Three days of walking around. Three days of wondering if I did the right thing, One hour of sobbing my heart out on this damned stump. At least I think it has been an hour. Hard to tell time in this over grown forest that I woke up in, surrounded by bug, tall trees, roots and rocks that begs you to trip on them. The worst part is that I can't find an exit from this cover.
I don't know how I got here, but to think about it and compare it to my life a week ago. I found that I didn't care. I was finally free.
I went back to my sorrow state. 'I can't stay in this forest forever like a witch.' I thought to myself. 'Ooh, just what am I going to do?' I stood up with a determined look on my face. 'Okay Jennie, first things first. Go find food...', a rain drop landed on my head, ...'and a shelter for the night.'
After a long search for shelter, I finally found a nice little nook under a cliff high above. I didn't mind this as much as I thought I would, I got my berries that I found by the lake, also wonderful background music from the cliff's waterfall and the raindrops falling on various things. If I had a home to go back to, I wouldn't actually mind spending a night or two out here. However, that nice thought ended right when I saw a perfectly big enough for me beetle crawling towards me.
"Aaaaah!"
I got up and ran to the other side of my make shift nook and plopped down again.
"Might as well sleep while it's getting dark," I spoke out loud. Secretly hoping no one heard that. I laid down on my back with my arms over my head to form a pillow. It was better then a rock at least. "Good night," and then I was out
I don't know how long I was out before I was pulled from my not so happy dream. The sound of crushing leaves woke me up. Thinking that it was a wild animal, I stayed quiet. Holding my breath when I saw a tall slender shadow being outlined by the moonlight, it was being cast over my feet that I forgot to pull in. Panicking, I loudly tugged them to my chest. That's when the shadow stopped moving and stayed planted where my legs once laid.
After what seemed like ages, the shadow finally moved on, never stopping to listen or to look around. I let out the breath I was holding and looked around. Everything seemed fine, so I decided to let sleep take over me for one last time before the sun broke into the sky.
"Good night to anyone who cares," I mumbled.
My eyes were watering as my lungs burned for air. I never ran this hard since I had to hide from them.
I looked back to see if I was being followed or not. Knowing him, he'd probably not notice till he needs something from the store or basement.
I tripped on a rock when I was looking back, 'idiot' was all I thought when my knee came in contact with the rough ground. Sure it hurts, but at least I knew I could still feel anything at all. After building a stone wall thousands of feet high around me, I was immune to every pain that I received. Now that I finally felt free as I ran farther and farther away from the town. I started to destroy that wall.
I came into a clearing at the edge of the forest. Feeling safe, I allowed myself to rest my hands on my knees to catch my breath.
Free!
But why don't I feel free anymore?
But I am! I don't see him or hear him!
...This feeling in my stomach tells me otherwise...
I was about to put the feeling in my stomach behind me when a crack sounded from the woods. Dreading the second I would turn around and look into the eyes of...
"Hello Jennie, why you running?" I could smell the alcohol in his breath even from where I was standing. Before I could even fathom up the idea of running again or yelling, he had me over his shoulders. Carrying me like a sack of rocks back to that house I dreaded.
"NO!" I screamed when I woke up. I was in a blanket of sweat and in a state of shock. Quickly checking my surroundings before setting myself at ease.
Thank goodness that was just a dream.
This is the first of my Harvest Moon A New Beginning! Please leave reviews on what you think. I know this one was short.. (800 and some words? BAD DAY) ANYWAYS... I hope you liked this intro into my story. ^-^
Also, I went through this chapter and fix and or added more to it. I'm going to be doing the same to the other six chapters too.
#See you in the pages!
