World Of Shadows

Chapter 3: Holly

"Uhh, hello?" Holly climbed onto the tree looking at Sam. She extended her hand further. Holly grabbed a stick and began to poke Sam.

"Are you what my called, dead inside?" Holly questioned.

"Dead on the inside? Yes, could your dog, like, lift this tree off of my leg?" Sam asked.

"Sure! BARON! THIS TREE NEEDS TO MOVE!" Holly gestured for Baron to come. Then she began to pat her legs and Baron ran over. Baron grabbed the whole tree in his mouth and crushed it, leaving twigs in his teeth. Every second Sam looked up with astonishment. Without thinking he jumped up, wincing as he did, and he jumped right onto Baron and began to pet him.

"Aww! This dog is so cute!" Sam gushed. When he looked back at Holly she was smiling.

"He really likes you! If Baron trusts you, I'll trust you Mister, uh, what's your name?" Holly asked.

"My name is Sam, what is yours?" Sam asked.

"Holly! Oh, I'm looking for my parents have you seen them?"

"Well, no. I just arrived here."

Holly gave puppy eyes to Sam. "Aww! Can you help me find them?" She pointed to the tree. "I helped you out, it is only right!"

"Sure!" Sam might have just met this girl, but he wants to help her. He hops on to Baron, pulling Holly up.

"Okay miss, where would you say your parents are?" Sam asked. The little girl shrugged and told Baron to just go wherever he thinks is good. Baron took off and ran into the plains. Sam was almost thrown off the gigantic dog. Baron was running so fast The two were pushed back. Holly turned and cheered. Sam laid down on the dog grabbing tightly with one hand and threw one hand into the air. The same black liquid formed and spun in the air. The liquid moved around, whisking the grass and surrounding the three. Baron ran faster and faster, jumping off of a small hill.

"WOW!" Holly shouted.

"WHAT THE FREAK!" Sam yelled. He began curing internally as there was a young child nearby, and she seemed too innocent to know curse words. Baron slowly began to slow down at the foot of the mountains. He shook Holly and Sam off and laid down.

"That was awesome!" Holly started running around and jumped into some nearby grass.

"Yeah, fun." Sam rested on the foot of the mountain. He looked at Holly and smiled. He remembered being that young but didn't dawdle on those thoughts. He looked at Holly climbing on Baron and then immediately passing out. Sam slowly rested his head on the foot of the mountain and went to sleep. There was not much he dreamed about, but he saw something this time. He saw a man, his skin charred like coal, and his clothes burned. Sam was shaking, he walked up to the man and slowly tried to grab him.

"A-are you alright?" He asked. Sam was immediately thrown across to the floor. The ground became crystals, and he grabbed on for dear life. The man slowly walked up to him and put his shoe on his hand. There was nothing he could do, and Sam let go. When he was falling, there was a glint of blue in the eyes of the man. Sam jolted his head forward. He looked around to see if he was falling. He let out a sigh of relief and rested his head on the rock. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a shadow. Sam turned his head towards the cliff. The black liquid was seeping out of his hand, he shook it off and looked at the edge of the cliff. When Sam peered off the cliff, there was nothing he could see. He went to turn when he bumped into someone.

"Night night," The person said. Then they through a punch throwing sam off of the cliff.