Prologue
In my dream, I was running, running as fast as my short, little six year old self could. Everything was a blur, rushing into each other as I got deeper into the dark green covered forest. I do not know what I was running from, but I think that whatever it is, that it wants to do something bad. Something bad to me.
Everything looked the same, I felt like I was running in circles; I was trapped. Therefore, I knew that no one could save me from what was about to happen.
I stopped and leaned against a tree, trying to ketch my breath. My head snapped up when I heard a stick break and dried up leaves crunch as something came closer. Then as sudden as the noise came, it dispersed. I quickly slipped behind the tree, away from the noise and sat down on one of the many root.
While, sitting there I was trying to listen for anything that would point me in the direction of the noise. However, all I could hear was my heavy, shallow breathing. I knew that something was not right and I did not like the feeling.
Suddenly, the tree roots that I was sitting on snapped up around my small figure and lifted me up off the ground and higher up the tree. I was too scared to struggle; therefore it set me on a think branch and let go of me. I looked up to see a figure standing in front of me. A whimper escaped from my mouth as I moved away from the man. I kept on backing away until my back hit the trunk of the tree.
"Hello, little one." The man said in an amused tone as he crouched down in front of me. "What are you doing out in the woods on your own? It is not safe for someone as small as yourself? Nevertheless in the middle of the night as well" said the stranger in a musical voice.
Then he started to say something else, when a figure came out from behind the trees under us. The stranger froze, then he turned back to me and whispered urgently, "go, little one and do not look back, just keep on running," and then he was gone.
Then the vine from the tree rapped itself around me and set me back on the ground. When my little feet touched the ground, I took off running, only glancing back once, but turned around and ran away from the noise, towards home.