The thing in the woods
The clock was ticking, 5:23 pm. Ayana was playing with her brother next to the light woods. Her blonde hair was flying in the wind. Her brown eyes were bright and happy. She was wearing a white long dress with multiple coloured flowers on it.
Her brother Jack, his brown hair flowing in the wind. He had blue eyes that stood out. He was wearing a black vest over a dinosaur shirt and shorts. He was mute so used sign language to talk.
“Tag your it, hahaha” Ayana laughed, tagging her brother. He ran after her smiling along.
Little did they know, they were running straight to the forest their mother warned them about.
“Remember, do not go into the forest! Something lies in there that's not from this world.” Their mother was quite serious. She gave Ayana a pocket knife in case something attacked her. Since she has self defense she knew how to use it.
They were running along the path of the forest. The more they ran, the more darker their surroundings got. Until they finally noticed.
The dark and eerie forest was the only thing they could see.
Ayana stopped, her smile turned upside down, her brother stood next to her looking up at what she was looking at.
Standing there. Sleeping was a humongous beast. His body covered in black horrible fur, sharp spikes running up his spine.
Red goo dripped from his mouth. He had dirty nails, rotting from the inside. Absolutely disgusting.
Ayana and Jack were frozen in place. Ayana whispered, breaking the silence. “W-what's t-that.” She found it hard to breathe.
They were horrified, they took a few steps back until Jack stood on a twig. SNAP!. The monster opened his emerald gloomy eyes. He awoke. He growled ferociously. The two siblings ran as fast as they could away. The monster pounding down trees, on their tails.
They ran and ran, but never found the open world. They quickly hid behind trees as the monster searched for them. “What are we going to do” Jack signed,” I don't know” Ayana mouthed. Sweat dripped down her face, and down her neck.
They soon saw that the monster was removed from their sight. No where. They checked at least 5 times before running through the forest again. Leaves crushing, wind blowing. They felt like they were out there for hours, and eternity even. Then a light appeared. A bright one. They saw police officers and their mother, wrapped in a blanket crying.
They ran as fast as they could. It was far away but Ayana could see them. Until the monster jumped in front of them, it growled making Ayana and Jack fall down. It started slowly walking toward them.
Ayana noticed a log with a rope. She remembered the knife her mother gave her. Ayana stood her ground and ran up the log as quick as the wind. The monster tried to jump at her but before it could she grabbed the knife out of her pocket swang on the rope and onto the monster. Jack stood up.
Ayana was struggling to hold on to the monster's spikes. She accidentally cut her hand, but didn't feel the pain. She pulled out her knife and stabbed it in the creature's eye, it bellowed in pain. It fell to the ground and Ayana fell off. Jack helped her up. “I guess it's pretty sensitive” Ayana says out of breath. They ran as fast as they could to their mother and out of the forest.
Their mother recognized her children as they sprinted away from the forest. She burst out in tears. “Oh my god, are you guys okay, what happened, did you get hurt” Their mother was still in tears. Ayana hugged her mother and her brother Jack.
After that the police inspected the forest finding the monster still breathing and putting it in a base, safe, locked up. They were all happy once again. Living their lives never going back into the woods again. All that was left of the monster was...eggs, half cracked.
