Pumpkin The Lucky Kitten

There was a six month old kitten that was black with tan spots. One day a little boy found the kitten and asked his parents if he could keep it. His parents sadly told him no because their apartments didn't allow cats. This made him very sad but he understood. The boy's parents did say they would take it to a no kill shelter where she will be safe and will go to a good home. This made him happy. At least she can be given to someone else who will love her.

When the boy and his parents went to take her to a shelter, the high energy kitten took off chasing a bug. She was so fast that neither the boy or his parents could catch her. The boy became sad and worried for the kitten. His mom tried to comfort him and told him the kitten would be okay.

When the kitten finally caught the bug, she realized she was lost in a small wooded area. She looked around and started meowing hoping someone would hear her. She then went exploring to try and find some food and water. Bugs were good but they didn't fill her tummy.

A couple of days go by and she still couldn't find a good meal. She tried to get some birds and squirrels but they were faster than her. She finally made it out of the trees and sat beside the road. She started meowing once again. The poor thing was scared, alone and hungry. 

A car with a little old couple spotted the lonely kitten. They stopped and picked her up. They just didn't have the heart to leave her out there like that. They took her to the vet to make sure she was okay to give her some shots to keep her healthy.

The couple couldn't keep her but decided to give the kitten to their granddaughter. Their daughter and granddaughter were going to move nearby and they thought the kitten would be a wonderful gift.

The couple bought some cat food and cat litter. The kitten was exhausted and still scared but at least she was now in a warm place with food and water.

The following week, the couple's daughter arrived. When they told her about the kitten, the mother said her daughter would love it. Boy was she right.

When the little girl Elizabeth saw the kitten, she squealed with excitement. Elizabeth decided to call her new kitten Pumpkin. The tan spots looked orangeish and made her think of Halloween which made her think of a pumpkin.

Later that day, Elizabeth and her mom stopped at the pet store to get a few toys and a collar. The collar had a little bell. The color of the color was white with a green decoration. The white part of the collar reflected when light hit it especially in the dark. This made it easier to see Pumpkin at night.

A few days later, Elizabeth introduced her new kitten to a new friend that she met the day she moved in. When the boy saw the kitten, he became really excited. He told her, "that's the kitty I told you about that ran into the woods!". He was so happy to know that Pumpkin was safe and that he would get to see her sometimes.

Elizabeth loved Pumpkin. It took awhile for the kitty to get used to everything. She soon became relaxed and was back to her hyper curious self. Pumpkin was very happy to have a loving family. Now if she could only stop being so curious and get into everything.

My Crazy Day

Chapter 1

What a crazy day I've had. When I woke up this morning & headed for the bathroom, I some how tripped over my own feet, slamming myself into the wall while stubbing my toe.

I go into the kitchen to make myself breakfast, didn't see my cat walk right in my path & stepped on her tail. Poor thing. I pour my cereal, went to get the milk but it was gone. UGH! So I make eggs. Everything is fine but then I saw a piece of shell in my eggs. I go to take it out & burn myself, drop the spatula in the process.

Things start to calm down until I take my shower. I forgot to check the water before I climbed in so naturally I freeze my ass off, found a bug bite on my ass, cut myself shaving, got shampoo in my eye & realized I had no wash cloth to wipe my face.

As I go to brush my teeth, the toothpaste falls off my toothbrush before hitting my mouth. How does this happen? This day has barley started & already I want to crawl back to bed.

Chapter 2 

I was planning on taking a trip to downtown but first I wanted to check a few things on the computer. I see Donnie Wahlberg on twitter giving out twitter hugs. I decided what the hell even though I've had my fair share. I just won't try as hard. My cat jumps up on the desk & is in the way as I start to type my tweet to him. The cat steps on the keyboard putting up random letters & then steps on the 'Enter' key before I can stop her!!

I am sitting there hoping that this is the one tweet he doesn't see. Then, there it is, a response from Donnie: "Um, sorry? lol"

Could this day get any worse? The embarrassment! I tweet him again explaining what happened ending it with a twug. Not only did he see my second tweet but responded again (hehe): "lmao. TWUGS!! Twugs to your kitty too!"

I have to say, his tweets brightened my day. :-D

Chapter 3 

I get downtown to do some photography. So far nothing else has happened. As I start to walk towards my favorite place to eat downtown thinking maybe my day has turned for the better, I bump into this guy.

"Oh my God, I'm so sorry. It's been that kind of day for me." I say to the guy who has the most intoxicating smell. 

