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The night was as clear as was normal for this time of year. The sun had set maybe an hour ago and the moon had risen, full, lighting up the land around.
You were making your way down a long, straight, boring road toward home. At 17 you lived on your own, no parents, no real family, or friends. You tended to drift from one place to another, never really putting down roots. You’d been on your own since you were 16, the courts had awarded you ‘emancipated minor’ status so long as you proved you could support yourself, and finish school, and you had.
The idea had come up from time to time to settle down, but you never seemed to. Everywhere you ended up, you just never seemed to fit in. It was always like there was just something about everyone else that kept you apart from them. Something you couldn’t put your finger on. You know there wasn’t anything wrong with you, you just didn’t seem to feel comfortable around everyone. And of course there was the fact that no matter where you ended up, you never felt as if you belonged.
So home it was you were going on a Friday night, when other teens your age would be out having fun.
You’d rather be home, then at a party.
Honestly, your plants needed to be watered, and they made better companions then some of your workers.
Lost in thoughts of what you intended to Netflix, once your frozen pizza was cooked, you drove along almost not paying attention to the world around, on auto pilot.
That was until you noticed something felt off. It was as if the world around you had taken a deep breath and was holding it. The sound of your car seemed to fade into the night. Gone too where the sound of bugs you should have been hearing.
Then at once the breath was released, and sound returned. Your car rumbling quietly along the road, and the sound of something screaming over your head.
Slamming on the breaks you barley avoided putting the car into a ditch and jumped out as soon as it was in park. The screaming got louder and you watched as something appeared to crash in the woods nearby.
Normal people would have left at this point, but you felt something, as if you were drawn to find out what this thing was. Against all better judgement and common sense you got back into your car and pulled it off of the road. Turning it off you debated locking it, but no one ever drove down here so you opted to just take the keys. It would be better that way too, in case whatever crashed wanted to eat you; without a locked car to fight with you could jump into the vehicle and maybe be somewhat protected.
The pull got stronger, so before you could try and talk your way out of it you sent off into the forest.
It would seem your plants would have to wait a bit longer for their Netflix time.
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