Yujin Han
Contract with the Devil
It's late evening, almost night. Today I stayed a little longer at work and the last bus left 20 minutes ago. The next one is no longer running. So I have to walk home. The only shortcut leads through the dark forest. What can I do? I walk along the stony path and the crowns of the trees dance to the rhythm of the wind. Another person would think how creepy it is, but I quite like it. It's getting colder, I pull my scarf closer to my neck and add to my stride. In the distance I see a bright light, resembling flames. "God, it's on fire!" As I run in that direction, it feels like forever, as if the flames are moving away from me. I finally managed to catch up, but the flames were suddenly gone. I look around, am I dreaming? Something flashes between the trees. I sharpen my vision and hear the crunching of branches behind me. I turn "who's there?!" I stand still for a while and wait. I'm afraid. I turn towards the road and want to leave when a figure appears from the darkness in front of me. About two meters high. As our faces meet, I finally see his face. He is perfect and beautiful. His golden eyes, like fire, burn through mine. I look away. The silence is broken by his deep, melodious voice "It's too late to walk alone in this forest, miss, don't you know what they say about it?". "I don't know, it seems absolutely normal to me," I answer. He smiles mischievously. "During the day maybe, but at night the darkest creatures awaken, you shouldn't be here unless you want to meet one of them". "I'm sorry sir but I don't have time for conversation I want to go home" I step forward determined to continue on my way but he stands in my way "Who enters this forest will never come out..." he took my a strand of hair and rub them between his fingers. "...but I could help you get out". I sigh "so what should I do?" He smiled with satisfaction "it's easy, just sign this contract" he dropped a lock of my hair and snapped his fingers. A flame shot out of a small spark, which then turned into a paper shred in his hands. Along with this paper, massive golden horns appeared on his head. I look at it in amazement, but I'm slowly starting to realize what is going on here. "Sir, who are you?" "I am someone who can help you. You will not feel pain, your loved ones will not suffer, death will be avoided. You will experience a feeling of happiness. But everything has a price" he replied. "What price will I have to pay?" He looked at me "The tallest".
Contract with the Devil
It's late evening, almost night. Today I stayed a little longer at work and the last bus left 20 minutes ago. The next one is no longer running. So I have to walk home. The only shortcut leads through the dark forest. What can I do? I walk along the stony path and the crowns of the trees dance to the rhythm of the wind. Another person would think how creepy it is, but I quite like it. It's getting colder, I pull my scarf closer to my neck and add to my stride. In the distance I see a bright light, resembling flames. "God, it's on fire!" As I run in that direction, it feels like forever, as if the flames are moving away from me. I finally managed to catch up, but the flames were suddenly gone. I look around, am I dreaming? Something flashes between the trees. I sharpen my vision and hear the crunching of branches behind me. I turn "who's there?!" I stand still for a while and wait. I'm afraid. I turn towards the road and want to leave when a figure appears from the darkness in front of me. About two meters high. As our faces meet, I finally see his face. He is perfect and beautiful. His golden eyes, like fire, burn through mine. I look away. The silence is broken by his deep, melodious voice "It's too late to walk alone in this forest, miss, don't you know what they say about it?". "I don't know, it seems absolutely normal to me," I answer. He smiles mischievously. "During the day maybe, but at night the darkest creatures awaken, you shouldn't be here unless you want to meet one of them". "I'm sorry sir but I don't have time for conversation I want to go home" I step forward determined to continue on my way but he stands in my way "Who enters this forest will never come out..." he took my a strand of hair and rub them between his fingers. "...but I could help you get out". I sigh "so what should I do?" He smiled with satisfaction "it's easy, just sign this contract" he dropped a lock of my hair and snapped his fingers. A flame shot out of a small spark, which then turned into a paper shred in his hands. Along with this paper, massive golden horns appeared on his head. I look at it in amazement, but I'm slowly starting to realize what is going on here. "Sir, who are you?" "I am someone who can help you. You will not feel pain, your loved ones will not suffer, death will be avoided. You will experience a feeling of happiness. But everything has a price" he replied. "What price will I have to pay?" He looked at me "The tallest".