As we both look at each other, I realize that the man I bumped into was Darren Hayes! I knew he was coming to the states for a little getaway but I didn't know he was coming here. He recognized me from interacting with him on the internet. We chatted for a bit. Both of us mentioned how hungry we were so I nervously asked him if I could treat him to my favorite place. He accepted. Holy crap, my day is getting better.

We are having a good time talking, eating, laughing & being silly. At one point Darren said something really funny (you know the side splitting funny things). When I went to put my hand down, it hit my fork which sent it upwards & flipping in the air! SERIOUSLY! Why now? Why in front of Darren?  I turned so red but it just got us laughing & making more jokes. I guess it's not all that bad, but still! 

I finally get home & in one piece. Maybe I shouldn't have gone out with the day I had but then I wouldn't have met Darren.

I'm lying there on the couch thinking about my day & just random things in life. They were coming & going like lightning. I decided to write (at least try) what was going through my head. I reach for my pen & paper then bam, the thoughts flew away like a bird. Grrrrr. I smack my head with the pen still in my hand. Ouch, that hurt! It left a pen mark on my head.

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After chatting with a friend on FB for a few hours, I figured I would try to relax with a movie & a small bowl of ice cream. As I am scooping the ice cream out of the container, a scoop got away. It fell on the floor & rolled under the refrigerator! DAMMIT! Ice cream is supposed to go plop, not fucking roll! It rolled far back enough that I couldn't get to it. I'll just clean it up tomorrow.

I end my day by watching my movie & getting all snuggly in my bed. I reflect on everything that happened to me today. Wow, what a crazy but pretty awesome day I had. I just smiled & went to sleep hoping the next day will be better, well some of it anyways.

This is obviously a fiction story. It just came to me when I went to write a blog about the things that were going through my head. There is a little truth to it though. I think one time me or somebody else hit a fork & it flipped in the air. Donnie has sent me several tweets & one of my fears is that my cat will step on the computer & hit enter when I am chatting with someone like Donnie or Darren. I do have a favorite place to eat downtown when I can go there. There have been times when the toothpaste has fallen off my toothbrush as I am putting it in my mouth. Random & crazy things do come & go in my head faster than I can write which drives me nuts. Now the ice cream thing really did happen to me!  lol 

I was hoping that instead of writing another story, I could finish the one I have been wanting to finish but really stuck on (the magical islands one). Hope this means my little brain is becoming active again & I can finish it. Hope you enjoyed my story. :D

Elephante'

***Note*** The 'E' at the end of elephant is pronounced 'A'. Since there is nothing on the keyboard that has the mark to go over it, I have to use the ' mark.

Elephante' was an elephant who was different from the others. He was fascinated by everything, enjoyed music that others weren't into, was into art, liked to create stories and pretty much kept to himself. He always felt alone and out of place. When he would try to make friends, he was ignored and they talked mean to him. They thought he was weird, looked at him like he was something from the sewer pits and whispered things behind his back.

One day Elephante' went out with his mom to some garage sales. On one of their stops, he started looking through things on his own when something caught his attention. It was blue overalls with little white specks, trimmed in another blue and had gold like snaps. He didn't know why but he feel in love with them. He wanted them so bad. His mom was unsure at first because all the elephants didn't wear clothes; it was in their nature after all. She decided why not, no harm in it. He was so excited.

The following Monday, Elephante' decided to wear his new overalls to school. Everyone started pointing and laughing at him. "Freak!" "Why are you so weird?" "You're so stupid!" Even the teachers thought he was being a little weird.

Elephante' felt even worse about himself. He wondered why they couldn't accept him the way he was? Was there really something wrong with him? The parents of the other elephants were also making comments. They couldn't understand why or how Elephante's parents could allow him to be that way. They didn't want their kids to be around him. His parents tried to talk to the school but all they said was that he shouldn't be wearing clothes and acting so weird; that he is causing a disturbance. His parents were outraged. They told the school that he should be however he wants too be without worrying about his safety, emotionally and physically.

Elephante' didn't want to go to school anymore. He didn't even want to go outside because no matter where he went, he was teased. He felt so lost and alone. Nobody was doing anything about the issue and his parents could only do so much. He had no choice but to go back to school.

The next day he didn't wear the overalls. The kids teased him even more so. "Where are your clown clothes?" "You're a weirdo." They even started to throw things at him and threaten him. He couldn't take it anymore and tried to stick up for himself. It turned ugly and he ended up getting into trouble along with one of the bullies. Later that nigh he felt the worse he has ever felt in his life.

