As a child I was always told not to go into the woods that were located only down the road from me. We lived in a very remote area, pretty much in the middle of nowhere, by we I mean me and my boyfriend Billy. We bought this house off my parents. And until this day I've always kept my promise! Except for that one time when I was a kid but luckily my parents found me before he did. But lately I've started to have these terrifying nightmares again. I'm lost In those woods, screaming and begging for my life, something is chasing me. I can't see what it is but I can hear it.
Footsteps becoming louder and louder. I awake in a panic, beads of sweat trickling down my forehead. "Are you ok love?" Billy asked, pulling me close. I nodded. "Just another nightmare. Go back to sleep, I'm just going Downstairs to get a drink" "love you" I smiled at him. "I love you too Billy" I needed to know why this was happening to me.
The dreams, they were so real, so vivid. I hated to feel like I had no control over anything. I can't believe I was thinking this but I need to see for myself. I grabbed my coat and headed out my front door. My breathing became more and more erratic the closer I got and finally I was standing just outside the place I'd been warned away from all my life. I took in a deep breath and took my first step inside.
My heart was beating ten times it's normal rate, it was just like my dream. I was standing in the exact same place. Same surroundings, same distant footsteps. SHIT! I needed to run. I ran and ran until I could run no more. I came to stop and hid behind a tree. I could still hear the sound of someone running up behind me. I didn't no what to do, how could I possibly be so fucking stupid? Why did I come here?
After a few minutes the noise died down. I thought I was safe and so I made a run for it. BIG MISTAKE!! In a matter of seconds I was being tackled to the ground. I passed out due to pure fear. When I woke up I was at home in bed. What the hell is going on? That wasn't a dream, I know it wasn't.....was it?
Over the next few nights I kept going back to the woods and the same thing kept happening, I kept waking up in bed next to Billy, like it had all been a dream. I decided one last time to go back, after tonight if the same thing happened Im going to get help from a doctor.
So here I am again, running, hiding and being tackled, I could never face my attacker, I usually wake up before I could see his face but not tonight, tonight I needed it to end. So I gently opened my eyes and gasped in shock. "What are doing?" I asked.
He smiled at me and said "Sweetheart, why do you think your parents always warned you to stay away from these woods? It was so you wouldn't meet me! But you could never listen could you? Always the little rebel disobeying mummy and daddy!" I shook my head. "Billy please!" He chuckled and kissed my cheek. "Maybe next time you'll listen to your mummy when she tells you: DON'T GO INTO THE WOODS. There are monsters lurking In the woods"