Amber ran in the dark to wherever her legs took her without stopping. She didn’t know the exact place she was going and she bruised herself when her body grazed on the bark of the trees but that didn’t stop her from running. Her foot suddenly hit the root of a tree and she stumbled on the forest ground before rolling down the sloppy land. Amber groaned in pain and raised her head before trying to stand up with the support of her hands but she suddenly let out a sharp cry when she felt pains in her body. She rolled on her side such that her head was now facing up and she breathed heavily. Just then, sobs escaped from her mouth and hot tears rolled down the corners of her eyes.She thought about everything. How did her life suddenly become this way? Why does it have to be her? She was with her best friend where they were walking into shops and they looked happy, then she was in the company of a witch, then she found herself being kidnapped by some men, then the boy, the gunshot, the fi
“We know what we are, but not what we may be.”--Shakespeare _Amber saw the man walk up to her through her teary eyes and she saw him bend to her level before bringing his hand to her face. He circled his hand around her face and Amber felt disgusted at it. She tried to push her head away but it only ended up in the bald man pulling her hairs and she felt her scalp would peel any seconds. When his thumb finger touched her lips, Amber parted her mouth and bit his finger, pinning her teeth hard on it till she tasted blood and the man yelled before using his other hand to part her jaw and Amber released her teeth from his finger as she felt her jaw ache.“Argh!” the man yelled in pain and stood up, holding his finger. He glared down at Amber angrily and before she knew it, she felt a burning pain on her cheek as the man had slapped her. Her head fell to the ground and she felt a burning headache in her head. “You stupid bitch!” the man cursed and stomped his foot on the ground. “I know
The forest turned silent and only the cries of owls and crickets could be heard. Amber looked down on her hand which held the man’s heart and at the sight of blood, her senses went wild. The smell of blood wafted in her nose and she felt a kind of hunger, a desire to feed, but it was not just any kind of food. It was blood.She resisted the urge and let the heart of the man drop from her hand before dropping on her knees. She buried her face down and held her head as she fought the urge and she felt an ache in her teeth.The boy, who had witnessed what Amber did, slowly raised his body from the ground and walked towards her. He knew how she must have felt to murder someone and also, there was something different about her but he didn’t mind it. On reaching where she was, he carefully looked at her and was about touching her when...“Don’t!” it was more like a warning and she heard herself snarl.The boy withdrew his hand back and instead, just watched her. He felt something not to be
In Woodlock, the closest town to the forest where the killing took place, two policemen dragged the four men; where two were chained together, to their station after taking them to the clinic for treatments. Earlier that morning, not one but two to three people had reported suspicious movements and scary sounds coming directly from the forest and the policemen had gone to the forest to search the place where they found the four men and one dead person whose heart was no longer in place.They took the four men inside and locked them in different cells. When they were about leaving, they met up with two other policemen who asked about what happened and they explained to them.“We found out that they are involved in trading young girls into sex slave. They go around in the night looking for girls to kidnap and then take them into their den. We found their hideout in the forest and the place is half burnt with two dead bodies where one seems to have been shot dead and burnt together with
Bookshop. Witch. The assault. Gunshot. Fire. Forest. The killing. Reflection. Amber opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling. It looked familiar to her. Yes, it was her room.“Amber!” her mother’s voice jerked her up and she moved her eyes to the side to see her mother staring at her.“Why are you lying on the floor like a corpse?” her mother asked and Amber raised her upper body to sit up.She said, “I just had a bad dream and it must have thrown me off.” To Amber, the hallucinations she had always throws her into a dark pit and she doesn’t understand what was happening to her anymore. All the weird things she was seeing, were they really hallucinations? She asked herself but then, it doesn’t look like that to her. The feelings she got from it were real and it was as if some part of her had experienced a dark side and they came back haunting her after a long time. She knew what she had to do. Only one person would know what was happening to her.“Bad dream?” her mother’s voice sna
Amber walked in the not-so-empty hallway, alone, with her eyes ahead of her but having lots of things going through her mind that it blocked the voice of her best friend calling her name.“Amber!” Emma touched her when she caught up with her and at the slight touch, Amber flinched and moved backwards.For a second, she thought she saw Emma’s face change to a different person before returning back to her normal face.What was happening to her?“Amber?” Emma called again and Amber snapped out of it.“Oh!” she breathed out. “Hi Emma,” Amber responded with a short smile and her friend looked at her with worry in her eyes.“Are you okay?” Emma asked and brought her hand to touch Amber’s face.Amber caught her hand before it could reach her face and Emma winced as Amber had gripped her tight. She quickly released her hand and her lips moved without uttering a word. She thought her friend would notice the scar on her face and start questioning her, which would make her spill everything, but
Amber’s throat went dry and she gulped down nothing. The desire to bite into Kevin’s neck flooded her senses and as his face came closer to hers, she slowly tilted her head and aimed for his neck.Kevin opened his eyes when he noticed her head move to the side and he felt her warm breath on his neck. He thought she was going to kiss him on the neck not until he heard her say;“I don’t think I do, not anymore.”On hearing those words, Kevin’s face fell and he pulled his head back. He looked at Amber and placed his other hand on the side of her face, staring into her eyes.“Amber I understand, okay but I mean it.” he spoke calmly. “I have waited so long for this day. I wish I had told you sooner but you know how hard it is for me.”The corner of her lips pulled up and she slowly removed his hands from her face while staring back at him.“I love you too Kevin. I have always wanted to tell you that for a long time,” she looked at him innocently and when she saw his eyes lit, she smiled bu
Amber walked out of the Computer room and let out a sigh. She felt tired and her eyes were starting to get heavy due to lack of sleep. On her way to the classroom, she heard the bell and everyone started rushing out of the classroom. It was time for lunch. So fast? Amber thought and continued walking. She then sighted Emma who was walking towards her with a smile and books in her hand.“Amber,” Emma said her name and held her arm as they started walking back from where she had walked.“Are you going to read in the lunchroom too?” Amber asked, wondering why Emma was taking the books with her.“No,” she replied. “I am taking it back to the library. Today is the last day and we have to return all the books we took. By the way, what’s up with you and Kevin?” she asked and Amber turned her head to look at her.“What about us?” she asked.“You didn’t come back to class and so did he, so I was wondering if you both were talking things through.”Amber’s forehead slightly crinkled. She was wi