Nia’s perspective

Just keep your head down. Don’t look up. Someone will come soon. Nia brushed her hair out of the way. She looked up to see a jungle surrounding her. Light hit the ground below her. Is that a body under that tree? Nia approached the shape but realized it was only a shadow. Just a shadow. A shadow of… a person?

Nia shot up to see no shadow at all. Was I imagining it? Is it all just … fake? Nia looked up at a big tree. She slowly reached out to touch the bark. As Nia’s hand came close to the tree, there was a sudden howl.

At that moment Nia froze. She cautiously pulled her hand away. Nia bit her lip in astisapasion. The howl suddenly stopped. Nia slowly turned to face it. The white wolf that stood in front of her slowly raised his lips.

The wolf howled again and again. Nia slowly bent on one knee and put her hand up. She closed her eyes and pushed her hand to the wolf. The wolf froze and started snarling. Nia scratched behind its ear. She opened her eyes to see the wolf coming closer. Nia jumped up and backed up. Her back hit the tree, but the wolf was making ground. The wolf got on his hind legs and jumped at Nia. Nia shut her eyes and pushed the dog off of her. She turned to run but another wolf appeared. She pinched herself. The first dog tackled her. The second wolf approached snarling.

When the first started licking Nia, her jaw dropped. She tried to push the wolf off but it just kept licking her. She closed her eyes to keep the slobber out of them. When Nia peeked she saw trees. Where did they go? They were here a second ago. Nia turned a corner but there was no one there. Nia slumped to the ground. She started to cry. No one is here. I'm all alone. I'm all alone. She kept repeating the same thing in her head.

She let out a scream that shook the trees. She screamed and screamed but it didn’t matter. Nobody could hear her. Nobody visible could hear her. She started to run forward, but a tree appeared in front of her. She fell to the ground. Ow. That hurt. What the heck is… OW! A tree stump appeared below her.

She flew into the air. Nia fell face first onto the ground. Ew! She swallowed dirt, blood, and a tooth. Nia rolled out of the way just as a bush sprouted up. Nia jumped up and got ready for a boost. Another tree stump boosted her up as a tree hit her in the face. Nia got back up and whipped her face.

“To the left!” A voice called out to Nia. She immediately dove to the left. A cactus rose from her previous position.

“Again to the left!” A different voice called out. As Nia jumped to the left, an apple fell from the tree and hit her hard on the head.

“Ow!” Nia called out. This time all she got in return was being tackled. A man her age stood in front of her.

“Where did you come from?” Nia was too busy whipping the dirt off of her face to realize who was in front of her.

“Hey, I'm sorry, I didn’t mean to hurt you.” A man’s voice said sarcastically.

“Oh…” Nia got up and recognized the face.

“Hello Lolly.” The man started to snicker.

“Lolly? Oh I get it now.” Nia smiled awkwardly. He must only see me as Eloise.

This man's name was Aiden, he was a bully in fourth grade, that’s when Eloise went through her insecure stage a.k.a Nia. He would always pick on Nia because she was gullible and wouldn’t say anything. He would call her names and beat her up. After a while, Harley came to play, she beat the guys butt. He couldn't speak for weeks because she went for the jaw. He never ever talked to them ever again.

“You didn’t think you got rid of me did you Lolly?” Aiden pushed on her shoulder.

“I didn’t care. Honestly did you think I would, I mean I’ve grown up. I'm not gullible or vulnerable anymore.” This was the first time Nia ever stuck up for herself.

“Look I'm so sorry for what I said in fourth grade, I just want to be friends.” Aiden raised his eyebrows.

“Sure I mean I don’t see why we can’t be friends.”

“And you said you weren’t gullible.” Aiden laughed his head off. “LIke I would ever want to be friends with a stupid, insacure, idiot, who I think is disgusting. Oh and not to mention the only mistake God has ever made.”

“I'm not a mistake, ok I'm worth it.” Tears came into Nia’s eyes.

“You are not worth it. No guy will ever like you, or think you're pretty. They’ll take one look at you and say ’Hey If i'm going to go for her, why don’t I just take a pig.”

Nia turned around as tears fell down her cheek. “Just leave me alone.”

“Just leave her alone Aiden.” Bobby’s voice boomed behind him.

“Bobby.” Aiden growled.

“Aiden, go find someone your own size.” Bobby walked over to Nia and put his arm around her. When Aiden would be mean to Nia, Bobby is the one who would let Eloise cry on his shoulder or pour out her heart too. He would always walk her home from school or beat up anyone who insulted her.

“Look Bobby, just stay out of my way and no harm will be made.” Aiden put a smile on his face.

“How about this Aiden, you walk away and no blood will be shed.” Bobby put on his mean face.

“Guys, I'm fine. Just go away.” Nia whipped her teary eyes.

“Nia you don’t understand, we're not real. Were in your imagination. If you want to get rid of us, you have to be the one to do it.” Bobby said soothingly.

“Nia is not strong enough to do that, she is a failure. You're wasting your time Bobby, If you want to get rid of me do it yourself.” Aiden pushed Bobby backward. Bobby immediately suckerpunched Aiden.

“Guys stop it.” Nia tried to pull Bobby away. Bobby gently moved Nia back, Aiden took that moment and punched him in the jaw. “Guys stop it!”

Aiden tackled Bobby to the floor and started pummeling him. “GUYS STOP IT!” Nia fell to the floor as. Everything started to fade away, including Nia herself.