I walk downstairs to the kitchen, trying to figure out what I want to eat. I start cooking some soup, then deciding to make a sandwich too. I start eating, trying to fill my poor tummy when I notice something. I walk over tithe back door and see something move again.
"What the?" I put my bowl down and slip my flip flops on and slip outside. "Hello?" Okay, not the smartest thing to do, but I was curious. "Anyone out here?" I try to see movement, but the moons not shining tonight. I go to turn when I hear someone-or something-running in the bushes. "Jare? Lucas?" I ask, turning around. "This isn't funny you guys!"
I realize it was probably the wind, so I go to turn around and go inside when I get a feeling I should go. I start walking into the woods and look around, realizing I should have grabbed a flashlight since I could barely see. I stop when I feel eyes on me and look around.
"Hey." Jare says, causing me to jump. I turn and look at him.
"Jared!" A sense of de jà vu resting in my belly as I scream.
"What you doing out here?" He asks, walking around me in a big circle.
"I thought I saw something. I wanted to know what it was. Or who it was." I watch his eyes flash yellow and I take a step back. The de jà vu getting stronger. "Why are you here Jare?" I ask.
"Just walking at night. It soothes me, especially this time of month." I chuckle, not understanding why that's funny really since I feel like a baby deer being circles by a hunter. But I try making a joke to ease the feeling.
"Sounds like you have a period." He gives me a cruel smirk, and I wonder where his playful one went.
"I guess you could say it's like a cycle of some sort." Then I notice his circle is getting smaller as he keeps walking. The feeling of being a baby deer gets stronger as my de jà vu makes me feel sick.
"Jare," my voice breaks, "you're kinda freaking me out." I watch his eyes turn yellow and I know why I'm having de jà vu.
"Good." He says and jumps at me, making me scream as his body collides with mine and knocks me to the ground.
I feel my head smack the ground just as I whisper something.
"My vision was right..." Then everything goes black.
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"Who else will protect you from the monsters?" Lucas says
"My daddy?"
"He doesn't know the secret I know."
"What secret?" I ask, rolling in my belly and looking at him.
"Nope, can't tell you Soph. It wouldn't be a secret if I did." He smiles at me.
"That's not fair." I pout an he laughs.
"Oh Sophie." I hear my name but it doesn't belong in this memory, not yet. "Sophie wake up." Someone pokes my shoulder little roughly. "Wake up!" I open my eyes and nearly scream when I see the yellow eyes glaring down at me. "Finally, you're up." He smiles and I see his teeth look likes a dog's. "I knew you weren't dead." He yanks me up so I'm standing, but so hard that my arm feels like it's bout to fall off now. "Now I can keep you all to myself." He says and I shiver, noticing we're not outside anymore.
"Jare where are we?" I ask and take slow step forward so I can look round better. He lets me, but hovers.
"Inside." I sneeze. "It's dusty I know, sorry." He kinda growls and mumbles at the same time. I nod, scared.
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Are You Afraid?
HorrorSophie Newlun used to believe there were monsters hiding in the dark, but she grew up. But what happens when she realizes she was wrong to stop believing? And how will she react when she realizes they weren't hiding in the dark, but in plain sight...