If the other side had know who the girl was then he would have left her.

The shells she had gathered rattled in her pockets. The taste of her lips bringing the other side back to reality as he feasted on the scared girl. Pulling his head away from the girls lips he once again said "I need to know your name."

This time the girl didn't fight him. Seduced by the kiss the girl whispered "Juniper"

The other side froze as the girls name rang loudly in his ears. Another voice mixing with her soft whisper. The words so blurred the other side couldn't distinguish the words. The room began to spin as the girl grew heavy in his arms.

A bright light began to form in her chest as the other side slumped to the floor of the small room. The walls crowding him more as the light grew brighter. "How?" He questioned as he slumped forward covering the small girl in his arms with his body.

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The sun rose high in the sky as Juniper opened her eyes. The warmth of her blankets a comfort as she stretched out her tired limbs.

With a yawn, juniper sat up in her bed. 'How did I get home?' She asked herself as she looked around her room.

She got up and quickly dressed. The events from the other day a blurred memory. That was until she found a pile of cloths covered in sand and mud. The cloths exactly like she had been wearing in her dream. Or was it a dream? She couldn't distinguish if it had been a dream or reality.

Furrowing her brows she tried desperately to remember. Where had the man taken her? What was the thing that came to her? What happened after the thing came in to the room?

"Juniper!" A voice called out. Running out of her room and down the hall the events of the other day forgotten as she entered her mothers room. So frail and weak, her mother was a shell of her former self. 

"I am right here mother." Juniper said as she came closer to the bed. Her mother smiled lightly until her eyes focused on her daughter.

"Juniper what happened to you yesterday?" Her mother asked, suddenly concerned.

"Nothing happened mother. I went looking for the shells. I...." Juniper paused as she thought of the shells she had collected. "I will be right back mother. I think I found all the ones we needed." Running off again Juniper ran back to her room.  She picked up the cloths and quickly searched the pockets. "Where are they?" She asked herself as she frantically searched. Getting angry and frustrated she threw her cloths back down on the floor.

A knock on the door sounded as Juniper thought of where the shells could be. Heading to the door still frowning she opened the door on the third knock. "You!" She said when she saw the man standing on the step.

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