Katya laid in bed listening to her sister Vera's quiet sobs as her own tears streamed down her cheek. Katya knew that Vera tried to keep her feelings inside but that was what Katya was good at. Katya also knew the reason Vera was crying was because Vera's best friend Vasilisa had recently been diagnosed with cancer. Suddenly Katya couldn't stand it any longer. She grabbed her backpack and crept out the door. Katya knew that Vera heard her and only pretended to be asleep. It was one of those sisterly things.
Outside the wind blew rain and sleet everywhere. It was hard to make it, but Katya kept going till she reached the little batch of trees that were so thick she didn't feel a drop of rain.
Here she let her tears run free. She sat with her back against a giant elm for about a half hour with large teardrops flowing out of her eyes. Finally she sat up and looked around her. The rain had calmed to a gentle trickle. Her house could not be seen through the rain and trees. She could however see lights coming from the house next door. But then again, she could not have seen that because the nearest house to hers was nearly two miles away. Katya blinked, but the lights were still there. Then suddenly she could hear voices; to make things worse, they were quite near and the lights were getting nearer. Oh dear Katya thought frightfully the rain must have muffled the noise till now. They probably heard me cry and now they've come to check the noise out. But who are they? Suddenly she was grabbed from behind. That was terrifying, but what was more terrifying than that was the monsters by whom she was grabbed.