I pressed my cold, white hand's against the small glass window. The glass crackled and the frame sighed as i pushed the bottom of the window with more force opening it just enough so i could smoothly squeeze through. The grass leveled with the bottom of the window allowing me to easily jump through the small opening, snatching my sneakers and sun glasses.
I slipped my shoes onto my bare feet as I jogged deeper into the trees, taking in the smell of pines and the lake that lay near by. The rubberband wrapped tightly around my brown hair loosened as i picked up speed. I slid the sunglasses onto my face, covering my eyes from the sun that wasnt even out.
Soon i came to a complete stop feeling his presence. I looked side to side and quickly turned around scanning the woods for any sighn of him. I know hes here. I can feel it. I always can. I turned around, sighing, and headed toward the lake.
Staring back at my reflection hurt more than anything. Have you ever wondered what itd be like to go years without speaking to anyone?
Well of course im not completely alone. I have my dad. Sure, we may not speak as much as a daughter and her father should but that okay. Theres many reasons were distant. I cant make him happy for alot of reasons.
Something I've noticed is I'm changing. My Mother once told my about how I would go through different stages of changing. Not stages of puberty, obviously. But stages of being under our curse.
I sighed and picked up a stone, chucking it as far as I could. I heard a satisfying plonk as it made contact with the water, sinking to the bottom.
I dropped down onto my bottom and sank my hands into the warm dirt.
I flinched and ducked down at the sound of laughing children. Taking cover is something I'm used to. Never come in contact with other people. Ever.
It keeps me from hurting them or something my parents only mentioned to me once when I was young.
Heartbreak.
I remember the night i had promised to never let myself grow close to anyone at all, except my family. Blood related family.
Years later, I broke that promise. Ill admit to myself any day that, that was the biggest mistake of my life.
"Can't catch me!" One of the kids screamed.
They were young. Maybe seven or eight? I wouldn't know, I haven't seen kid's around here in years. I'm not going to lie, I enjoy hearing their happy shouts and watching them taunt eachother by running the other direction.
I felt a wave of heat wash over my body. Right on cue the sweat began falling.
"Yeah, yeah. I know. You want me to go and introduce myself so I'll have complete control over them and in the end ill begin feeding off of them and- you know what? I'm not giving in to you again." I spoke quietly, watching as the kids jumped into the water, screaming even louder than before.
I felt the heat grow and I knew saying those words to him wasnt the smartest thing to do. He was gonna push and push till I gave in and everything after that is down hill.
"No, no, no, no." I mumbled digging my nails into the hard ground beneath me. They need to leave before-
The pressure in my head began the moment the kid's screamed again. The pain was something any human wouldn't be able to bare.
I let out a strangled scream as I scratched at my legs, trying to contain myself.
"Stop, stop, just stop, stop!"
The pressure grew stronger as I cradled my head in my hands, kicking my feet against the ground.
I felt my eye's shift and in that moment I knew my eyes were no longer their natural Green.
I screamed again but this time my voice cracked and the birds took off in alarm. The sound of splashing water ceased.
"Run!" I shout. "Just leave!"
The pressure was almost full force and I knew I needed to bare myself for only a short amount of time. And then the kids will be gone and you won't harm them.
"Go away!" I bellow. My heart races and my head begins spinning. I throw myself against a tree as the ringing in my ear's begins.
feed, feed
The voices take over my head as the ringing in my ear's grows louder, causing me to bite my lip in attempt to hold myself back.
The sound of the kids running, getting further away sends reliefe through my body. I taste blood and with one last jolt of agonizing pain he gives up.
My body shakes and weizes as I gasp for air. My hands are tightly wrapped around my neck and I know my throat is bleeding by now.
"You devil!" My voice cracks when I scream out into the wind.
A crack is heard in the distance and my head whips to where it came from. I hold my breath as my body screams and aches for me to do something.
I release a scream, feeling a strike of pain in my chest and behind my eye's. I immediately hold them shut and feel them shift back to their natural color.
The pain leaves completely and my body slumps to the ground my back hitting the ground harder than expected. Now with the wind knocked out of me, I search for any sighn of the devil himself but instead I see movement in the trees and a swift appearance of a brown jacket as someone runs the opposite direction.
