short stories

#6

(Tomiadeyemi.com prompt #15)
(EDITED POV)

She pulled the knife from her chest and smiled.

"Was that supposed to hurt?!"

She sat there starring at the man. The man who had just tried to kill an innocent girl in the woods! She just happened to be passing by. The girl was screaming for the man to stop. Just before he stepped the girl, the woman stepped forward and shoved her out of the way. He started at the woman.

"He sweetie. Are you alright?" She asked turning to the young girl

"Who are you?!" the man screamed as the little girl nodded

"Names cookie"she chuckled as the moon simmered on her scarred skin 

" Why?! That's a stupid ass name! "

"Well my real names olivia. But people call me cookie cuz I can be sweet or nasty. Your choice"

Venom dropped from her lips

"Miss cookie how are you still alive?!" the girl asked almost in a whisper

"Well you see dear I'm a reaper." She said with a bright toothy smile and bright brown eyes

"A what?"

" Well I look for dead or dying souls. And I just found one"

She slammed my foot in the ground only to have a scythe in her hand. The small girl giggled as she did the trick.

"Hey sweetie turn around and don't look"

The girl did. The woman turned to the now frightened man. She could now small the booze on him. It was disgusting. This girl was no older than ten! Maybe younger! With one swift movement she received his soul and sent him down deep to hell. SHe looked back at the girl. Then and there she decided to keep her. Raise her.

Hi my name is sammy. I'm the daughter of cookie the reaper. She has raised me since I was only eleven. I have now taken her place as a reaper and will carry on being the best one I can be. And hopefully I can live up to her name....being a savior of the damned and the broken.