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It all happened very fast. The long, snaking roots of an oak sent me thudding to the ground, slicing my leg against its coarse, dark wood. I was running again before the blood could stain the forest floor, and only the moonlight saw the trickling trail of crimson creeping down my leg.
My run was faster now, more desperate, but more clumsy. I didn't feel the pain, but I knew it was there, hiding inside me, killing me. The forest grew darker as my heart grew fainter. I was still running, still feeling, but dying. Another, deeper wound was imbedded in my side, etched there by the fire of that which was chasing me, that cruel, intolerable shape of death, it's yellow eyes glaring through the misty shadows of the woods. As it grew closer, I could feel it's loud, roaring temper breathing down my spine, filling every hair of my trembling body with a fear colder than the icy rivers of the woods.
I tripped again, but stumbled on, desperate now, manic, wild! I longed for life so much, just as it slipped away with each droplet of my blood. The creature was relentless, it didn't trip or fall, it only shook and growled as it climbed over ravines and ripped through the bushes, shattering limbs and throwing mud out of its way.
I knew it couldn't last, but it felt like it had already been an eternity. How much longer now? I didn't know if I wanted to die or run, but I ran anyway. My heart raced faster than my slender legs and my coat glistened with my blood, spilled by a monster who never tired, never stopped.
I felt the soothing ferns massage my aching feet, but pain soon shot into me once more, filled my body with agony, excruciating fire ripping through my limbs, then a numbness, a soft, chilling numbness.
I lay on the forest floor, the sparkling moon watching me as I breathed slowly, sadly. The monster lay beside me now, motionless as the forest. It's yellow eyes dimmed just as my mind slipped away, lost in a sea of night.
My run was faster now, more desperate, but more clumsy. I didn't feel the pain, but I knew it was there, hiding inside me, killing me. The forest grew darker as my heart grew fainter. I was still running, still feeling, but dying. Another, deeper wound was imbedded in my side, etched there by the fire of that which was chasing me, that cruel, intolerable shape of death, it's yellow eyes glaring through the misty shadows of the woods. As it grew closer, I could feel it's loud, roaring temper breathing down my spine, filling every hair of my trembling body with a fear colder than the icy rivers of the woods.
I tripped again, but stumbled on, desperate now, manic, wild! I longed for life so much, just as it slipped away with each droplet of my blood. The creature was relentless, it didn't trip or fall, it only shook and growled as it climbed over ravines and ripped through the bushes, shattering limbs and throwing mud out of its way.
I knew it couldn't last, but it felt like it had already been an eternity. How much longer now? I didn't know if I wanted to die or run, but I ran anyway. My heart raced faster than my slender legs and my coat glistened with my blood, spilled by a monster who never tired, never stopped.
I felt the soothing ferns massage my aching feet, but pain soon shot into me once more, filled my body with agony, excruciating fire ripping through my limbs, then a numbness, a soft, chilling numbness.
I lay on the forest floor, the sparkling moon watching me as I breathed slowly, sadly. The monster lay beside me now, motionless as the forest. It's yellow eyes dimmed just as my mind slipped away, lost in a sea of night.
The End.
(actually I've been writing quite a bit lately but i wouldn't be happy posting any of the stuff)