A day in the life of Beckett Sandoval(Hiatus)

Chapter Seven: The Violet Mist Forest

   You know how you have a bad feeling about a place but no one else does? Then when they tell you to ignore it you do and something bad happens? Well that happened to me. It seems that no one likes to listen to me until it's too late.

   My sleep was fitful to say the least. I kept having past memories wash over my brain. My childhood, the night my father died, and many more morbid images. I could hear their voices and feel every little knick and cut they recieved. I tossed and turned a lot. Bursting from my fragile sleep I looked around to see that we were still in the forest. I shivered and heard a growl. Looking down on my shoulder was Flint. As usual he was deep asleep and not happy that I was moving around. Quickly transferring his head down to the ground I got up and walked around for a little bit. Everyone else was asleep, peacefully asleep. So why couldn't I be?

   'Come here.' A gentle voice whispered. I looked around alarmed, the voice was so clear. Yet no one was there. Off in the distance I heard the falling rain and quickly sat down by the long extinguished fire. This place was messing with me big time. 'I said come here.' I looked around wildly yet again. The same sweet voice happened yet no one. I curled up slightly as the chill caught up with me. I looked at the forboding purple mist. Something about it was not right, besides the color. "You seem skittish."Seb said as he suddenly sat down by me. I jumped half-way out of my skin. "Don't fucking do that to me!"I snapped. Seb glared at me as I glared at him. Finally our staring match ended and he stared at the embers of the fire. "So why're you up?" He asked nonchallantly. "Can't sleep. You?"

"Same reason."

"Their's something wrong about this place."

"They call this place the Violet Mist Forest."

"I gathered that."

"However it's also called the Forest of Fear."

   I looked at him wide eyed. This forest was said to be a death trap. Stories of people going in here and never coming out were plentiful. My mother used to tell me stories of this place a lot when I was a little girl. Sebastian looked me in the eyes and nodded. Seemed that he knew exactly what I was thinking about. "We need to get out of here. I don't know if those stories were true or not, however I do know that I don't want to find out."I said. He nodded and we went to wake the others. However just as I was about to touch Hodge's arm, my own arm wouldn't work. I tugged forward desperately, but nothing. I tried to use my other arm to see what was wrong with it, but that one wouldn't move either. "Hodge!"I cried.

   Hodge shook awake and looked at me. I was tugging furiously and flailing around. "What happened?"He asked sharply. I screamed and kicked, but I felt my body suddenly locking up and becoming stiff. Hodge grabbed hold of my wrists but quickly released them with a hiss of pain. "Shit!"He cried as I saw his own arms begin to stop working. "Stop flailing!"Hodge snarled. I stopped immediately. Even though Hodge was usually laid back and passive, he did have a very short temper. I looked around the best I could when something caught my eyes. However when I tried to look straight at it the thing disappeared. Looking out of the corner of my eyes once more I saw a thin wire. Following it's path I saw it lead straight to my wrists. 

   I felt that same panic begin to surface again, but forced my self to stay calm. I moved my head toward the wire and immediately smelled metal. Even though these wires were thin, they were strong. "What do we do?"I asked. Hodge looked around and sighed, "I don't know. I guess we just wait for whoever is doing this."He replied. I really didn't like that idea. However I guess it was the only option that we had. I closed my eyes to try and block out this reality. If I didn't I most certainly would've gone insane.

   Time ticked by. I didn't know how long but eventually I heard rustling. "Finally I found you!" A sickly sweet voice giggled. My eyes ripped open and I saw myself looking at a small girl. Her platinum blonde hair looked nearly white in this dark setting. Her dark eyes were a very big contrast to her pale skin and her smile was sinister with the sharp teeth she sported. She wasn't very tall and she look somewhat innocent with a white sundress and sandals on. "I was beginning to think that i'd never get you!" She giggled. I growled at her and knew that she was in fact one of the deceptive demons that one of the stories talked about. With a snap of her fingers, my vision all at once faded.