Day 1

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We'll start with one of the biggest writing cliches of all time; retell a fairy tale in some dark/sinister way, bla bla bla horror, bla bla bla the grandmother was a werewolf; you get the picture.

~AN~ After checking with Batman, I have discovered I can do a nursery rhyme... So here it is ~AN~

Night was falling steadily across the land, Covering all with a deep layer of mist. No one would dare to be out in weather like this, except Jack. Stumbling through the narrow cobbled streets he headed for home, the only place he felt safe. She was gaining on him, speeding up as his pace was slowing down. Knowing he couldn't out run her for much longer, he changed his course to the old abandoned well, praying he might lose her or at the very least find somewhere more suitable to hide out there.

"Run run run as fast as you can little boy! Don't think you can get away from me do you?" Blood dripped behind her. Jack knew she wouldn't spare him, she couldn't even spare his parents. Now their blood was on his hands, clothes, and her knife. 

Huffing and puffing he made it too the top, but looking back down the hill, She was nowhere to be seen. He could hear her, smell the coppery aromas of blood. 

"Jill... Please..." he cried, tears dripping down his little face. Thinking of his house, his parents, he couldn't hold it in any longer. He looked around wild eyed, praying to see anything like a hiding place or even a rock to attack with...

But it was too late. 

"Jack and Jill went up the hill" The sweet childish voice floated through the air, causing chills up Jack's spine. 

"To fetch a pail of water" He could hear the splashes behind him of the bucket being brought back to the top of the well.

Suddenly the singing stopped. Was she finally done with the sick torture? Of course not. Soaked tiny hands pressed into his back pushing him slowly to the edge of the hill. 

"Jack fell down" A harsh push against his back sent him crashing down. 

"And broke his crown" Blood slipped through the grass and shrubbery like a  snake.

"And Jill came tumbling after



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