Kingdom Hearts

Chapter 1

The thunder quakes and lightening splits the sky, my window pane shudders, almost as if it's in fear of the storm. I jolt from my sleep just in time to see lightening skitter across the sky outside my window. Another barrage of thunder crashes and I quickly look at my alarm clock for the time.

It's midnight…and it's just a storm…I should just go back to sleep.

I lean back and pull the covers back over myself and just about close my eyes when I hear the barking of a distressed dog. My eyes fly open and I fling my blanket up and off of me while I swing my legs off the bed. Panic shoots through me for the poor animal as I pull on my jeans that were on the floor from earlier today. As I run out my bedroom door I grab my black hoodie and quickly pull it over my arms.

What idiot would leave a dog out in this at night?!

I run through the house, thankful that tonight I decided to leave on my socks and bra. I slide to a stop at the door and quickly pull my combat boots on. I take a moment to put my hair up with the thin hair tie that calls my wrist its home before pulling my hood up. I take a deep breath and pull the door open.

The wind rushes inside almost knocking me on my ass. I push through the door and when I get to the other side I pull the door shut with all my might. Lightening lights up the area around me, and I catch a glimpse of what looks like a dog run toward the back yard. The rain is coming down and sheets and I try to pull my hood up to protect me but the wind continuously puts it down. I give up and put my hand in front of my eyes as a shield against the elements. The accompanying thunder from the earlier lightning strike shakes the very ground I stand on; I can feel it in my chest.

What am I even doing out here? This is insane! I need to find that dog before one of us gets hurt.

I hear the bark again, but with the sound of the rain I can't tell where he is anymore. I take a deep breath and run out from the safety of the porch and into the yard for a better view. My feet squish the soft ground and I instantly decide to go to the solid ground of the black top driveway. The barking continues and I find myself spinning to discern the direction it's coming from.

Where is he? I can't see anything.

I turn and decide to head to the backyard just in case, but I don't make it very far. Something begins to grow out of the ground and looks at me with beady yellow eyes. It twitches as if noticing me and starts to crawl around. My heartrate quickens as I see that this creature has antenna…and claws.

What the hell…?

I barely have time to think before more of these little beings begin to pop up everywhere. I try to run back to the safety of the porch, but they quickly have me surrounded. One of them latches onto my leg and the more I try to kick it off the more the others are enticed to circle me. Another grabs on, then another, and another and soon I can't move. Panic shoots through me once more, but this time for me.

"Somebody help me!" I cry out as I look around and struggle to free myself. "Anybody?!" I scream for help as the creatures begin to pull me into the darkness below. My feet quickly sink below the surface and despite there being almost no chance to escape I continue to struggle to get free.

One of the beings grabs ahold of my arm and pulls me down further. I take my free arm and try to claw it off me, but it's locked on. I see something out of the corner of my eye. I look up and see a giant vortex ripping through the sky, the wind from before seems to pick up as it picks up a tree and flies it up to the vortex. My jaw goes slack.

Oh my god...

The vortex grows and grows as it swallows up more and more around me. The creatures continue to sprout from the ground and each one joins the rest in dragging me down. I struggle and struggle, but my lower have is already submerged and I'm sinking by the second. In one last ditch effort I reach for the sky as everything goes dark.
"Someone….please save me…"