2. I was taking a shortcut from the
supermarket through the woods
when I heard it. I looked left. There
it was again but from the right this
time. Then it dawned on me that
there might not be just one of them
but a whole pack all around me. So
I ran. I ran as fast as I could until I
thought I’d lost them, but as soon
as I turned around I saw ten blood
red eyes staring menacingly up at
me. I knew I only had one chance
of survival left .
Desperately I rummaged in my
shopping bag for something,
anything. I pulled out a random
item in my bag . Lettuce. I knew it
wouldn’t give me much time to run
away. Mustering up all my strength
and willpower I threw the ball of
food as far as I could and ran.
3. As soon as I released the ball I knew it was a
good throw. I didn’t dare look behind me to
see if it had worked. I rounded a corner as
fast as I could. There was another corner right
ahead of me. As soon as I rounded it I knew
it was a mistake. I tripped over the branch and
slid five meters on my face. When I looked
up I saw it.
4. An old house stood before me. An old house with
twisted doors, broken shutters and crumbling turrets.
The gargoyles at the wrenched front steps looked like
they had been made by Hades himself. I was
transfixed by it. I felt like destiny was whispering in
my ear. I picked myself up ,dusted myself down and
entered the centuries old house.
5. It was stuffy and cold inside. I felt
like I was turning into a popsicle
stick .It was as dark as death. There
was a smell of rotting food
carcasses in the air. It was as if
someone had died in this I climbed up the stairs. Creak! Creak!
dark, unforgiving, termite infested I felt the trembles in the wood ,and I
house. wasn’t even that heavy! As I reached
the top of the stairs I opened a door.
It led out to the balcony. I peered
over the railing, and then I saw them.
Wolves .
6. They looked like they were afraid to go
inside. But the one that looked like the
leader raised its head, and our eyes
connected for the second and final time.
I didn’t see fear in them, all I saw was
tyranny and hate. It was such a level of
hate that even the devil couldn’t achieve.
Then one step at a time the pack entered
the house.
7. I heard their footsteps on the stairs. I was
desperately hoping the stairs would break
under their weight. Then I heard an almighty
crack. At first I thought it was the stairs until I
saw two menacing blood red eyes turn the
corner. I grabbed the knife I bought at the
supermarket. Quickly I lunged with it. The
wolf reared back in pure terror and in that
split second I slammed the door shut and
jammed the knife in it. I knew it would only
give me about two minutes to get away. But
that’s all the time I needed. I clambered onto
the railing and onto the tree next to it. I
jumped as far as a frog. I felt like a bird
soaring through the air. That sensation
suddenly stopped as I snatched the nearest
branch into my hands. Suddenly my hand
slipped, and I fell to an almost certain death.
8. When I opened my eyes I wasn’t in the
dark cold woods. I was in my very own
sloppily cleaned bedroom. I realised
that it must have been a dream. That
thought was still in my head until I saw
the shopping bag from last night on
the table. But the thing that scared me
the most was that the lettuce and the
knife were not there.
