The Monsters That Lurk Within Willow Forest: Book 1: The Chosen One

Chapter 4: The Dark Gloomy Room

Brittany was still laying on the bed tied up.  The room that she was in was dark and gloomy. The bed she was on felt hard and uncomfortable. She could barley see out of the window, because there were curtains covering it. The room looked like it was old, dirty, and dusty. She didn't mind it though, because her bed at home was just as uncomfortable as this one. William stared at her the most, and he looked as if he was trying to remember something. Every once in a while throughout the day William would come and untie Brittany to give her some food, but the other one would get ready to pounce if she tried to escape. She kind of enjoyed staring back at William for some reason she always felt weird around him. Even though he always was mean and smart with her, she always seemed to have butterflies around him.  William would always think about leaving Brittany untied, but then he would feel pain and tied Brittany back up. Part of him was still alive, but most of him was gone to be the slave of Mr.Johnson. He could speak, but it was more like a hiss then a word. She was in the room for five days straight. She got pretty bored just laying there without anything to do. 

Sometimes not often though, but sometimes William would read her a book. He was aloud to do that, and it helped her to go to sleep. She slept most of the time when she was in the room, but when she wasn't sleeping she was really bored. I don't blame her, because she is tied up unless she goes to the bathroom or eats food. Brittany's classmates don't gag her anymore, because no one can here her. On the fifth day that Brittany was in the room, William was reading longer than he usually read. He had to stop though shortly, because Brittany could tell he was feeling pain. When this happened to him, it was Mr. Johnson giving him a warning to stop doing what he was doing.  She wished Mr. Johnson wouldn't do that, but there was nothing she could do. Soon after he stopped reading ,William came with food for Brittany. She ate the simple, but good meal she had eaten for four days straight. Late that night when Brittany was sleeping Mr. Johnson came into the room. He ordered William and the other boy to leave.

William hesitated for a moment, but when he felt a sharp pain in his head he left. Mr.Johnson walked over to Brittany who was asleep. He touched her face with his scaly hand, which made her shutter but didn't wake her. He smiled and put his hand on her head. While he did she began to shake wildly. He wasn't transforming her but reading her thoughts. He smiled while he read her thoughts. Mr. Johnson raced through all of her thoughts until he stopped at one memory that was in the way back of the mind. It was too far for Brittany to remember. He was surprised to see what he saw in the memory. He quickly let go of her head and left the room in a hurry. Brittany woke up abruptly, and screamed. William and the other boy came into the room. William walked over to Brittany, and looked at her as to say what's wrong?  "Somebody was touching me while I slept," Brittany said between breaths. "I felt their hand on my head while I slept." William tried to tell her who was touching her, but there was a great pain in his head. He groaned and became silent again. 

"You have to tell me William who was touching me?" Mr. Johnsssson wasssss the one who touched you," William said in a painful tone. The next thing Brittany saw and heard was William screaming and groaning from a terrible pain. "Stop your hurting him very badly!!" It was my fault don't punish him, punish me," Brittany cried. William stopped groaning and screaming, but he was paralyzed from the pain. William lay on the ground motionless with his eyes opened. "He issssn't dead don't you worry about that," cane a voice from the door. There standing in thee doorway was Mr. Johnson. He walked over to Brittany, so you want to be punished in his place huh? "Why do you do that?" asked Brittany. "Do what?" asked Mr. Johnson with a smile. "Why do you hurt them if you don't want them to do something?" asked Brittany. "Because they won't stop unless there is pain involved," said Mr. Johnson. "So now you know who was touching you, but you don't know what I was doing," said Mr. Johnson. "What were you doing touching my head?" asked Brittany. " was reading your thoughts," said Mr. Johnson. "I found something that you don't remember , but it can influence your life a lot," said Mr. Johnson.

"What did you find , tell me!!" yelled Brittany. "Who says I will tell you?" asked Mr. Johnson. "You will just have to figure it out yourself. "Just you wait until I get untied, I will destroy you!!" yelled Brittany. "That will be the day Missssss Bailey, that will be the day." laughed Mr. Johnson. By now William had recovered from the pain, and was standing behind Mr. Johnson. He wasn't staring at Mr. Johnson, but at Brittany. He wanted to help her so bad, but he didn't know how he could help her. William just stared blankly at Brittany. Tears filled his eyes while he was looking at her. Brittany saw and looked at William. She began to cry too, and her heart was broken. Mr. Johnson turned around and saw William. "Oh I get it," he said with a smile. "What do you get?" asked Brittany. "You have feelings for this boy don't you?" asked Mr. Johnson."Oh go away and leave me alone," Brittany cried. Mr. Johnson began to smile wickedly at Brittany. He waved his hands and vines began to grab William's arms and legs. He began to scream and grunt in pain. "No don't hurt him please!," screamed Brittany.

"You do have feelings for him!!" announced Mr. Johnson. "Since you threatened me, I am now threatening your love for this human." said Mr. Johnson. William continued to scream and groan, and as he was doing that the vines were beginning to strangle and squeeze him. "Will you ever threaten me again?" asked Mr. Johnson. Brittany remained silent. "If you don't say yes then your friend here will die." added Mr. Johnson. William began screaming and groaning louder than he had done before. "It is getting tighter," William screamed. "Help me Brittany, please help me!!" William screamed some more. "Okay, okay, okay, I promise i won't ever threaten you again, just don't hurt him and keep him alive!!" screamed Brittany. Mr. Johnson waved his hands, and the vines began to let go of William. He began to stop screaming and groaning. He fell to the ground and closed his eyes. "Again he is not dead, he is just almost dead," Mr. Johnson informed. "One more time I do anything like that and he dies, so I would be careful of what you say and do." "Okay I will just don't hurt him anymore!!" cried Brittany. "Very well," Mr. Johnson said. Mr. Johnson walked out of the room,l leaving William, Brittany, and the other boy alone laughing evilly. Mr. Johnson kept saying just you wait Brittany, just you wait," over and over again while he was walking away.