Hey, hope you like chapter 1. :)
The day started out normal enough. Woke up, got dressed, and ate breakfast. Unfortunately the "normal" only lasted for about half an hour. It was when I was waiting for the bus that the weirdness started.
I was walking to my bus stop, and I was almost there, when I saw movement out of the corner of my eye. You see, the path that I walk to my bus stop is bordered by a small patch of forest, maybe a square mile of trees total, but only a small section pressed up to the road. The only thing separating it from me was a dilapidated fence and a ditch on the side of the road used to collect rainwater. At first I thought it was a deer or something. I thought I had read somewhere that they liked to come out at dawn and dusk, so it would make sense that they would moving about around then. But then I kept seeing it. A small flash of movement that barely registered in my peripheral vision. And then I realized, it was above my eye level. There are only so many animals that tall. I stopped and turned to where I had seen it, and blinked in surprise.
There was nothing there. How could that be? I knew I saw something. I began walking a little faster toward the bus stop. I could still see the movement occasionally, and I started walking even faster. By the time I made it the 2 blocks to the bus stop I was practically running. There were 3 other people there already, but they didn't go to my school, so I didn't really know them. Our schools share buses because they're both so small. I'm the only person from my school who rides my bus. So they just turned to give me a strange look before going back to talking and listening to their iPods. I'm a terrible runner and I was breathing pretty hard just from that short distance. After a moment of trying to catch my breath I looked up the street to try and see the bus. That's when I saw him.
There was a man standing at the end of the street looking at us. In and of itself, not a strange occurrence. A guy watching a group of teenagers that talk way to loud? One would think he was just making sure we weren't vandals or something. Except that I had no idea who this guy was. I knew every person on this street from years of delivering Girl Scout cookies door to door, and I had never seen this man in my life. And he was dressed super fancy too. He was wearing a very dark suit, but in the dim morning light I couldn't tell if it was black or dark navy. And his dark hair was slicked back. And the weirdest thing was that he was wearing sunglasses. It was 6:30 in the morning. There was no need for the accessory. I began to get a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. This guy could not be good news.
I continued looking at the strange man for another moment before I heard the bus pulling around the corner. I turned to the yellow vehicle with a sigh of relief. That guy gave me the creeps. The sooner I was out of there, the better.
When the bus slowly screeched to a stop, I quickly stepped on and walked to my regular seat. Even though there aren't assigned seats on my bus we all generally sit in the same place. I usually about halfway back by the emergency exit. I plopped down in the seat and dumped my backpack and lunchbox next to the window. I started to pull my iPod out of my backpack when I looked out the window and started.
The guy was standing at the bus stop now, staring at the bus. More specifically, my window. I was getting freaked out. Why was he looking at my window? Surely he couldn't see inside the bus. The windows were tinted, and it was still dark. Impossible to see through, right? I stared at the guy trying to figure out what his deal was. I couldn't see his eyes, so I had to judge where he was looking from his heads angle. All of a sudden, he moved. He seemed to look up a little, and I had the feeling that he was looking me straight in the eyes. I shivered and turned to the girl behind me. "Do you know who that guy outside is?" I asked. She looked up from her cell and looked out the window. "What guy?" she asked. "There's no one there." That's when I realized, no one could see him but me.
Rebecca has an unseen creeper on her hands! lol. Promise, Wonderland isn't far off. ;)