MicroHorror

The stars were shining bright last night. The cool air was soothing on my skin. I sat outside of my tent on a reclining chair, relaxing, as I gazed into the starry sky. The stars were all arranged in their own personal space, they were all positioned in the sky as if to tell a story.

There was no wind, the air was calm and peaceful, and the wilderness seemed so peaceful, at the moment. The fire that we had built earlier was still blazing strong, and the warmth was welcoming. My friend was off gathering some more wood, to feed the fire. He had been gone for quite a long time, now that I think about it. It shouldn’t have taken that long… gathering wood…

As I stood there alone, relaxing, watching the falling stars… wait, now that I think about it, they were more like shooting stars. And I remember there being so many of them. They were awesome, it was almost like watching a fireworks show… only the fireworks were shooting down to the earth, instead of up into the sky. I watched mesmerized, and I just remember thinking how much I wished my friend would have enjoyed the show with me…but where the hell was he?

I started to get nervous and worried about my buddy’s welfare. I got up and looked around the campsite; it was so dark that I could barely see 20 feet outside of the fire’s glow. I started to walk outside of the campsite. I walked through a little pathway that we came through to get where we were staying.

It was dark except for the starlight from the sky. I didn’t even grab a flashlight; how crazy that seems, who goes out on a search without a flashlight? Especially in the middle of the wilderness, with no light, except from the sky… that seemed to light up the world, unbelievably bright, which was unusual. I looked up into the sky… and I was amazed at how many stars were shooting down from the sky. This didn’t seem to be normal.

Then something really strange happened. I was looking at the sky, as I also walked along calling my friend’s name…then it seemed as if part of the sky had been blacked out, and it was in a circular shape. Wow, what the hell, I remember thinking to myself, this is too damn weird. Then I had gotten goose bumps and chills shot up my spine, because I had just realized that I was alone…

I panicked and started to run now, this was really starting to give me the creeps. I was running and I tripped, and I fell into a puddle, and the ground was hard and cold. But as I was pushing myself up from the ground, I looked down, and by my hands there was this insect-looking type of creature. It looked wormlike, but I knew that it wasn’t a worm. It had eyes and facial characteristics that didn’t seem normal. I even think that it blinked at me. Ewww… that really freaked me out, so I started to run and call out for my friend. And as I was running, I tripped over a mound of slime, and fell hard to the ground once again. To my horrific surprise, I realized that the mound of slime, was indeed my friend… all that was left of him was an empty sack of flesh.

My eyes widened with fear, as I became hysterical and ran screaming. I was not aware of my surroundings and had no reason to care at that particular moment. I just ran and it seems I ran out of luck. I tripped over a rock, and hit my head. Needless to say, I was out.