I picked up my back pack, when my phone rang out.

'JUDY' in big letters floated on the screen.

I snatched up my phone.

"Judy, where are you? What happened to you," I could feel the panic in my voice.

"Carla," her groggy voice rang out from the other end, "Meet me at the park...Clock tower...Be right there."

She hung up before I could ask her why.

I was confused at this sudden call. Nevertheless I ran to the neighbouring park.

I looked around, scanning the base of the majestic clock tower. There was no sign of her.

I was going to give up my search when I found a hooded figure beckoning to me from the cluster of trees at a distance. That area was in complete shadows and not a single ray of sunlight reached the ground.

As I approached her I could see a pair of hollowed out eyes under the black hood. Her haggard face showed that she was sick.

"What happened to you? You look starved," I caught her hand. They were cold as ice.

She immediately broke free and moved back a step.

"Carla, tell my parents that I can't come home anymore. I am going away," she whispered.

"First you come here," I commented, dragging her by her thin wrists, into the sunlight. She struggled against my grip but was too weak to resist.

"Now tell me everything," I flipped back her hood.

"NO!!!"

A bloodcurdling scream froze me. She dropped to the ground, covering her face with her hands. I was stunned to see blisters forming on every inch of exposed skin. The sun was burning her.

"Hood!" she choked, as I quickly covered her head.

She got up to look at me and in that split second I saw a scar forming across her pale face where the sun had touched her. Covering her face, she ran back through the trees and into the hills nearby. I was too stunned to even follow her.

Just as I had entered my house, my mother came rushing and informed, "Mr. Pearson is dead, found dumped in the nearby landfill. He had no injuries except a snake bite on his neck. The autopsy reports however state blood loss as the cause of death."

To be continued....

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