When he woke up in the morning, he just laid there. He didn't want to face another day of teasing. He took a deep breath and decided to wear his overalls. He was being teased no matter what so why not continue to be himself. Then it hit him, so what if he was weird? It's what made him different than the others. Different is a good thing. At least he was being true to himself and did what made him happy. That's all that really mattered. He knew he was going to do something good with his life.

Elephante' put on his overalls and went to school with his head held high. It was very hard but he knew he didn't need those negative elephants in his life. He would rather be friends with someone who was nice and liked him for who he was even if it took a long time to find that elephant friend.

As time went on, the other elephants started to see a change in Elephante'. Soon the teasing became less and less. As the years went by, Elephante' learned how to make his own clothes. He also got into making hats and scarfs.

Elephante' also got more into his art. He would take his clothes and art, give them as gifts and to sick little elephants. At first no one knew what to make of the clothes. As they put on the clothes, they realized it was all pretty cool. It made the little elephants excited. This is what he wanted to do, make clothes and art for everyone.

As Elephante' got a lot older, he made some friends and even a girlfriend. He started his own clothing line and store. He sold his art to bring in extra money. His clothing store was a struggle at first because it still took awhile for others to get into wearing clothes. After a couple of years, his business finally took off.

Elephante' soon after got married and had kids of his own. He then started making clothes for other animals. One night sitting on his deck porch, looking at the stars, he thought back to everything that has happened in his life. He was so glad he worked hard and pushed through all the negative things that happened in his life and stuck to being himself no matter how tough it was. He has made himself a better elephant and a happy one. For those bully elephants, they are now wearing his clothes and are not truly happy with their lives. 

No matter how hard things may be, how lost and alone you may feel, if you stay true to yourself and work hard, one day you can be like Elephante'.

The Strange Guest

So awhile back when I was scrolling through Word Press, someone posted a sentence and wanted others to tell what happened next. I am usually not good at creating stories "on the spot" like that but I thought I would challenge myself. Well I came up with one. After posting it and reading it a few times, I realized I should have added a few more things. So here I will post what I wrote with the changes.

Daily Prompt: Unexplained Guest – “You walk into your home to find a couple you don’t know sitting in your living room, eating a slice of cake. Tell us what happens next.”

What a long day and it barely started. I had an early morning photography meet-up at a lake and couldn’t wait to get back home even though I had fun. It was 11am as I was walking up to my house. I was so ready for a shower and a nap.

As I started to turn the key to unlock my door, I heard weird noises coming from inside. I carefully opened the door and there I saw two strange people sitting on the couch eating a slice of red velvet cake.

I looked around to make sure I had the right house. Since I did just unlock the door, it would make sense that I had the right house. I slowly stepped in holding my tripod over my head with the pointy feet facing out, ready to stab and beat someone.

“Who the hell are you? Why are you in my house? And how did you even get in?”

The frightened couple  looked up at me with red and white stuff all over their faces. Hey, why are they scared? They are the ones that are in my house eating my cake.

As I stared at them, I noticed something really odd about the strangers. Their skin was a pale blue with tiny like scales all over, their hair was almost white, their eyes were round and pink and they seemed to be thin but not boney.

“*^#@x?A%~” said the short-haired one in some weird language.

“Please don’t harm us. We are not here to hurt you. We are visitors and just want to experiment your kind’s lifestyle.” said the long-haired one.

Their voices had a synthesized tone to it. It was kinda cool and creepy at the same time.

“Um, okay. Visitors?”

“Yes, we’re from the planet Zuna. We find Earth interesting and want to try out things here on your planet.” said the short-haired one.

Even though I was still freaked, I lowered my tripod and sat my other things down on the coffee table.

“You know, you shouldn’t just enter people’s homes and start eating their food. It’s rude and you’re likely to get hurt if caught by the wrong people.”

“Sorry, we didn’t mean to be rude. On our planet, everyone is like family and we don’t have those customs. My name is Dezmia and this is my husband Zurkla.” the long-haired one said.

“How did you get into the house since it was locked?”

Zurkla said, “We can teleport. It’s how we get around most places.”

I gave them some milk to wash down the cake. They thought both the cake and milk was interesting. When I explained to them what milk was and where it came from, they got a weird look on their face.

Dezmia stared at her milk and said “So, you squeeze white stuff out of an animal and drink it? How very interesting.”

They asked about my gear and I explained about the concept of pictures and showed them what I took. They thought our planet was very pretty and explained what theirs looked like.

