My first story in the Slender category! All comments and constructive criticism welcome.

Disclaimer- I own this story and have little to nothing as I am a poor college student. I make no profit from this. DX

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My legs carried me as fast as they could. Even though I raced at my top speed, I felt as if would not be fast enough. Running blindly through the thick foliage of the woods, it was nearly impossible to see. Northern Montana woodlands were notorious for being easy to get lost in. I had no doubt in my mind that I was desperately, foolishly, and hopelessly, lost. The midnight darkness did nothing to help, despite the moon shining brightly above.

I let out a cry of shock as I tripped over a hidden log. I tumbled to the ground, getting a face full of leaves and dirt. I grimaced, quickly wiping off my face. I began to right myself to start running again. But moving my left leg ran a spark of pain up my ankle. I winced, gritting my teeth.

"Of course." I muttered. I should have been more careful, considering my circumstances. But it wasn't going to change anything now.

I gathered myself, grasping onto a nearby tree trunk. My arms slowly inched up the trunk, as I clung to the tree. It took some time but I was able to stand on my feet again. The dull pain in my ankle was never-ending, and I knew that my trek would become that much harder. I hoped that it would not make it that much easier for him to find me.

I heard the noise again.

It reverberated amongst the trees, eerily surrounding me.

It was closer this time.

I forced my legs to start moving, forcing myself to keep continuing on my way.

I couldn't stop now. I had to hide somewhere.

I flinched at the pain that struck me like lightning at the instant my foot touched the ground again. I nearly fell over from the infliction.

"Fuck," I breathed, trying to keep calm.

Trying to ignore the blinding pain, I surged forward through the thick foliage. Shrouded in the darkness I stumbled into a spider web. I shrieked, wildly turning into a karate master, swiping at the spun silk.

"Ew!" I complained, struggling in a hurry to break free.

My heart stopped when I broke away from the web, spotting a dark figure in the near distance. What the-what the hell is that?

It was tall. Extremely tall. It had to have been at least nine feet, and that was just an estimation of its height. It wore a sleek black suit with a blood red tie and white dress shirt. Its arms reached much farther past its waist, inhumanly stretched. Its face was porcelain white, standing out in the darkness. My green eyes strained to glimpse at its face, but I was surprised and utterly frightened to realize it had none, unless you could consider the small defined spaces where a nose, eyes and lips would be to be part of its face.

My good foot moved just slightly forward, to see what it would do.

I gulped audibly when the noise rang in my ears again. It surrounded me, filling me with a sense of foreboding danger. I realized now it was the sound of static. My blood ran cold and I couldn't move.

What did I get myself into now?

"Ana!"

My head instantly turned in the direction the sound came from, my body turning stiff.

"Ana!" The voice called again.

Great…just great. Exactly what I need right now.

The voice got closer by the second, and I only continued to be frozen in place. Oh, believe me I wanted to move, but my body refused. At the moment the voice sounded, the static seemed to intensify. I felt my pulse racing from the adrenaline.

"Ana! There you are!" A body burst through the thick brush, standing before me.

"¿Estás bien, Ana?"

My eyes met with the black eyes of my uncle, staring intently at me. His black hair was dark, blending in with the shadows of the night. His round face framed by his self-fulfilled obesity was lightly tanned skin. A fat, chubby hand reached out to touch me, in a comforting hold I imagined, but his touch was anything but comforting. I instinctively moved away from him.

"Ana…don't ignore me." He scolded sternly. He breathed heavily, nearly gasping for air and I resisted the urge to smirk. Oh uncle, you wouldn't be out of breath if you'd exercise on a regular basis like me.

"I'm fine." I responded almost harshly. My back leaned against a tree, starting to relax. I kept my ankle off the ground, trying to alleviate some pain. My eyes darted over to where that white thing had been. It was gone.

"Good. Now, don't ever do that again."

"What? Leap out of a moving vehicle driven by a pompous jerk of an uncle?" I sneered, crossing my arms.

"Ana, I am family; you can't say that to me."

"You are the last person in our family I would consider to be my family. Andres would think the same."

My uncle's jaw dropped, and he stammered. "W-I-is this about what I said about your brother? Andres is missed Ana, but you can't take things to heart all the time."

My eyes became fierce, glaring daggers. "Take it to heart? Take it to heart?! Andres gave me his heart! My brother was so caring that he gave me his heart so that I could keep living!" I shrieked at him, my voice rising to higher levels.

The static erupted in the air, startling the two of us. I knew it was that tall…whatever it was, creating the static. It was watching us. I knew it didn't leave completely. I wondered why it was spying on us.

"I understand that, mi sobrina, but the years have passed. You need to move on…I'm only trying to help you."

I scowled, my full lips pouting. Andres always said I looked silly when I did that because I seemed like I was begging without the puppy dog eyes. "I don't need your help. I have my own ways of remembering my brother."

My uncle sighed, giving up. "Haz lo que quieras…"

Yes, that is what I want, you moron, I thought to myself.

He reached out to me again, "Come on then, Ana, let's go back to the car and we can go the movie you wanted to see."

"No." I replied firmly. The midnight premier of the movie I wanted to see was out of the question now. "I'm staying here."

"Ana it's late, the weekend, and we're in the middle of the woods."

"Congratulations, you are a master of observation." I drawled sarcastically.

He huffed, letting out a low growl. "Ana I am really not in the mood for this right now." He grabbed out to me again, latching onto my arm.

I winced as the movement made me adjust my position, twisting my ankle even farther. I gasped from the pain that had started to dull was abruptly brought back to center-stage. My uncle didn't seem to care as he continued to hold me roughly.

"Let go!" I cried out, trying to loosen his grasp.

My head was suddenly smacked to the side and my cheek began to sting. I was sure it was bright red now. His hand that had struck me was still raised in the air, ready to slap me once more if he needed to.

"Let me go!" I yelled defiantly. The static appeared again.

I could sense his hand descend to hit me, but it never came. I heard the sound of something being slammed violently, and the cracking of trees. My eyes glanced over to see my uncle very much dead. His body was impaled over a tree trunk that had been haphazardly cut in half. The splinters of broken bark poked through his skin at different heights and thickness.

I let out a fearful gasp, holding my hands to my mouth, in attempts not to scream.

Static rattled from behind and I whipped my head around to see the tall white being just inches from me. It towered over me to startling heights and my lips trembled, seeing many black tentacles sprouting from its back.

I screamed.

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What did you all think? I'm always nervous about posting something I'm new to!

Translations…

"¿Estás bien, Ana?" – Are you alright, Ana?

Mi sobrina – My niece

Haz lo que quieras – Have it your way

And yes I did use Google Translate. If those translations are just terribly off, please let me know and I will change it. Ana is Hispanic, so there will be some more Spanish. It would be lovely if I could have someone to translate for me, instead of incorrectly relying on Google Translate :p

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