It was a day like any other except for the fact that it was summer vacation and my last day as a freshman. FINALLY! The day seemed to go by so slowly. The last five minuets are what killed me the tic toc of the clock on the wall drove me insane. I could not stand sitting down on such a beautiful day, but when that bell rang I was gone. After the last good-byes of the year I darted out of the school and started to walk down the street in front of they school taking in the glorious first day of summer sun.
In the distance I heard my friends yelling a final good-bye to me in the distance. "See ya later Markus!" I waved good-bye and kept walking. That would be the last I saw of them for a while.
The first day of summer is about the only day I enjoy. Summer is a bitter-sweet experience. I love the whole no school part, but it also means that I will not get to see my friends until school starts back up in the fall. I live at a boarding school and my parents live close. So I could walk home every day if I wanted, but during the school year I live at the school and stop by to see my parents on the weekends. This is not the case for my friends. My friends live far away form the school, some not even in the United States. Most of them live at the school during the year and go back home on major holidays and summer vacation. So I have all this time with no work or tests and no friends to share in this grand time of lazyness. In short summer is boring. Every summer is the same I have nothing but free time and nothing to do with it.
There was nothing to do at home besides moms long list of chores. So I thought I would stay outside and enjoy the sun by walking around the pond at the park near my house. After about my sixth or seventh lap around the pond it started to get dark and I decided to go home after one last lap. Mom was most likely worried sick. At night the park's landscape seemed to change. The street lamps stationed around the park made the park cast long shadows across the small patches of light.
Suddenly, the night air became freezing cold and thick. My breathing became heavy. Then a black mist filled the air. As the mist spread across the park and one by one the street lamps went out until there was no light in the park except for the full moon out. I was starting to get scared now so I began to walk faster it was only a little farther to my house. Every few steps I took a look over my shoulder. People talk about that feeling you get when your being followed well it was no longer a feeling. I was being follow by something not someone, I just knew it. From behind me there was a blinding flash of light. I turned to face the source of the light. Across the water of the pond there was a large field of white light floating over the pounds center. The field was a prefect dome shape but then it began to twist and distort it self into ambea like shapes while it continued to flash. After a few seconds a bright red light radiated from the center of the field. Once the red light appeared the chill of the black mist disappeared and it was replaced by a worm almost safe feeling. The red glow became brighter and brighter until a bolt of the light shot out of the circle. The red light traveled up like a shooting star into the night sky and vanished, and the feild became pure white once more.
As soon as the red light vanished the cold came back stronger than ever. From the bright field more black mist poured out over the pond. In the center of the field a shadow like figure formed and stepped forward. Once the shadow stepped out of the white field it took shape. The creature was huge. It stood upright and was a dull grey with large red eyes. It was at lest ten feet tall with arm twice at long as it body but it's legs were short and stubby makeing it stand like an ape. On each shoulder there was a long black spike with a red tip at the end. The creature's eyes narrowed as it began to howl and charge at me. The creature ran like an ape over the water with it long arms pulling it along until it was right in front of me. My eyes met the creatures and I became paralyzed. The creature howled once more and raised its arm to attack. Its strength was enormous, I felt like I was being hit by a truck. After the blow hit I skidded across the ground until I hit a tree. The tree nearly was nearly crushed by the power of the blow.
Streams of blood ran down my face onto my crippled body. Even thought I couldn't move I felt all the intense pain of my broken leg and ribs. The blood was now in my eyes I could no longer see but I heard the creature give a shriek of pleasure. The earth rumbled as the creature moved towards me to continue the onslaught. I tried to scream but I could not, my throat was numbed by my pain. I felt the creature's heavy breath on my face. Now it was all over. But out of the certain death I felt a warmth come down on me like that of the red light. The safe feeling began to ease my fear and the sharp pain of my wounds vanished.
Then out of no where a soothing female voice said quietly "Stand and fight!"