Chapter 3: Seek and you will find

It was cold out, even with their jackets the wind pestered them. Alice was sure that Clara had no real plan on where to search for these things, but she wasn’t gonna call her out on it. They had left the house at around 12:50, it was currently 1:30.

“ How about we call it a night and head back, we can always try again tomorrow?” Alice tries getting her friend into going home, was she scared? Probably not, tired? Yes. Alice had almost walked into Clara if she hadn’t noticed her, she stood staring at something. Alice squint her eyes into the dark to see what, and from the darkness a pair of red eyes illuminate into existence, a fresh jolt of energy struck Alice, she was no longer tired. She was fully ready to make a run for it, but she stayed as Clara was still there, she gently placed her hand on her friends shoulder and whispered,

“ You were right, they exist…now lets go,” Alice says calmly, slowly shifting her left leg. They both got a good look at the thing as it step into view under the street light. It was tall, its mouth unhinged and its jaw was split down the middle, meaning when it opened it would open freakily. Its obsidian plated arms looked sharp, cut-through-human sharp. It growls as it begins walking towards us, and then a light goes off. Alice hadn’t noticed before but Clara had brought her camera with her, and took a photo with the flash on, which worked as the thing wasn’t familiar with bright light as it reels back in annoyance, it stumbles carefully patting it eyes. Alice pats Clara's hand and they both hot foot it home, would they make it? Probably not, she was about to die because her friend wanted to go investigating. The thing began chasing us again, it would catch up in no time. Clara abruptly stops, Alice pauses a few feet away to see that Clara intended to blind the thing again, which it worked, somehow. That last blinding was all they needed to get home, they would lock the doors and hideout in Clara's room, their hearts were beating. They both lay on Claras bed, Alice had never felt such fear before, sure her mom has scared her from time to time but this was something else, was her friend feeling such fear? No, she wasn’t, she was beaming with joy.

“ I was right! The craver exists!” she says laughing, Alice couldn’t help but laugh as well. They both fell asleep as they were, the monster was nowhere to be seen.