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The Wither   Part 1

Death. It hangs over me like a gray cloud in a stormy night. But he won't let me die. He wants me to suffer. He took everything from me. I must stop him before he kills more people.

3 Weeks Earlier

"Mom I'm going to go see Katelyn!" I yelled as I walked out the door. I ran down the street to the park where me and Katelyn first met. I sit against a tree and I see Katelyn run over to me.

"Hey what's up?" She said as she sat down next to me. I gave her a kiss on the cheek and told her that I got a job as a newspaper man.

"Oh" She said. "Is something on your mind?" I asked.

"My Mom and Dad had another fight." She said.

"What was it about?" I asked. She wiped a tear and told me that they might send her to live with someone else. "What?!" I yelled.

I gave her a worried look. Why would her parents be sending to live with someone else?! I felt angry a little inside and I was really worried for Katelyn because I don't want her to have to live with strangers.

"Why not come live with me? My parents like you and we could make room" I said.

"Yes but my parents don't like you" she said.

Tears streaming down her face. I hugged her tightly. "I don't want you to go" I whispered.

She hugs me back. "We can figure this out" she whispered.

I let go of her and we both walked down the street and had fun for the rest of the day.

Once I got home, I plopped down on my bed. "What should I do?" I thought. "I should just get some rest." I thought as I closed my eyes.

I was surrounded by darkness. I looked around and then a light shined the room and I saw a weird fog in the shape of a human standing under the light. "You can't stop what is coming." The fog said.

I tried to look away but it felt like I was paralyzed. "You can't stop me" It said.

"W-What are you?" I said, terrified.

It laughs. "You will find out" It the vanishes and I wake up.

I check my clock and it was 9:35 pm. I sighed and fell back on my bed. "what was that?" I thought.

I then heard a knock on my bedroom window and I see Katelyn telling me to come outside. I stretched and opened the window.

"What’s wrong?" I asked.

"Just follow me" she said.

I climb out the window and she closes it as we both run out into the night. She takes me into the small city and we both climb onto a roof of a store. "Let's lay down and look at the stars" she said as we both cuddled on the roof.

I then saw the fog again in the sky but this time it was more visible and I saw its face. It was terrifying, Its eyes were just bright white spheres, Its mouth was curved into a smile, Its teeth were razor-sharp and had blood on them, and Its arms and legs were 4 feet long. "Do you see that?" I asked.

"See what?" She said. I pointed to where the thing was but it was gone. "You're probably seeing things" she said.

I laid down next to her and we both watched the shooting stars.

I have been searching information for what I saw for about 2 days. What was it? It’s been eating at me for a while now. But I kept searching info until Katelyn walked in my room. "You should just stop this" She said.

"I swear, I saw something" I said.

Just then I turn around and I see Katelyn staring at the wall. "What is it?" I asked.

"T-t-there's something staring at you" She said.

I look at where she is pointing and I see the same creature that I saw last night.

"You must suffer" It said.

It then charged at me but I couldn't react as it had me by the throat. I stared into its eyes and I saw myself getting killed by someone. I then see Katelyn being dragged into a portal while she screams my name. I could feel the life draining from me. But before I passed out It let go of me and vanished. I coughed as Katelyn helped me up. "What was that?!" she said.

"I don't know" I choked out.

"Are you okay?" She asked.

"Yes" I said.

I then started to see people getting killed. They looked like people I knew. I then saw Katelyn being beaten to death by a hooded man who was laughing hysterically. I then saw the creature staring at me. He was holding Katelyn's clothes in his hand. There was blood on them, and They were torn.

"She is a good person" It said.

"But you can't protect her"

I then closed my eyes and grabbed my head, yelling at the thing to leave me alone. No, not Katelyn. Anyone but Katelyn. I can't let anything happen to her. "Mike. Mike! MIKE!" Yelled Katelyn.

I then saw Katelyn's face staring back at me.

"What happened?" she said.

I could still remember seeing Katelyn's clothes in the things hands.

"I-I-I saw something holding your clothes. T-they were covered in blood, they were torn. And I saw you being beaten to death by a creature." I choked out.

I held my head in my hands. I felt Katelyn putting her arms around me. I don't want Katelyn to die. Then Katelyn started screaming and I grabbed her by the arms and hugged her until she stopped.

"What did you see?" I asked.

"Death" She cried out.

"Mike. Please don't let me go" She said.

"I won’t let anything happen to you" I said.

I won’t let that thing get anywhere near me or Katelyn. I then grabbed my laptop and searched for the creature again. I still didn't find anything so I put my laptop back and I laid on the bed with Katelyn.

I was in darkness again but this time I was in a cage. I tried to call for help but then I saw myself being brutally killed by the thing.

"Mike" it said. "I don't want to hurt Katelyn. I just showed you those hallucinations so that you can be broken. I don't want to kill you either. But I will if I have to. I just want you to break. To suffer. If you want to know who I am? I'm called many names. But I'm known as The Wither"

I backed into the cage wall.

"Why do you want me to suffer?" I asked.

It laughs. "You will find out. But you better run" It said.

I then woke up to Katelyn sleeping. Why does it want me to run? I then heard my phone ringing. I got up and grabbed my phone. I checked who it was but the number was just 0.

"Hello?" I said. I heard a static voice.

"Run" It said.

Then the caller hanged up before I could talk.I then saw The Wither again.

"Run" He said. He then vanished into thin air.

It’s been 5 days. The thing keeps telling me to run. Why does it want me to run? What should I do? If I run then it might kill me! Even if it said it doesn't want to. Why should I trust him? What if it hurts Katelyn?! I won’t listen to it. I then felt something push me against a wall and I saw the Wither. I gasped.

"I keep telling you to run" He said.

"If you don't listen. Then I will kill Katelyn. Slowly. And painfully." He then vanished.

I fell to the ground and I grabbed my phone to call Katelyn. I knew it was stupid to listen to this thing, but I don't want anything to happen to Katelyn. After a few tries she finally answers, I smiled at knowing she was okay. "Hey" she said. "The thing. It kept telling me to run."

"It said that if I didn't then it would kill you."

"come with me. I don't want you to get hurt." I said.

After a minute of silence, she said okay. "Meet me at the park with a bag full of stuff." I said. I then hanged up and started to pack some things. I then left a note to my parents saying that I moved out. I started to cry as I walked out my house and ran to the park.

I found Katelyn sitting against a tree with a backpack full of stuff. "let’s go." I said.

We then both ran into the woods. We both ran for about 1 or 2 hours. The entire time we ran I kept hearing the Wither. Laughing. I then stopped running and sat down.

"What is it?" asked Katelyn.

Why should I be listening to this thing? this all has to be a dream. I pinched myself to see if it was all a dream but it wasn't. I got up and I kept running. I then saw the Wither again. I pulled out my knife and told Katelyn to get behind me. "go away!" I yelled.

He starts to laugh. "You're really that stupid. Why would you listen to someone like me? you're so stupid. You just walked into a trap." Before I could react, the Wither appeared in-front of me and grabbed the knife and stabbed me in the knee. I screamed in pain as Katelyn backed into a tree.

"You just killed her." He said as he grabbed Katelyn by the leg and dragged her to a portal. I tried to get up but I was weak from blood loss. I tried to get up but I fell to the ground. I could hear her screaming my name as she vanished. 