Fear is when we perceive a threat that allows us to move quickly away from it. At this point I didn’t know where I was going but I did know that I was very scare. How did I managed to get into the dark woods at midnight was another different story. As my heart kept pounding fast I continued to walk in a faster pace.

I suddenly stopped and turned around when I heard a few howls. There was no one and nothing around, just trees and fog but that howling sound was still around.

I continued to walk away when I heard a small howl. I saw that an owl was looking directly at me while being on top of a tree branch. He howled again and I noticed the difference of the previous one. This howl was low and sweet but the previous one was hard and rough as if it belonged to a monster. The owl turned his gaze from me to the sky and when I reached the same pattern I saw the moon. It was a full moon. I looked at the owl again and this time he was staring at me. Did it just show me the full moon? Why?

I thought it was best to ignore the owl and continue to walk as far away as possible from the bigger howling getting closer. I was beginning to freak out because not only I didn’t know how I got here but also I didn’t know where here was.

I tried to hurry my pace faster than before until I tripped with what felt like a thick thing.

“Shit”, I cursed running my hand in my legs. When I raised my hand I noticed a red substance all over it. I closely took my hand and smelled it. It was blood. When I realized what it was I quickly stood up and looked around. I saw body parts all over the floor. I was still in the woods and there were fragments of people all around me.

I yelled scared of what I just had discovered. Obviously I was completely alone. It was darker than five minutes ago. I decided to run as fast as I could. I didn’t know which way I was going neither I cared as long as I was away.

Not only the howling was still rough but also it was closer. The fog was too heavy for me to see the way I was running. I felt tears run down my face as I continued. This time I was freaking out and I couldn’t stop to feel like I was about to die.

I was constantly hitting my body against either trees or their branches. I didn’t care about the pain I started to feel when I ran. Falling down must have put one of my ankles sore. At this point I didn’t care about pain, all I cared about was getting the hell out of the woods safe.

Suddenly my heart almost stopped beating. I had stopped running and was now looking at a dark figure in front of me. Everything was dark, I could still see its shadows but one thing I did see clearly were his red eyes getting closer to me.

Wondering who or what it was I started to walk slowly backwards. The red eyes were still approaching. I was beginning to feel my heart get out of my chest when I saw other four figures around me.

The red eyes became close and howled. I let out sobs of fear. It was a wolf. They were all wolves. Not dog like wolves, they were huge animals.

When the one in front of me howled the other four took two steps back.
I felt on my butt crying when the wolf got closer to me. I closed my eyes waiting for what was going to happen next. I was completely sure I was going to be their dinner.

I decided to open my eyes slowly when I didn’t felt they were devouring me. When I did, I saw the wolves were still there but this time something was different about the one in front of me. His eyes managed to change from red to hazel.

It was looking directly at me, now howling, not showing just its teeth, and just looking as if it was staring at my soul. I don’t know what came over me when I decided to slowly put my hand up as to touch it. I tentatively raised my hand and touched just a bit of its fur. Soon after, its eyes turned red opening its big mouth to howl. The wolf got closer to me and that’s when I woke up from my dream.

I woke up panting to the sound of screams. Why did I have that dream? I looked around and saw that I was in a somewhat dark room with lots of candles. I was confused because I didn’t know where I was. All I remembered was being in a Halloween party with my friends Mona, Jake and Martin. They had invited me to a costume party in a cabin in the woods.

The cabin had been abandoned for quite some time and we didn’t know the people who bought it and threw the party.

Why was I in this room? Where was this room at?
Slowly I gained the strength to walk to the door. I opened the door slowly and I heard music coming from a not so far distance. I decided to get out of here because I wanted to look for my friends.

Did I get drunk? Did I hook up with someone? Why was I in that room alone?
I started to walk the hall that was outside the bedroom. I noticed I was in a second floor when I saw a sight of stairs a few steps front. When my eyes glanced at the bottom I realized I was in the cabin. It was the same cabin that we went to the Halloween party. People were in costumes dancing and drinking. The music was blaring and I thought that the screams must have been part of the Halloween decoration effects.

I continued my way to the stairs when again I heard screams but they were coming from the hall I had just left. I was now confused because the upper side of the cabin was not decorated with any items and I didn’t understand why they would have effects up here.

My curiosity won and I decided to get back to the hall and check if I was imagining any crazy thoughts.

I was walking slowly and I could fear my heart beat faster than it should have.
I passed the door of the bedroom I was in. I saw a few more doors and I couldn’t open them because they were locked. There were five rooms all together and they were all locked. I noticed a small stairs that led to an upper dark place. It looked like an attic. I heard a scream and this time I freaked out because it sounded like my best friend Mona. I ran up to the attic and as soon as I opened the door I wanted to die. Mona, Jake and Martin were hanging from the attic with ropes tied around their wrists. There was blood everywhere and five men with red eyes in a circle.

They all looked at me as soon as I screamed when I saw my friends cover in blood. I ran backwards and two of the men jumped so high that they were in front of me in less than a second.

One of them grabbed me by my hair and pulled me inside the attic.

“No, let me go”, I yelled freaking out and feeling the tears run down my face.
“Shhh, baby, its okay”, One of the men said caring my cheek. I was scared. My heart was beating so fast that it wanted to get out of my chest right then and there. I had the opportunity to observe the guy who was caring my face and the first thing I noticed were his beautiful hazel eyes which looked very familiar to me.

“Please don’t”, I pleaded after I looked at the bodies of my friends. I knew they were dead. All their insides were all over the floor and Mona’s neck had a big scratched on her neck, where she was bleeding out.

I cried.

“Shadows, the ritual must start”, one of the guys that had long hair and a fedora hat said to the guy that was caring my cheeks.

I tried to get out of the two guy’s grip but it was useless. They were too strong.
“Who are you? Why are you doing this?”, I yelled crying.

“You forgot about me so soon?”, the guy that I learned was called Shadows replied.

I looked at him confused. What was he talking about? Have I met him before?

“Maybe this will make you remember”, Shadows said before his face was getting closer to mine. I started to move my head to the sides because it looked like he was going to kiss me. I felt his warm lips on mine and that’s when vivid images of these men started to appear in my mind.