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I watched in horror as he screamed, his shout echoing through the air, shattering the quiet like glass. His body shuddered and blurred, his mouth opened in a silent cry, his mouth stretched, dislocating, bones cracking as they morphed into distorted figures. His teeth grew, filling the gaping chasm of his mouth, and his body took on a sheen as the skin fell away, revealing a red and orange membrane that pulsed and shimmered in the ribbon of white moonlight that trickled through the grasping branches of the trees. There was a horrible, spine-tingling noise, like water rushing down when you pull the plug. The monster was gurgling in the back of its throat as it dropped to its knees. A ripping noise exploded from its figure, and skin crawled around the body, wrapping it in a tight embrace. The monster stood.
Its eyes burned like red hot coals, peering from its sunken, collapsed sockets, the skin of its face a sickly, rotting orange and oozing with yellow pus and crimson blood. Its skin was flaked and torn, like old parchment. Its body was gangly and elongated, as if it had been stretched. Its arms were covered in scabs, its fingers long and reaching. I yelped in fear as the creature took two long steps towards me, its body swooping close to mine as it looked me in the eye. My heart leaped into my mouth and my pulse raced as the acrid, rotten breath reached my nostrils. The monster snorted, turned and sprinted with inhuman speed into the forest. I turned and ran blindly back home, tears obscuring my vision as nettles brushed my skin and hands of bark gripped my clothes.
I wasn’t only leaving the forest behind - I was leaving my one true friend to the monster that had taken over his life. My best friend, who I told my fears, ambitions, dreams, hopes, and been possesed by the one thing he hated and despised, but had, in turn, become one.
A monster.
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