The Hakurei Apprentice Revenant One 2015/12/23 (Wed) 07:25 No. 38956 [Reply] ▼ File
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Hey folks! New here to Touhou-project, and I've been sitting on this idea for a while. Will be posting it here, hoping for some good fun. Now sit back and enjoy the show!
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Leaves crunched under my feet. I held my head up, staring straight on, looking for some kind of path to follow. Anything to take me back the way I came. A few glances around. No, nothing. The only way to go was forward.
The dark forest taunted me. Each passing second stretched on for an eternity. My shaking body never stopped. Fear and anxiety overtook me.
“H-hello?” I tried to yell. I wanted someone to come save me. “Is there anyone there? Hello?”
It felt like there was someone there. Someone beyond the thicket that had their eyes on me. If I didn’t keep walking, if I didn’t say anything, whatever was there was going to devour me.
Keep walking. Had to keep walking.
My legs moved, but my eyes didn’t. They were still fixed on the black between the leafless trees. Autumn air assaulted my face.
“Hello? Is there anyone there? HELLO!”
It was cold, but bearable. Whatever was in front of me couldn’t be any worse than what was behind.
“ANYONE!”
Leaves crackled.
Yes, there was something chasing me. My instincts were right. I had to keep running no matter what.
Then, I stopped. My body collided with the ground. I wanted to cry. It hurt. But I didn’t. I shuffled my feet into a run. Though before I could even stand, I hit the ground a second time.
It wasn’t a branch like the first time I fell. I turned slowly back.
Two red eyes illuminating the dark.
A smile from ear to ear baring fangs.
I knew I couldn’t get away. I closed my eyes, trying not to cry. I knew it was hopeless.
“Let’s eat!”
… And that’s when I was saved.
There was a shift in the air. I was pulled forward, out of the monster’s grip. I turned to look. What the devil bit into wasn’t me, but a traffic sign?
“Sorry, but this one is mine.”
I felt another touch. It was light, but not gentle. I found myself looking
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