Deadly Shadow

The Creature

I was 12 when I first went outside, my mom was sleeping so it was the perfect time to sneak out. I opened the door and stopped immediately. I saw something, a tall dark figure staring at me. I wasn't sure what to do so I just cried. My mom ran over and shut the door and grabbed me by my wrist. "WHAT ARE YOU THINKING AMIARA?!" She screamed. I woke up the next morning and my head hurt a lot, almost like I ran into a wall head first. I noticed my door was shut. It's never shut. I walked to my door and went to open it, but it was locked. I started yelling so my mom could hear me and let me out. But she just said "it's for your own good" I didn't eat that day. And my mom didn't pay any attention to me because she had other plans. She gave me food the next day but I only got lunch. The 3rd day she let me out I had tears in my eyes and promised I'd never do it again. She then hugged me tight "I love you ok? I just want you to be safe." She stayed as calm as she could for the rest of the day. It's been 3 years and the doors are completely boarded up and we don't eat much. I haven't seen daylight, the moon, the stars or sun. I guess I just got lucky that one time. When I was walking to my room I heard my mom mumbling something but I couldn't recognize any words. "Goodnight mom" I said, but there was no reply. I woke up to a window smashing and I was terrified. I didn't have a clock so I didn't know what time it was, all I knew was I gotta hide. I ran to my closet and hid behind my clothes. Some time had gone by maybe 30 minutes and there were no signs of anyone actually in my house, of course that was until my door opened. I could just see- no-! That same tall dark figure from 3 years ago! He looked around for any sign of a human but didn't find me. He tore up my favourite stuffed animal that I've had since I was a kid. Tears grew bigger in my eyes. I woke up in my closet and my body was stiff, My house was wrecked top to bottom and my mom no where in sight. The sun shone in the broken windows. Wait-WINDOWS?! I had windows and never knew! They were always boarded up. I stayed in the house looking for my mom until noon came and I went and I sat outside.I felt...alive something I haven't felt in the longest while. But I saw him again. That figure.. he was taller than I thought.. he was staring right at me. He had physco in his eyes. And a smile but not a good one. I ran inside and saw another figure stared down at me. It reached out its long arm trying to grab me. I screamed and didn't let a second slip by. I needed to get away from these people! I realized I wasn't safe I grabbed my moms hoodie and ran for miles without looking back or having a second thought. My mom had locked me up and never let me see the outside world and for what cost?! So when I did go outside I'd hate her?! Well she gets a gold metal for most hated mom! I hate her! I hate her! I hate her! I saw so many wonderful thing other than those creatures. I never saw those creatures on my journey. They were only at my house. "Why?" Was my only question. She kept me from all of this for no reason! She wouldn't let us get away from the monsters but why? If she let me leave those monsters wouldn't have took her! Tears filled my eyes. She was gone and here came my anxiety. "I'm safe now- safe?! YOU CALL THIS SAFE?! COME ON AMAIRA YOU LEFT YOUR HOME AND DON'T KNOW WHATS OUT HERE! And you say your safe!?YOUR PATHETIC! That's all I did, fight with my thoughts. I stopped. The sun was setting and it was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my life! I wish I could enjoy this moment with my mom- No. She decided to keep me locked up! She betrayed me! If she's taught me anything it's that I can't trust everyone- no- ANYONE. "I couldn't go back so look.. Look ahead, in-front, look forward!" I told myself.