he was there holding me, clutching me. grasping for each other, suddenly we were pulled apart, fingers slipping one by one. then they were there; dressed in black with painted masks of red, white and black. their smiles were pink and stretched superficially. then, that grimace turned into a demonic grin which mouthed "watch this." as the witch took a razor and began to slice his throat, I cried; single tears were streaming down my cheeks. "not him, not him", i whispered.
"it's your turn," she said as she stood abruptly, razor to my throat. she began. it started to burn, more and more. blood began to pool. i began to cry silently, but refused