by A.W. Berry

Created on: December 05, 2007   Last Updated: April 29, 2011

It was a cold December afternoon on a cool snowy afternoon, and Christmas day was approaching fast among other things. Dale was spending the weekend at his friend Mac's home and they had decided to go to the mall to window shop and look for presents. The two 7 year olds were excited that Christmas was just two days away.

At first, everything was fine, Dale and his friend got to the mall, Santa was there, Christmas music was playing and the mall wasn't too hot or crowded. All the latest gadgets and gift items were handsomely on display in the store showcases. The larger than life size candy canes were prominently adorned near Santa's makeshift mall abode and everyone seemed happy.

The Christmas shopping horror really didn't begin until after the two friends left the mall. They had decided to walk to the mall, and to get back they decided to pass through a wooded area with an icy trail, but something didn't seem right. The crunching of the snow was pleasantly misleading as they briskly made their way back to the home. Then Dale noticed something out of the corner of his eye; it looked like a shiny bug, but when he turned to look it was gone. He asked Mac if he saw it but he hadn't and Mac said his stomach was acting up and it was best they step up the pace.

So the two friends continued to walk when once again the glittery bug thing appeared to Dale, only this time it was right in front of his face and it had teeth. Dale shrieked and Mac looked over when he saw the bug biting at Dale's nose. When Mac went to knock of the bug he ended up punching Dale in the face accidentally. The bug disappeared but Dale was in pain and Mac's stomach couldn't wait any longer. As Dale was grabbing his nose and cursing at Mac, Mac had quickly traversed to the nearest tree to expunge himself expediently, it was rather horrifying for both of them, but then just when they thought things couldn't get worse they did.

Dale and Mac regained their composition and agreed to put the event behind them as they continued to walk in amazement of the recent transpiring of events when not one but two of the shiny glittery bug creatures appeared from behind a tree. These ones were bigger and had larger wings that moved rapidly as their red eyes beamed toward the two friends. "Run" said Mac as they became afraid of the bug creatures. Dale and Mac headed off the trail without thinking as the bugs flew after them; when the two friends could no longer see the bugs they stopped running but had become

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