Leslie Carter

"Wake up!" Leslie woke to her mom shaking her forcefully. "They’re coming! The monsters are coming!" Let’s just say that Leslie isn't the best person to talk to in the morning. "You mean monsters, like the energy drink?" She said groggily. "NO! GET UP NOW!" She stood up quickly as if someone had poured cold water on her. "What's wrong?" she asked while being shoved into her mom’s beat up rental car (the car is just old BTW). The car bolted out of the apartment lot. "Has anyone been following you lately? Or harassing you in any way?" she asked frantically. "Well, yeah. Two huge guys chased me home a couple of days last week. They called me weird names that made absolutely no sense. Like Demigod? What's that, a video game?" She saw a single tear roll down her mother’s face. Outside she saw the sun peaking over the horizon. She was so confused. Why would her mother drag her out of bed at 5 in the morning? Her mom usually won’t let her wear her PJs outside of the house in fear that it would "draw attention". She wouldn't even let her go out on the doorstep to pick up the mail on Saturday mornings. She sighed and turned to look out the window. She saw the sun rising slightly over a hill with a single pine on top. The place looked, calm, serene, like nothing could harm you there. She smiled and forgot about the fear in her mother's voice. Well, until a small explosion was heard in the distance. "Get out and run. Over the hill to safety. NOW!" She mom screamed, although there was a great amount on fear in her voice. She opened the door and was shocked at the sight outside. The two bullies had found her. They stood there, with scary grins on their faces. Was it just the tiredness, or did they just lick their lips? The heard the muffled shouting of her mother to run, but something told her to stay. She turned to her mother and motioned for her to go. Her mother rolled down the window. “I’ll contact you somehow!” And with that, the window was rolled up and the car drove out of sight. The bullies came closer, and she did the first thing that came to her mind. “Hey you big idiots!” she screamed. The fire in their eyes lightened in pure hatred. She glanced at the hill and saw something shiny stuck in the ground. She ran up with the bullies following closely behind. Once she reached the object, she saw it was a sword. Rusted with age, but not beyond repair. She grabbed it out of the hill side and turned to the “boys” but they looked no longer human. They had grown to twice their original size. She stepped forward with the sword pointing at them. “Oh come on now young Demigod. We will only eat you, but if we do, we will be saving you from devastation.” She shuttered at the words, but then she charged. Catching one by surprise, it turned to dust. She had no time to contemplate why. She turned to the other. I reached to grab her, but she easily avoided it. It grabbed for her many times, wearing her out, soon she was panting hard. She slowed, big mistake. It grabbed her and pulled her up. She struggled, but she was so tired. The thing started to walk away with her in its grasp. With no strength she stopped. She nearly gave up, but then the monster fell. Leslie saw an sword and stabbed it through the monster’s belly. It fell causing her to hit the ground hard. And she blacked out.