The Forest

Kisa sits in the middle of the forest and stares up at the canopy of leaves "Such a beauty, it makes me wonder why people destroy it..." she lays back and watches the leaves move in the wind

Which animal should I tease today?Thought Olivia, with a devilish smile on her face. There was a sudden glow of light, heading towards Olivia. Darn it! Olivia started to run away from the light when suddenly there were 2 more, surrounding her. She teleported away from the light, scaredly. When Olivia finally got away from the light, she started crying, wondering if the light would come back, trying to hurt her.

Spencer sat up suddenly in the middle of the forest. What the hell had happened!? Since when did he make a habit of going to sleep in the woods? There was something wrong here though. Normally the forest was full of life and beauty, but this forest was dead and decayed. The twisting forms of dead trees surrounded him, and the only signs of life were clouds of flies buzzing around animal corpses. This was like some kind of hell!
"You're not far wrong there, mortal." he heard a hissing voice. He jumped at the sound, whirling around to look for the source, but he could find none. "Why do all you humans do that the first time?" the voice continued, and there was a low chuckle of amusement accompanying it.
"Who are you and where am I?" he demanded of the forest, before he realised that the voice, though it sounded like a person stood before him, was actually inside his head.
"I am an entity that has existed since the earliest days of your race, though my realm is timeless. You are still in the forest, but the visions you are seeing come from the blackest recesses of your mind. To use a human expression, you are in a dream world."
"Ok then, so you are an immortal being of some kind, who has trapped me inside my own mind, but for what purpose?" Spencer's mind was whirling, trying to work out whether or not all of this really was a dream.
"Oh, you are not trapped. You could leave whenever you wished. As for the purpose, I come deliver a message unto you."
Spencer tried to make this nightmare end, but it did not. Then he realised that deep down he didn't want to leave yet, he was too curious. "Ok then." he said hesitantly "What's the message?"
"Look into my eyes and you shall see."
Spencer was about to point out that such a thing was impossible, when suddenly the ground opened up in a great fiery chasm. He leapt back to avoid it, but the trees formed a barrier, their branches shoving him in. He fell at first, and screamed in terror, but then discovered that his fall had ceased. He looked before him and saw amongst the flame a writhing cloud of black with two golden eyes. He stared into them as he had been instructed, and his mind flooded with thoughts that were not his own. It was searing agony, and he cried out, clutching at his eyes as his skin peeled off and his bones turned to dust...

He was still screaming as he awoke and sat up quickly, his movements jerky. What the hell had that been!? It had seemed so real!
"Because it was real." hissed that same malicious voice "Now if you wouldn't mind heading back into town, there are some individuals you need to meet."
"No, it can't be in my head still! I'm going insane!" he breathed to himself.
"Wrong human, I am merely occupying your mind for a while to set you on the...correct path. The sooner you meet my demands the sooner I leave. Now get back to the town!"
Head hung in defeat at the way the demon had tricked him (his mind assured him that must be what it was) he began to make his way from the forest in the direction of the town. He could only hope the creature in his head wouldn't stay there too long. As though provoked by these thoughts, the entity let out another rumble of dark laughter, and Spencer did his best to ignore it.