~II~
Harriet had been traveling for days. She didn't really know where she was going. Everything seemed new to her and interesting!
The sky seemed even more blue than she would ever remember. Or maybe she ate the wrong berries. Honestly she didn't care, if she died at least she would die free.
She hummed a light tune as the birds sang and flew away in front of her, neglecting to acknowledge the intricate woven path she was starting to walk on. She continued to ignore it while singing and dancing around in her mud drenched clothes.
When the sun seemed to set, she slowly came upon a gigantic mansion. It towered over the treetops and seemed to go as high and as far as the unreachable clouds. It's height and size an endless ginormity.
"So high!" she thought, "I wonder if I can see anything from there."
Absentmindedly, Harriet climbed holding on to the free hanging ledges of windows, swiftly and silently making her way to the top. "I wonder if I were to see God from up here." she whispered to the wind.
She would find out soon enough.
She quickly made it to the top that overlooked the whole forest that she cleared her way through.
Her eyes widened in awe. She was so high! She felt so free and open. But she also forgot that just as easily she can climb, she can also fall.
She peaked over the edge trying to see the ground from where she was. From the ground she could see the neatly cut green grass. She could also see a man.
Yes, a pale man, dressed in all black, starring up at her intensely with red eyes. Those glaring red eyes moved something in her. Harriet didn't know why, but a fire built up inside her and defiance took over her body.
The man seemed to squint in annoyance. That pest on the roof didn't want to come to him? Well, he will come to it.
The tiny ant of the man down below her, soon became greater in size to Harriet. The man with those red glassy, gleaming eyes.
She realized that the man was actually quickly climbing the house without even using his hands! He was jumping ledge to lrdge faster than any human she'd ever seen!
She had to get away but how? She could try to climb down the wall but she would never be able to climb down quick enough with that beast on her tail. "I have to try!" she thought.
Harriet, as fast as she could, began to climb down while the man was coming from where she was on top of the roof. He simply stared in annoyance. The risky pest seemed more trouble than she was worth. Even so, he chased after the girl.
Quickly making it down and barely on the ground, Harriet continued as the man chased after her. She slipped on a window ledge from trying to rush herself. She held on for dear life, not moving as the man approached her and sat on the window ledge beside the hanging body.
"What an interesting vermin." Said a silky voice coming from the pale mans mouth. His bangs fell in front of his eyes seductively as he liked his lips like a lion about to devour its prey.
...And in that moment...She simply let go...
A gasp swallowed the room that she surprisingly awoke in. Where was she?
There were no signs of life anywhere around her. She touched the light Egyptian cotton sheets that she had never noticed that she was so tangled in.
She remembered the hospital, the escape, the man. It all quickly flowed back to her so quick that it hurt her brain. She covered her head in her tiny hands in hopes that the pain would go away soon.
Not noticing the door opening, she continued to clutch onto her head in pain. Eventually the pain got even worse. It was sickening and she could barely speak.
Suddenly, a voice interrupted her and as quickly as the pain came, it subsided. "Are you okay, miss?" asked the same silky, velvety voice that chased her off the roof.