Chapter 1 -- The Ripper

 

Chapter 1 – The Ripper

The Dark forest stretched from the east to the west and from the north to the south. There was nothing else around me except for the dark forest or at least that was what I believed.

“Who is she” I heard something whisper.

“Why doesn’t she run?” Another thing whispered, I was pretty sure I was alone.

“She must not know of... him” Another thing stated.

“Who are you and where are you?” I screamed out to the whispers.

“We are right here child, can you not see us.” Another one of them whispered.

“No” my voice croaked.

“Funny, the CHILD is scared of us. Imagine how scared she will be of you know who.” The whisper replied and a High pitch screamed escaped into the night as if that was his laugh alone. I heard the leaves on the ground ruffle and a spirit move threw me and then before me stood a dark shadow that stood by itself, next to the trees I saw more and more of these shadows.

“You better run child, before he comes for you. We weren’t always like this child, now run.” The shadow in front of me whispered and I did exactly as it told me to do, I ran and ran as far as I could but all that continued to surround me was trees as if I had just been running around and around in circles but I dared not stop. I ran a few more miles in the direction I had been heading before the ground around me had become goo-like and I saw a few bones around. Whatever had “eaten” these things, was a carnivore and I happened to be running right into it. I continued to venture further but now carefully, I didn’t want to fall right into this goo that covered the forest floor. Thunder roared above the trees and without thinking about it I looked up to see if the rain would fall on me. That’s when I realized it wasn’t thunder but the hungry stomach of the red eyed, fifth-teen foot person who easily towered above me. So this “thing” that the shadows were talking about was human. I stared hard at the human, trying to look past the darkness that hid the one thing I needed to see, what this human like creature looked like. An earthquake shook the ground the demon and I stood on and before I could escape, a hole in the ground shallowed me whole and I awoke to see my empty, dark apartment.

I knew this dream well, It was the same one I had since the house burnt down, killing my mother, father and brother. I was an orphan and because I was sixteen I was allowed to live on my own. The dream was a nightmare that haunted me because it could not find someone else to haunt, I walked on the wooden floor that was smeared in blood. Someone had died here before I lived here and that was why I could buy the house so cheap, no-one wanted to live in a haunted house. I walked over to the cracked mirror and looked into it, to see if I could make myself look more presentable. In the mirror I saw one other person who should not have been there.

“Hello Maria.” The dark, malice voice spoke to me.

“Damien.” I replied; I did not have time to scream before he could wrap the gag around me to make me pass out again; besides if I had screamed he would not have tolerated it. He wasn’t one of the shadows that had been in my dreams but still he was one of the demons that were the followers of the Human-like creature. Yes the dream was very real and now the “thing” wanted me to choose, be like the shadows or follow him.

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Magdelena]

I like it! I think it has lots of potential.. The beginning started off well. I was interested enought to wonder on what and who, the creatures were.. Then you had me follow the path of her dreams, of how she got to the place of in her thoughts.. Rather good I feel..


Mags xx