Imaginary world ( The half world chronicles)

Chapter 13 - Derek

I went back to the party. Tanya did not even dare to look at me, Carol seemed to have scared her, but i did not know whit what.

" Hey, man, what's going on?"Peter screamed in my ear, he was drunk, very drunk.

"Nothing, but watching you, you got it going after i left you. So what are the plans from now on? Drink so much and wake up in a puddle of vomit."  i rolled my eyes at him and took a step back form all the fumes he was emitting. 

"Bro is time to go on an adventure - the treasure hunt in the woods. Everyone is going to do it." - now i noticed the how room was buzzing with excitement.

"No, not a chance, you can just forget it." - shit i am not doing this.

"Come on, you know it'll be fun, and you'll have to face your fears at some point." - Peter pushed.

"Just not today. "Peter leaned over and pulled the chain with the medallion from my neck before I knew it.

"Give it to me and do not act like a child. "- I was angry and seeing red, my musculus flexed though he was drunk, his behavior should have some limits, my friend knew very well how important this medallion was to me.

"Come and get it." Peter whipped through the nearest door, pushing the people around him.

Before I could think, I was running after him, but he was quick. I assumed since he was drunk i would catch him or at least he would stumble, but nope. My training had made me durable, but Peter was captain of the running team so my chances to catch up with him were small. I found myself on the front porch, and Peter was already in the woods. My pulse was beating intently, my adrenaline skyrocketing . Without thinking about my decision for a second, I followed him. I followed Peter, who shouted out some things in front of me. The forest smelled of moss, damp grass and spring. Peter was away from me. It was getting harder to tell his voice. I suddenly remembered the warning of Carol and worse was what only I could see in the dark. I quietly cursed my mind and ran. I did not know where the villa was. To the left maybe, no, no - I think I came from the right i was hearing the commotion from the house but there was like an echo and i couldn't pinpoint where the flipping house was. A strange noise came from behind me. Something was moving in the darkness. Unlike the stupid characters in horror movies i did not mean to figure out what it was. I ran in the opposite direction of the strange noise. My legs were tangling at the roots of the trees and my heart was pounding, but I still managed to keep up my pace. Peter could not be found anywhere, I could not even hear his shouts anymore. An old well appeared in front of my eyes, Carol's words crackled in my mind, "Do not walk around the forest or near the wells." I stepped aside, and I was about to leave when a strange whispers began to sound from the well. I was loosing my fucking mind. I know i shouldn't curse and what the hell i am thinking about cursing or not while i was about to be in The ring movie. Please not be a little girl that will craw from the well. Pooped pants wouldn't be a good look for me.

"Tasty, brother. It's a man. We'll have a meal tonight." - Ok it wasn't a little girl it was something else my feet felt like led.

"Yes, yes, we'll eat a delicate human, but it smells strange." - another creacher.

"Have some magic in it. Something special. We'll make a treat."

I was numb. What were these beings? Apparently they were eating human flesh. Did Carol know about them, and that's why she said there were rabid dogs in the woods and where was Peter was when I needed him. All these thoughts skipped in my mind for seconds. A long, bony hand showed up from the well and grabbed the rim. The skin was green and the nails were at least 20 centimeters long. The wrinkled hand was covered with mud and dirt. After this, another one appeared, and then two more. Two pairs of red eyes are staring at me with inhuman lust and hunger. The hairs on my body were bristling, now it was time to run. I turned around and began to make my way through the forest. Branches were crawling beneath my legs, and after me I heard some or something catch me, and the air of my breath dripped from his mouth. The silence of the woods and the darkness made everything terrible, and the feeling of fear and impasse grew more and more in me. I had not gone past 20 meters and something got stuck in my foot. I swore and yelled as I fell to the ground.