“Snow”

The wind whispered through the dark, empty trees like a warning in a foreign language. Winter was coming, and with winter came the Yuki-onna. She is like something you would see in your worst nightmare. I've had many nightmares before but she was real. She comes after the ones that get lost in snow storms but i was the only one who had escaped her. Us tourists were in the woods. It had started snowing and I went to go take some pictures because that was my job as a professional photographer. Then I heard something and my group was asleep. I had nothing to do, no way to escape whatever was after us. I tried to wake my group up. I wanted to wake my group up but I couldn't. I was frozen… by fear. I tried to scream, to yell, kick and fight back my mind screaming ' but I couldn't because the fear took over. I saw her she was so pretty, her skin so white it was so inhumanly almost transparent against the white snow. Her hair was so long and black it looked so soft, her lips so blue. No tracks came from her feet, she was floating. I honestly didn't know what she was all i knew was i needed to get out of there. I ran I needed to go before she saw me, but what about the others? What should I do? I had to leave but this hurt me so much but i was too young to die but they were all strangers to me. I whispered i'm sorry and I left. I had to leave and I had no choice. I knew that they would all die but I did not want to be included. By this time it was like a blizzard the snow was stinging in my eyes. I started to run. The snow felt like a million needles in my skin even though I was wearing layers of clothing. I fought through the pain. I didn't know how much longer I could keep running. My legs were sore. But I had to. I couldn't die now. I needed to live, I needed to see my family one last time. I need to keep fighting. Keep going, don't give up. I don't know how long it will take to get to civilization. I need to stop somewhere. I slow down, look to my left about 20 feet away and there is some sort of creepy old shack. I think maybe i could stay there even though it won't be much shelter because of the cracks in the windows and walls but it will be better than staying out here. I walked inside hoping that nobody lived there. The door shrieked as I opened it. Nobody lives here right? I hope not if they do I feel really bad for them. There were a few blankets and a small bed. I'm the corner there was some sort of desk on the paper sitting on top was an image that kinda looked like her. I was startled. I wasn't the only one who saw her. On the bottom of the page was written "1936 ". I was tired so I had to make my bed. I started to move the blankets around to shake them around to get the dust out but there was something underneath. A dog! A small puppy was curled up underneath it. The puppy was alive but very cold. I shook out the blankets, huge amounts of dust came out, nobody has been here for a long time. I curled up on the bed with him? Her? It. I pulled the blankets up over us, and we went to sleep. I woke up in the middle of the night. A helicopter I knew immediately was about to look for the group of people who came along for the beautiful adventure. Someone had probably reported their family member missing. We were supposed to go home yesterday. I hated the feeling in my stomach. I knew what happened to all of them and i didnt even know if they would find the bodys. I also knew that if i told them what i knew they wouldn't believe me. I looked back at the unnamed puppy. It was awake now. It must have woken up when I moved to sit up and look outside. I had to name the puppy. I looked to see if it was male or female. Definitely a male. I thought of many names but I decided on Lucky. Maybe he will be my lucky charm. I love dogs but I could never have one. My family couldn't afford it. We could barely afford this trip. When I was in elementary school I read every book about dogs. How to take care of them and almost every breed. He was a mix. Looked like a Husky mixed with a Australian Shepherd. He was my dream dog. And I knew if I made it out of this he would come with me.