Dani - Running is not for the short

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              At 4 foot 8 inches, I had no real issues with being on the short side, it can be a whole lot of fun. I like a good laugh and often pull pranks that make people smile or laugh their butts off! I could even get the local delivery driver to take my shopping right upstairs to my Kitchen instead of leaving it at the door as he does to everyone else. I like to hide and scare my mum, like hiding in her jammy drawer, I won't lie though, not everyone likes a good joke. 

Being a short girl has many benefits, for example, clothes. Can't find a cool rocker top in woman sizes? That's fine I'll find the same top in the kid section - it will even be cheaper if a little tight. Despite all the benefits, there are negatives too. My legs, for example, are short like the rest of me. Can't get much mileage out of them. Ever seen a dog held over water and their legs are going crazy but they aren't moving? Yeah, that's me. I can pump my legs but I don't move very far. Everyone has something on their body they would change if they could, before today I would have said I was pretty awesome and didn't need to change anything. Then fate heard me, took one looks at me, and went "HA! Deal with this then!" and proceeded to laugh her ass off at me.

I remember taking part in sports day in primary school to prove to my foster family at the time that despite my mini travel size, I am just as good as everyone else, which I wasn't of course but was good enough for me. I was slow, I struggled and stumbled but never gave up and eventually passed that finish line with the rest of the team. Not that the family I had been living with cared a damn or even came to that 'family' sports day. What I am having to do now, makes that look like a simple cakewalk. Why do they call it that I wonder, a cakewalk?!

I'm Dani by the way and I am running for my own life now. Yeah, you got it right, my mother has been murdered. I was almost murdered and I am beaten, I can feel every bruise and cut without using my fingers. I am now on the run with nowhere to go and no one to go to either, hopefully, the murdering monsters don't think I went to any of my friends for safety.  During my escape mum told me I was special and have to unlock my powers, she wasn't exactly clear when she got me free and then didn't have the time to explain as she rushed off to die to save me – not that I am bitter and angry or anything, not that my heart feels like a knife is stuck in it and shredding me apart.

I am still trying to wrap my head around everything that has happened since a few days ago, or a week or something, I don't know, I'm exhausted. You would be too in my place, with no sleep, little food, seriously short toilet breaks, and fleeing across the country on foot. In the middle of nowhere with no idea where I am going or what I am supposed to do now. I didn't think through my plans after getting away. I am paying for that now. If I could laugh at myself I would, but I don't have the energy for it or the time. I can't even hear her voice in my head anymore. Haven't since I jumped on my way home after pulling my shift at the local chip shop. Everything has gone to hell since then. You know it's bad when the voice I have had inside me for as long as I can remember is silenced. When I had time to go over my injuries I discovered a lump at the base of my skull from when I was first kidnapped and have wondered if that may be the cause and would just take time to heal. It's funny how you miss something you always wanted gone, back. 

They are catching up with me and I don't know how much longer I can keep running, to be honest. I'm not even sure why I am running away, What is there left for me with my mum dead? Is this a natural human survival instinct to live? What do I do? What do the people do in the films, the ones fleeing from the bad guys? There was a guy who covered himself with dirt and stuff to hide from them. No, I can't even decorate a birthday cake with a few candles. What do I do? What can I do? Everything is just so crazy! It is like everything is trying to kill me for one reason or another and I don't have a speck of an idea why! I pause for a second and lean against a tree trying to catch my breath and figure out where to go from here. I need a Rambo moment, pull something amazing off and somehow turn the tables on the bad guys, damn now I have stupid visions of me dropping from a tree onto the bad guys and kicking ass. HA! Only in my dreams would I ever be able to do that kinda ninja stuff. I shake my brain in an attempt to refocus on reality. 

Having little sleep is starting to mess with my equilibrium, not that I am entirely sane otherwise. How many people do you know hear voices inside their heads and equally acknowledge and attempt to ignore them? Half the time they can be friendly with me and other times they sound like things that crawl from my nightmares! Not many that's for damn sure. Again I am struggling to make my brain work through the sea of random garbage. I know I am barely making sense right now or staying on subject, but really how well do you think you would cope with all this? Stick with me though, I am sure I will make sense soon, or die a gruesome death, which is the most likely outcome of this pointless escape/hunt. 

CRACK. Oh God, they have caught up with me. I don't even look behind me. I can't. If I do I know I will just fall to my knees and give up. I don't want to die so I don't stop. I start weaving through the trees like a crazed shopper on Black Friday in my favorite store! My heart feels like it is trying to burst or run away from me. The familiar sensation of my skin crawling and my head feeling too tight and I know what will happen if it takes hold of me in its icy fingers. No! No! No! This is NOT the time to have a panic attack! This can NOT be happening right this damn moment! Breathe! Come on breathe! I have to stay on my feet, I have to keep running. I can't let him have me, I would rather die than go back there. I will not die, I will not die, I will not die. The panic in my chest lessens and I start to be able to breathe normally - well kind of. However I can't keep going, my body is shaking so bad that I am tripping over my own feet. They feel weighed down as my body finally gives up the fight to survive having been pushed too far.

I'm screaming in my head as my knees hit the sodden ground. Get up! Get up! God no, this can't be it. I can NOT die in the middle of freaking nowhere! I don't want to be alone, tortured, and murdered where no one will ever find my body. I try to get back up, try to pull myself up but it is useless. I am so tired, so hungry, and weak that I fall gracelessly to the floor. Dirt smears into my face from the wet ground but through it, I can see something move out from the trees moving toward me. I try to focus, speak, or even see clearly but my vision is darkening and I know I'm going to blackout, I hope this time that I do not wake up. I don't want to be alone, everybody is gone, and I don't have anyone left. Mere seconds before I pass out I finally hear her in my head again whispering. I am here Dani, you are not alone.

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Hi reader, 

For those of you who skipped reading the intro synapses, here is what you need to know.

Dani is fighting for her life, the supernatural world, and every living creature in it.

 She is the main focus of a prophecy that says she better find her men or the world will end in some massive way. I'm thinking Zombies. Who doesn't love a good Zombie apocalypse? This is a REVERSE HAREM STORY which means there is more the one love interest, Dani the lucky bitch doesn't have to choose between all the hot guys, they all want her and are willing to work together to keep her happy. Hell, there is even some guy-on-guy action for you thirsty readers who begged for it. All chapters with sexual situations are tagged at the top for any underage readers. So don't go pissing off your elders, your ghostly family members are reading over your shoulder!

I love comments and messages. I encourage you to comment on the last available chapter with who you want to read next and I do try to accommodate my loyal readers with their wants. My books are LBGTQ+ positive, and I believe in love for all. I believe in making healthy choices for yourself so my main character is never a brain-dead child who you need to scream at to do as she is told. I can never finish the book when the hero is too stupid to live! So hopefully you finish this and it's super sarcastic enough to whet your appetite.

Much love and stay safe out there beautiful!

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