Afternoon Walk

It was a beautiful day. The sun was up and the flowers were out. There was a calming breeze, just to cool down the day.

This is the day Emily decided to take a walk, but what she doesn't realize, is that she's walking on a street that no one has walked on for about six years. You see, Emily doesn't know about the rumors and myths about the said street.

The story of the street is that once a girl, about the same age as Emily, walked down that street on a gorgeous day, very much like this one, and never came back. The rumor of how she disappeared changes every time it's told. Some people even say that she was snatched up by the long grass and the branches of the surrounding trees and dragged toward an abandoned house. Of course if anybody ever told Emily this, she wouldn't believe them.

She had just been dismissed from school, and gas prices were sky rocketing, so she walked home. She came across the street and saw that it was a short cut.

As she walked, the wind started to blow. And somewhere, barely above a whisper, someone or something was talking about her.

What she doesn't know is that the grass is the object that was whispering.

"It's a girl, it's a girl!" the grass whispered.

Then the trees began to whisper. "A girl? Master will be most pleased." There were tiny snickers emitting from the ground and sky.

Emily failed to notice the things occuring around her. Suddenly,  Emily came to a stop. Her  foot was caught on some grass. She shook it off and continued to walk home.

"Grab her, grab her!" said the trees.

So Emily continued to walk. There was more whispering, but this time she heard it.

"Take her,now!" Said the weeds, swaying about in the wind.

Emily started to get paranoid and looked around the area.

"There's no one here..." She mumbled to herself.

While she walked she became cautious of her surroundings.

The grass was whispering again. Saying things like, "He is waiting. He wants her now!"

Again, a plant tried to grab her, but this time, it was a tree's root that shot out and grabbed her calf.

Emily screamed in horror and tried to shake her leg free. As she was trying to escape, another root shot out of the ground and latched onto her other leg tightly.

"HELP!" Emily screamed over and over, until another root, from a different tree, wrapped around her mouth, preventing her from screaming.

"Drag her now!" Said the grass and weeds.

The trees pulled at her ankles, causing her to swing forward and land on the concrete with a loud thump. The began to drag her down the sidewalk, while she screamed and kicked around. Emily did her best to break free, but the tree would have none of it. It wrapped more of its roots tightly around her arms and legs, causing her to still.

'What is going on?! Why isn't there anyone here to help me?!" Emily thought to herself.

The tree dragged her down a hill and into a hidden hole. What was down there is what terrified Emily the most.

A beast. A truly terrifying beast. It had glowing red eyes, razor sharp teeth that had what looked like bloodstains on them. It was black and with rough, scaley skin, and calloused hands that had long, thin, spidery fingers. It's breath reeked of death and rotten meat, and it was grinning the most mischevious smile at her.

"Ohhh..." growled the beast, "I see you've brought me some dinner. It has been such a long time since I've last eaten."

He drew closer. "You look absolutely scrumptious."

Emily's eyes were as wide as saucers and her cheeks wet with tears. She started shaking her head vigorously.

"Ah, you're a feisty one." He grinned wider, exposing more of his rotting teeth. "I love playing with my food."

"We've brought her for you master." Whispered the plants, which were surrounding them and staring in awe at their master.

The beast considered her for a moment and then growled, "You've done well, my pets. Now,get of my sight so I may dine in peace."

As the plants returned up the hole and out on to the street, a horrific laugh and blood curdling scream was heard.

Emily was never seen again.

"I can't wait until another one comes along..." Whispers the grass to the other snickering plants.

A/N This was a one shot and my first story, so I might not have the courage to upload anymore lol. I hope you enjoyed :D