Shadowed

Autumn morning glowed dimly over Brimstone as Rosemary and Regan walked together to their school. Their house wasn't too far. Only several blocks down the road of Milton Avenue. So it was safe for them to walk by themselves without the escort or supervisions of their parents. The day was good so far. Partly cloudy but still warm for the sun to shine on. Dressed in their light, wind jackets the Gravely sisters crossed the many streets hand in hand, carrying their backpacks along the way.

While they walked Rosemary stopped her little sister. Something moved by their feet. Another shadow. It didn't appear to belong to either of them. The sisters looked behind them yet nothing was there. Was that a friend that ran by, they wondered. Was that a neighbor? A biker or runner? A stranger, perhaps?

There was a sudden chill in the air. Their small bodies trembled from the cold; or perhaps fear swept through them. Cautiously the Gravely sisters continued walking at a much faster pace.

The girls noticed it again. It wriggled through the grass like a giant, flat worm. The shadow was following them. They hurried as fast as they could to get away from the stalking shadow, but it zipped by without them noticing. The girls haulted when the shadow moved in front of them.

Out popped a figure from the shadow's spot. The girls jumped and fell on their bottoms from at the sight of the ambusing figure. They fearfully shook and huddled together when they recognized the figure. Black hair, red suit, black suede shoes, pale skin, poiny goatee, and gleaming red eyes. It was their stepfather. It was the Devil, Lu.

Cornered and trapped, the Devil pulled out two lunchboxes behind his back and told them, "You girls forgot your lunches in the kitchen."

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