Love of the Monster

Nightfall

o dark is the night

With things crawling around.

Noises come and fight

With your mind with out a doubt.

Footsteps are heard wherever you are

It does not matter if they are far.

by: Ivette Coranado-A scarary night

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Hundreds of years later.

Little Raine was being held in bed by her mother with a bedtime story. Her strands of hair that were curly and black like ink, spread out on the pillow. Her small lips formed a funny cauldron and her eyes blinked in her attempt to fight drowsiness.

Raine still wanted to hear his mother's voice, but this drowsiness was becoming more and more unbearable.

Raine Tatum is an eight-year-old little girl who in two days will soon be nine years old. She is very enthusiastic about her birthday party which has been planned by her mother and father.

"Good night, Raine.." Her mother kissed Raine's forehead before she stood up and turned off the lights while she walked out of the room.

"Good night, mama.." Raine said, hugging his teddy bear. The next second the little girl had fallen into a beautiful dream.

Meanwhile, the night was so quiet, too quiet…

The dense darkness felt like a mist enveloping Raine. He woke up when he noticed a cold hand was touching his leg.

Raine tries to ignore it and goes back to sleep, thinking it was just a dream.

But, the grip strengthened, a chill started to creep all over his body. There was something red-eyed creeping over his body.

The place where the oral cavity should be, replaced by a dark hole surrounded by sharp teeth around his mouth.

His cold hand moved from Raine's feet towards his neck in order to strangle the little girl.

His hot breath swept over Raine's face, leaving the little girl terrified.

In his shock, he was unable to even breathe, let alone shout for help. His entire body trembled uncontrollably.

Air is sucked out of his lungs, making it difficult to breathe. Raine did not know what was going to happen, but the pain of lack of oxygen made him uncomfortable. Raine's body twitched, starting to react.

Raine tries to kick the 'terrible creature' that is strangling him, but his efforts are in vain.

When he realized his gaze had become blurred and darkness began to pull him away from the light, the door of his room slammed open along with the voice of a man who sounded rude and high-pitched.

"Stop!" he yelled.

The red-eyed creature moved away and released the strangled little girl

Raine took this opportunity to breathe hard as his body fell to the floor in extreme pain.

"Mama.." Raine managed to call his mother in a weak voice. "Mama.." she called her mother again among her stuffing. However, his small voice was no louder than just a whisper.

The man was wearing a black sweater and torn jeans, his long hair tied behind his head, and his smile…

His smile was extremely vile, showing his fangs extending from his gums. Raine gasped in a loud voice before he sobbed.

"Shut up!" the man screamed.

Raine was terrified and his cries grew louder, calling out to his mother. "Mom..mom…"

"SILENCE!" the man roared. His hand hit the corner table and the table was smashed to pieces.

The little girl choked in her stuffing and started crawling backwards under the mattress, Raine curled up there in fear.

"Switch!" The man ordered the red-eyed creature to change.

With a murmur, the creature's body trembled strangely and its cold fingers shrunk back to normal human shape and size.

The hole in his face was replaced with curved lips, forming a petty smile and his body was transformed back into a human, shirtless one. The only thing left was her red eyes.

"Why did you stop me?" she asked. The red-eyed man deliberately sat on the mattress which made the mattress slam down due to his body mass and Raine who was curled up at the base was bearded and shouted softly. "She is the girl that Lucifer has been looking for for centuries."

"How did you know it was him?" the man still standing in the doorway squinted his eyes dangerously at the man before him who was twisting his shoulders while saying.

"He was able to see me when I was in my monster form."

In fact, no ordinary human could see the shape-shifter(4) in their monster form, so Raine shouldn't have been able to see him just now, but the little girl was able to. The little girl saw very clearly.

The second man's eyes became cloudy as he rubbed his chin. "We'll take him to Beelzebub alive."

When he stopped talking, a terrible sound of laughter could be heard filling the room of the red-eyed man. The mattress she was sitting on shook with her voice and Raine groaned in fear.

"Don't you hear me? I said; I'm gonna take this little girl's body to Lucifer." His hand turned back into a threatening claw at the tips of his fingers.

"Shape shifter is stupid.." The man muttered in a mocking tone. "I found him first and I'll take a present from Beelzebub."

The first man had completely transformed back into his monster form when he shouted. "In that case, I'll let you feel death!" and then he moved forward abruptly towards the other man.

Not long after, the two engaged in a fierce fight. The sounds of the shattered bones and their roars were truly deafening.

Raine pressed his knees against his chest, hugged his legs and buried his face between his knees. His body trembled uncontrollably and the pain-filled cry of the red-eyed creature did not help him to feel better.

In the end, after a long howl and mockery, everything became silent.

Raine rushed away as the man standing in the doorway lifted the mattress over it as if it had no mass.

"From the bad girl," he said while panting. "Beelzebub has to pay me very dearly for this." The man spat on the dead body on the floor.

The red-eyed man had died with blood pooling beneath him.

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Remarks:

(4)shape shifter: Shapeshifter.