Katie Harris

Freewriting Excerpt

I felt a cool fast breeze that made me shiver. I figured it was just the wind, but why didn't it affect the trees? I wanted to get out of there and find Morgan. I turned around and started walking towards a gap in the trees. I heard footsteps a few feet behind me. It didn't sound like human footsteps, though, more like horse hoof beats. I spun around once more only to see a horribly pale young man with a grim smile sitting atop an obedient, milky white horse. My breath was suddenly taken away. I couldn't take my now over-sized eyes off this unexpected sight. This man was glaring into my eyes. I felt hypnotized. I was so scared I couldn't even scream. I attempted backing away only to stumble and trip on a root. As I fell to the ground, I could only catch a glimpse of the man and his horse cantering away, or did they just disappear into thin air? After that, everything went black. I woke up in a hospital bed with a splitting headache. I apparently fell backwards in the graveyard and smashed my head on an oak tree, resulting in a major concussion.