Free write

 Free write is one of my favourite thing to do in class. It allows you to write the kind of story you enjoy writin the most. So without further ado here is my free write!

The creature

Simon leaped through the front door with extreme excitement “I’m all done with my chores” he called back to his mother “ok” sounded back a bored sounding voice. Simon’s favourite thing to do was go exploring in the bush and his mother knew it.

Simon decided on a direction to explore in and set of with a sparkle in his eyes. Deeper and deeper he pushed into the tall bush. Something seemed off though, his whole life he had been exploring the bush and it had always been bright and full of life but this time the few creatures he could see didn't seem happy, they seemed terrified. Simon assumed they were just spooked by his presence and pushed on, but the further he got into this seemingly dark part of the bush he noticed that he could walk right past animals and they would just be keeping a lookout for something else. Simon got bad vibes from this place and decided he should explore a different part of the bush. He started to head back but then he saw all the animals running into their hiding spots and staying as still as possible, whatever they had been afraid of was here. Simon thought it wise to do the same as the animals and darted behind a tree. Simon’s heart was beating fast now “what could they be so afraid of?” he thought to himself.  He peeked a look around the tree and saw that one rodent like creature was out in the open looking around for whatever was scaring them. A huge sound came from the other side of the tree he was hiding behind, it was a huge crashing sound, the sound of something massive tearing through the bush. Simon watched as a creature more than 5 times his size leapt at the small rodent and grabbed it in his hands. The creature was almost human shaped, but it had massive sticks growing out of its shoulders and it’s head was the shape of a sphere with large twigs growing from the side of it. It’s mouth was somewhat indented into its head and had the appearance of a short beak in some ways. The small rodent like creature in its hands appeared to be dead, probably from when the large creature leapt at it and crushed it. Simon looked away as the large creatures consumed the rodent, but as he did so he tripped over one of the roots of the tree he was behind. The large creature's head quickly snapped in the direction of the sound and then let out an ear splitting roar. 

Simon knew he had blown his cover and began to stumble his way across the uneven terrain. He was somehow moving very fast, but the creature was faster. Simon knew he could not outrun the creature, he knew he would have to use his size to his advantage. As he looked around with the gigantic creature getting ever closer he noticed and old fallen tree with hollow inside, he thought his luck was too good to be true. Simon instantly bolted towards it as the creature swung its massive hand at him, he dived into to hollow log. Simon thought he was safe and let out a sigh of relief, but not 2 seconds later a huge fist flung into the log right above his head sending splinters in every direction.  He quickly wriggled to the other side of the hollow log and quietly crept out of it making as little sound as possible while the massive creature continued to send fist after fist into the log. Simon slowly and quietly backed away from the log until he got behind a tree, the creature still hadn't noticed that he left the log. Simon knew this was his chance to escape, he turned around to check again that the creature was still attacking the log, but what he saw horrified him: the creature was gone. Simon didn’t know what to do he was looking around frantically for the creature but he couldn’t see it anywhere. He decided to just run for home. Through the forest he sprinted knowing that at any second the gigantic creature could pop out from anywhere. He thought he was going to make it, sure enough though that ear splitting roar came from behind him and there it was crashing through the low branches towards him, just when it was about to grab him the creature seemed to hit an invisible barrier! Simon ran right through the barrier, but everytime the creature tried to get him, but it was stopped by some kind of invisible force. Not knowing what was going on Simon just ran away, he made it all the way back to his house.

After that day Simon still went exploring in the bush, but he would always bring a knife now in case he ever needed it. Simon never saw that enormous creature again, but every night he always heard the faint roar of the huge creature.