• A silent breeze ran through the forest, as if saying hush to the surrounding wilderness. I hugged Serina, telling her she would not kill herself after I died. She nodded sadly. I smiled tenderly and wiped a tear from her pale cheek. I whispered I love you into her ear and kissed her one last time before my end. I turned to face the waiting monster across the clearing. His red iris' glistened in the autumn sun. He tilted his head in a silent question. I nodded and he grinned hungrily. He lunged at me. I puffed out my chest and let him shred my body to thin ribbons, lapping up the blood like a crazed animal. Soon I would meet my parents and the pain would leave my dismembered form...