You’re alone in a forest nearby your house, your notice is the sun going down and you decide it’s probably a good idea to head back soon. You decide to stop and admire the way that the trees sway in the wind, when suddenly you hear an odd “ocu ocu” noise, much like an Owl. You assume it’s an owl and realise now would be the perfect time to go home. Your eyes widen, there is a legend about a monster in this very woods, a monster with big red eyes, and claws bigger than butcher knives! And this monster is known for trapping its victims, making them think it’s an owl..
You decide to stop panicking, seeing as it’s probably just an Owl, and that’s just a silly legend. You hear this loud noise, like something galloping towards you, not a horse though, a Cuppy! You can hear it behind you, trying to keep your breath, you close your eyes and pray it’s just a dream. Suddenly the noise stopped, and finally you were at peace. You open your eyes, hoping it was your imagination and suddenly you hear a loud breathing noise, oh no, it’s right behind you.
You squeeze your eyes shut and tense your whole body, this is it, the end. You decide to turn, and finally look at this “Cuppy”. Slowly your body shifts to the other direction, and the first thing you see is its massive red eyes staring at you. You hold back a scream as you take a second to process what’s happening, this massive monster, right in your face! It bows slowly, like it’s about to pounce “oh no” you speak, trembling with fear.
You think about trying to outrun it, but you can tell it’s much faster than you. Suddenly it grabs you and squeezes you tightly, getting ready to rip through you with its massive claws, you brace yourself and close your eyes. Suddenly it feels like something has changed, you open your eyes, something feels very different, the Cuppy’s mood has changed, its eyes have softened, and so has its grip. You stay still, and make sure you don’t make any sudden movements.
It slowly lowers its head to you and sniffs you loudly, you’re unaware of what’s happening so you just stay still and watch. Suddenly it puts you down. You are very surprised, but instead of running away, you stand your ground. The Cuppy looks at you with a confused face. You slowly approach the Cuppy, showing you aren’t trying to harm it. You are risking your life but kind of enjoying it. Instead of attacking, the Cuppy inches closer to you. You pat the Cuppy, and enjoy feeling its soft fluffy fur, until you find a big matted area.
The Cuppy does this odd signal, and picks you up again, you wonder if it’s actually going to kill you this time. But it puts you on its back. You were very confused, but you grabbed a bit of its fur so you wouldn’t fall off. It takes you to a little circle surrounded by trees, full of scraps and other finds, you assume it’s the monster’s home. It’s almost midnight so you decided to get some rest, hoping you would be able to get home in the morning.
You wake up to a weird scraping sound, you look around and see it’s still night time. You suddenly look at the Cuppy, and realise the origin of the scraping sound, the Cuppy is sharpening its claws. Wait what? The Cuppy turns towards me and notices I’m awake. It suddenly pounces on top of me and wraps its claws around my neck, I stare at it in fear, and watch as it grips me tighter. The Cuppy removes one of its hands from my neck and before I could think, the Cuppy slices its claws into my stomach and rips my stomach open.
I slowly start losing consciousness as the pain shoots through my bod. I looked at my stomach and the massive gorges through my torso, I sat in a pool of my own blood and panicked, unsure of what to do, am I going to die? These massive wounds were definitely unsurvivable. I closed my eyes, waiting there, for the pain to stop, and the world to slowly fade away.
Feather: The descriptive words you used are very captivating and has variety!
Feather: Love the sudden plot twist at the end!
Wings badge: Next time you could describe some features of the ‘Cuppy’ so the reader can imagine what it might look like better. Also, remember to keep the same perspective throughout the story.