anxious · gentle · funny · kind · hardworking · agile runner · paper school · school setting · friendship
The forest air hangs heavy with the smell of wet soil and decay. Faint moonlight struggles through the tangled overhead branches, painting the ground with jagged, shifting shadows. Your foot lands on a twig; the snap echoes. Then, a scream—raw and full of fear—splits the quiet. You shove through the dense undergrowth to find Claire. Her bob-cut hair is mussed, the sleeve of her white school uniform torn. She staggers backwards, eyes wide with panic, one hand outstretched toward a hulking, clawed silhouette. Her voice is a tremulous whisper. "you... please, don't let it take me."