ADDIE
May 24, 2012, 1:32 AM
Addie Lester stared across the bedroom at her sleeping sisters. Before they had moved from England to America, Addie had her own room. Now, this wasn't the case. It was a small apartment they lived in. 2 small bedrooms, an even smaller living room, and a minuscule kitchen. Her parents, Christopher and Esme, shared a full-sized bed in the smaller bedroom. The three girls, Addie and her sisters, shared the largest room. Georgia, who was 11, and Maura, who was 9, shared a full bed. Addie, who was 13, got her own bed. Ideally, she would like to sleep with her sisters, but she always tossed and turned and had terrible nightmares, so she couldn't.
Addie cautiously opened her window and crept down the rickety old fire escape. She hopped off the ladder and onto the New York City sidewalk and began walking to Central Park. Addie did this almost every night. Sneaking out to escape the terrifying world she lived in. But tonight felt different. She couldn't explain it, but she had a hunch that she would finally escape from her prison of apartment 7D. She would finally escape from those terrifying nightmares tormenting her every night; a boy with dark hair and eyes, screaming her name as he was being sucked into darkness. She shivered thinking about it. She didn't know who the boy was, but his scream was the most agonizing, chilling noise she had ever heard.
She stopped. Something was watching her. She felt eyes burning into the back of her neck. "Who's there?" Her cockney accent cut into the night. A low growl sounded behind her. She slowly turned.
Facing her was a man, tall and burly, with a dark trench coat and a matching fedora pulled low over his face. She couldn't make out his features well, all she could see was a single eye above his nose.
Her breath caught in her throat. Another monster. She had never encountered one on her late night walks. There were quite a few back in England, but none in America until now.
Addie drifted towards an alleyway, hoping the man wouldn't be able to fit. No such luck. But against the wall, there was a crowbar, so she grabbed it as a weapon and swung at the creature.
He ducked and roared, plowing into her and shoving her against the ground. She hit him with the crobar one more time in the head, knocking his fedora off. She ran to the middle of the sidewalk. The monster followed.
It hit Addie and she fell to the floor, clutching her shoulder in pain. "Die, half-blood!" It shouted in a raspy voice. Her blood turned to ice. Half-blood. She had heard that name before. It her again in the stomach, and she gasped for air. She scrambled up and ran into the alleyway, dropping the crowbar. The monster cornered her.
"Weakling!" The monster screamed, picking up the crowbar and hitting her with it. She struggled to stay awake, but faded out of consciousness, seeing only a dark figure appear in front of her holding a sword.
Yes, I know, I absolutely suck at fight chapters. Oh well.