Mia Mania Unlocking her Dreams

A graveyard of birds litters the forest floor, while the smell of rotten eggs makes me heave. Once again, the Corcarcus were stripping away a place I associate with fond memories and replacing them with darkness. My legs wobble and I collapse to my knees.

‘Poxy. I need you.’ I say through watery eyes.

I feel something crawl over my hand and brush off a black and gold beetle, which leaves a red throbbing bite. The beetle stares at me before scuttering away. I stand up and shake my body, which dispels more beetles. As I itch my hand, a red boil appears.

‘Ew.’ I poke it, pus oozes out making me feel dizzy and I collapse to the floor.

The soil beneath my hands vibrates and I hear rushing beneath the ground. Giant anthills pop up all over the forest. One by one the anthills explode and thousands of beetles’ head towards me. I scramble to get up but it’s too late, the beetles create a tight barrier around me and turn into shadow corpses, the Corcarcus. Their ghostly forms emit a faint golden glow, and their hollow eyes look like moon crevices. They stare at me and point with their bony fingers; the silence is unbearable.

‘What do you want?’ I say as I struggle to stand up.

Two Corcarcus’s step aside to reveal an exit; I try to escape but they push me over. A single Corcarcus walks through the opening towards me and offers his hand. I push it away and stand up. He glides towards me.

I spit in his transparent face. ‘Get away from me.’