Ellie curled up under a tree. Nature was calming, soothing, and generally mostly quiet, especially at night. She was staring up into the branches of the tree thinking over the events of the day, and the good she had done. The incident with the demon had scared her sure, but the truth was she was incredibly happy. She was, after all, finally on earth where she belonged. It was with those thoughts that her eyes became heavy and started to close.

And then it happened. One moment she was falling asleep, the next moment she was being awoken by an awful racket of a sound. It was loud and wailing, and it made her eardrums throb. What was that awful sound? Was it out to attack her? Once more fear built in the pit of her stomach as she thought about the sound and what it could mean. Was it the demon? Did he catch up to her?

Her heart was racing so fast and she was having trouble deciding her best course of action. Her legs were tired from the last time she had fled, she hadn’t expected it, but earth air wore her down. Normally no amount of physical activity could make her tired, nor did she need sleep. But this, this was different. She was tired, a feeling she wasn’t used to. Her limbs were tired. She knew she couldn’t run from the predator. She also knew that if the demon had escaped her last attack she was going to be unable to fight.

Frantically she looked around her as if hoping to find the answer. She saw a house up the hill a little bit, the house probably belonged to the property she had been snoozing on just moments ago. In her mind she knew she needed to make it to that house, if she could then she would be fine, her thoughts assured her of this. She had to have energy to run that far.

She ran from the sound that was following her, her heart racing in her chest. As she reached the front door she pounded her small fist against the cool wooden door and cried out, “Please someone, anyone HELP ME!”