the air.
"Now Katie Scarlett, stop being like that to your sister." Gerald said as he pointed his index finger at me. "Alright, now where was I? Oh, yes, the man carried the girl off to his plantation and the girl was never heard from again. Some say that the cry of a werewolf can be heard on nights such as these, with the moon full and high in the sky."
"Pa, you tell that story every year and its beginning to get old." I about yelled as I got up from my seat and began walking out of the room. All that could be seen was what was lit by the small candle in the corner of the room along with the glow of the fire.
"So I do Katie Scarlett, it is a famous story in this part of this here state." Gerald said in his Irish accent.
Hearing this I left the room in a heap and went off to another part of the house. While I walked up the stairs I could hear my pa still going on about the story. "Great balls of fire pa, once you hear it for sixteen years you just get tired of it." I mumbled under my breath and made my way to the bedroom.
That night I slept very lightly. Finally shutting my eyes for good I began to drift off into sleep. However, this was soon to be interrupted. Hearing something hitting what sounded to be like glass. I opened my lovely green eyes to see yet again another rock hit the window. What in the world was going on? It was the middle of the night. Who in the world wanted to see me this late in the wee hours in the morning?
Going over to the window I drew back the cream colored curtains and looked out. Looking down on the ground I saw a man standing there. "Rhett, you varmint what are you doing here?" I whispered out in a low small breath. "It's in the middle of the night." He had really lost his mind this time.
"I just had to see you my pet." Rhett said as he looked up at my window with a single red rose in his hand. "I just couldn't stop thinking about you my dear."
"You're making a complete full of yourself." I said putting my hands on the window seal. This was so embracing. It was as if we were doing a scene from Romeo and Juliet. Uh, and this was how this night was going to be. All I wanted was sleep. After hearing Pa telling that story all I wanted to see was the inside of my eyes.
Not answering he just made his way up to the window. Getting to the window he handed me the rose. This was like Romeo and Juliet. "I'm coming in."
"No, you're not," I said as I began pushing on his shoulders and shutting the window. Hearing him leave I went back to bed and tried to sleep. Waking every so often from a nightmare. Being chased in the foggy, dark, chilly night, running and running until I could do no more, but what was I running from? None of that dream made any since.
The following day I made my way to the local hospital. Mother often helped and I sometimes did when I was needed. This wasn't what I wanted to do. What I wanted to do was go be with Ashley for the rest of my life. That's where my heart and head was. Sadly today was one of the days I was needed. They were short on hands. So trying to be with Ashley would just have to wait.
"Why my dear, why are you heading to the hospital?" a man's voice came as I approached the hospital doors.
Turing to my right I saw a rather tall man standing there. His broad shoulders wore a dark blue suit jacket while his slender legs were wearing a matching pair of pants. With his jet black hair slicked back. While his eyes had the look of mystery set into them.
"If it isn't Rhett Butler," I said as I looked into his face. Wasn't last night enough? He was following me around like some kind of animal would follow it's pray.
"You act like you are surprise to see me pet." Rhett asked with those mocking dark eyes.
"Will you stop calling me pet? I don't belong to you." I snapped back turning while my arms crossed. I obviously didn't want a thing to do with him. "I'm not some animal you can just order around. I'm a true southern lady."
"Aw, that is where you are wrong." Rhett said holding up a finger. I was his light, his world. All he could do was think of me and me alone.
"I'm sure I don't know what you mean." I said glaring at a now smiling Rhett. What was up his sleeve? I would soon find out and it wouldn't be good.
"I want you to be my wife Scarlett," Rhett said taking my hand and kissing it. "You have been on my mind for such a long time."
Uh, where was he getting at? If he thought I was going to say yes he had another thing coming. All that talk about our first meeting and how he wanted to marry me he was kidding he just had to be. I wouldn't marry him even if he was the last man on this entire earth.
Not answering his question that had been in the back of his mind for so long he turned back toward the road. However, he whipped back around and said in a mean cold, cool voice. "I vow one of these days Scarlett O'Hara, you will be my wife." With that said he began walking down the dirt road.
"He only wishes." I whispered under my breath while I turned and went into the hospital. I wasn't going to let this get into my day. I already had to help at the hospital today I didn't need anything else that was going to ruin it.
Working all day and looking at the wounded, dead and bleeding bodies really did me in for the day. Oh, how I hated the smell of blood the smell of death, oh how I hated working at the hospital. I was ready to go home for the day regardless of Dr. Mead needing me. There were other nurses there besides me. However, I wondered every so often if I was the only nurse working there. The day was almost up. The sun began to set and that's how I knew I would be going home shortly.
That night finally came and I was free to go home for the evening, stepping out into the cold, bleak, chilly night with my cream colored shawl over my slender shoulders. A small chill went down my back as I began to walk down the road to meet my ride down at the corner. While I began walking down the dirt road a carriage came my way. Walking rather slowly I began to see who the person was.
"Oh, you scared me." I gasped as I put my right hand to my heart. For who I was seeing wasn't the person I was expecting to see. For all I could see was his dark eyes. "Rhett, what are you doing out so late?" I asked looking up at him on the horse.
"I'm sorry dear." The Rhett said looking down into my lovely green eyes. Looking him in the eyes I saw the most beautiful eyes I had ever seen. Dark, mystery and wonder filled those dark eyes. "Do you need a ride home my pet?"
"I told you to never call me that. I'm not your pet and I'm never going to be." I said as my eyes squinted along with me shaking my head. "It appears my ride has failed to arrive." Excepting his offer I got into the wagon and was headed for home. However, it wasn't my home I was to arrive at.
"Do you do this often? Ride throughout the city during the night?" I asked as the wagon made its way forward. This was rather odd of this to happen. Who ever heard of such a thing to do at this late of an hour.
"Yes, I do, to clear my head." Rhett said as he held onto the reins of the horse. Keeping his eyes on the road he never took them off...unless it was to look at me, which got quite aggravating.
I sat there as the silence consumed the area and sat with my hands in my lap. Normally there is talk all around so this was quite odd to just sit here like so.
Making our way through a dark alleyway I tried my best to get a glimpse of Rhett's face, but to no prevail. Getting farther and farther into the alleyway a chill came through the air. Why how odd was that I thought the wind hadn't been blowing, at least not to my knowledge. Rhett took my hand rather slowly I began to feel something. Something odd, something didn't quite feel right. Taking my eyes away from his hidden face I looked down to see what seemed to be a furry…hand. Letting out a blood hurtling scream everything went black.
Leaves swiped across the now empty alleyway, while a sound of an animal could be heard for more than a mile within the darkness of the night. A man walking down the street could see a shadowy figure carrying something in its arms, as it walked down the alleyway.
A/N: Its getting to be the month of Halloween so I figured I would post a gwtw halloween story. What do you think so far? Review and happy reading:)