"It is good to get out," you said to yourself, while walking through the forest.
You always wanted to check the forest out, which was not far from your home, but you never got a chance to do it though; Today you are taking the chance to explore it, hoping that you will find something new or different, you also wanted to check it out before winter started; You knew winter was close because you could feel it getting colder every day, soon enough, it will start to snow.
The upside of living alone is that when you go out and take all the time in the world, and no one will make a fuss about it.
Soon enough, you came to a small clearing; which was perfect for what you wanted to do next... You put in your headphones and started dancing rhythimaticly to your music; You danced often at home, but you always wanted to try doing it out in the open, without anyone seeing you. You were not a bad dancer; A natural if you do say so yourself, and there was no better time to do it than among the dead, fallen leaves of autumn. You enjoyed the wind rushing through your h/c hair, and the occasional leaves blowing around you. It felt indescribable to you.
However, you got too carried away and your headphones fell out. You ceased the dancing much to your disappointment.
Then you heard a smooth, male, British voice; "Wonder why she is out here," you heard, and "Not a bad dancer, not bad at all; Quite a pretty thing too."
You turned to see a tall dark figure leaning up against a tree in the shadows, petting a skinny looking horse.
The shadows seemed to be very dark because it looked like they both were just covered in black, It also didn't help that your eyes were still recovering from the cold wind.
You blushed at the thought of someone watching you dance. You decided to break the awkwardness, "H-hello?" you said.
"Is she talking to me?" he said, looking behind him once over each shoulder.
"Yes, I am talking to you. I am sorry I didn't know there was someone else here," you giggled as you walked closer to the two figures; Then you noticed the horse was not there anymore.
As you stepped closer to him, he stopped leaning against a tree and started to move slowly towards you and out of the shadows, then you realized... this man was not as human as you first thought.
His coat was black and so long it dragged behind him, His skin was a sickly grey, His hair was black, and spiked backwards; His teeth were jagged and crooked, while others looked sharp; His fingers were slender, and his eyes were a magnificent, golden color, but he had no eyebrows to go with them.
Six of those horses surrounded the edges of the clearing, growling and staring at you with their angry yellow eyes, you were terrified.
"Disappointed I see," he said proudly.
"N-n-no, I was just..." you stuttered.
"No use covering it up. I can sense your fear..." he said, walking close enough to you. He then grabbed your throat and slammed you against the nearest tree, but not violently enough to hurt you. "And so can they," he said, gesturing his other hand at the dark horses that had doubled in amount. "Now answer this question my dear..." his grip tightened and had brought his face closer to yours so you could clearly see his golden eyes, "How can you see me?"
You were confused, "I don't understand," you gasped, "can't every-"
"NO!'" he growled, "They can't!"
You didn't understand what this guy was going on about; It was too much, you had to break free of this guy somehow... Maybe giving him a kick, you thought. It was probably worth a try, with that thought, you then kicked him as you could in the leg; It surprised him and he quickly dropped you, and at the first chance you got, you ran for your life, away from the clearing, and further into the forest.
You had never ran so fast in you life, and you were actually getting away. You looked back repeatedly, and could not see the man, or any of those horse things following you. If only you ran in the direction towards home; You probably would have been home by now, how could you have though? You had no other choice, all the other entrances were blocked by creepy horses and your only chance of evading them was by weaving and hiding through the tree's; Now you don't know where you were going, you thought you just have to just keep running straight, away from the horses. Away from him.
Eventually, you stopped at another clearing, much smaller than the last one; This one, however, had a broken, wooden, skeleton of a bed in the middle of of it. You stepped closer to suspicious piece of furniture and noticed it had bottomless looking hole directly under it, you did not want to get too close though.
''Well, well...'' you heard that voice again behind you.
You quickly darted around to find... No one?
"Oh, y/n.. You are getting more paranoid every day" you said to yourself.
You then heard a voice right by your ear, "Or maybe...'' you spun again to see two golden, angry looking eyes. You screamed, stumbled and fell backward on the floor. He walked up to you, slowly, "...you are afraid. It is funny you know... You tried so hard to get away and I thought I did lose you at first..." he started to laugh before continuing "only to find you here at my home," he gestured at the hole under the bed, and continued to laugh.
You just sat there in disbelief, shaking your head, This was a nightmare, you thought to youself, also thinking you were going to break out in tears, but instead for some strange reason... You could not help but laugh at yourself too. You started laugh as well. The man had stopped laughing to look at you, confused to find you were laughing.
He then he smirked, "You know what y/n?" he said to you; Your laughter slowly came to a stop, giving him your full attention; ''I like you'' he said
You stared at him with wide, confused eyes at the unexpected statement. You were wondering how he knew your name, then remembered you mumbled it to yourself, just before the man came up behind you.
The dark man put his hand down for you to pick yourself up; You hesitated at first for a few moments, then you placed your hand on his, and pulled yourself up to a stand, never once leaving his eyes.
''Uh...thanks?'' you gave him a small smirk of a smile; He nodded and gave you an even smaller smile back, that seemed actually quite charming.
Snap out of it y/n, you thought to yourself, you got to get away from this guy somehow, you thought to yourself.
''What's wrong?'' he said giving you a quizzical look.
You looked at your wrist and then the sky, pretending to be interested or concerned with the time. ''Well... It was very nice meeting you Mr...'',
''Pitch Black'' he finished. You finally had a name to go with that face.
You looked at the sky once more, ''Mr. Black, It is getting quite dark and I have to be home soon,'' you said, starting to walk off, waving behind you and making sure Pitch was not following you, he didn't look happy, but he didn't look like he was going to do anything about it. You just looked ahead and kept walking; Feeling a bit bad.
Before you could take another step, one of those horses appeared in front of you, stopping you from moving any further; It scared you half to death.
You then felt something wrap around your ankles, you looked down to see black sand wrap around them like tentacles, moving up your legs; There was no way of moving them now.
''I'm sorry, my dear, '' you heard Pitch's voice in your ear, you then felt his hand grab your arm tightly, holding it against your back; ''Just because I said I like you, does not mean I'm going to let you go''. It seemed his grip grew tighter with every word he said; he was making sure you were not escaping again.
You winced as result, ''Why not?'' you shouted, looking back over your shoulder at him angrily in the eyes.
He frowned back, ''Because I still need to ask you some questions, '' he held your arm securely as the black sand reached up to your neck, then your face, then... darkness.
''See you soon.''
