• Chapter 3





    I opened my eyes and yawned. I glanced over at my alarm clock. Ten Fifteen, it was the usual time I woke up in the morning. I threw off the covers and got up. I went over to my window and looked down in the drive way, no car. Ron must have gone to work or something. I wandered away and put on some fresh clothes and brushed my hair. I stretched and yawned and opened the door. I kept wondering what I planned to do today. As I walked down the steps and into the kitchen I saw a note on the Kitchen table. It was a note from Ron saying he was at work and wouldn’t be back until six o’ clock. I took out a cereal box, milk and spoon. I chewed slowly again wondering about the zipping figure in the woods. The woods ,instantly hit me as I got up and looked out the kitchen window. The house was surrounded by woods.”I should take a stroll into the woods.” I said to myself.I ran back upstairs to grab a hoody and zipped back down stairs. I checked in the medical cabniet for bug repellant and applied it. I slipped on my hoody and a pair of sneakers.”I should bring a watch incase I come home later.”I thought. I ran back upstairs to grab a watch.”I think I have everything.”I said. I opened the door and went behind the house. I stared at the woods thinking. I looked around and saw a think branch.”Wild animals….this stick should do fine.” I said grabbing the stick and started running towards the woods putting up my hoody.
    I stopped running and walked around. I listened to the woods…silent. I was confused because it was usually alive in flordia.Suddenly, a crow cawed close by, so loud I jumped.Thats why the woods are silent...It’s either me or another predator roaming the woods.”I better stay on guard incase it’s a mountain lion or a bear.” I thought. Walking deeper and deeper into the woods I picked a tree to climb in too listen for a bit. Ten or Fifteen minutes past and nothing but the sound of crows cawing echoed the woods. I sighed and jumped down from the tree. I decided I should go deeper but go back soon so I don’t get lost. I looked at the watch Twelve seventeen. Suddenly a crack behind me made me spin around. I looked back and forth and grabbed the branch I brought with me. Another crack made me jump back. I suddenly looked around. I was in the open by a little stream.”Hello… who is it?” I managed to studder.Now there was many cracks at once, like it was walking around me. Suddenly a figure came out of the woods; the person was still in the shade behind a tree so I couldn’t see them. I sighed with relief to find it another person.”Hello... who are you?” I asked again.”Why are you in the woods by yourself?” it suddenly snapped at me.”I, um, just decided to take a walk, please come out from the shade and let me see you.” I replied. The person did as I told and walked into the sunlight. I gasped….
    It was the guy who glared at Robbie. I stared hard at him. His icy eyes seemed to stare back at me. He looked as pale as ever. He was wearing a black T shirt with a brown Jacket and Denim Jeans. His hair still neatly parted and aligned.”I- I saw you before… yesterday downtown...” I spoke. He tilted his head a little.”You were with that Robert guy weren’t you?” he replied.”Yes...What are you doing out here?”I asked.”I was...just hiking I guess...” he mumbled and looked away.”Do you live around here?” he suddenly asked.”Yeah I live outside these woods…My names Rachel Bloom…I’m new to this town I guess.” I said. He nodded “Yeah I heard you were moving here...Im new here I...My Name am Seth Vera .I moved here from Venice, Italy a year ago.”You could even tell he was Italian, he had a little bit of an accent in his voice.”You shouldn’t be in the woods alone Rachel. They aren’t safe. “He warned.”Why?” I asked. He glared “They just are safe, the wolfs, the mountain lions and the bears are a threat.” He asked. Suddenly a deer stopped a few feet away. Seth cocked his head its way and his eyes widened. He had a little bit of a grin on his face.”Listen Rachel…I have to keep moving, you should be heading home….” He said while walking in the opposite direction of the deer.”Um, alright… goodbye-.”He was already gone. I stood there in awe. What a awkward moment. I turned around and walked back towards home. Thinking about Seth I stopped in my tracks and gasped in horror. A deer laid on the ground bleeding but bite marks on its neck was where the blood came from. They were like teeth marks…It looks like wolf or human teeth but the blood is keeping it from clearing. I walked around the deer holding my stomach. It looked like the same deer in the woods in front of Seth and I.It was a terrible sight.I walked for about twenty minutes until I came to the opening behind my house.I glanced at the clock, two fourty seven.I looked back at the woods, remembering that awkward moment with seth... thinking about that deer..Seth's warning…and the zipping figure in the woods. I kept walking to the front of the house when I looked to the side of the woods and gasped. Someone was standing on a tree branch and was gone in a split second.”What the!”I spat out. I started to tremble. I couldn’t believe what I just saw…I ran to the front of the house slammed the door and breathed. I slid down the door to sit. I was still in shock from what I just saw...The face I saw…was...Seth’s face...