Pallid Fire

Prologue ~Part One~

Friday
16:48

It is the third last day of the short holidays and school is just around the corner. By now I had realised that I wasted my holidays by not going anywhere and doing nothing, at least nothing special.
The days were boring and today was not an exception, most certainly walking around was not doing the trick either.

By now I was walking home, coming back from a long walk around the neighbourhood and was reaching the turn to my street. I began having an unusual feeling. It was like something or someone was staring at me. I looked around to discover a movement, a restlessness in the bushes not far from where I was standing. I paused for what seemed like a minute, but was not. I took a large breath. The wrestling stopped... I felt a shiver run down my spine, suddenly my muscles constructing without warning.

I ran and ran, not knowing what I was running from, I increased my pace breathing deeply. I had to admit my heart was not beating hard because of the running. I had not even dared to look back.
I stopped just before reaching my house, now looking back to see if I was being followed. To my surprise, mostly being relieved I was not.

It is amazing how the mind's imagination can over exaggerate a small breeze, it's either fatigue or I am going crazy. I went into the house, straight up the stairs, into my room, and onto my bed. I was tired for some odd reason, must have been the adrenalin. Before I could open my eyes again, I had dozed off, and off to dreamland.

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