Their planet was what we would know to be very cold, like below zero temperatures. Their structures were like ice buildings. They also spent a lot of time in the water but could also breath out of it. Their food was what they would find in the waters. They could talk with just their minds, move things without touching them and their hearing was like sonar. They were a peace-loving species.

When I asked them how can they be on earth with our warmer climate, they told me that they are able to adjust to the temperatures in their surrounding area. They also told me even though they have sonic hearing, sometimes they can still get distracted and not hear something right away. It's how I startled them when I walked in.

I then told them a little about our culture. They were sadden to hear that we are not so peaceful and fight over the smallest things. I also explained to them about movies, tv shows and music. I played some 60′s-today’s music, told them about the people I liked and why and we also danced. Their way of dancing is so weird-looking. It looked more like they were having seizures. It was funny to watch and come to think of it, some of our dances are not much better, hahaha.

I gave them a list of tv shows and movies that they should watch. We did end up watching ‘Star Wars’ (they picked it, not me). I had to remind them that it wasn’t real. They did tell me that something similar did actual happen in their galaxy between two other worlds. How freaky is that?

It was getting late and they had to get back home. They thanked me for having them and I thanked them for not killing me.  I think I actually might miss them. I was able to take my shower but it was too late to take my nap. I just wrote about my experience and turned in early thinking about my very weird day.

A Nightmare In One Week Chapter 4

It was Darlene's last full day at the hell house. She spent it sleeping off and on and making sure all her stuff was together. She wanted to be out of there as fast as possible. She also cleaned everything to make sure things were prefect.

As night started to come, Darlene started to get nervous again. After dinner and cleaning up the kitchen, she talked to one of her friends for awhile. By the time she got off the phone, it was 11:30 pm. Maybe nothing will happen since everything has been quiet. She decided to sleep on the couch. She kept the light on, curled up and started to fall asleep.

Darlene was now in a very light sleep when the lighs started to flicker then finally shut off. This made her wake up, sit straight up and grabbed the knife she still carried with her. She then started to hear the familiar sounds from the previous nights. She noticed a silhouette of the creature right out the window. It started to rattle the window then it did a creepy laugh.

Darlene sat there frozen in terror. The creature disappeared from the window and tried to open the front door but it was locked. It started scratching frantically and banging on the door.

"You can't hide in there for long" it hissed.

Darlene didn't respond but she started crying hysterically. She had no idea if there was a flashlight or where one might be. He continued to torture her by going around outside the house making noises. Sometimes things would go quiet for awhile only to have them start again with the shaking and banging on the windows and doors making her jump and cry even more.

When things went quiet again, she couldn't remember if she locked the back door earlier. Shit! Darlene made her way though the dark to the back door and saw that it was wide open!

She ran back into the front -room, grabbed her keys from the coffee table and ran out the door to her car. Darlene had to get out of there. In the morning she would return to meet the guy and get her stuff.

After fumbling with her keys, Darlene finally got into her car and tried o start it. Her fear came true when the car wouldn't start. It didn't even make a noise. "oh no, this can't be happening." She knew the car was in good shape and couldn't understand why it was dead. No matter how often she turned the key, it just wouldn't start.

"Dammit!" She got out of the car and looked under the hood and that's when she saw the cords and tubes were sliced everywhere. She was now in complete fear for her life.

She couldn't run into the woods because that would be more unsafe than the house. Staying inside the car wasn't a choice either because she would be completely trapped. She couldn't stay outside either because there was nowhere to go or nothing to help protect herself. The only option Darlene felt she had was to go back inside the house.

She ran back in the dark house and picked up the knife. She wish she knew if the guy had an axe or something. She didn't feel safe looking for one because the creature could easily sneak up on her while she tried looking in the shed. She could do damage with the knife, it just would take longer.

As she heard the floor above her creek, she hid in the closet locking it. Darlene hoped that the creature would just go away if it didn't see her. She decided to call the cops. After all, they had guns. Now if she just could stay hidden until they got there.

Darlene told the dispatcher there was an armed intruder, that she was in the closet hiding, the address and that the lights weren't working. The guy told her it woud take them anywhere between 10-15 minutes and to try and hang on. She didn't like waiting that long but she understood.

The dispatcher stayed with her on the phone to try and keep her cal and to relay information to the cops when needed. The thing started to go down the stairs looking for his prey. It made some kind of howl noise as it was looking for her. Darlene started crying silently and covered her mouth.

