Zahara

The Golden Child

"Mommy!" Michael says loudly enough to alarm the neighborhood. 

"Yes honey, where Chelsea?" Karen asks

"I had to go to the bathroom, and she wouldn't come because she was talking with her friends. She said I was old enough to go to the house on my own, and to just cut through th...th....th... Forest." Michael exclaims. 

*A Little Bit About Michael Thompson*

-He's 8 years old, and is turning 9 in 3 months.

- His father left when he was 1 years old, and his sister blames it on him sometimes "Jokingly"

- He is afraid of the dark, and will only sleep in a light atmosphere

- He stutters, and was told he will never stop. They call him Porky Pig at school.

- He is fairly slim, and prefers a neat and clean atmosphere. 

"Honey, are you alright. I'd better have a chat with that sister of yours. I told her to never let you walk home alone. Did anybody try to talk to you?" says Karen, suddenly concerned with the well-being of her son. 

"No mom, but there was a M..M...M..M.. Monster in there." says Michael while crouching and crying. 

"Honey, there's nothing to worry about, Hun. It was probably just those mean boys." Karen says, but she knew exactly what was going on. 

7 years later

"Hey Shelli!" says Michael who is know 16 years old. 

"Hey babe." Shelli says as she kisses Michael on the lips. "How's everything going?" 

"Everything's great. Let's head to my house, I have a surprise for you." says Michael 

The two walk hand in hand through walking path, that was recently put into the forest where Michael once feared. As they walked Michael heard something in the bushes, but Shelli had not heard a thing. You must be going crazy, she says. The walk another couple feet, and Michael hears it again, and so does Shelli. She gestures him to begin running, but he could not move, for he was paralyzed with fear of the unknown. Shelli began to step back as if she was going to fight whatever was in the bushes. She had a possessing look, on her suddenly grim face. "He's here." she says,as her eyes begin to glaze over in a black color. Michael, still can't move. His mind is telling him to move, but his soul commands him to stay in place. He stays. He looks Shelli straight in the eye, and touches her face and says. "Shelli I know your still in here. Please, come back." She stands for a minute, then her face begins to turn bright yellow like the sun, bright holes form in her face. He steps back, and closes his eyes. Shelli was gone.  He turns to the once loud bushes, and see's that the creature is gone, he runs home. He sees his mother standing there, and she says, "Come with me." The two go towards this door, that looks almost invisible. "Do you see the door Mikey?" 

"Yes mother, I see the door." Michael says. He is somewhat confused by his mothers change of attitude. 

"Walk through the door, Michael." Karen demands him. "Quickly." she says.

"He puts his hand in the position to touch the door. " , he stops. "Should I be calling child protective services, because this seems quite strange. 

She shoves him into the door, and he sees this bright light. He is amazed, and dazzled by its powerful abilities, to catch the eye of someone. He walks toward the light, into a world only those who were seeing it could imagine. His soul tells him to say something, so he does. Michael says, "I'm home!" Then all went black.