Chapter One: So You Had A Bad Day
Lost Springs, Wyoming Yesterday
Spencer ran after the large yellow bus as it drove away from school, he was only a few seconds late yet he had still missed it.
Eventually the bus had stopped and Spencer had taken a seat next to a gobby freshman girl, who when attempting to blow a bubble had spat gum into his hair.
Finally!Spencer thought to himself as he headed home. Normally he would have had lots of patience for shitty days but today had to be the worst day of his life.
It had actually started out fine but once he stepped a foot out of his house, everything started going downhill.
First the car wouldn't start so he would be late for class. He had taken off running, not noticing the dog shit on the street and stepped on it. Now he was late and reeking of shit, but of course the today was the day the universe hated him so much that the teacher had to announce that he was the only one who failed the most important test of the semester in front of the whole class, but to top it all off, Spencer's girlfriend of one year decided to break up with him.
'Just great', he had thought. He wanted to cry, but of course He wouldn't 'cause big boys don't cry'. Spencer still wanted to keep his man card.
After what felt like hours the bus came to his stop. He got out of there faster than Roadrunnercould have managed. Spencer jumped from the school bus of noisy kids and started walking. He walked down the narrow cut in the trees and became careful not to slip on the overgrown undergrowth of the forest floor. He had walked this way many times before, the erosion effect had created a somewhat decent trail.
Spencer sighed deeply as he started his iPod, the only thing to help him keep calm was music, not alcohol. No, he didn't like to drink.
As the first few beats of the song flooded into his ears 'how fitting' were his thoughts as the first song that played was bad day by Daniel Powter. The universe had found many ways to annoy him today.
"It can't get any worse than this." He murmured to no one in particular, but as soon as he did he felt something or rather someone watching him. Taking out the earphones he looked around. Seeing no one of course, as he walked through the woods just listening to the music.
This was his therapy to stress and also that there is a path to his home here, but now he was regretting that he had walked through there as he couldn't shake off the feeling that he was being watched and... followed.
Spencer stood still, his feet were planted firmly to the ground. Don't move. Don't speak. Don't make any sounds. Just stay silent.
He didn't move. He didn't speak. He barely breathed.
Spencer swallowed the saliva that had collected in his mouth. He called out "Who's there?"
His voice rang out loud and carried through the woods with the breeze. Still he got no answer.
Now if this one of his buddies pulling a prank on him, he would not be held responsible for their demise because Spencer, sure as hell, would be strangling them to death. Before he sent them to a premature grave.
He continued walking and listening to music but only one of the earphones were in as he tried to also listen to his surroundings. After a few cautious minutes the rustling of leaves and a sinister laugh of a girl, so sweet yet so terrifying to listen to, broke through Spencer's focus.
"Who's there?" Spencer yelled in the forest and was answered by another laugh but this time a small girl with black shoulder length hair and an angelic, childlike face walk towards him smiling wickedly. The girl was wearing a black dress that ended at her calf. She was beautiful but she also looked dangerous. Spencer's instincts told him to run but he didn't.
He didn't move. He didn't speak. He barely breathed.
Then, in true Spencer fashion, he made a mistake.
"Who are you?" He asked her, voice shaky. A bead of sweat formed on his brow and his palms grew moist.
"Meyca..." She answered and then smiled at him sweetly but dangerously at the same time. A sort of strange, cunning mix of the two that seemed to infatuate him.
"What do you want?"
Minutes pass of just silence, then "Blood."
Meyca launched herself at him, they landed on the ground with a loud thud and his backpack went flying as they rolled around, he tried fighting her off with all his strength but she was too strong for him, even if she was a girl and small, Spencer could not pull her off.
Continuing his struggle, he saw the girl lift her head a little and opened her mouth, pointy white teeth peeking out. He screamed at the feeling of something sharp on his neck. The sharp things dug in deep, Meycas tongue sucked and slurped at the wounds she had made.
Still Spencer continued to struggle... and then... his arms grew weaker then fell limp.
He didn't move. He didn't speak. He barely breathed.
Meyca licked the wound once more with a soft goodbye. Everything faded to black for young Spencer...
After Meyca had drank the blood of the young boy from the woods she had snapped his neck. Relishing in the crack as it bounced off the trees. To her kind, pain and fear was a melody that none could resist. Cries for help, sobs of sorrow, pleas and screams for mercy, bones breaking and heavy gasps for breath...
Just beautiful.
Spencer had been an okay substance and, although she wanted it, Meyca didn't drink it all. Of course she didn't. If Meyca did, Shewould get angry. Instead she had taken the body back 'home'. Leaving it for Herto deal with.
Meyca walked into the hall, pushed past others gaining glares and hisses of annoyance. No one liked each other here, there was just those you preferred slightly more than others.
She sat down next to Victor, watching a cockroach scuttle past, running from the two predators across the wooden floor boards.
Meyca grabbed it between her claw like fingernails. She smiled as it struggled against her vice like grip. Helpless little prey.
So close to death, the little creature knew.
Then, just a whisper, Victor spoke, "9,957."
"Only 43..." Meyca mused before crushing the cockroach between the tips of her fingers."To go..." Only 43 souls away to meeting Him.
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