Monster Mystery Writing

This was an english task, set for homework. I felt like posting it on here..enjoy. Its about a boy who lives near a lake and a forest...

The heavy rain pounded against my skin, lightning crackled as I rushed back towards the cottage. The rain came down like needles; showering over me… stinging as if trying to pierce through my flesh. The sudden appearance of fog blinded my eyes. I had only noticed it too late... my clumsy feet got caught in the hands of a root. I tripped splashing into the wet slushy earth. I had almost gulped-in the mud that splodged on my face. The mud slithered down my cheek, crawling into my shirt just as the rain that by now had turned into a storm washed it off. I quickly rushed back onto my feet; finding that I was lost in the woods…alone… the trees surrounded me as if I was a bird trapped in a cage…never letting me free. I snatched my phone out of my pocket trying to call mom. It was then that I saw them…two neon lights floating above the bushes. The fog made it hard to estimate the distance, at first a glimpse of hope suggested that they were traffic lights but these hopes were quickly devoured by the thought of impossibility�" could the towns’ folk have been right about the legend of the sea monster?

My phone slipped out of my hands as I saw what the lights truly were…they were eyes…glimmering in the fog, the two blurry dots shifted closer towards me. I was rooted to the spot. I could now see the silhouette of a human shape. It came closer. Now I saw its full body…the beast came through the fog, starring into my eyes, I saw its blood red veins pumping within its gloomy eyes. It was a disgusting contrast of colors. The creature loomed over me, it gave off a scent of rotting fish as if it had crawled out of the dumpster. It was covered in algae, the creature looked like a giant rock covered in patches of moss. I finally urged my self to move my legs…I broke into a sprint, trying to get away from the monster that had now also followed behind.

The thing moved with an exaggerated limp, despite the unearthly movement it was surprisingly fast. I could hear a hoarse moaning sound given off by the beast. I could hear its footsteps splashing the mud. The sound grew louder and louder. It was catching up. I took a quick turn attempting to shake off the thing that stalked behind me. Trying to get as far away from the beast as possible, I had somehow managed to reach my cottage, I could see it at the edge of the lake…hope flooded over me. But I was too late…it was right behind me…the creatures boney fingers curled around my neck and I could feel the scales scraping against my throat as it dragged me back into the dark depths of the forest… 

Author's Note

Ignore the title i couldn't think of anything .
This was meant a task to describe a monster... but i had a bit more fun with it...