"Good job sweetheart!" Mom said as I wiped the sweat from my brow, I had just scored my third basket in a row to win the game. As per usual Dad didn't show up, he never showed up no matter how many times I forced him to promise me he would! "You did very good honey." Mom said. Mom was always so kind to everyone even if they didn't deserve her kindness, her emerald green eyes could make your heart skip a beat with a passing glance, her shoulder-length chestnut hair which she usually wore in either in a bun or a ponytail could only be described as seemingly perfect. In fact, that's how most would describe Mom seemingly perfect or flawless, I heard some other moms talk about her, they said stuff like "she's so pretty and her life must be perfect" that couldn't be further from the truth. Mom and dad fought all the time, Dad's hardly ever home as it is and when he does come home it's usually after midnight and he's usually drunk. One time Mom and Dad got into a huge fight and Mom and I went to go live with her sister for a month. "It's a lunar eclipse tonight so maybe I'll let you stay up to watch it." Mom said as she led me out to the car.

It was around one in the morning when I heard it; the screaming. I grabbed the aluminum baseball bat I had in my room and wearily walked out into the hall. The screaming was coming from Mom's room, God I wish I could say I went back to bed, I wish I could say that my Dad handled things for once, but I can't. I walked to the open door to my mother's room and saw it. I saw that...that monster tearing her apart. I couldn't move or even think. I could only stand there and watch in horror before dropping my bat. The beast looked away from Mom and fixed its gaze on me, Mom looked ar me too with tear-filled eyes, "M-Mom?" I said, "Run." Mom said, "RUN!" She shouted snapping me out of my daze. I ran towards the front door and I swear I could hear it laugh from behind me. I was almost to the front door when something grabbed me and threw me into the kitchen, "Well hey there little guy, you were smart to run but it wouldn't have done much good seeing that no matter how far you would go I'd still find you and rip you to shreds. Just like how I did with your mommy." The monster said as it tossed mom's head and heart on the floor in front of me, "So are you gonna make it easy on me and be a good little victim?" It said as I stood up and grabbed a knife off the counter. My hands were trembling with a mix of fear and rage. I rushed at the monster and plunged the knife deep in its stomach, "Oh wow!" It said, "Absolutely no hesitation, honestly kid I'm impressed, but it'll take more than that to kill me!" It said as it slapped me into the china cabinet shattering the contents within. "FREEZE! DON'T MOVE!" A man yelled as the monster approached me to finish me off, suddenly the sound of gunfire filled the air. After about a minute or so the monster fell to the ground bleeding, "9 Charlie 12, requesting an ambo to 422 Bleakwood drive along with CSI and homicide." The man said as he put his gun away and walked over to me and carried me outside. I was looked at by the EMTs when they arrived, somehow I got out with only a few minor cuts and a mild concussion. "That was one sick son of a bitch, tearing them apart like that. If I didn't know any better I'd say that an animal or something did this." A cop said, "W-where's my Dad?" I asked hesitantly, "Sorry bud your mother and father were both killed." A female officer said.

Eventually, they locked down my house and labeled it as a crime scene despite the thing that murdered my parents was already dead. They called my aunt and had her come get me. When aunt Skyler arrived she didn't seem to really understand what was going on until she saw me sitting on a bench alone with an officer. After a few seconds, she ran over to me and hugged me while she cried. This all happened nine years ago, I was eight-years-old at the time. I've since learned that the thing that murdered my parents was something called a Windigo, a true monster and it's not the only one like it. My name is Blake Grey and it's my mission in life to learn all the secrets hidden in the darkest parts of this world.