She screamed as she ran through the trees. She could hear it gaining on her...fast. Branches were snapping as she ran. A stich was forming in her side and her breaths were getting heavier. She could hear someone calling her name a fair distance away but she could still make it out as her brother's voice. The voice got quieter and she worked out he was heading in the other direction. The thing was still gaining on her and she could hear it breathing heavily. She needed to get her brothers attention; she needed to tell him where she was. Yelling wouldn't help he was probably too far away by now to hear her. So she did the only thing she could do. She screamed. She was a very loud screamer. When she was a baby she used to wake the whole house up in the middle of the night.
The thing chasing her made a sound that could be mistaken for a chuckle. She could hear people running towards her from different directions. A couple yelled out to her and she recognised them all as her brothers. They were all racing to help her.
She stepped on a stick and her ankle made a funny noise as she stumbled. She managed to keep her footing but that stumble had allowed the thing to get a lot closer. Pain was shooting up her leg from her ankle but she pushed it out of her mind and kept going. The pain was getting worse and her brothers were no where near enough to help her.
There was the clearing up ahead. She only needed to get to the clearing and she would be safe. The thing was getting so close she could smell it. Her brothers were getting closer now she could see a few of them up ahead running to keep up with them and slowly closing in.
There was the clearing she just had to step inside of it. The thing was only a step behind her. Just as she stepped into the clearing she was grabbed and was slammed into the ground. Her head banged against the ground. The thing that had been chasing her pinned her down on her back. She was trapped. Pain was slowly creapiung into her head and her vision was getting blurry. She saw her brothers enter the clearing. The thing stared them down warning them to stay back. Their eyes wide and their faces pale but cheeks flushed from running. They stood there unable to do anything but watch as the thing flashed his teeth at them all and lowered his head aiming for her head.
She struggled under its weight. She couldn't help staring at its teeth. Her brothers were too scared to do anything. They were too scared of what it would do to her. They didn't want to see that. Her heart missed a couple of beats as it lowered its head.