not know know what terror he must soon come to face. Whatever, it might be. He
knows it scares him deep inside. Way...deep inside.
The man sees a path before him. "Where did that come from?" he wonders. "It
was not there before." The long, narrow path leads into the dark, secluded woods.
Whispering sounds can be heard as he heads down the path.
"Hello," he calls out. "Who's there?" he questions, but recieves no answer. The
whispering sounds get louder as he continues on. Sweat begins to pour down his brow.
Suddenly, a dark, evil, yet, almost mocking laughter can be heard. It calls out to him,
sending a surge of terror down his spine.
"What do you want from me?" the man cries out. He notices a slight rustling
behind some bushes. Once again he cries out, "Who's there?"
A voice calls out to him. "You want to know who we are?" the dark, echoing
voice responds to him. "We are your destiny. We are everthing you fear most in
your life. We are your future." The whispering sounds can still be heard, this time
from all around him.
"What do you mean, my future?" he ask as his heart begins to pound ever so
loudly.
"I think you know what we mean." the echoing voice responds. "Think of
what you fear most and you will find out who and what we are.... For we are
your deepest, darkest fear."
Suddenly the mans eyes begin to bulge. His heart begins to beat, faster and
faster. He has just realized what the voice means by saying his deepest, darkest
fear.
"Oh, dear God. Not that. Anything, but that." he says with the sound of fear
in his voice.
Then the voices get louder and the dark, evil laughter starts to draw near. The
man begins to run down the long, dark path. The voices and laughter seem to
follow him as he runs to his destination unknown. "Damn it," he cries out. "Leave
me be, please."
As the man man continues to run he notices a light up ahead behind a large
set of bushes. Then all at once the voices & laughter stop. Thinking this nightmare
is over he stops running. He walks slowly to the bushes towards the light on the
other side. "I am safe at last." he wonders to himself as he stops in front of the
bushes. Wiping his brow, he makes his way through. But what he sees ahead makes
him realize this nightmare is not over. It has just begun. For what he sees before
him sends more chills down his spine. A large, pink, two-story house, surrounded
by a yellow picket fence. Little pink, fuzzy bunnies running around the yard. Yellow
daises along the picket fence and around the porch. Then he notices an older man
and woman sitting on the porch swing and he realizes this older couple is very, very
familiar to him.
Then the voice calls out. "This is it. This is your deepest, darkest fear. Welcome
to your nightmare." the voice says to him as the evil laughter starts up again.
He cries out, so loudly, "Noooooooooo........"
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The man sits up in his bed screaming, drenched in his own sweat. Then he jumps
as a hand grasps his shoulder.
His wife ask him, "What's wrong dear?" He responds, "Nothing, dear. Just a bad
dream, that's all. I'm sorry. Go back to sleep." he says as they both lay back down. The
next morning the man gets up and sits at his desk. After his computer sets up he begins
to type.
Six Months later... The man recieves a package in the mail. He opens up the package. Inside he
finds a copy of his newest novel...
the man is and what his newest novel is.