Once Upon a Death

Figures I See

Once Upon a Time...

My name is Nora. You can say I'm a normal 18 year old girl with with an almost perfect life, where no bad things had happened to me.  But I didn't know that would change soon. Very soon.

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I was on vacation with my boyfriend, Brad. We where going to New Hampshire, but we had to stop at a hotel for the night.

I was dreaming about me and Brad in the car. We where talking, and listing to music, when all of a sudden, we slid off the rode, and tumbled down the hill, into the woods. Brad didn't make it.

I woke up, panting, and sweating. It was maybe...12:20. Outside my door, I heard a loud thumping.

THUD...THUD...THUD

I got out of bed, and cracked the door open, and the thumping stopped. I brushed it off as nothing, and climbed back into bed. But, as soon as a rested my head on the pillow;

THUD...THUD...THUD

Now I was getting annoyed. I walked over to Brad's bed, and shook him awake.

"Brad," I shook him. "Brad, wake up!"

"What, Nora?" He groaned

"Do you hear that?"

THUD...THUD...THUD

"Yeah, what is that?" he said

"I don't know. That's why I want you to find out."

"It's probably nothing, Nor."

"No it's definitely something," I walked over to the door, and opened it. Just like last time, the thumping stopped. I closed the door;

THUD...THUD...THUD

I was fed up with it. I rushed out my door, but didn't take two steps before I saw a shadow standing in front of me. It looked like the solute of a woman.

She had no eyes, or nose, or mouth. She was just a black mist. But I could hear a whisper from her saying;

"Run...run....run...run."

And then she disappeared, just like that.

I heard Brad scream from inside our room. I came in, and I saw a dark figure standing over him. The figure turned around, and I saw it's face covered in blood. Brad's blood!

The shadow charged towards me, but went right through me. It felt more like a bucket of ice going through me.

I looked over at what was left of my boyfriend. He was a bloody mess. I couldn't look for long. I ran out down the hall, and headed down the stairs, seeking help. I came to the lobby, and there was hundreds of shadow figures. The one in front was the same figure I saw in the hallway. The girl.

"I told you to run. It's too late now." She whispered

I felt sharp teeth slice into my head. I couldn't breathe. The pain. My cold blood dripping down to my shoes. And then-....

I saw my head hit the ground. Yes, I saw it. I looked at my hands. They weren't normal hands. They where a black mist. I tuned around, and saw the shadow girl.

"You're one of us now."