Poison Canines

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Celia Vargas pov

I was walking through the forest, it was dark and gloomy, line of tall trees and the full moon shining in the night sky. I cannot see anything properly. I could hear howling from far away and hooting of owls. Now I am too tired, I am walking for a long time, there no way out. I don't have my phone or anything except a pocket knife, I don't even remember how did I get here. My dress was torn, it's cold out there.
"Please, is anyone there?" I said with my quivering voice. The darkness will engulf me. I heard breaking of woods, it's coming near. I have to run but I didn't have that energy anymore. What will happen next? There is no one to help me, I am all alone. I started running with my trembling legs. Every steps of mine is giving me extreme pain. I could hear it's paws thudding against the ground close behind me, then it left out a horrifying growl. This is the end, I will die here tonight. Suddenly I slipped on something and fell on the ground. I think I sprained my ankle. The beast was 6 foot tall with a red glowing eyes, it's face look like a wolf but it was standing on two legs. It had sharp canines and sharp claws. I saw it, it jumped towards me.

I screamed, I open my eyes and saw that I was sitting on my bed. I was perfectly fine, no scratches nothing. It's been a week since I started having this same nightmare, everytime I fall down and the beast attack me. I scream and then I wake up, it's like a continuous loop. I have consulted doctors and they all say the same things, they think that I am in depression or I have watched way too many horror movies. I don't even like horror movies, it scares the shit out of me. I know that I am not depressed neither I am suffering from anxiety but still I had to take my meds because somewhere I feel that it will help me. The lack of sleep has given me dark circles under my eyes. Sometimes I want to break everything around me cause I am scared of going back to sleep. I tie my hair, then apply some foundation and highlight on my face. After taking a bath I change my clothes into something comfortable. I took my bag and ran downstairs.

"Hey sweetie, did you take your meds? You know it will take some time but it will be worth it" said my dad, who was busy cooking some delicious noodles. I don't think the meds are working, It's been four days since I am taking them and nothing has happened. My dad thinks it's because of stress or teenage hormonal changes, I don't even know what to say to him. I could have said, that maybe it's hormonal changes if it was not a scary beast. I settle down and started eating my food.

"I might be late today because I have a meeting with Alisha, but don't worry I will try be back soon" he said with a smile on his face. Alisha Johnson? She is the woman who had a crush on dad. Don't tell me that it's a meeting? I know what's going on between them. I roll my eyes at him. After my mom died, we couldn't take the pain, specially dad. He was completely broken and now I want him to find someone and just be happy. But not Alisha, I hate her, she is a walking burning plastic.

"Yeah, I will be at Ambrose's house, Shelly and Jasper will also be there, we have movie night today" I said.
"Really? You sure it's not a party? Because Ambrose told me that his parents are out and that guy? Asher will also be there" said dad sarcastically. He knows that I have a crush on Asher Knight and I don't believe Ambrose spill all the beans. Ambrose is going to pay for this. Well it's balanced afterall, I know dad's secret and he knows mine. I said bye and left the house. My school was within a walking distance from my house so it's no big deal for me to walk. It was really hot outside today. After few minutes I arrived school, the campus was as usual noisy and crowded.

"Hey, remember the party tonight?" It was Shelly, she was wearing a cheetah print dress and her blonde hair was tied in a bun with bangs falling on her forehead and her chestnut eyes look right back at me.

"Yes, have you seen Ambrose? That idiot told everything to my dad about tonight's party" I said with anger in my tone. She started laughing.

"I knew it, he is not at all good with secrets" she said. I sighed and we both walk towards our locker. I didn't tell anyone about those nightmares except Ambrose, he is my childhood friend and atleast I can trust him with that. He understand my trouble, I am afraid if anyone else knows about this then they might think that I am some kind of weirdo. I checked my time table and it was history class. I said bye to Shelly and walk towards my class. I wish I could forget about this nightmare but it's not leaving my memory. I enter the classroom and sit down at my usual seat. Ambrose was late as always. After a minute, he walk into class with huge smile across his face. He was wearing a black jacket, white shirt underneath with blue jeans and his brunette hair was sleek back. As soon as he settle down beside me, Mr. James enter the classroom. Mr. James was our history teacher and he sometimes talk about weird stuffs and apparently he believes that our town has a curse of werewolves. He always look high, maybe he is on drugs otherwise who talks like that. Werewolves? I mean really, they are just myths. Then again, I am having some serious nightmares about this creatures, I am not even sure if those are werewolves in my dreams. But if this is real then I have to search about our town's history.