The Everfree Giant

At Camp Everfree

A sixteen year old boy and his girlfriend were breaking the rules of Camp Everfree with reckless abandon. They were looking for a nice secluded spot away from the camp so that they could try to "eat each other's faces".

The boy, named Tracker, was relatively taller than everyone else by being six-foot-eleven. His height made him feel somewhat like a freak compared to his other classmates. He had bright purple hair and blue eyes. His build was not overly muscular, but he had enough to lift a considerable amount of weight.

The girl, named Marina, was more than happy to have some alone time with her boyfriend. She was a petite creature with blue hair and purple eyes. It was her idea to do this little rendezvous with Tracker in the first place.

The young couple wanted to ensure their privacy, so they went deeper and deeper into the forest. The two were so caught up in the idea of their upcoming session of passion that they chose to ignore Timber Spruce's warnings about going into forests or any unfamiliar environments.

"Don't stray too far into the forest without a guide or a designated trail. If you don't know that area, you could get lost just a few hundred feet away from where you first entered" Timber had relayed to them earlier that week.

But these two naughty campers willfully ignored this warning and continued going deeper and deeper into the forest. To make matters even worse, they were doing this at night!

Eventually, the couple came across a small clearing in the middle of the forest. It was a nice clearing with short grasses and the full moon was shining bright and illuminating the clearing with its beautiful light.

Tracker turned to his girlfriend with a flirtatious smile. "You seriously want to do this?"

Marina returned the smile. "Of course I do. Don't worry. No one's going to find us out here"

Tracker, seemingly satisfied with that answer, gently pins Marina against one of the trees. They both start kissing each other, slowly at first. Further on, they started using their tongues on each other. This continued for some time until Tracker slid his right hand down her stomach and dangerously close to her groin. Marina stopped kissing him and looked at him with a serious expression.

"Track, please don't do that. I'm not ready for that" she relayed to him. Tracker's expression softened.

"Okay. I won't do anything. I'm sorry. But if you're not ready, that's fine", Tracker said with a soft smile.

Both smiling at each other, they resumed their make-out session. Nothing of significance happened for a good few minutes.

Suddenly, the sound of a large animal running through the underbrush put an end to the couple's kissing. They both turned to the direction of the sounds.

They were coming from the side of the clearing opposite to where the couple were standing. The sounds were coming closer and closer.

Both of them were looking in the direction of the sounds with their fight-or-flight responses primed and ready to bolt.

When a human or any other animal is faced with a potentially dangerous situation, the natural response is to either fight, fly, or freeze. Freezing is when the individual is trying to assess the situation and determine whether to fight off or run away from the perceived threat. When the fight-or-flight response is triggered, the brain produces more and more adrenaline and raises the heartrate. The increase in heartrate increases the intake of oxygen. The combination of adrenaline and oxygen enhances the human body beyond its normal limits. This allows someone to fight threats off with increased strength or run from it with tremendous speed.

But right now, the couple were in freeze mode. If they stand still, maybe the threat won't see them.

As they were trying to get ready to run, a large deer had burst from the treeline and stopped instantly upon seeing the two humans in the forest. That moment of hesitation would cost the deer.

A long humanoid arm with long fingers grabbed the screaming deer and pulled it into the darkness of the forest. Both humans were shocked by what they just saw. The canopy of the trees blocked out the moonlight, so they couldn't see what had grabbed the deer. The deer's screaming was cut off by the sound of bones breaking and wet tearing.

Before the couple's very eyes, a large humanoid entity stepped out from the trees. From what they could tell, this creature was at least thirty feet tall. It was female from what they could tell. It had dark crimson hair tied in a ponytail, bright blue eyes, and dark gray skin. This entity had beautiful features. Her face was soft-looking and pleasing to the eye. Her physique was also similar to that of a model. She wore clothes made of animal skins. In her right hand, she held the headless body of the deer she grabbed earlier.

She was looking at the humans with what looked like curiosity. She tilted her head from side-to-side while looking at the humans. Slowly, she raised the headless deer carcass up to her face. Her mouth opened to reveal ape-like teeth with prominent canine teeth. She took a bite out of the deer's ribs and began eating.

That was all the reason the couple needed to run away from the creature.

They ran like rabbits all the way through the forest. Their clothes were getting ripped by branches and thorns and were opening up bleeding cuts, but that didn't matter. They were too afraid of what they saw to care about pain.

The couple was more than relieved when they saw the lights of the camp they left. They ran up to the main office of the camp where the counselors would hopefully still be. They needed the counselors' help to find out what is lurking around the camp.

They ran into the main office to be greeted by Timber Spruce and Gloriosa Daisy working on paperwork. They saw the state that their two missing campers were in and immediately sent them to the Infirmary. Marina was crying into Tracker's chest the entire time while Tracker was staring off into space and was muttering something about a monster in the woods.

When they were both calm enough to speak, Timber Spruce went up to Tracker.

"Okay, buddy. I know you saw something difficult to talk about, but can you please tell us what you saw out there?" he asked softly.

Tracker looked at him with haunted eyes. "A giant. There's a giant out there."