Chapter 3:
The Field
For the rest of that night, I was haunted by red eyes. They were horribly terrifying for some reason. I still had a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach when I woke up the next morning. My body seemed to be screaming at me; something's going to happen today. Careful not to disturb me sister, who lay sprawl out on my bed; I got up and started to get dressed. I didn't want to get up. I wanted to lie there all day without a care in the world.
"I guess I can do that at Keily's house." I mumbled to myself. The clock read 6:45am as I trotted down stairs. I slipped my shoes on as quietly as possible. Snores shook the house. My dad must have been out cold. I giggled a little and headed to the door.
"Where are you going?" A voice startled me from the dark living room. My head flashed back to my dream and a scream started to build up again in my throat. I took a step back from the room as a light clicked on. It was my brother, lying on the couch in what looked like an uncomfortable position. He was half turned to the side with his legs hanging over. Reminded me a little of a dead spider when they die naturally. Wow… that was a charming thought. "Earth to Sami," He snapped, trying to get my attention, "Gonna answer my question or are you gonna sit there staring at air?"
"Oh sorry." I sighed coming back to reality. For some reason I was getting really distracted lately. Not sure why. "I'm going over to Keily's for a Saturday cartoon fest. Like every Saturday." I shrugged. What else did he want? Wonder if he thought I was sneaking out or something.
"Alright, well just stay out of trouble."
"Says the responsible brother who was out all night." I giggled.
"Hey, me and the guys went to see a few movies. Big deal."
"Alright Andy, no need to get defensive. If you have that attitude, people will think you were up to no good."
"I wasn't though."
"I know you weren't. Look, I got to go. Keily is probably waiting."
"Alright. I'll see you later then." He answered. I nodded and headed out the door.
The cold air was crisp and sharp. There was a light wind blowing as well. The sun was just coming over the mountain to the East.
"Not a cloud in the sky." I whispered, reveling my breath in the cold. Spring made the world seem a bit brighter. I walked over the blacktop of the road and came to a dead stop in front of the field by Keily's house. I had the strangest feeling to go in and run. It hit me then. My dream… it was trying to be real, but the weirdest part was though, I wasn't afraid of it to be. I took a step closer to the field. What did I have to do for it to start? Climb the fence? I started to when I heard a door open.
"Sami! What are you doing?" It was Keily. She had red pajamas on with slippers and a cup of, what I guessed to be hot chocolate.
"Nothing." I replied jumping down. I began to walk over to her house when something in the field caught my eyes. It was black and sat in the middle of everything. I could only see bits of it threw the strands of dead grass. I shifted my position and it was gone. Nothing but wind in its place. My curiosity was blaring in my ears. I had to see what that black thing was. "Did you see that Keil?!" I was extremely excited.
"S-see what?" She turned her head to look at me, darting her eyes back and forth from the field to me. Good, she had seen it. So I wasn't completely crazy.
"Let's go check it out." I jumped over the fence and turned waiting for her. She stood staring at me dumbfounded.
"Are you nuts?!" She freaked, slipping her shoes on, "What if it tries to kill us?!"
"I thought you didn't see anything." I chuckled. She caught up and hit me on the head.
"I'm only going because I don't want to you fall and hurt your clumsy self. I saw nothing out here, I'm just humoring you."
"If you say so." I giggled shaking my head. I could feel no fear in my body whatsoever. It was kinda making me nervous, but nothing more. We walked straight over to the spot I had seen all the black. Nothing was there.
"See Sami, it was nothing now let's go back." She turned around and began to walk away.
"Keily, no." I ran around in front of her and she stopped. "I swear I saw something. I know I did. Why don't you believe me? You saw it too!" She said nothing. She was turning white in the face and was just staring behind me. "What are you looking at?" I asked turning slowly around. Keily lifted her finger and pointed to a black creature standing only a few feet away. It lifted its head, reveling one staring red eye that was creepy as all can be. The creature from my nightmare had come to life right in front of me and just as before. I didn't know what to do. "Run." Was the only thing that could escape my lips and that's exactly what Keily and I did.