Amaranthine Love ~Original Story~

Chapter-6 A Demon in a Wheat Field

Days turned to weeks, weeks turned to months, and months turned to years. After Donna and Ferneus decided to part ways, she thought about him everyday, but gradually started to forget. She then started seeing other boys like young girls do.

Every year burned into the next, and all throughout, Ferneus never forgot. He'd spend most of his time under the bridge, waiting for the day that Donna would come back, but she never did. No one came on to the bridge anymore. Donna was the only one brave enough, or stupid enough to cross it. But now it sat alone and forgotten. Just like him.

He would venture out into town sometimes, and sometimes he'd see Donna, laughing, happy. She was usually with a boy or two and a few girls, and for some reason he hated them. He didn't know why, but maybe it was because he still loved her, just a little bit though. But the days when she was ten and naive had fallen behind them now.

She probably didn't love him anymore, but what did he expect? Humans were always like this. He knew this! And still he was the one suffering. He cursed himself everyday for loving that stupid girl, and for still stubbornly loving her. He should have just let her drown.
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So while Ferneus was suffering Donna was having the time of her life. She completely forgot all about Ferneus, and the bridge. She'd just go down the main cobblestone road like every sane person. She forgot about all of the ghost stories that fascinated her as a child, and she even forgot about the necklace, that now sat alone and cold in an unused drawer.

She gained friends right after she parted ways with Ferneus. She'd go out more and see new people, and she loved it. That was around eight years ago now, and that number of friends had more than tripled. It was a small town and Donna was comfortable with saying that she was friends with everyone at this point.

She'd hang out with them a lot in town like all teenagers do, but she couldn't help but feel like something was missing. That whenever she'd be having fun, there'd be cold hard eyes baring into her back.

She'd brush it off most times, reassuring herself that she was just paranoid of the men. Because even after all these years they'd still look at her with hungry eyes, probably even more now.

But sometimes she'd feel sick and dizzy, like she had just caught fever. She'd hastily look around always to find nothing, the feeling still lingering for a few seconds. Sometimes it'd get so bad that she'd downright refuse to go into town, and then they'd usually hang out at her house.

But even then she'd get the feeling someone or something was watching her. She was starting to feel uncomfterable in her own house. She couldn't stand it, if she couldn't find the cause it'd drive her insane.

It wasn't everyday she'd feel that way, but it was enough to drive someone mad. She even started to realize that she'd make up the feeling because she was so used to it. She would even go as far to say it was Hell. But then one day when she had just turned eighteen three months ago, something happened.

It was a a normal day as far as she was concerned. She woke up, got dressed in her most beautiful dress, went downstairs and was immediately greated with five of her friends in the living room.

"Hello Donna, how are you today?" A girl named Cynthia asked brightly.

"I'm alright, but I just got up, you guys usually come later..." Donna remarked, sitting in an open seat facing the huge window seeing outside.

"We apologize, but it's actually pretty important." A guy named Clinton said.

"There's supposedly a new movie airing in the next town over!" Cynthia cut in excitedly.

"Marilyn Monroe's in it too!" Another girl named Jolene gushed, they all knew she loved Marilyn.

"It'd be great if you'd come with us," Another boy added, putting his arm around her lower back, "I understand that you just woke up, but you look absolutely beautiful today, and it just wouldn't be the same without you." He then proceeded to lay his head against her, and if she was honest it made her a little uncomfortable, but he was her boyfriend, so she just smiled and ignored her feelings. But she did tense up a little.