A.N. Okay, so this is my first fic, I really hope you like it. Any reviews that you give me will be appreciated, as I believe they help me become a better writer. Thanks for your time! :D
Thump...thump...thump.
Her footsteps echoed through the darkness of the forest. It was getting closer.
Thump...thump...thump.
She had been running for what seemed like days without a rest, and she knew that the creature behind her would soon have her. She knew she could not outrun it. It was impossibly fast and deadly, with eyes that glowed red as blood and skin so pale it was as though it was made of moonlight itself...
When she was small, she could remember hearing old stories passed down through generations about horrible monsters with red eyes, and pale skin who fed upon human blood. They were said to be the henchmen of the Devil himself. Among the world of the living, yet no longer alive themselves. Vampires. Everyone seemed to believe these stories without question, but Alice had never been one to believe in silly superstitions.
"Come on Alice! Everyone is waiting for us!" shouted Mary over her shoulder as she began to walk quickly into the dense forest.
Alice didn't move. Something was telling her not to follow, but she quickly brushed the thought away when she remembered the last time she had told someone she was afraid. She had been publically ridiculed, and she was not exactly excited about that happening again.
"Alice! Come on, or you'll get left behind!" Mary stopped this time, and faced Alice. "Why wont you come? Are you afraid again? Because if that's the reason, I've told you a thousand times, there's nothing in this forest that will hurt you!"
Alice began to fiddle with her bracelet. She always did when she got nervous. It had been given to her by her grandmother for her birthday, and when her grandmother had died a few months later, leaving her an orphan, it had become her favourite possession. She never took it off. "Mary," she began, "I…um…I…" she struggled to get the correct words out to describe her discomfort. "Never mind, let's go."
"Good. I'm glad you've finally let all this nonsense go about there being monsters in the forest." she chuckled softly as she grabbed Alice's hand and dragged her over to the group of waiting others. With all of the group finally there, they lit the torches they had brought with them and dove deeper into the forest.
Why, thought Alice, did Mary have to suggest this crazy, stupid, trek through the forest? What was the point? Probably so she could prove to everyone, once again, that she wasn't afraid of anything. How stupid was that?
She was interrupted from this thought when she felt something cold tap her on the back. She wheeled around to look behind her, sure that it was some sort of monster that was going to devour her. Instead she saw the pale face of Owen Sherbrooke, an incredibly geeky boy who seemed to have some sort of weird obsession with Alice.
Alice let out a deep sigh that was both a mixture of relief and weariness. "What is it Owen?" she said, not bothering to cover up her tone of reluctance at the thought of talking to him.
"Well I…I thought you would like someone to walk with. You are walking by yourself after all." He blushed a deep shade of crimson that Alice regarded with a somewhat amused expression. "B-but if you wanted to walk by yourself, then, I would understand." At the thought of rejection, he looked down.
Oh no. Here came the guilt. Dammit. Why did he always manage to make her feel bad about not liking him? Damn him and his geeky ways.
"No, Owen. A little company would be nice." She said trying to offer him a small, half smile, and failing miserably.
He obviously didn't notice, as his face split in two with a huge smile and he happily bounced along beside her. They continued on like this for a while, and Alice wondered how long this would go on for, when suddenly, she walked into the people in front of her.
"What's going on?" she demanded.
Mary grabbed her arm in a painful embrace. "I heard something coming from over there." she whispered in a panicked voice as she pointed to a small clump of trees off to the left of the path aways. Crack. "There is was again!" she said in a small voice. Slowly the group inched closer to the trees. As they looked through the first of the trees, they saw, about a hundred meters away, a pale form hunched over the limp form of another.
A.N. Oooo. Whats going to happen next? Hope you enjoyed my short chapter! I'll update as soon as I can!