Sixteen Shadows

Sunshine

I woke up and it was silent. The sunshine was passing through the window. I immediately went to the 3rd room. My brother and Veronika wasn't there. I turned around and saw this tall guy.

 

"WHO ARE YOU?!" I screamed.

 

He looked terrified. He was wearing a long sleeve shirt and a loose jumper. His boots were dirty and so his beret. His brows furrowed.

 

"We have to escape here!" he warned me.

"Who are you? The owner of this mansion?" I was bit mean to him.

 

He got those beautiful green eyes. His hair was black and bit thick. He got freckles on his cheeks. I like him but he's so dirty. He looks like a farmer.

 

"I am not the owner, ma'am" he scartched his beautiful hair.

"Who are you?" I shouted.

"Marky Williams ma'am"

"Okay Marky, don't call me ma'am because i'm younger than you dude"

"We have to leave"

"have you seen my brother and his girlfriend?"

"They left this morning"

"What? Did they tell you where the hell they are going?"

"WE HAVE TO ESCAPE!"

 

The place was now dimmed. I am having goosebumps. It gets creepier and creepier inside the mansion.

 

"The shadows are here" he whispered as he grabbed my arm.

"What are you saying?" I panted.

"we have to leave NOW"

"Okay"

 

There were shadows on the corner of the mansion. I was counting every shadows I see. There were just 5 shadows and many were continuing to creep up. Marky and I ran away. We crossed the river and I saw a little cottage planted on the side of the river.

 

"Are we safe now dude?" I asked him.

"Yes" he said.

 

It was a tiny cottage. It has two tiny beds and a little kitchen. It looks clean and it's cute.

 

"I am sorry ma'am if my house is little" he scratched his head again.

"I am Elena okay?" I smiled.

"Okay Elena"

 

I sat at the edge of the bed and obsrved the tiny cottage.

 

"Are you living with someone?" I asked him.

"No, just me" he answered flatly.

"What are you doing here?"

"Finding for someone"

"Who?"

"The girl who lives in the mansion"

"It was empty"

"She left"

"So there's someone who lived in the mansion recently?"

"yes"

"What happened?"

"The shadows scared her"

 

I just nodded and went outside. I opened my tiny bag. The diary smiled at me there. I am not ticked to read it. The river was so beautiful. Marky wasn't looking, so I dipped in the river. It was refreshing. Finally, I don't stink.  He went out and he just smiled at me. Who is he really? Who is this girl? These shadows he is saying? Marky was cooking our lunch. It was I dunno what was that. I went out of the water and headed to his little cottage like it's mine and dressed there. I went out and he was done cooking. It was a vegetable stew. It smells delicious.

 

"Where do you live?" I asked him.

"Here" he smiled.

"Yeah I know. But where are you really living?"

"You don't believe in me. I am born here. My dad was, well, is an illegal logger"

"How old are you?"

"I have no idea. Maybe i'm 19"

"You're so out of the civilization dude. Let's go shopping tomorrow. Let me buy you new clothes"

"This place is out of the civilization. It was danger passing through the border"

"Dangerous? Border?"

"How did you pass the border? there were lots of hunters there"

"Got no idea"

 

I looked at my stew and just wondered why my brother left me. I felt empty and I was staring at the vegetables floating on the soup. I felt cozy in this forest. It was supposed to be the best camping ever and it just turned into a horror film.

 

"You, where do you live?" he smiled.

"In the civilization dude. have you been there?" I smiled back.

"Once. It was beautiful. Full of people and music and females"

"Females. You look good, dude. You have a girlfriend?"

"She left"

"Okay"

 

It's like i'm talking to a kid. He's too handsome to be so uncivilized. I finished my stew and put it on the kitchen. We went to the forest and we roamed around in silence. We saw a cute deer and I was so adored by this deer. There were beautiful butterflies flying. It was like fantasy. We just sat and I looked at him as he was picking tiny flowers on the ground.

 

"Flowers for you" he smiled as he handed me these tiny purple flowers.

"Thank you. Hey do you know the story on that mansion?" I smiled.

"It was haunted. My girlfriend lived there. She was the daughter of the owner"

"You mean the ones who bought it?"

"I dunno. His dad was the most respected one"

"How come I don't know him?"

"I dunno. She is beautiful but she left me. I hate her"

"You talk like a kid. You don't answer some of my questions"

"Sorry. I act like one sometimes but i'm a man"

"I see"

 

I just looked at the tiny flowers on my hands and sniffed it like the ones I see in the movies. I looked at him and I am bit crushing on him. I pity his girlfriend for leaving him. Marky is so hot.