She Dreamed of Paradise ❈ Suspian

Come Away to The Water

Author's note: Ello lovelies! Sorry for leaving you on a cliff-hanger but you know me, I am evil. Anywho, I hope you enjoy this chapter and don't forget to leave a review and whatnot. But I just want to say quickly that pretty much from this chapter onwards, this story is going to get dark. Like Texas Chainsaw Massacre meets Outlast dark I know I might lose some readers because of this so I apologise for that in advance. So, I'm warning you all now that it's not going to be all sunshine and rainbows like the previous chapters – shit is about to seriously hit the fan.

I blame my love for horror movies on this so I completely understand if you guys don't want to read about horror related stuff – it's not for everyone and that's completely fine.

But without me babbling on too long, on with the story.

"Come away little lamb
Come away to the water
To the arms that are waiting only for you
Come away little lamb
Come away to the slaughter
To the one appointed to see this through
We are calling for you
We are coming for you."

- Come Away to The Water by Maroon 5.

Susan couldn't move as she watched the fog roll in, her grip on Caspian growing tighter as every moment passed. She didn't know if she should run or stay where she was. Her brain was going into fight or flight mode and she chose flight within a heartbeat, she turned away from the fog and ran as fast as her legs would carry her out of the forest. Somewhere along the way, Susan could feel that her hand was no longer holding onto Caspian's but she didn't dare look back or even stop to look for him out of fear the fog would do something.

Tears stained her cheeks as she continued to run, ignoring the pieces of her dress being ripped off, her skin getting covered in dirt and getting small cuts and bruises as she went and pieces of her hair being pulled from her scalp as she kept running, never stopping to untangle them from branches where they were tangled.

She only looked back once to see the fog right behind her, just as she turned around to continue running, her foot got stuck underneath a root of a tree and she fell onto her stomach. She looked up at the fog again and let out the loudest scream she could muster as the fog surrounded her. She closed her eyes and waited for the end to come; saying her silent goodbyes to her friends and family only the end never came.

Slowly, she opened one eye and she saw that nothing changed. The fog was around her but she was completely fine – well, as fine as she could be in that moment. Grabbing onto a tree trunk, she pulled herself up to look around her and try to see if she could find Caspian. But that turned out to be easier said than done, she couldn't see three inches ahead of her in any direction, it was all covered with thick fog that made Susan feel more alone than ever.

Taking a deep breath, she placed her arms in front of her so she had some vague idea what was ahead of her as she walked. The only sounds she heard were her heavy breathing, her footsteps and her rapidly beating heart. Nothing else made a sound.

The fog grew thinner as she walked; her arms still out stretched in case she found Caspian once more but nobody was around. She was well and truly alone and completely lost in the thickest fog known to mankind. She realized how daft she must look to anyone with a third person prospective – a grown woman, arms out as far as she could reach, taking half an inch steps and moving at the speed of a snail dying of old age – not exactly her most dignified moment but it wasn't the time to be Lara Croft.

She arrived at a small lake, stopping just as her feet reached the water. Something was wrong, she could tell but she didn't know what. Something inside her head was telling her to run but she didn't know what to do.

Instead of running, Susan just stared at the water that reflected the light grey colour of the fog that surrounded her, instead of the usual and comforting blue she had become accustomed to in both Narnia and her home in England. She took a deep breath as she placed her arms back down to her sides, knowing that she wouldn't need to use her arms as her second pair of eyes for a while. But she could still sense that something was wrong, and that was when she really paid attention to the water.

The water had turned red within the blink of an eye – that was when Susan saw the body of a servant. The servant's blonde hair was stained with blood, water and mud, but her piecing blue eyes made Susan fight back the feeling of light-headedness – they were wide open and looked like she was as afraid as Susan when she died.

Susan slowly walked towards the body to close her eyelids and give her peace when the girl sat up, taking in a deep breath. Her eyes locked onto Susan, blood slowly trailing down from her eyes like tears that stained her pale face into a dark red.

Keeping her eyes on Susan, the girl walked forward – but it almost seemed as if she was mechanical and someone had to move her, like a puppet. Almost as soon as she started walking, she stopped and let out the loudest and most bloodcurdling scream Susan had ever heard, chilling her right down to the bone.

The screaming stopped after what felt like forever and the girl grabbed Susan's arms, so hard Susan was sure there'd be bruises afterwards. The girl brought her lips to Susan's ear to whisper to her, her cold breath on Susan's skin made a shiver run down her spine. "We are coming for all of you, and we will take you, one by one, until none of you are left alive," before promptly collapsing by Susan's feet.

That was when Susan screamed and she refused to stop until no more screams came out of her mouth.