“It’s a dark road and a dark way that leads to my house ..”
“I’m not mad, I’m not mad,” Belle muttered to herself repeatedly.
She sat hunched over in the corner of her room, eyeing the door fearfully. Her father had locked her in here because of her delusions but she wasn’t mad. There was a whole world out there beyond their own and she had seen it.
…
Belle had been reading in the garden, her back up against the old oak tree when a flash of light had caught her attention. It came from just inside the tree line to the nearby forest. Curious, Belle had wandered over.
The light had grown brighter, flickering ominously. It was a sickly green, swirling in a pattern reflecting on the leaves of the trees. Belle pushed the branch back and gasped. The ground was swirling like a tornado. She turned to run but her feet were frozen to the floor. It was like an invisible hand had reached out and grabbed her ankles.
With a tug she tumbled to the ground. She grabbed desperately at the dirt as she was dragged, pulled ever closer to the apex of the portal. It was no use, nothing could save her now. She reached the portal and tumbled down, and down and down, until she hit the ground with a heavy thud.
Belle looked up and screamed. In front of her was a ten foot tall being, humanoid like a man but definitely not human. It smelled horrible and carried a club. She scooted back, eyes wide, she had no breath left to scream. The being swung it’s club and Belle whimpered, clenching her eyes tightly shut, certain she was about to be killed.
Oh, I LOVE this ! Oh my god, it’s so perfect!!!!! Thank you!!!
Thanks 🙂 I’m actually considering cleaning this one up, expanding it and making it a proper fic. I wrote more than I intended on it this morning, I got rather carried away.