Writing Prompts For The Strange

Dialogue Prompt (My beautiful blood Flower)

"Are you even listening?",Beth asked when I wasn't looking, just staring into space blankly. "Yes, it just takes me a while to process so much stupid at once". I respond picking at my lunch. "Oh really then what were Todd and I telling you just now?", Beth asked. "I said hold on it takes time to process stupid". "You know that is an insult to stupid people, I like to think that I am creative, not stupid.",Beth said back scoffing. "Whatever floats your boat Baby B", I say sarcastically. "Okay girl now that you had time to think tell me what I and Todd were talking about." Beth says. I glance up from my plate of food and stare at her for awhile before smirking, "Sorry I forgot after I had to listen to your stupid voice speaking to me". Beth blinks at me a few times then bursts out laughing leaning back in her chair. A little too far might I add causing her to fall backward. Making a huge noise reverberating through the lunch room, causing everyone to stop what they're doing. Turn to look at our table and stare for a few seconds, some go back to what they were doing not caring, others start to chuckle under their breath. I on the other hand like the good friend I am is laughing in her face, "haha...are.. yo-you...O haha..o...okay" I ask between breaths. "NO I'm not okay that hurt you know," Beth responds glaring at me slowly standing up, set her chair back and sitting down again. "Okay okay I'm sorry," I say standing up and bowing. Beth flushes in embarrassment waving her hands rapidly trying to make me stop, "Hai Hai I get it stop bowing you're not in Japan anymore Kris". I stand up and smile at her before I look over her shoulder out the window into the yard of the school. It was done quickly, do eerily quick that I almost didn't catch it in time, I blink trying to process what I just saw. Hoping it wasn't real, that what I saw was my imagination a trick of the mind. Because what I saw wasn't human, wasn't normal something otherworldly you might say. I blink once then twice, I open my eyes again and nearly fall to the ground. Standing there in front of me was...was what I thought was my imagination, that it couldn't be real here in this plain of reality. That I had locked it away in the darkest, and farthest reaches of me. Made it so it couldn't possibly find me again, couldn't touch me, reach me, harm me again like it did before. I smirked at my shaking form in front of it, slowly stalking towards me reaching its hand up to caress my cheek, grazing its thumb over my trembling lips flinching at the sudden coldness its hand brought to my soul, my heart. Making my blood run cold, making me subconsciously step backward so as to get this cold feeling to go away. It frowned at my action growl out a low almost not audible "mine" under its breath. It did quiet I almost didn't hear it, but I did and I slowly started to clench my hands digging my nails into the soft tissue of my palms. Breaking skin almost instantly drawing blood, causing it to pool in my hand, slowly seeping out dripping onto the floor below me. That was mistake number 1, what I just did register in my mind a minute too late as I quickly looked up to see its eyes already flashing a deep shade of red mistake number 2. Sucking me, lulling me to stare at the swirling garnet crimson color. Never wanting to look away to gaze at them forever not caring what will happen to me in the moments to come. But I knew that I had to run, to get my feet to respond to leave before it's too late, but my mind wouldn't listen to me too mesmerized by the beauty of its eyes before it. I screamed in my head to kick start my brain, to jump start it to work again, but nothing worked. And so as it stalked, drew nearer to me I started to panic, begging myself to move as tears I didn't notice started to roll down my cheeks. But it was already too late as it was now standing in front of me wiping the tears from my flushed cheeks away. "Everything will be fine my sweet blood flower, I won't hurt you, I won't let you go, you're mine for eternity.", it said slowly running its fingers through my tangled hair. Lowering its nose to the crook of my shoulder blade, pushing my thick sweater down my shoulder exposing my sugar white skin. Licking my bare skin on the sensitive part it knows all too well making me shiver in response causing it to chuckle lowly fanning my neck with its warm breath. Causing goosebumps to form where its breath hit, then the all too familiar stinging feeling as its teeth sunk into my delicate skin, making me use my arms to push it off me only resulting in it wrapping its arms around my waist pulling me closer as it drained me of my life source. Then it happened so fast I couldn't even register what happened. One minute it was drinking my blood and the next it's pushing me away cursing under its breath about how it needed more time. It then quickly walked back to me crouching down to my level as I was sitting on the floor hugging my knees to my chest staring into space. It put its hand on my head and patted it, "I'll be back for you later my precise blood flower, then we can be together forever it said as it started to disappear leaving nothing but the cold feeling on my head and the burning feeling in my neck were two new puncture wounds are oozing blood continually along with my 8 deep cuts embedded in the palm of my hand. Then everything around me started to blur I blinked once then twice and I started to hear muffled