The Immortal Bite: Chapter 1

~Chapter 1~

“Don’t worry Cali,” My dad told me as he hopped into the driver’s seat of our minivan. “You are going to love Monroeville! The people there are so nice, and friendly.”

I sighed. We were leaving sunny, beautiful California, and we were moving to dull, rainy Monroeville. What kind of name is Monroeville anyway? In Monroeville it rained almost every day, and you could never see the sun there. Monroeville is a hundred times different from California.

A tear rolled down my cheek as we drove away from our house, and Megan’s house. Megan is my best friend, and I was devastated I had to leave her. She was in the window of her house, waving and crying. I had to look away so I wouldn’t break down…again.

Out of all the people in the world, I was most surprised my mother had agreed to moving. She absolutely hated the rain. That’s why she lived in California her whole life. Monroeville would be her own personal hell. My dad on the other hand could care less about the rain. I swear I was not related to him.

“I guess we will just have to learn to love the rain,” My mother said from the passenger seat, as if she was reading my mind.

“Better say goodbye to the sun now.”

My parents started talking about Monroeville, but I didn’t want to hear it. I grabbed my Ipod out of my purse, and put on the headphones. I blared Fall Out Boy, so I couldn’t hear anything. This was going to be a very long, boring trip.
                                                                          
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I was standing in the middle of the forest, in pouring rain. The rain stung my face, and dampened my clothes. Besides the rain, it was totally silent. Almost an eerie silence. The ground was squishy from the rain, and it felt weird to step on.

I gazed across the trees and shrubs, and found a dark silhouette standing in an opening in the trees. I gasped, startled. The black figure was standing motionless, arms at his sides. I couldn’t make out anything from this distance.

“H-hello?” I called out to the person. It didn’t budge. From where I was standing it looked like a tall, scrawny man. I took a couple steps closer.

“Is anyone there?” I called louder this time. No response. Now I was getting frustrated. I started walking faster, until I was running towards the man. I ran into the opening, and skidded to a stop.

It looked like a man, but it wasn’t. It was just a black figure, shaped like a man. The only thing that was on him, was a set of red glowing eyes. They were staring straight at me. I screamed as loud as I could. The thing didn’t blink, it just kept staring at me.

“Cali”

I started running back into the forest, but the figure appeared in front of me, stopping me in my tracks. It seemed to literally come out of nowhere. His eyes bore into mine, and I found myself becoming dizzy.

“Cali”

I tried to run, but my legs wouldn’t work. It was just like a nightmare. You have to run, but you can’t. You try and try, but it gets you nowhere.  The figure seemed to move closer, and I started to sway.

“Cali”

Lips started to form on the demon thing. He smirked, and then revealed a perfect set of teeth…and two pointy fangs dripping in blood. I screamed even louder this time.