Halloween 2k17 ✔️

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I remember it as if it was yesterday.

Me and my twin sister were having an 'adventure day'. 

Albeit being out in the world being our young ten year old selves seems quite foolish, some of you may question where our parents were? Well it's simple really, they were doing their usual fighting which resulted in someone getting hurt (by my fathers heavy hand.).

He was a brutal man and I took it upon myself to protect my sister by leaving the home.

We had no ideas where we were or where we were going but at least we had each other.

I held onto my sisters tiny hand as we wondered aimlessly around the dark streets of our quaint town.

"Brother, where are we going?" My sister asked in her quite voice.

I looked down at my twin sister and shrugged, I had no clue where we were.

I looked around and saw the cornfields which was just up ahead. Just by seeing this made me sigh in relief, seeing something other than these tall trees made me relieved.

I quickly hurried my paces as I dragged my sister behind me.

"Brother, what are you doing?" My sister questioned.

I slightly turned to looked at her worried face, "I'm finding us a safe place to rest for the night."

I then turned back around and stopped just outside the cornfields boarder, "will we get lost in here?" My sister asked.

I shook my head, "not as long as we stick together."

And with that said, I moved my first foot into the cornfield; my foot was now completely engulfed.

I turned back around to my sister but I didn't look at her, I looked just behind her.

In the distance I saw two headlights which were growing wider and wider, indicating that it was coming nearer. In fear that it was my father, I quickly grabbed my sisters hand and engulfed both of us into the cornfields shield.

The silence was the only thing evident as I watched the car drive by, on closer inspection it didn't seem like it was my fathers car but I wasn't going to step out of the cornfield just incase it was.

As the car drove by, I let out a breathe which I didn't know I was holding.

I turned around and started to panic, my sister was gone.

On instinct I started to run further into the cornfield screaming my sisters name, hoping she heard my cries.

After a while I became fatigued, so I initially stopped and took a moment to breathe as well as looked around me.

Fear had clearly made itself known as it started to envelop my being.

I was scared and alone; stranded somewhere in a cornfield.

My whole system wanted to shut down as darkness now started to encircle me, creating my already small space become even smaller.

I let tears slide as I continued to weakly call out my sisters name.

I had given up on running and just sat down, holding my legs close to me as I cradled back and forth. Where did my sister go?

I let out more sobs; I'm all alone!

However I stopped for a few moments when I heard an ear shattering scream.