"When the Fox hears the Rabbit scream he comes a-runnin', but not to help."- Thomas Harris
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Jessica Stanley was many things but at the moment mostly tired and angry. And completely, utterly bloody lost.
"Great, just peachy!" she yelled. "Only you could get lost in a forest at a party, you dumb blonde."
She stomped her feet in exasperation. Ten minutes of walking and no sign of any civilization.
Ladies and gentlemen! That's Jessica Stanley for you.
One might think why was she in a forest to begin with? She'd tell them apparently drinking too much booze meant that you absolutely had to pee and then when you can't find an empty bathroom in a 10 room mansion, that's when you resort to taking a leak in the bushes.
And it was just her luck that she ventured too far in until every conifer tree looked the same and she was unable to distinguish one direction from the other.
"There has to be a way out of this mess", mumbling to herself she kept walking forward on the narrow forest floor.
But with every step, she felt as if she was entangling herself even more into the intricate maze of this forest.
Something made her stop cold on her feet though.
It was a barely distinguishable but undoubtedly audible sound.
'Crunch'
Fear ran through her. "Wh….who's there?"
Her reply came in the form of another 'crunch'
She whipped her head around as she heard the same noise behind her but there was still no picture to place the sound with.
"I'm telling you who… whoever you are!" she stuttered. "This isn't funny anymore!"
Leaves rustled carrying the sound of a ghostly chuckle.
Adrenaline kicked in and she started running. She ran nowhere and everywhere as fast as she could. Suddenly she tripped as something whipped forward in front of her. Its inhumane speed made fear course through her veins until she could hear nothing but the heavy rhythm of her heart beat.
She tried to get up but her legs felt like lead and she kept writhing on the forest floor for what seemed like a second and an eternity.
When she finally gave up and laid down, limp and exhausted she heard footsteps closing in behind her.
"Well, well, well. What do we have here?"
A smooth voice chuckled behind her. This male voice sounded familiar.
"Pl….please let me go!" she wailed.
The man behind her chortled, "Let you go? Then what am I going to eat."
"No! No! Please no!" she screamed.
"Shut up you dumb bitch! Never had much patience for blondes" he grumbled.
"Who do you think is going to hear you in the middle of the fucking forest?"
Rough hands grabbed her from behind and twisted her until she could see the face of her murderer.
"You!" recognition dawned on her face. "Yeah me!" the man mock laughed.
"Bu…but why?"
"Because I can" these were the last words she heard before she felt his hand on her throat and heard a crunch. Then waves on pain and darkness engulfed over her and she let herself drown.
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Hello! This is the first story I've ever written with the general plot and ending in mind. If you embark on this journey with me I'll try my best that you won't be disappointed. I hope you have as much fun reading it as I did writing it.
Abiha :)