Mysthaven

I stand at the edge of the woods, just at the boarder of the mist. I am so close I could reach out and touch it, and I am so tempted to, but entering or even touching the mist is strictly forbidden. "Katy, what are you doing, come away from there," Raine calls "You know the rules , Katy." Raine loves rules, loves being the good girl, the complete opposite of me. My curiosity often gets the better of me, causing me to break the rules, rather than follow them, but my even my curiosity wont lead me to break this rule, because nobody knows much about the mist, but we do know that no one who enters the mist is ever seen again.

Nobody knows where the mist came from, we just know that seventy years ago, it appeared and never went away. My grandmother told me that the mist protects us from an evil beast that prowls in the shadows of the woods, she says that the mist is a blessing and that we are lucky to have it, but no one really believes her, they all just think she's crazy, but she's right about one thing, something evil lives in the mist. I can feel its presence, its power, its darkness.

"Katy, please, come away from the mist," Raine's voice snaps me out of my thoughts and back to the reality. "Don't worry Raine, I am not going to get any closer to it,I'm not stupid."

"Katy, please, it's not safe, you of all people should know that better than anyone, come away from the mist, go back home where it's safe. If Lord Aaron catches you here-"

"But he won't Raine, and even if he does, he wont do anything if he wants me to accept his offer." Lord Aaron is the village elder, and he is not particularly fond of me because of my habit of getting into trouble, but he wants me to marry his son because my bloodline is pure and would produce a powerful heir, so he's been very kind lately because he knows I'm not particularly fond of his son and if I say no he runs the risk of contaminating his bloodline. "Katy, he may no do anything mow but you know that the minute you say no, your life will turn to hell, so doing things that would anger him is a bad idea."

"Alright then Raine, you win, I'll come away from the mist for now but..." A movement in the mist catches my attention."What was that?"

"What was what Katy? "

"There is something in the mist."

"Even more reason to come away from it Katy, let's go." she grabs my arm, pulling me away from the mist.
"Come to me," A low and mysterious voice calls.

"Did you here that?" I ask.

"Here what Katy?"

Never mind lets just go," I tell her and the two of us head back to the village, Raine giving me worried looks along the way. "Don't worry Raine, I'm not going to end up like him."

"You don't know that Katy."

Him. Justin, Raine's older brother, he went insane, claiming that the mist spoke to him, he disappeared one day and Raine found his body a few weeks later at the village gate, well what was left of his body, it had been torn apart by something. The sight of it really messed with Raine, she locked herself away for a week, she wouldn't eat, wouldn't sleep, wouldn't talk to anyone and then she just came out and acted as though nothing had happened.

Raine stops suddenly and turns to look at me. "I need you to promise me something Katy," She says, "I need you to promise that you will stay out of the mist, promise me that you wont do what he did."

"I promise Raine."

"Thank you Katy, I just couldn't bare the thought of losing you as well." She hugs me quickly then heads off to her own home. "Goodnight Katy," she calls down the path.

"Goodnight Raine," I reply and make my way to my small house and then head inside to my bedroom.

"You will be mine," I hear that same strange voice call. "Come to me"

"C-come" I think out loud, my mind going all foggy.

"Yes my child, come to me," the voice calls, it tugs on something deep inside my soul and I can't fight it. I turn around and head back outside, having no control over my body. My vision slowly fades and I begin to feel light headed and then, darkness.