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Ba Dum… Dum… Ba Dum…
You could feel the unsteady heart faintly beating.
Dum.. Ba Dum…
It’s eeriness was unsettling.
Ba Dum…
Something was…dying. The thought sent shivers down your spine.
Ba Dum… Dum..
An urge to find whatever creature’s heart rate that it was washed over you. Maybe you could save it… you begin to run.
Blurry shades of brown and green passed your vision.
Where am I?
At first your legs don’t seem like they want to stop running, but you force them to slow down and come to a walk. Turning your head side to side you take in your surroundings. Trees everywhere.
This place is… familiar.
Ba Dum.. Ba Dum…
The trees were pulsing with each unsteady beat of the heart.
Dum… Ba Dum…
The whole forest shook as the beat grew louder. You were getting closer. You begin to run again and the further you go, the denser the forest becomes. Vines and mold growing all along the ground. The sun rays blocked out by the canopy of leaves overhead. The sense of someone watching you pricks at the back of your neck. Faster. The more you run, the stronger the unknown heart beat feels until you no longer can feel your own. You are consumed by the thumping and soon you feel your own body begin to pulse like the forest around you.
Suddenly, you see a black mass lying on the forest floor up ahead. Stopping for a moment you sense the vibrations of the mass’ heart making the whole forest shake in an unsteady rhythm. You slowly approach it.
Are those clothes?
Hovering over the mass you realize it was a black cloak lying over what looked like an outline of a body. Shaking from the vibrations it was giving off, you kneel down and begin to raise your hand to touch it. You put your hand on the cloak and the vibrations immediately stop. Quickly your hand shoots back to your chest as the new stillness frightens you.
Is it dead?
No.
You could still hear a faint thumping.
Ba Dum… Dum.. Ba Dum…
You grab a part of the cloak and for a brief moment you close your eyes unsure if you are ready to see what was underneath it. You pull back part of the cloak and your breath catches in your throat. A face outlined with wavy dark brown hair, eyes closed, lips slightly parted and a long scar running down the center stares back at you. You only get to stare for a second before the forest starts to tremble as a low voice commands,
“Find him”.
You try to look around to see who’s there but your vision goes black…