Trapped

9 - NEW!!

I just continued walking in a straight line in the hopes that I would stumble across Angela and Jeremy. Eventually, the sunny grassland that I was in became a misty meadow. Huge pine trees appeared in the distance and I walked for hours until the trees were above my head.

I couldn't see very far ahead of me with the thick mist that was hanging in the air. I knew I would not be able to see anybody that wasn't within three or four feet from where I was. That's why I decided to start shouting out my friends' names.

"Angela! Jeremy! Adam! Anybody?" I shouted repeatedly. I shouted until my throat croaked. I had been shouting for a few minutes when the sound of a twig snapping caught my attention. I looked behind me to the area where the noise came from but I couldn't see anything past the mist. Well, that's not cliché at all I said to myself. I tried to convince myself that it was just my imagination and I almost succeeded until I heard it again only closer this time.

I started walking a little bit faster and tried to keep quiet. Then I heard another noise and it was very close to me. I kept walking and sped up my pace once again. I looked ahead of me just in time to see a figure move from the one tree to another, I could feel my heart race when I saw it and I squealed. I looked around me on the floor for something I could defend myself with in case it was another wild animal.

I picked up a long stick and held it like a baseball bat. I walked towards the tree that I saw the shadow move behind. I moved slowly and quietly so as not to make my presence obvious to the enemy, not that my shouting earlier was of any help. I got to the tree and as I was about to walk around the tree- "Ahhh!" I screamed and jumped back when the thing flung itself at me and then I dropped the stick.

I was panting out of pure fright when I heard laughing and I looked up to where it was coming from. This 'thing' that had flung itself at me a few seconds ago was Jeremy. Angela was now standing next to him laughing at me.

"Guys! That's not funny, you almost gave me a heart attack!" I said in anger. "I almost hit Jeremy over the head with a stick, then who would be laughing? That's right none of us!"

They just kept laughing at me and Angela tried to speak through her laughter: " I- 'm.. sorry we just- cou-couldn't pass up the t-this opportunity," she finally managed to say.

I tried to keep a frown on my face but a smile was tugging at the corners of my lips and I eventually I gave in and smiled when I said: "Yeah well, you got me, I almost wet myself." This comment just made them laugh even harder.

After they calmed down they eventually got curious as to how I escaped with my life back when the spider was chasing me. "Oh, yeah it was so weird actually, they just stopped chasing me."

"Well, I think they were scared away by that ugly face of yours!" Jeremy exclaimed and then he chuckled. I punched his shoulder playfully and the word: "Hey!" was all I could think to say. I knew he was just joking, he had to be because I'm gorgeous my subconscious told me and I smiled at the fake 'big ego' moment I had.

"Well, What do we do now?" Angela asked, bringing me back to reality. I thought about it for a while and eventually, a lightbulb lit up my brain.

"Guys I think I've figured something out, you guys know how scared I am of the dark right?" I asked.

They both nodded. "Well, I woke up in a dark room with absolutely no light, and I found Adam in a forest and he's always said that he's afraid of what's in there," I offered and looked at them for their reactions.

"And I woke up in a beetle nest, I hate beetles," Angela said and I replied with an "mm-hmm exactly". 

"No, no, no, I don't like where you guys are going with this!" Jeremy shouted.