Chapter one, mysteries in the forest of the forgotten
8:23 p.m. Saturday June 6th
It had been raining all day but now that the moon is up, peering through the clouds, Storm yearned to go outside. Feet touch the grass lightly and she stood still for a moment, absorbing the tranquil rain drops shining in the moonlight. Slowly, picking her way to the forest in the back of her house, the treetops loomed above welcoming her presence. Storm was never lost here, even though she tried and tried to loose her way, she just couldn't. The moon lights the path that only she could pick out. The path is as hidden as a secret deer trail, running deep into the depths of the forest. Tonight was different though, she did not follow her path. Instinct was leading her elsewhere, to wander, but she did not know where. The rain slowed to a gentle drizzle that caressed her skin as it ran down her body; and her soul. A rustle in a thorn bush to her far right startled her and a shady figure darts behind a tree. The hair on the back of her neck stands up and she holds her breath.
"Show yourself!" Startled by her voice, it echoes through the branches. The trees even seem uneasy around her. Quiet laughter reaches her ears behind her.
How did he move so fast? She pondered, grey eyes searching the darkness
"I said show yourself!"
"Why are you not in your true form - why do you not show yourself?" An amused voice echoed back.
"What are you talking about!" she screamed into the nothingness
"Storm... My dearest flower - do not hide from the one who killed your kin, for assuredly I shall kill you also." the voice came from another direction now - a hint of laughter crept through that statement...
"You killed my parents!"
Whoever it is was getting impatient "Yes you stupid girl! Now why don't you unleash yourself so we can have a fair fight that may be slightly challenging for me?" The figure stepped out of the shadow reveling who you saw to be a mysterious man with piercing blue eyes eerily lacking a pupil. Blue striped tattoos ran down his arms and on his cheeks. He smiled, revealing pointed teeth. Laughing again he said, "And you still choose not to reveal yourself? Show me your true form so that I can have some fun crushing you!"
Standing her ground she screamed into his face "I don't know what in all the hells you are talking about! Leave me alone!"
Just then a crash of lightening echoed through the forest causing them both to jump. The rain pored thunderously down upon the trees, making it impossible to hear. The man cursed aloud with a disgusted look on his face and disappeared into the shadows. A strange fog emerged in front of her and she fled in the opposite direction.
Why am I running? She thought to herself.
A root caused her to stumble into a tree. Staggeringly the tree opened up and swallowed her whole, she fell and fell into the abyss with utmost uncertainty where she was going to land, if at all.
12:07 p.m. Saturday June 6th
Eyes fluttering open, Storm punctually sat up. The moonlight shone brightly through the leafy canopy above. Inhaling the crisp air, she slowly got to her feet, recalling what had just happened.
'That… that bastard said something about killing my parents…" Storm's thoughts scrambled in her head as she tried to catch them but they kept slipping. Each step she took leads her nowhere and she only realized this as she came to the spot where she landed. The growing sensation of fear gripped her as she finally realized.
'I'm lost.' Breathing became harder and the longing for a blade became stronger. Storm collapsed to her knees and began to rake at her skin with her fingernails. Her frustrated scream resounded in the night as the helplessness overtook her.
…meanwhile…
Trunks bolted upright in his bed. Drenched in a cold sweat, his heart beat was so thunderous that he could barely hear. He waited for his heart rate to slow but the fear of something still remained. Some ghoulish nightmare had driven the sleep from him.
'I…I though I heard a scream…?' he thought, sitting upright rubbing his temples.