SETTING: show
“Bye, see you later!” My mum called after me, as I headed off towards school early in the morning. Halloween – the creepiest day of the year – was approaching. Everyone in my form seemed to be going to trick or treating, but I wasn’t. I was having a sleepover with my friends, we had planned many scary movies, many sweets and we were going to tell each other scary stories. I couldn’t wait until tonight!
BUILD-UP: show
Nothing me and my friends love more at school is lunch time. Not only did we get to fill our hunger we’d been building up all day, but it was the longest break between lessons of the day. But something felt strange about this one – something abnormal, something of superstition, lurked in the shadows. The biggest mistake of all was when I attempted to climb the tall fence guarding the wood outside the school field. I threw my bag over it and hoisted myself over the same way, taking care not to cut myself on the thin blades of the fence. When I reached the other side, I simply waved to my friends, unaware of the dangers that lay ahead.
DILEMMA: show
Not 5 minutes had been until I heard the first shriek. There I was, abandoned in the dark of the trees, and something almost imaginary occurred. I stared up into the sky and trod on a root – and almost immediately, I heard another shriek. I shuddered and ran back to the fence roughly 100m away and out of nowhere, a creature hissed in my ear, and stared into the pupils of my eyes. I screamed so loudly and ran in the opposite direction of the school, tears running down my cheek. I had never been this scared in my whole life, and it was some kind of trick too – it had to be. But not too long after I approached a tunnel going under the ring road, and the street light flickered on and off inside it. I wasn't comfortable with it but I was drawn to it for hiding, there were some strange creatures out there. Some strange shrieking cries echoed through the tunnel. I froze all of a sudden, there was no way I could get my legs to move – they were stuck there. I was so frightened that this was the result. But that was a big mistake. Because I was standing still, one of the creatures appeared on the other side of the tunnel and began to shriek even louder, and before my eyes could deceive me, a whole army of these creatures appeared out of the darkness of the tunnel. They all ran at me with such speed that I had no other choice to turn and run for it in the opposite direction, leaving myself trapped. Before I could prevent what was happening, one of the creatures sunk their teeth into my neck and I was aware of what they were – vampire bats.
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They had luminous red eyes and sharp daggers for claws – and their teeth were no better than very sharp razor blades. The pain was so great that I let out a blood-curdling scream. They were all at my neck now. But minutes later, the pain died away. I’d stopped screaming, but I’d also realised I didn’t feel myself anymore. A temper and a longing to bite grew inside me. As the vampire bats flew away, I craved to fleeing from my sanity and laying my teeth on anyone I could find. Instead of returning to the school, I stalked back to my house and lay in wait of an answer to the doorbell. My mum, answering the door, questioned why I’d come home so earlier and why I didn’t have my bag with me. The idea of answering tortured my soul and I bit her. I warned my dad to stay away. And even today, though I regret my attack on my mother, I have the boiling hatred of mortality. One day, I’ll remove myself from the dark woods and set my burning eyes … upon my school.
It's only short. Enjoy, and make sure you don't get too scared..
Just kidding, it's not that scary
