I know this is a really short chapter but it's kind of like the introduction before the story. Anyways better give you a little key as to what's goin' on.
'Italics'- thoughts
"Letters"- speech
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Chapter 1 Escape
'Run! Run! Faster!' Darkness was everywhere. Trees zoomed by faster than I could make out what they looked like. 'Run! Faster! He can't find us!' Stars refused to sparkle. The moon refused to show me the way.
In the distance, man and dog alike showed after me. "Get that bitch! It can't get away!" The dogs barked in agreement. Fear griped my heart like the iron cage I was too familiar with. 'No! Please don't let them get me! Faster! Faster!' The shouts of the monsters grew closer and seemed to surround me.
'Please!' I begged. 'Don't let them get me! No more! No more!' Tripping and stumbling I went through the darkness trying to find light. Trying to find peace. Trying to find freedom.
Clawing my way through the vines and briers, cuts began to form on already scared hands. 'Please! Someone! Anyone! Don't let them get me!' The voices, the monsters drew closer and closer. Shouts of "We'll teach that slut!" and "You can't get away!" rang in my ears.
My chest burned and my legs ached but I can't stop, I must not stop! Then, to my horror, I tripped. Scrambling, clawing I try to grab at something. Anything. To pull myself up. 'No! It's not over! Don't let them get me! No more! No more!' I looked around hopelessly for anything for safety. The monsters drew closer. I could feel them all over me… "No!!" I shout.
Quickly, without thinking, I grabbed a tree. Faster than I could think. Faster than I believed I could move. I was in the tree. I lay as flat as I could against the limbs and prayed that they would not see me.
Soon the monsters came to the tree and started saying "Where did he go?" "Did you see him?" The dogs growled and wandered in circles unsure as to where I was hiding. Then their leader said, "Lets keep moving. He couldn't have gone far, and whoever finds him first gets to play with him first." Chuckles of delight spread among the monsters and all I would do was shudder at the thought.
Almost as quickly as they came, they were gone. I didn't move a muscle. I sat there, hoping, praying that they wouldn't come back to the tree. As time went by, exhaustion crept over my body. Sleep tugged at my eyes. 'No! I can't go to sleep! They might come back! They might find me!'
My head began to nod with the hopes of sleep, but again and again, I pulled back up. I sighed in bitter defeat, 'I guess a little sleep wouldn't hurt after all I would be quiet…' Finally I surrendered to my body and let the darkness of my mind grab hold of me.
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So what do you think of the beginning? Who do you think our mysterious character is? Please comment but please don't flame cause I'll flame back it'll really just leave a big bloody mess that I really don't wanna clean up.