Eren couldn't sleep.
The moon shone bright through the window onto his pillow as he lay still trying to fall asleep.
All the other children in the dormitory had been asleep for hours. All except Eren.
The house was silent. No voices could be heard. No footsteps either.
The street outside was silent as well, not a sound to be heard anywhere.
Eren had heard of this time of night from the other children in the house, when all the people in the land are fast asleep and the dark creatures of the night come out.
Eren sighed with annoyance and climbed out of bed to close the curtain properly so the moon light would not shine so strongly onto his pillow.
Just as he was about to pull the curtains shut, he looked out the window onto the street.
Everything was deathly still and a strange mist had settled upon the village. The houses looked crooked and pale as if they were houses in a fairy tale.
As Eren's gaze travelled further down the street, he saw something that made his breath catch.
A tall dark figure was walking slowly down the street, peering into the windows of each house.
It crouched down due to its tremendous height, why Eren figured it must be at least 14 metres tall.
Eren froze with horror as the figure continued its walk down the street, its enormous feet landing so softly on the ground barely a sound could be heard.
As the figure straightened its body, its face was illuminated in the moonlight.
Eren gasped in horror. It had piercing blue eyes, and pale hair that fell in its face.
What really horrified Eren was the mouth on the grotesque creature. Its mouth contorted and stretched longer than he thought was possible with the ends nearly reaching its ears. Its body a mixture of reds and whites. Eren realised with a sickening thought that the giant creature's body was skinless.
Eren quickly climbed into his bed and pulled the covers over him, hoping if the creature looked in the window, it would appear that he was sleeping, or that there was no one in the bed.
He waited. His thumping heart breaking the deathly silence.
He took a small look from under his blanket and screamed though no sound came out.
A looming hand closed in on him from through the window and grabbed his blanket with him inside and carried him out of the window.
Eren thrashed about, trying to break free but the creature had too strong a grip.
The giant creature began to run, faster than Eren could imagine was possible. He could hear the wind racing past from inside his blanket.
Eren shuddered and prayed to every god he knew of that he would die a quick and painless death.
AN: Hope you enjoyed the first chapter ^_^ Please review if you liked it, or if you didn't :D Constructive criticism is always appreciated!