My Human Luna

7 - Running away

I stifle a scream as I jump on the tree branch and as soon as I am on the branch and safe I close my eyes counting my blessings that I am still alive. Ok, now I have to climb down and run! I climb across to the trunk and slowly shimmy down the trunk, which by the way, is hard to do with this hospital down on! When I finally reach the bottom of the tree and my feet touch the ground I do my victory dance, which involves me jumping up and down and pumping my fists crazily.  I'm a cool kid, I know.

I stop suddenly when I hear the door open in the room I just jumped out of.

"Mina?Mina!? Mina!" I hear Chloe start to scream frantically. I feel really bad hearing Chloe because in the short time I knew her I felt like I'd known her much longer. But I had to run and get away from this......loony bin!

But Mina, your Grandma said that werewolfs were real....and that you are part werewolf.I hear in the back of my head, but I shove it away. No, no, no! That was a hallucination! I tell myself.

As soon as I hear Chloe yell for Declan I sprint out from under the tree and start running for the forest. But I don't have shoes and every step I take I feel pieces of bark edge itself into my feet.

Don't worry about that now Mina, you can get to that later. Just get away from these....beasts!

As I hit the tree line I hear the most pained and depressed growl coming from the house and hearing it breaks my heart. I nearly stop running but remember to push on.

I've been running for about 10 minutes and I have no idea where I am. I'm slowly loosing my pace and I'm feeling very weak. After a few more minutes I stop running and just start walking. My feet are sore and I'm really tired, but I know I have to continue.

Soon the sun starts setting and I come across a small lake, which when I see I run towards. I am so very thirsty and the water looks very clean so I kneal next to the lake and start spooning the water into my hands and drinking it.

After doing this for about a minute I decide to just take my hospital gown off and jump in, because the water looks so inviting.

So I dive in, and it is the best thing I've ever felt. Except for having Dericks hands around my waist, of course. Wait, where did that thought come from?! No. This is the nicest thing I've ever felt.

I don't know how long I was just swimming in the water for in my bra and undies, but after a while I was just floating on top of the water, trying to feel relaxed and not think about the situation I was in - being lost in a forest and all. My eyes are closed and I'm thinking about my family and how much I miss them.

And then I hear a deep growl coming from behind the trees and my eyes flash open.