The man in the dark

Prologue

    I wake up to a bright light in my eyes and hear an alarm going off for me to wake up and get ready for school. I slowly opened my eyes to get used to the light in the room to avoid hurting my eyes and stretch as I yawned. I suddenly hear my mom and dad yelling at me to wake up. "I'm awake!!" I shout back then shortly after hearing them grumbling. I stand up off the bed and start getting my clothes on. A black tank top, black ripped jeans, with black high top converses. I get them on and start brushing my long shiny straight black hair out, I soon finish brushing my hair and put on my matte black lipstick and dramatic traditional goth eyeliner. I sigh dreading that today was Monday and I had to go back to school. I put my laptop into my bag and put it on and grab my phone and headphones and say my goodbyes to my family.

  I start walking to the school building, listening to rock music on my phone. I couldn't hear anything, it was rather calm and enjoyable whenever I got to leave my house. Suddenly someone grabbed me behind. I yelped my surprise and turned around ready for anything to see Sam. Sam is my old childhood friend, he has brown hair and has silver eyes. He was a very bubbly and nice guy. He was rather tall and skinny, I was way shorter than him and I was very skinny normally. "Hey good morning Bella!" He chirped happily with a large grin on his face. I looked at him irritated. "I told you to not surprise me like that! You know I am always assuming the worse! I thought I was about to be kidnapped or something." I said angrily. He awkwardly grinned and slowly laughed "Sorry...I forgot" he said quickly before he got happy again. I continue heading to the school with Sam following me. He asked me how my day was and I replied "It was boring and stressful as usual. Had to deal with my parents being rude and hateful." He frowns in disappointment "I'm sorry that happened" he says. I just shrug it off as we arrive in front of the school building. 

   We slowly part ways heading to our first period. I arrive in the classroom and Im automatically greeted to chaos of kids messing around and the teacher scolding them. I quietly head to my desk in the back of the room trying to avoid everyone and just wait for class to start. Slowly everyone settles down and goes to their seat and then the teacher starts doing attendance. "If I call your name please raise your hand." the teacher spoke. His name was Mr. Taylor. He was the world history teacher, one of my favorite teachers and classes of the day. " Is Bella here?" I quickly raise my hand and reply "Yes sir!" He smiles "Good Morning to you Bella! I didn't notice you came in today, it's good to see my favorite student." I smile back at him. 

*Time skip*

    I hear the school bell ring saying school is over for the day. I get up and start heading out of my Calculus class and head to the front doors of the school. There's people everywhere running to meet up with other friends or to get onto the school bus. I decided to walk home today as usual. It was a pretty sunny warm day outside. I most likely wouldn't get scared by Sam again today, because he usually gets picked up, taken home and gets clean, and taken to work after school. I softly smile as the fresh warm air hits my skin and starts walking to my house. I decided to text my mom asking permission to stay out for a little while. "Hey mom, may I stay out for a few hours and walk around in this nice weather?" I send the text hoping for a positive response. "We plan on going out to drink then, so we're going to need you home to avoid you getting into anything. Maybe another day." I frown in disappointment knowing when I get home we're going to argue and they're gonna come back from the bar drunk and be worse to me. I groan in irritation and start walking home slowly hoping they leave before I get there. I see a figure- a male figure in the woods and look at him and stop walking to see who it is. The male figure must have noticed I noticed him and ran away before I could see him. I'm now extremely paranoid but I convince myself it's a random homeless man in the woods just watching. I arrive at home and see my parents' car in the driveway and my heart beat becomes rapid knowing what is to come. I step inside and let my mother know I am at home. "Took you long enough. Did you decide to walk slow to avoid talking again? You are so ridiculous and youre a brat." she snapped. "No I didnt I just wanted to enjoy the fresh air! I'm not a brat I never get anything or ask for anything." I casually say ignoring her glare and walk to my room ignoring her cursing at me. I shut my door and hear her running up the stairs yelling at me for nothing. *BANG* she begins to pound on my poor saying cruel things she knows will upset and anger me. I quietly cry waiting for her to finish. "Bitch" she said before she left and met with dad and went to the bar.

      Hours passed. It was 10PM and my parents finally came home. We had a physical fight as usual and I ran away and took a walk in the woods. Slowly crying from the pain of being kicked and punched I was finally alone to relax and feel safe. Yes being in the woods in the dark, barely able to see anything felt safer than being in my own home. I heard a twig snap after I cried for a while and brushed it off assuming it was an animal, after all it was the woods. I sit on a rock near a creek and take a deep breath and calm down. After a while of chilling out I suddenly hear a blood curdling scream from the woods and look around trying to see if I could see anything. I start to hear heavy fast footsteps running in my direction. My mind starts to tell me to run, I start running full speed hoping I can get away from whoever or whatever it was chasing me. I look back and see a figure chasing me fast and I panic. I look in front of me. I am consumed in darkness after hitting something hard full force. The man stopped chasing me and looked at my body on the ground after running into a tree and he growled quietly and picked me up and took me back to an unknown area in the woods. The man softly lays me on a bed and waits for me to awake.

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