© 2020
k g Grayson

the lost boy child was alone in the woods.
he had gone to play despite the warnings of the others,he had heard of another child who had disappeared several years earlier, but he was certain that he would be ok for the time of day and year.
however as he wandered and became entranced by the savage and carnal beauty around him,he didn't realize that the path he followed disappeared.
when he did he began to panic,he could hear the laboured heavy breathing of something......
he didn't realize it was tom the local bully, who had followed him into the forest.after several minutes in panicked despair,tom leapt out and gave him a scare, the lost child fell on his rump and began to shed tears,tom just laughed and launched into a full on assault.
two days later they found tom dead, the lost boy.... now known as a murderer and sought for questions had fled.
in another week more death's happened.
by the months passing the entire town lived in fear.it was only when the lost boy emerged, that they discovered it wasn't him but something worse.they had been surprised when he wandered back into the village,torn clothes, ragged and clearly hurt in his own appearance.
the decision was made to seek help from the nearby town of forest forge but they never arrived this was soon understood, and one by one that village became empty, the only survivor the lost boy never said anything.
it's rumoured that the attacker was a monster.
but the truth is not anyone could confirm this.