The creature was now standing in front of the closet. She could hear it sniffing for her scent. Darlene gasped and held her breath. She knew this wasn't good.

"I can smell yooooou and you smell taaassty" it hissed with a laugh.

It turned abruptly towards the closet door and started banging and clawing at it. Darlene now started screaming. This terrified the dispatcher. He tried to find out what was going on but had no clue. He told the cops what he was hearing. This stressed the cops out because they could go only so fast. Even going top speed wouldn't get them there fast enough. They felt helpless and was frustrated that the house was so far away.

It was a struggle but the creature managed to break open the door. There stood the seven foot monster right before her eyes. The claws, teeth and red eyes looked even more menacing up close. Darlene let out a blood curdling scream and tried to run past it.

Darlene almost made it past him but the monster whipped around, grabbed her, pulled her down to the floor and dragged her away fro the front door. She dropped the phone with the guy yelling at the other end trying to ask if she was okay. She did mange to grab the knife, stab the creature a few times and kicked him off of her.

Darlene tried to fight by going after him to stab him some more. She wanted to kill it or seriously injure it, mostly kill it. It was working or so she thought. She got him pretty good a few times. Unfortunately she couldn't get him in the important areas, he was putting up a good fight. It pretended to be unconscious as she headed for the front door. Just as she was about to run out of the house , the creature jumped up, pulled her face first onto the floor and dragged her again. She lost her knife in the battle.

Darlene screamed for her life as the monster ripped into her, slamming her head several times on the floor and biting her. The cops got there,  found the victim sprawled on the floor and torn to shreds with parts of her eaten. It was the most horrific thing the cops ever seen in their life.

The next day when Hedley came home, he found out what happened. He had to stay away from his home while the detectives did their investigation. The town had mixed emotions about what happened. Some thought it was a demon and some thought it was Hedley himself. Others figured it was just a wild animal that accidentally got in the house. 

A few days after the detectives were done and a hazmat team cleaned up the place, Hedley returned to his home. He stood there in his front-room shocked and just shook his head. He took a couple of newspaper clippings from his coat pocket, one about Darlene and another about another girl that was found in the woods torn up and went up to the locked room.

As he stepped in th secret room and turned on the light, he looked at all the other newspaper clippings of other people that were found torn up in the woods. He had pinned them all over the walls. He added the other two to his collection while taking a deep breath.

"They never listen. I warned her. Others are warned about the woods. They just don't listen."

He turned off the light and walked out locking the door behind him. That night the creature in the woods howled. Hedley was safe for now. After all, he made a pact with the creature. They each lived in their own space and once in awhile Hedley let the creature feed on bad people or ones he hated and other animals, sometimes leading people into the woods to feed the creature. He knew someday the monster would come for him. But until then, in some sick way, they looked out for each other and needed each other. He hated when nice people got caught b the creature but there was nothing he could do if he wanted to keep his own life. So in some way, some of the towns people were right, it was Hedley who killed those innocent people.

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A Nightmare In One Week Chapter 3

At around 10:00 pm, Darlene started reading her second book. She got pretty far into it, about half way through, when she started to dose off. The words started to get blurry and mushed together. She jolted awake to a tapping noise at the back door. She closed her book and just sat there listening. She shrugged it off thinking it was just her imagination.

Darlene decided to head off to bed. When she stopped in the kitchen to get a glass of water, she felt like she was being watched. She turned to look out the backdoor window when she could have sworn she saw a black figure disappear into the night. It had red glowing eyes. Or did it? Was it even really there? It did look like the figure from before. She must be more tired than she thought.

Darlene had a hard time falling asleep. She thought she kept hearing noises of footsteps, knocking and scraping noises coming from outside just below her window. She was to scared to look outside. Eventually she was so tired that even the creepy noises couldn't keep her awake.

The next day she was still a little shaken from last night. Darlene managed to get through the day by cleaning, exercising and reading the rest of her book. She even chatted on-line with some friends. She didn't bring up the creepy things that were going on because she didn't want to sound crazy. Plus she didn't even know if everything was just all in her head.  

After her dinner, she cleaned up and curled up on the couch to watch a movie on HBO. Half way into the movie, she heard what sounded like claws scraping along the house. Oh no, not again she thought. It had to be the wind or wild animals. Yeah that's it, wild animals.

This went on for the rest of the movie. It would stop then start again. She did her best to ignore it until it was time for bed. When she went to the bathroom, the window started to rattle. Now that had to be the wind but it still scared her shitless. She ran upstairs to her room and curled up under the blankets.

