He is bad news

I stared at the bright moon hiding behind the curtains of cloud at night, illuminating every cloud around it and giving it a distinct shape. 

With a smile forming on my lips, I tried to connect the outline of clouds with my finger resembling a rabbit. I never felt alone surrounded by nature.

I was too engrossed in my own world that the shuffling of leaves brought me back into the real world. 

Thinking it was only in my head after what happened in school earlier I ignored the sound. 

Not even a minute later there was another sound but it sounded like heavy footsteps. 

Carefully I stood up and tried to get a better look without getting any closer. If it was an animal I did not want to become its dinner. 

A gasp left my mouth as my eyes made contact with the shining blue eyes staring directly at me through the distance. There was something about those eyes that was making me want to stay. A low rumbling sound followed soon, it was so loud that I was sure there was more than one of them, and those were enough signs of danger.

 Maintaining eye contact I started taking the step backward towards my front door. When I was close enough I ran inside and shut the door loudly in a hurry.

"Why are you making so much noise at this time? Your father is working on something important."

I turned to face my mother standing with hands on her waist waiting for an answer.

"Animal...in the garden," I managed to speak while breathing heavily.

Mom walked towards the window quickly and peeked through the curtain, "There is nothing outside."

"No, mom it was there and it was huge," I stood next to her and looked at the corner where I last saw it, but she was right there was nothing there, only the darkness.

"What animal was it?" she questioned closing the curtains neatly, making sure every pattern was right and none were overlapping.

"I don't know."

"Then how do you know it was huge?"

I pressed my lips together at her question. How was I supposed to explain it had blue eyes which were shining in the darkness and it was almost as tall as me. I could tell about the height because of its eyes but I knew she would not believe it, why would anyone believe those words?

"Go back to your room, Eleanor. If you have so much free time to waste utilize it on your studies. Faith used to stay up all night to study when she was your age."

Mom gave one last look to the window and turned to leave without hearing any response.

I silently walked to my room thinking about what was happening in our town? Missing people, possible murder, and now huge wild animals.

With a groan, I put my face on the pillow.

A notification on my phone made me frown as I looked at it. It was 11 pm and no one would text me at that time. Not that I had many friends.

It was Adam, sending me a meme.

Shaking my head, I chuckled softly and started texting him.

I did not know what was going through my head but I told him everything I saw earlier.

Three minutes passed and there was no response from his side.

My stomach dropped slightly thinking I lost the only friend I made after so many years when he called me.

"Hey, El. Sorry for calling you like this, I should have asked you first but after you told me what happened I started searching for the animal attacks in our town."

"Hello to you too," I laughed, "and it is completely fine."

"Are you sure?" came his doubtful sweet voice.

"Yes," I cleared my throat slightly, "so, what did you find?"

"There are no reports of animal attacks in our town in the last ten years. What animal was it? Do you have any idea?"

"Not really, it was too dark to see anything clearly."

"Try not to go outside until we figure out what animal it was and if you see it again, try to take a picture," he said softly.

"Okay," I smiled, even though I knew he could not see it, "thank you, Adam, it was nice to talk to someone about it and I honestly thought you would not believe me."

"I believe you, El, and we are friends now so you don't have to say thank you to me. Besides, why would you lie about it anyway? You saw something and if you were not sure about it you would not have told me," every word sounded genuine from his end.

It felt good to talk to someone who believed in you and who wanted to be your friend without wanting anything in return.

"I will talk to you tomorrow, Good night El," he yawned as he said the last words.

"Good night, sleepyhead," I laughed.

Throwing my phone on the other side of the bed, I closed my eyes with no heavy feeling in my heart.

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"Why are you looking outside again and again?" whispered my lab partner, Anna trying to take a look outside but failed as I blocked her view.

"Nothing," I answered in a whisper as I watched her add a chemical from one test tube to another from the corner slowly.

She put the second test tube in the test tube stand and gave me a blank look which I ignored.

A small part of me was thinking constantly that some animal was outside and could attack someone.

But no matter how much I was thinking about other things there was a part of my brain that could not stop wondering about Damien.

"Did you hear some people went missing?" I asked Anna after getting annoyed by the silence.

"Everyone knows about it."

"Really? I thought it was supposed to be a secret or something?"

She stopped mixing the contents in the beaker and looked at me for a brief moment with her sharp green eyes, "Well I guess not everyone knows about it."

I raised my eyebrow at her remark but she went back to mixing chemicals.

"About three people have gone missing yet, two of them were from the same family."

I did not bother asking how she knew all of it because I already knew the answer.....her father.

"How did you hear about it, I am sure your parents won't tell this bad news to their princess?" she asked in a mocking voice.

I took the beaker from her hand and put it near the empty test tubes then turned to look at her face with a serious expression on mine, "Get over yourself, Anna. If I am not saying anything it does not mean I can't, so stop testing my patience."

She nodded quickly while blinking a few times repeatedly.

"And to answer your question, a friend told me during the dinner we were having with Damien," I mentioned his name with a smile to show her our family had no grudge against him.

She stood there quietly as I picked up the beaker and put it in her hand again.

I started taking notes of the observations without saying anything to her but I could feel her eyes on me once in a while.

The bell indicated our last class was over and I started gathering my stuff when Anna called my name.

I waited for her to say something in confusion.

"I know I might sound like a bitch sometimes but I am saying this with no bad feelings for you. You should stay away from Damien, he is bad news."