I couldn't just stand there and watch Syaoran be accused of murder, but I could find only truth in the eyes of his accusers. I decided the best plan was to leave, to get away from this meadow and out of this forest. I slipped quietly away, falling into the shadowy trees, becoming invisible to the unseeing eyes of my friends.
The search for a break in the trees was horrible, a nervous feeling bubbled inside of me as I wandered farther from the safety of my friends. Farther from Syaoran, who I knew would catch me if I tripped over the twisting roots covering the forest floor. The silence pounded on my ears and every broken twig sent my heart into a frenzy. I soon began to doubt the wisdom of wandering of alone. I needed a distraction, something to drown out the forest and my own thoughts. I reached into the pocket of my jeans but found only my ever present ball-point pen. For a moment I considered doodling on my hands before I rummaged through my jacket and found my shiny, pink, slightly scratched iPod. Flipping through the little gadget's settings I turned on my favourite self pity song and adjusted the volume to full blast.
I went through my all my best music before plopping down on a random, half rotted log and re-starting the play list. Through the mind-numbingly loud music I wondered vaguely what time it was. Glancing at the lighted iPod screen I saw the clock and realized that its luminous glow was almost blindingly bright in the darkness of a nighttime forest. Pulling out my ear buds I heard crickets chirping, watched shadows darting outside my pinprick of light. Fear plucked at my nerves as I imagined something huge lurking just outside my line of sight, hiding amongst the trees. My eyes darted around, searching. Suddenly I saw it, one shadow was moving closer, drawn to my light. I shut it off and quickly stuffed it away. When my eyes adjusted to the total darkness I realized the shadow had moved closer, still able to see me. Paranoid fear and sheer tiredness pulled me from my last dregs of consciousness as part of the shadow broke off, running towards me.
Sorry, there is technically more of this written but none of it is typed and I have been putting that off for two and a half years.