voice like they were underwater trying to say something. After a while I was back in the real world, back in the cafeteria, sitting in my chair poking at my food staring into space. "Are you even listening?", Beth asked when I wasn't looking staring into space blankly. "Yes, it just takes me a while to proc-, but before I finished my sentence I stopped midway, standing up abruptly causing my chair to fall backward with a loud crash. Before crumpling to the ground-hugging my knees sobbing into my legs. Beth was up in a second crouched next to me rubbing my back and whispering soothing words into my ear, helping me stand up leading me out of the cafeteria to a deserted hallway. She stopped spun me around and stared into my iris's studying me, before her eyes softened and she frowned whispering, "It happened again didn't it?" I stared into space only able to nod numbly. Replaying the moment in my head, before I break down in tears hugging Beth as if letting go would drag me back to that horrible place. "Don't worry Kris I'll always be here to prot- but she cut herself off when she peered behind me, then pushed me behind her. "What are you doing here, I won't let you have her.", Beth spit venom lacing her voice. I peaked out from behind her and squeaked out in fear regretting my decision immediately. Because they're standing at the end of the hallway was it, hands in pockets slouching like this was nothing new. Which I guess was true, the moment I squeaked out it gaze averted to mine so fast I jumped a little clutching Beth's jacket tighter making it smirk with how easy it was able to get a reaction out of me. Then his eyes changed to that marvelous garnet crimson color and before Beth could tell me to look away I was already being swallowed whole with its steel gaze that held mine never breaking contact. Its eyes softened for a split second looking at me then told cold and angry again the moment Beth shielded me from its view breaking the spell it only seemed to have on me. Cursing under its breath before taking taking a step forward. Beth then grabbed my wrist trying to pull away from it, but of course my feet stay planted where they are. No matter how much I was afraid of it, or how much I told myself to run my heart always told me to stay and I would. And then I would always get hurt or tormented by it, but I never ran. Even when it hurt me made me cry, or ripping/tearing my delicate skin into a scar infested mess. It just casually walked towards us knowing I wouldn't move with how many times this has happened to me. With it saying the same thing every time before it leaves, like something is stopping it from fulfilling the empty words it spoke all the time. Beth tried again, but I still wouldn't budge, but it was too late it was already in front of us smirking at me not breaking eye contact again like always. It grabbed my wrist and yanked it from Beth's grasp making me stumble into its chest, where it held my waist securely to prevent me from escaping. Its lips grazed the back of my earlobe and whispered into my ear, "I've final come to get you my little blood flower". Making my heart rate increase and tears to start to well in the corners of my eyes struggling to get out of its grip, trying to escape. Know fully that those empty words it said every time to me before disappearing, weren't empty now with the seriousness in his voice. I had to escape to get to Beth before I was taken away forever, I started to hyperventilate, tears streaming down my face frantic to escape its clutches. This resulted in it tightening its grip on my hips, making me cry out in pain with how tight it was probably going to leave bruises. I reached out in front of grasping for anything or one desperate to clutch Beth in my fingers for her to save me. But I was too far away from her reach, well she just stared wide eyes at me tears streaming down her face also, slowly reaching out for me to release me from its clutches, but we both knew it wouldn't happen. As it gripped my hips tighter, its nails digging into my skin before stepping away from Beth. Releasing an animalistic growl, like it was protecting something that was its from another predator. I choked back my tears and slowly stopped struggling my muscles going lax at my sides, my body numbing, my mind going blank. This is what you get Kris for looking into its eyes again now its weird spell as taken you over, but this time it's different I can't-do or feel anything. Like I was paralyzed, it looked down at me smirking before stroking my head lulling me to sleep, as my eyes got drowsy and mind started to get fuzzy. The last thing I hear is Beth promising she will save me from the monster no matter what and then darkness consumed me, leaving my mind able to invite any and all absurd dreams I can think off before i wake and remember what has happened to me. Letting me bask in this happiness before reality crashes down on me, changing my life for better or for worse. "Sweet dreams my beautiful blood flower.", It smiled laying Kris down in the bed caressing her cheek, before frowning at the small scars that littered her beautiful sugar white arms, it gently lifted her wrist leaving a trail of butterfly kisses on every little scar covering her arms. After it's done it sets her arm under the duvet, kissing the top of her head before leaving the room shutting the door behind it.

Will be a short story version of this in another book when I finish writing it. So if you enjoyed this be on the look out for the full story!