Forgetting Red

Forest Folk

Ana

"Though you of all people should know that shouldn't you... Red?"

"Um," I really didn't know what to say to that. I was still a little scared of him coming out practically thin air. My body hadn't stop shivering. The boy tilted his head and pushed my hair back from my face. I flinched a little bit as he touched me like that. What the hell?

The guy chuckled and it was deep and hearty. And for some reason it made me feel a little more at ease than I would have liked. "What this doesn't bring back memories?" He asked and circled around me a bit more. Funny. He was the second person to say that to me tonight. He flicked up the back of my cloak and I hurried to push it back down again.

"Are manners not a thing where you come from?" I asked. I did noticed his accent the more he spoke. It sounded strangely European but I couldn't place were from.

"Manners? When where you ever one for manners?" This guy sounded like he knew me from somewhere. Though I was certain I have never met him.

The first reasonable thought in my mind was that this was a joke. Something that Han and Gretch had set up. Something to scare the crap out of me. Well it was working. My hands were starting to shake again and I tried to keep a firm grip in my basket. My eyes looked around for anyone else but it seemed that we were the only two there at the moment. Which did not make me feel any better. This was too creepy.

"And you were never one to get scared." He commented like he had known me for a lifetime. He went to touch me again and I back up and finally found some sort of back bone.

"You act like you know me though I don't recall ever running into you." I quipped. The guy seemed a little perturbed by that. "I would kindly liked it if you backed off."

The smirk was back at that and he tilted his head. "Still have that fire though." He said and got close to me again. He looked straight at my face and his brow furrowed. "Your eyes though. Why are your eyes green?" The question seemed to be rhetorical but I had had enough of this game.

I took a drastic step back and wish I had pepper spray in my basket. If I was smart I would have remembered it instead of leaving it of my night table at home. "This has been fun but it's worn out its charm. If you know me tell me and if you are just being a creep I suggest you go back to the party before I tell Kate to call the cops who will throw your ass in jail."

"As if a jail could hold me." He said and that really did creep me out. "She told me you might not really be you. But you look like Red." He took another step closer and I continued to back up. "Sound like her." My back hit a really tree and my eyes must have been wide as pie tins. "Smell like her." He was right up against me again. His whole presence was crowding me and I wanted to scream. "You are in there somewhere."

"Well I am not this Red that you are so desperately trying to find. If you lost someone I suggest getting a detective to help you out." I said quickly and could hear people closer to us. Thank God. He must have heard it too because his gaze faltered from mine a bit. He leaned closer to me and looked dead in my eye. He then backed up a little and smirked again.

"Alright little Red. You want to play it that way." He said but it felt like he really wasn't talking to me. "Fine. I am game." He said and bared his teeth at me. That was the second time I had gotten a look at those suckers and I really couldn't help the fear that was pulling in the pit of my stomach. Finally I came to my senses and screamed the only name I could think of.

"JACK!" I shouted at the top of my lungs and I heard footsteps running towards me. The guy chuckled and soon it became pitch black. When the light of the moon finally came back, the boy was gone and I heard footsteps running towards me quickly.