Another day almost gone, the sky red. 

Moving out of the bed, I grunt my brother helps me stand. The body still aches with pains. Krelle leans me against a wall and hands me a walking stick he grabs a few things off his desk. I go outside with Chino she carries three backpacks. She put one on me                                                               Krelle comes out with a few notebooks and closes the door. Chino tosses him a backpack. A yelp can be heard behind us. We ran away from the house, away from the stupid city. I hated it but loved it, Maybe I'll be better somewhere else.

We headed farther into the forest climbing over boulders. Krelle hops down, I do the same. I neil down feeling the ground floor. the ground has grass but the grass is different, more grass. The boulders look different, as we approach the dispersed rocks. Chino trips scraping her leg. 

"Ouch!" Chino sat on the ground. Krelle sat beside her bandaging up her bloody wound. "How'd you even do that?"  Krelle gives me a side look of disappointment. Chino keeps complaining about the cut. Krelle looks like he's getting pissed. "Chino shut the hell up so I can do this"  he sighs finishing the bandages. He stands up "Now let's get a move on" The sun was starting to rest. Suddenly the rocks started rumbling. "Run!" Krelle cried out. He threw chino over his shoulder and started running.  I couldn't really walk well, but gained better movement with every step. My brother and chino fade into the trees. Something roared loudly. It echoed throughout the trees. Trees thundered falling down, thumps came down on the ground repeat. I look back trolls.  I kept running even when my feet burned. Branches scraped my arms. Jumping over the overgrown roots. The more I skimmed the land the more uneven it was. I tripped and fell to my knees, a cold breeze brushes my skin. Catching my breath, did I lose them? then I heard it.

"Sssssssss..." a breathy breath followed sending shivers down my spine                                                  "what's this..." 

A beautiful breathtaking woman comes out from behind the trees. Not human below her stomach a snake half. I cover my mouth, closing my eyes. Perching myself up the tree. Beads clack against each other in her hair. As branches break and crush against her weight. I could feel her coming closer. She parts my legs, pushing against me. Her hot steamy breaths gives me goosebumps.

"Hello? human?. Are you dead?"  she pokes my face. Her voice is thick and deep, making me feel all tingly. I hesitate then nod slightly.  "Good. I like them alive" she whispered in my ear. Entangling me with her voice, the woman grabbed my neck. Pushing her thumb under my jaw, moving my head back. Her touch was alluring   did I want more? 

I tremble at her touch. She leaned in close, her lips softly brushed along my cheek. "For a human... you're quite strong" the woman churned delightfully in excitement. "hmm.. " she twirled a curl around her finger "How about we leave, and go somewhere where I won't be flatten by trolls." The strange human nods slightly "I'd liked going with a stranger that I just met in the forest! even while wrapped in bandages?-!"  I toss the human girl over my shoulder without question What could I say she intrigued me? The girl tugs on my hair. I sigh, and blow my hair out my face.

I slither around until I see it my favorite place... 

 I wake up lying in mud, I wipe off the drool from the side of my mouth. Where am I? I gag at the horridness smell. The place reeks of fecal matter. I get up but slip face-planting into the mud. I wipe my face. A branch is right above me, reaching for the branch, I grasp hold of it. Pulling myself up risk fully, my bandages slip off, dropping into the muddy mix. I lay above the hot swamp, trembling at my stinging open cuts. My head hurts really bad. drifting into space, I see my backpack hanging on a thin branch, untouched by the swamp.

I stand up limping against the bark of the tree. I snap a small twig off the tree, I skim around was she near? 

I huffed, the trees waned and creaked in the mud and rumbled

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