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A/N: Yes, my children, I have returned, but not necessarily better than ever unfortunately. *cowers to avoid getting killed by various flying objects* I still have yet to finish my Rebecca/Richard story, but I am out of creative juice. *sigh* This freaky little piece of tard ish came to me when I was in the shower, and what a glorious revelation it was. Inspiration was literally biting my ass as I hurried to write this down. So yeah, I'm gonna try my damnedest to write a halfway decent RE story. Enjoy!
Through the Eyes
Things had gotten just a little freaky a while ago, but the girls had paid no mind. The sounds they heard sent shivers racing down their spines, and even though the noises were perfectly normal, they still seemed out of place. The sounds were not animal-like; the trees creaked hollowly in the still chilly air, and their echoes bounced off of everything in the damn vicinity, the air reverberating just slightly with the sheer numbers of them. The two were together, however, so everything was just fine.
Their silence stretched menacingly between them. They had long since stopped talking, each focusing solely on the path ahead, and keeping their ears open for each and every little sound. They had heard stories about this place; tall tales were flung this way and that in their gossip-ruled town, but the girls were fairly level-headed. It was simply difficult to stretch their imaginations as far as their neighbors could.
It was stupid all the same for them to be here. The stories were centered on vicious nocturnal creatures that seemed to disappear into shadows and harmless townsfolk who'd gone loopy – loopy enough to kill, which made them harmless not at all. Numerous people had been murdered. Devoured, even. Hardly anything left. The girls were in grave danger, but, like the other victims, they would be far too deep in it to escape once the time did indeed come . . .
Inhaling deeply and shaking her head in an attempt to clear the haze forming there, Nolee Learkin reached out quickly and grasped her sister's hand in hers. Glancing mutely down at their intertwined fingers, the eldest, Dru, smiled slightly and patted her younger sister on the shoulder. Reassured, they continued their way as quietly as possible down the worn trail, their breaths puffing out and about in tiny white billows.
A deadly silence had now settled over the forest, where not even the trees dared to creak or groan in protest. The place seemed to be dead, but it was far from such an absurd thing.
A sense of foreboding had settled over the sisters. Something just didn't feel right to Dru; she had always had a knack for knowing when enough was enough, and when it was time to high-tail it out of there. As her sister, a mere two years younger than her, timidly stepped past her and into the lead, Dru's arm darted out and gripped her arm, hard. Yelping, Nolee nearly leaped out of her skin at the unexpected impact.
"Time to exit, stage right, Lee," Dru whispered, yanking her sister gently towards her. "I think we've both had enough for one night."
Nodding wordlessly, Nolee pivoted on her heel, and began creeping back the same direction from which they had come. With a last wary glance behind her, Dru turned to follow, only to slam into Nolee, who seemed to be planted into the ground in which she stood. The young girl now stood mouth agape staring into the shadows, a look of terror dominating her storm-grey eyes. The sudden impact knocked each girl off balance, and, in a flying spray of gravel, both tumbled to the ground.
Grunting softly, Dru struggled to sit up, but couldn't manage to shove off Nolee, whose body had gone limp.
"Nolee, seriously," the older girl whispered fiercely, managing to roll out from under her sister. "We have to get outta here!" Drusilla turned her back towards the cowering body on the ground, her eyes fixating on the path they had to follow.
Every muscle in her body seemed to freeze as her hazel eyes scanned the trail ahead. In the silence, a twig snapped, some leaves rustled, and from the inky shadows emerged a living one.
A/N2: Hooray! That was so much fun! But wait, it's far from over, kids! Feel free to review! (Since every author loves them. ^o^)