Clary pov

My breath was heavy as I was sprinting across the forest floor. My feet stung as they pounded on the raw damp ground. Something was chasing me. A shadow, my past. I could hear it groaning as I ran towards the middle of the forest. Branches scratched my arms as I leaped across a little creek. I couldn't see anything except the treetops when I looked up. Not even the slightest shine of moonlight came through the treetops. It was dark. I couldn't even see 12 feet in front of me! My lungs burned like someone unleashed a fire inside me. But I couldn't stop. Even if my legs were scratched and exposed to the outside, I had to keep going. My clothes were all torn up from the branches slicing them leaving me exposed to little cuts on my arm and legs.

After running for what seemed like an hour, I came to an intersection, I took a left, I slowed my pace to a jog when I heard the groan again at the intersection. I ran to the nearest tree and hid behind it. When I peeked around the corner I saw the shadow. It looked like it was thinking where to turn. Then it took a right turn and ran. I waited a few minutes and made sure that the shadow wasn't waiting for me to come out of my hiding spot and chase me.

When it seemed the coast was clear, I came out from behind my tree. And started jogging down the path I chose. I thought the path took me back to town but instead I just ended going deeper into the forest. When it felt like I was half jogging, half walking for 30 minutes. I heard a groan in the distance. I was so shocked I almost choked. That's when I heard a tree branch crack. I started to panic when I heard the groan get closer. I started running back the direction I came. But something seemed wrong. I didn't see the tree that fell over. That I jumped over. "Just leave me alone!" I yelled. But the shadow wouldn't stop chasing me. I can't let it catch me. I don't want to be brought back to that miserable place! I thought as I started sprinting again.

When I came to what looks like I might have been an intersection, I went a way to what looks like the path I was on before I came to this intersection.

But I made a mistake. It was all a trap. The scary shadow, in the form of a man, stood in front of me. I screamed and fell backwards. Then I scurried up as the shadow was getting nearer, turned the other way and made a break for it before the shadow could pounce on me. I thought I got at least twenty feet away before it leaped at me. And ran after me. My legs stung like needles were poking me. But it was only the braches and twigs on the ground as I cracked and broke them as I ran in some random direction to get out of the woods. My feet throbbed as I raced across the dark forest floor. I can't even tell if it's morning yet.

Now that I think about it, this wood has different sections. When I first entered the trees where thin, and as I was running from the shadow when the woods were a bit thick, the trees got really, really thick.

I so hope that I get out of here alive. I want to go home and ketch up on my lost sleep. That's when I noticed that the trees got a bit thinner. That's it. I thought. If I keep going south, I'll get to the thinner parts of the woods. So in about 20 minutes, I got to the part when I got face to face with the shadow. When I turned around to see if it was still following me, the shadow was only a few feet from me. So then I broke out into a sprint.

I ran faster than I ran when that thing was chasing me into the forest. Finally, I saw the entrance to the forest. So I made sure I sprinted all the way till I was in a clearing. When I turned around to see if the shadow was still there all I heard was a very low but loud groan/howl. Then it turned the other way and disappeared into the trees. "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" I screamed, tears pouring heavily from my eyes, as I shot up in my bed.

so I want to ask you something. Should I turn this into a story? Or leave it as a one-shot? Let me know i your reviews. :D