As you can tell from the title of this entry... I have a major writers block. So, I'm not really sure what to write. Since I really can't write about anything that has happened in my life, because nothing has happened, I looked up story starters... Soooo I guess I'm going to write a horror story. (I'm apologizing before hand if it either gets morbid or just completely sucks. I don't think that I've ever really wrote a horror story... so this would be my first.) Ok... so here I go....
In the distance, through the rain, I saw lightning strike the ground. I was in a dark carriage in the middle of the day, the daylight couldn't even sneak a little by the dark monstrous clouds that loomed overhead. It was a miracle that the horse could even see the dirt road before it. Slowly and steadily the small town that I had planed voyage for came closer into view. Since it should be awhile before the carriage was to reach the small gloomy town I closed my eyes and rested my head on the window, hoping that time would decide to be my ally.
What seemed like hours later, I was awoken by the sound of thunder and horse hooves against what sounded like rocks. Something was horribly wrong. Soon enough, the sounds of horse hooves grew silent and the carriage stopped. Looking out the window had told me that we were nowhere close to the town that I had originally set out for. The ground was way to rocky to be part of the plain anyway.
I jumped outside of the carriage and turned to ask the driver what had happened. I needed to ask why we weren't at the town yet. Maybe there was something wrong with the horse or something spooked it. When I turned to make eye contact with the driver he was nowhere to be found. I looked around the carriage and around the near forest, but every sign of the driver being there was gone. It was like he just disappeared into the wind.
The rain was still coming down heavily and I couldn't shake the feeling that the forest was watching me. My hair stuck to my face held down by the cold rain. I was shivering and could see my breath. My clothes were soaked through and clung uncomfortably to my body. The horse shifted at the sight of me, calmed by someones presence.
I walked closer to pet the horse when lightning struck in the far off distance. The lightning made the outlined shadow of a house nearby. The horse, frightened by the lightning, ran in the opposite direction of the lightning, this action made him lose the cart that had been attached onto his saddle. This left me alone, with only a cart, and no one in yelling distance to help me find the nearest town. I didn't like the sound of it, but that house was my only option to find another town.
Shortly after I had found myself in front of the large house, I was starting to second guess myself. This place didn't look very welcoming. I pushed the thought into the back of my head and told my self that there was nothing to be worried about. I slowly made my way up the winding path up to the house.
I closed my eyes and knocked loudly on the large double doors, lightning struck a tree in the far away forest. The cracking sound of the tree trunk hurt my ears. I stood in front of the door, ears ringing.
I knocked again and was soon met face to face with an older man. He looked restless and frightened. When he finally realized that he had a visitor the fear faded and were replaced with cold emotionless eyes.
"What do you want?" he said in a crackly old voice. His voice had shocked me, his voice sounded younger than he looked. "Well?" he said interrupting my thoughts. I turned to look back at him remembering the situation at hand.
"Well, sir, you see, my carriage driver is nowhere to be found and my horse has run off because of the lightning. I was wondering if there is any town nearby this place," my voice was quiet and polite. Making this man mad was the last thing I wanted to do. The man only shook his head.
"Of course there isn't any town around here! Did you even bother to look around? Does it look like a place to have town to you?" his eyes were dead serious. They were cold and sent a chill down my spine. He didn't seem to be happy that someone was near his house. I lowered my eyes to look at my feet. I didn't like the feeling he gave me. He seemed rude and scary.
The man sighed, "I guess you can stay here until the morning," he said, "after the sun rises I shall drive you into town." He opened the door wider and stepped back to let me in. The room behind his was dark and cobwebby.
I took a breath before entering the house. I looked around the room that I had entered but the only time I could really make anything out was when the lightning struck. The man scanned his lawn and the forest that surrounded his house before closing and locking the door. I was stuck here until morning.
To Be Continued....
~mysterygirl <3
