The Red Forest

Everything was Changing

When I ran, I kept tripping and I had to lean against walls every once in a while. But eventually I got to a ditch. I lay there for a while, cooling off my damp body, until I felt uneasy. Every time I decide to rest somewhere, I feel like I need to move. I was constantly moving around, always having the feeling that something was coming, looking for me. So I stood up and using all of my left over strength, ran for another hour and climbed a pretty tall tree to the top. It had thick branches. They were so wide that I had enough room to lay down. I was in a high place, too high up for that uneasy feeling to reach me. So I put my head down, closed my eyes, and had another nap.

I woke up with dead silence around me. I was expecting birds to be happily cherping around me as squirrels ate their breakfast. I was wrong. I looked around and saw nothing but death. I saw dead small critters around me, and soon saw birds and squirrels suffering when I get closer. What was happening to them? I touched them, and they died. Mixed feeling rushed through my head. Was I sad? Or happy? I was supposed to be sad or scared but I was happy... My eyes widened as I chuckled.

I sat next to a tree and mumbled to myself. "I want to be normal again." I tried to cry, but I couldn't.  When I tried blood came out of my eyes which made my eyes sting.  The blood went across my face, and over my mouth so I tasted some. It tasted like liquid blood. I threw up.

I coughed and spit. Then, I wiped my mouth with my arm and stood up. I was dizzy but i didn't want to sleep again. I had slept too many times and I was really hungry. I wanted to walk, I wanted to open my eyes to see my friends and family. But no, everything was so gruesome. I took a step, and immediately cringed. I sucked in air and ran. I continued to cry. I was trying to fight it, but I felt too miserable to stop. The sound of bones crunching under my feet wan't helping. Cold sweat dripped down my face as I ran. My shoes were getting old and holes formed when I ran. But none of that mattered to me. I kept looking straight, excited for what I was going to run into, anticipated for my next adventures. But I thought, did I really want to be like this? I'm still too young to be considered an adult, and I'm definitely not independent. My breath started getting heavier, until the point I knew I needed to stop running and start walking. when my breath was even, I continued to walk but at a faster pace. I couldn't sit still. I kept walking until the scenery changed. I was in a city. Have I really been walking this much? I wasn't tired at all. I brush blood and leaves off my clothes and sighed. I decided to look around for a while.

Something was missing from these woods. I walked through the forest and heard nothing. The silence was... Intriguing. I could feel something watching me. I turned around and growled, but nothing was there. I wasn't tired, but my body collapsed. Was I tired? What a stupid question, how would i not know- my body didn't move. Was I tired? Or paralyzed...
Then everything got dark.