Author's Note- It's been a few years since I've written, but I was feeling inspired today. Hopefully I finish this fic for once in my life. If y'all would so kindly leave some feedback it would be much appreciated! Hope you enjoy!
Prologue
The sun doesn't always shine. Sometimes it rains and sometimes it pours. That's a metaphor y'all- I'm not here to talk about the weather. As a matter of fact, it was snowing that day anyways. A blizzard, the biggest one I'd ever seen.
I should've stayed inside, but sometimes you just gotta get outta your head, y'know? I'm a smoker- have been for years. Maybe that's why I go outside when things get tough. There used to be a time, you know before I lived on my own, where I couldn't smoke indoors. Old habits die hard I guess.
Anyways, I was getting that feeling. You know the one? Where your chest tightens, it's like you can't breathe. I just needed some air. I wasn't thinking clearly. Wearing ripped up jeans that probably should've been thrown out months ago and red Converse with a hole on the left toe. I'm still surprised to this day that I didn't die of frostbite out there. Picture it. Chicago in December. It must've been in the negatives out there.
I didn't feel it at first. I just walked and walked- didn't know where I was going. I guess it was adrenaline that kept me from feeling the cold. Must've been at least an hour before I did, and the cold was the biting type. Where you feel icy down to your core and your joints ache. My sock was soggy as well, which surely didn't help.
I walked so far into the woods without paying attention to where I was going. The trees helped with the wind quite a bit but it was still the type of weather people die in. I kept thinking about that as I walked in what I assume must've been circles around the woods. I mean all the trees looked the same- and the longer I searched for the road the thicker the trees got.
I didn't know if it was getting darker because I was deeper into the woods or because night was falling. I was starting to panic. No matter which way I turned or how far I walked, I couldn't seem to find my way out.
I was gasping for air, holding myself up against a tree with auburn leaves, trying to force back a panic attack. And that's when I saw it. The most menacing pair of eyes I'd ever seen. Red as the devil, big and round with cat-like irises. I couldn't see a face in the darkness. Just those eyes. And then all went black.