As The Orb Awaits

Faint whispers can be heard as she walks through the thick misty forest, she braves through it for her mother, but what she doesn't know is that each step she takes, is a step closer to the orb.

The forest is still as I move through it at a quick pace, every now and again there was the sound of wolves howling or bears groaning whilst rubbing against the bark, I wasn't supposed to be here, I was supposed to be at home eating marshmallows and sitting by the warm and cozy fire. The forest is not only known for the animals, there was something...someone out here who the villagers would constantly talk about, rumours spread throughout the small town, whispers of a woman was heard. While I personally don't believe in the ridiculous whispers, I can't help but feel a sense of danger as I push the branches out of my way, moving deeper and deeper. But, my mother was sick and needed medicine, I usually would go to the doctors for it, but my luck was against me and it turned out they ran out of the specific medicine I needed for her. So here I am speed walking through a forest, a forest where many would not like to go. A crack suddenly appears and I spot what seems like a hundred crows fly up into the sky, their loud squawking makes me instinctively put both my hands to my now freezing ears. I put my hands down and straight afterwards I freeze, my body won't respond to commands, I am scared...yet I do not shake. A whisper can be heard in the distance behind me, it sounds lovely...so beautiful. The voice calls for me to come, but I can't move. The voice gets closer and closer...suddenly a pale white hand as cold as ice touches my cheek softly, the long nails drive against my skin making it bleed slightly. I wince and I feel my heart race harder and harder against my chest, every single bone in my body is now shaking and I close my eyes, wishing for this to just be a nightmare. The feeling leaves and I open my eyes quickly, my legs now moving I turn around to see...nothing. There is nothing there, not even a foot step in the lightly snow covered grass.
After a minute I try to regain my control, my heart slows down and eventually returns to its normal thumping. I want to leave, I want to just run home...but I cannot. If I leave without getting the herbs, my mother will die. I love her deeply and if she left me alone, I would be thrown away out of the village...the villagers hate me, they all want me gone. But my mother keeps me here and she protects me. Now that I think about it, the doctors probably had the medicine but wanted me to go anyway to die...that doesn't surprise me. I sigh and a puff of nervousness leaves my body, I continue walking in the direction I was heading. Every now and again I would hear a crack of lightning and a flash of fear arose in me every single time, I really hate storms. The deeper in to the forest I went the darker it got and the more fear I held. A pang of pain suddenly appears on my face, I quickly put my hand where I felt the pain and as I did so, my heart started up again. My icy blue eyes widened and my mouth flew open wide, as I bring my hand down I see it, I see the dark colour known as my blood. My hands start to sweat as I remember earlier and the nails that dug into me slightly, it was just a silly hallucination was it not? Just as the thought crossed my mind I heard it again, the whisper that paralyzed me, at that moment I run, I don't know where but I just want to leave right now. My feet feel heavier and heavier with each step I take, I look down and gasp silently. Two hands are wrapped around them both and each step I took they would squeeze harder and pull me down further, my feet start to go through the ground. I scream and fall over face first in to the cold damp ground, tears start to fall down my tanned skin. What is happening? What is going on? I feel the hands leave my feet and I start to breathe deeper, I hear a loud scream next to me and a couple of short but deep breathes, the back of my neck feels warm and I slowly turn around only to see  a woman's face, but her face is all disfigured and warped, I can see blood pouring fast out of her ears and her eyes are as dark as night, too shocked to say anything or react to it I just stare and I can feel the vomit working its way up. She opens her mouth and worms start to fall out slowly, she suddenly bites down chopping a worm in half, blood oozing out from the cracks in her disgustingly yellow teeth. She blinks and moves closer to me, her face is now directly in front of my own. I want to vomit, I want to run away, I want to go, I AM SCARED.  She giggles and moves a hand to pat my head, after three or four taps she stops and I feel a sharp pain in my back, it hurts, it feels like someone is stabbing me with needles, with knives, with a screw with anything and everything sharp. It hurts, it hurts, it hurts. I start to scream as loud as I can, tears start to overwhelm me and fill up my eye sight, the dark forest in front of me disappears and blurs as my screams soon die out, my voice gives away and I can no longer scream for mercy. The pain soon numbs and I can no longer feel anything but the blood pouring down my spine, the feeling sends a shiver through my whole entire body. I hear yet another giggle and my feet slowly feels as though they are getting pulled yet again. I try to move my head to look, but my eyes are still blurred. After a few tugs, I start to feel a strange sensation in my hands, my hands that are laying beside my broken body. As my eyes start to finally clear up, I see half of my body is inside the ground, my hands are slowly descending into the ground as well. My eyebrows furrow together in confusion and fear, what is happening? As my body gets dragged down further and further in to the ground, I think of my mother. What will happen to her? I am scared, I want to cry, scream and shout...but my voice hurts too much and I am too tired. I am going to die aren't I? I feel the woman's hands pat my head once more, but this time she doesn't stop. She is just constantly patting my head, why? As the patting continues, it starts to drive me insane, I just want to push her away...but I can't. She appears in my line of vision again, this time her face looks even MORE distorted, her eyes hang out of the sockets and I can actually see inside of her own head, inside I see not only darkness...but I can see a small blue bulb, it glows just a small bit. Somehow the ball makes me feel at ease, it makes me feel comfort. I want to reach out and touch it as strange as that sounds, but my hands are currently being dragged through the ground slowly so I cannot, now that I think about it...I try to move my arms slightly but I feel nothing, I ignore the woman in front of me for a second to look down...my arms are completely under, the ground is up to my shoulders now...how did I not notice this? Suddenly I feel a pain on my head, my head gets forced upwards to look at the horrific woman again, this time she seems mad, her mouth is slightly open showing her sharp teeth pointy teeth, her hand grips my head hard and her nails start to dig in deeply, I can feel blood trickle down my face. This time I resist, I don't want to look at her again...I don't want to look at the dried blood, or the fresh blood that continues to pour out of not only her ears but now her mouth, it's disgusting, I want to vomit. I try to look away again but her hand squeezes tighter and tighter. I feel as though she might rip my head off if I am not careful, I know she wants me to look at the strange blue bulb, for some reason before I felt safe when I looked at it, but also terrified. It scared me deeply and I do not know why, I don't want to see it again.  My shoulders disappear under the ground and soon enough the pain in my head disappears and my whole entire head is now under the ground. It's dark... I can't see anything but a light blue bulb shining brightly. I hear a whisper again, I can never make out what it is saying, it just sounds like mindless mumbles, all I can tell is it's a woman's voice, it sounds soft and soothing. My eyes start to droop and the blue orb starts to disappear, the shining light it once held was starting to fade. I can feel the pain that was once on my head start to disappear and the blood once dripping on to my soft skin stopped almost instantly, the whisper became quieter and more softer than before...the voice makes me want to sleep.

So I sleep.

Author's Note

I made this a very long time ago, so there will probably a few mistakes. Hope you like it nonetheless!