This time Darlene kept the bedroom light on because being in the dark was too much for her. Just when things seemed to be calmed down, from below her window, she heard hissing noises. Not like a snake but more like from an animal. What the hell is going on? Then came more of the claws against the house and now deep growling. No matter what she told herself, she knew something weird was going on.

Eventually everything stopped and she was able to fall asleep but it was a restless sleep. The next day, she was so tired from the lack of sleep she was getting. She was now on edge and jumped at every noise even during the day.

She went into the backyard and stared at the woods. That's when everything started, when she went in them. She figured someone was out there messing with her. It gave her the chills because she didn't know how far this person would go or what they were capable of.

The rest of the day she was restless and was was worse when night came. Each night was getting worse and she just wanted it to stop. Darlene knew the police wouldn't come unless they were really needed since it would take them at least ten minutes to get there. Luckily there was only two nights left before Hedley came home.

Darlene grabbed the biggest knife she could find in the kitchen and took it wherever she went. Everything seemed okay, except for her nerves, until around midnight. There was knocking on the front door but when she looked outside, nobody was there. Tapping and nails being dragged on the window was making her cringe with fear. Then it sounded like someone or something was on the roof of the house, trying to claw their way through.

At one point it even sounded like it was in the walls or at least outside along the walls. She peaked outside and thought she saw the back of a creature. It looked to be dark gray, skinny and bony. The fingers were like claws, thin strands of hair coming from the head and pointy ears. What the hell was she looking at; was she seeing things? Before it turned the corner, it looked back at her with a big creepy grin. It had really sharp teeth, a long face and big red eyes. Darlene quickly stepped back, terrified at what she just saw.

Darlene sat on her bed with her knees up to her chest, rocking back and forth trying to loose the image in her head. The creature crawled it's way up to her window and started scraping and tapping. It hissed out the words "I seeee you".

Finally it jumped down in the backyard and ran into the woods. She knew she had to get out of there but there was still one night left. If she could just get through it, she will never have to go back to that place again. Just then, in the distance, she thought she heard a blood curdling scream coming from the woods. After several minutes, everything was quiet again. She didn't fall asleep until the sun started to come up.

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A Nightmare In One Week Chapter 2

In the first three days and nights she was there, she finished one of her books and did some knitting while watching her movies. She was going through everything faster than she thought she would. By the fourth day, she was starting to get bored.

She stepped out into the backyard and stared at the woods. She knew she was warned about them but she still didn't understand why. The woods can be dangerous with lions, tigers and bears oh my. She chuckled at her own little joke. On a more serious note, the dangers that the woods can bring wasn't enough for the guy to be so stern about them and for her to just ignore them.

Darlene figured what the hell. She had her pepper spray that she could take with her. She also grabbed some paper, a marker and some stick pins that she could take so she could mark her way through the trail. The last thing she needed was to get lost.

The trail was pretty easy to find. As she made her way through, every few feet she pined a paper with a number on it to a soft spot in a tree. She started from 1 counting up at each stop so all she had to do was count backwards on her way back.

She finally reached the creek. It was gorgeous and peaceful. There were small cascades over rocks and some bigger rocks that she sat on. She took some photos from her phone and just took everything in. She then heard some branches crack behind her. She whipped around but nothing was there. Probably just an animal but she didn't want to stick around to see what it could be so she got up and continued down the trail.

About five minutes later, she finally reached the lake. It was smaller then she expected but it was still a sight to see. She could see all the way around the lake and the trees surrounding it. Some areas of the lake had huge boulders to sit or lay on. Some where placed where you could walk out onto the lake.

She went to one of the boulders, stripped to her under clothes and dove off the giant rock. The water felt so refreshing. She started to get tired so she got back onto the giant rock and laid there. When she started to doze off, she knew it was time to head back.

The walk back didn't feel so relaxing. Darlene couldn't shake the feeling of being watched. It really started to make her feel nervous. When she reached the creek, she heard someone or something following her. She picked up the pace and kept looking around to see if she saw anything. At first she didn't but then she did see something. She stopped for a moment but it was gone almost as fast as she saw it. Did she really see a big black thing watching her? It had to be her imagination. I mean Hedley being creepy about it could be making her paranoid. She then started to jog back to the house tearing down each number as she came across it.

When she got to the house and inside, she locked the door behind her. After catching her breath, she took a long hot shower. After dinner, she checked her facebook page and found some stuff on Netflix to watch hoping that it would help her get her mind off the creepy walk back. Little did she know that her nights would no longer be peaceful.

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