Slender
(Slender/Slender man origin: http://theslenderman.wikia.com/wiki/Slender_Man)
>Creepypasta found here: http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/The_Slender_Man<
The little girl, stumbling as she ran along, headed into the one safe place she knew she couldn’t be harmed: the forest. The dusky twilight left her little light to see by, only darkening under the cover of trees and blurring through her tears. The forest was the tall guardian of the outside world she knew little of. What was beyond the forest? She had never been allowed inside—and she was definitely going to get in trouble, so she kept running. Branches grabbed at her, sticks tried to trip her and the unsettling crashing through the layers of leaves and decay sent a shock of panic through her, making her hyperventilate past what she was already fearing. She couldn’t help her little nose continuously dripping with snot as her sobs and tears fell miserably. She felt ashamed, running away like that, but she didn’t want to deal with the yelling anymore. It scared her, but she wanted to get away, permanently, freely. The forest was her only hope- her only gate to freedom and what lay on the other side.
The evening sky held no color—dying the entire forest a multitude of gray, brown and black. It was getting darker by the minute, but the little girl, no older than six perhaps, kept running, trying meticulously not to fall or let the voices behind her catch up. Her heart pounded furiously—she had never, ever, ever been this far in before. She didn’t dare look over her shoulder. She focused on what was ahead: bleak grayness, a tangle of tall, slim trees, and seemingly nothing more. She ignored her name being bellowed behind her; it was getting fainter the further she ran. It was chilly to run so far in such darkness, and the little girl had no time to stop and shiver. She had to keep going—her life literally depended on it.
As more darkness settled, it seemed her tiny, unsure footsteps became muted within the decaying leaves, still wet from the recent rain. She slowed to a stop, her breathing erratic and her sobbing relentless. She twirled around, looking every which way, but found nothing but the same scene all around her, no matter which way she turned. Trees—endless trees—multitudes of them! They were all uniform; taller than fifty feet, slim enough to wrap one’s arms around, bare leaves towards the top and with rough bark all around. They were closely set together, making running a task and something to be considered greatly. But for the little girl’s small size, zipping around the tall things were an easy task—it was just her fear that kept her stumbling about, and what kept her moving forwards. But then there she was, in the middle of an empire of trees, lost, scared and cold.
Her thin, red cotton dress did little to keep her warm, ending at her knees and being sleeveless. She looked down, thanking her lucky stars that her favorite garment hadn’t gotten a single tear or stain upon it. Her shoes, however, were a different story. They were her good shoes, black Mary-Jane’s, and dirtied to the point it no longer had a shiny luster. The buckle on the left one had been ripped, making it loose and nearly coming off her foot. She looked back up around her, sniffling and wiping at her runny nose with her arm. Now that her fear was gone, a new emotion took over: panic. She was lost, and she didn’t know from which way she came.
She whimpered and mumbled, a bit startled by her own noise, and furiously blinked to shoo away her tears. Her cheeks were puffy and swollen with dried tears, and she licked her salty lips to keep them from getting chapped. How had she gotten there so easily? She didn’t recognize anything nor could she tell north from south—for the sun was gone and there was no light left. Within minutes, she watched as the gray faded into black, leaving absolutely no light save a silvery shimmer that came and went. The little girl watched, her eyes glued to the spot, until she realized that it was the moon’s light that cast the silvery glow. However, it was deeply cloudy, and the light only lasted for seconds at a time before dissipating again from cloud cover.
