I glanced up, watching the moon glow in the dark seas. I sat on the creaky old porch steps with my Eevee napping across my lap. She laid with closed eyes as I stroked along her brown fur.
Me and Eevee lived here for a long time now. We can't remember how we ended up here or even for how long. My parents abandoned me here. They never even took their stuff, I just woke up one morning and they were gone. We had what we needed to survive off the fruit of the land but it was starting to get lonely. Sure I had Eevee but I always wondered where my parents went. And what I would give to meet another person...
Suddenly I heard a twig snap. I turned and saw somebody standing a good few meters away. He wore a long black coat that went past his knees while his ebony black hair covered the sides of his face and seemed to reach just as far down. His skin though was so pale that it seemed to reflect the pale moonlight itself.
"W-who are you?!" I shouted. The man said nothing. He bowed before gazing toward me with the most crooked and freakish smile. It was like his lips were twice as long as they should have been as his rotten yellow teeth were exposed in the dim moonlight.
Eevee bared her teeth at the stranger and began to growl. Her nervous nature was enough to make me panick. He was just smiling, his dark pupils dilating before he took a step forward. I got up and took a step back while Eevee hopped down ready to strike.
"I said who are you?!" I shouted back. My fists began to clench as the air took an unnatural chill. He didn't respond, he only smiled.
I heard another twig snap behind me. I flinched and shot my head back to see no one in the distance. I turned back and jumped in surprise. He was gone. I looked down at Eevee who only frowned and pawed at his leg.
"Let's go inside Eevee. We need to pack up and leave."
We both jumped again when the door slammed open. Standing inside was the man but this time his appearance was far more horrifying. That white skin was gone, instead his face was a fleshy skull. It looked as though someone peeled his skin and left splotches of flesh everywhere. He had on his wide grin while his eyes bulged from the sockets.
I froze in place but Eevee wasn't as cowardly. She ran up the steps of the cabin and dashed inside to attack the assailant.
"Eevee! NO!" I shouted. The instant she was inside the door shut behind her and all I could hear were her anguished cries followed by the ripping of flesh.
I wanted to mourn her. I wanted to hope she was alright. I wanted to help her. But I needed to run. I turned and made a mad dash inside the woods. I needed to leave this place. I needed to seek help. The revelation of what happened to my parents was now clear. That thing was what happened to them.
The moonlight ceased to exist. The night sky had grown cloudy as I'd trying to hinder my progress. I ran but I had to move carefully. I was constantly tripping over rotting branches and getting scratched by thorny plants.
My heart was pounding telling me to go but after only a couple minutes exhaustion began to seep in. I rested against a tree and tried to catch my breath while wiping off sweat until I heard a noise. I whipped my head around and squinted into the darkness. There wasn't much light and the darkness was playing tricks with my imagination.
The clouds passed. Moonlight poured down. I saw it. I fell on my knees. The grotesque sight took my by surprise. That man. He was wearing Eevee's decapitated head like a mask. His grip was the only thing that wasn't covered. His eyes were nearly popping out from her empty eye sockets.
"Why are you?!" I shouted once again. He said nothing. I saw his blood soaked knife in his hand. He raised it up and the clouds blocked the light once more.