Tree
#1 of Trees
"Hey guys, where are you!?" screamed Alex Timberwolf as he ran throught the forest. Alex had been with his friends, Max, Cindy, Travis, and Nate before he got seperated. He looked at the sky, it was starting to get dark.
"Alright. Guy's! This isn't funny!" He shouted again, side-stepping just in time to avoid a another tree. The further Alex walked the more dense the tree's seemed to be. Exhausted, Alex stopped to rest, laying against the trunk of a large Spruce tree. Alex felt something brush against his neck and jumped to see what it was. A branch had brushed against his neck.
"Must of been the wind." He thought, tho there he didn't feel any wind and the other trees didn't seem to be moving. As he began to relaxe he grumbled to himself. "Come join us for a trip in the forest, it will be so relaxing, you'll love it." he mocked his friend Max, the young fox that came up with the idea of a stroll throught the woods.
As Alex muttured this he didn't notice the Spuce's branches slowely creeping down on him, it was when one wrapped around his waist that he finally noticed. Alex screamed as he was lifted in the air, he managed to grab on to a root poking out of the ground, hooiking his paws around it, but one quick tug from the tree sent the young wolf cub howling, missing a finger from his left hand. As Alex was lifted into the air, more and more tree's seemed to begin moving, comming closer to him, there roots moving them like the arms of an octopus.
Finally alex was lifted to the middle of the tree, branches and vines exploded from the Spruce and some trees close to him, he tried to scream and was rewarded with a mouth full of leaves for his efforts. vines wrapped around his legs and arms, he felt like he was being pulled apart. He heard a bone in his leg snap and a jolt of pain shot up his leg, finally, he saw only blackness as leaves covered his eyes, he felt like the leaves where sucking up his eyes and then he felt nothing.
Alex and his friend were the first missing furs but won't be the last, many others go missing, in that year of 1993, in that silent country side. Finally it stopped in 1994. Authorities have never figured out what happened to the missing furs and cubs. and such a large report of missing furs was never that high ever again.. at lest not until now.
"Dad! Are we there yet?" came a familiar voice in the back seat of my old ford.
"Almost there," I said pulling into a gravel driveway. "Okay, where here! Say 'hello' to your new home!" I didn't need to look behind me to know that Kevin was in awe, I still was shocked at it myself.
"Wow, is beutifull, Robert!" Said my wife, her feline face in utter shock at the house.
"Yeah, I knew you'd like it!" I said happily, gazing upon the old style, two story house
Kevin jumped out of the car to explore yard, while I parked the car, I gazed at the surrounding area, there were tree's on every side of the house, great privacy, way better then the city. I opened the door and breathed in the sweet smell of the country.
I walked over to where Kevin was messing around on a tire swing, hung there by the previous owners.
"Be carefull Kevin, you don't know how long that things been there." I said, walking past him to Samantha, who was busy unpacking stuff from the trunk. Giving her a hug from behind I kissed her neck, her perfume was strong but intoxicating as well.
"Oh, Robert, not in front of the Kevin." She said, wrapping her tail around my right leg, I smiled to myself, her neck had always been her weakness, not matter what mood she was in.
"Alright. Hey Kevin! Why don't you help your mother with these bags!?"
"Okay." He said abit dissapointed.
-Later that night-
"Dad! Come quick!" The sound of my son's voice in distress awoke me from my sleep, without thinking I jumped out of bed and ran to my sons rooms, across the hall. Slamming open the door I entered fangs bared and claws out. I was surprised to find the room empty except for my son. huddling under the covers.
Relaxing abit I walked over and uncovered the scared cub. "Son. Are you alright? What's wrong?" I asked, he was shivering and kept looking out the window.
"There's something outside my window." He managed to say. I thought about it and chuckled softly to myself.
"It's alright Kevin, we are on the second floor, there's no monster big enought to reach the second floor." I patted the his head and he seemed to calm down abit. After a few more pats he began closing his eyes and finally went to sleep. Looking at him, I had to laugh softly to myself again, Samantha's parents never wanted her to marry me "He'd be a bad parent" They would say "You know how them foxes are." Her mother was the worst of all, fearing that I would just up and leave her and the kid 'cause I had poor parenting skills. Looking at the Kevin asleep I almost laughed louder saying to myself "How's that for parenting you bitch!"
Walking by the room's window, I happened to look outside. One of the tree's was rather close to the window. "Was that there before?" I thought to myself, I didn't remember ever seeing it there when I was checking out the rooms this morning. Staring at the tree gave me a strange sense of fear. I didn't really look like it was just here is seemed like it was waiting.
"That's stupid. you're just letting your son's fear get the best of you." I began walking out when I heard a tap on the glass, turning quickly I saw a branch was tapping the glass. Walking closer to the window I looked that tree more closely, I blinked, rubbed my eyes, it must of been a trick of the night but the tree appeared to be breathing, the trunk expanded and contracted just like a regular chest would.
"Uh, Kevin." - the young pup stirred from his sleep -"why don't you sleep with me and mommy tonight." Happily the pup jumped out of his bed and into our room, I slowely backed away from the window and back into our room, closing the door and locking it, more out of fear then security. sliding into the covers that Kevin already occupied I closed my eyes and tried to get some sleep.
-End of part 1-