the Gargoyle

Start writing... this Story begins with a young man named Everett who lives in a little town far from the the main Castle. Everett rides a horse to the local shop to buy groceries as he walks into the store the clerk looks at him and screams "Everett how are you how's the family?" Everett replies "I'm great never better my family is doing fine my son is getting big ho but what brings me here tonight is apples a huge basket do you have any?" clerk replies "why yes I got a shipment in just the other day just give me one minute." the clerk runs to the back and brings a case of apples to the front clerk "okay Everett that comes up to $65, oh I threw in some extra fruit for you a rare kind given to me by the shipper." Everett "did he say where from?" clerk replies "he bought them on the outskirts of town near the old ruins where the gypsies camp out. they're a weird people but their women are beautiful sometimes dressed with the most beautiful attire a rare sight to behold." Everett laughs "I thought you had a wife ?" clerk replies "Everett I haven't been married in a while,four years as a fact the only thing I have of hers is a heart-shaped locket." Everett replies" well since you put it like that there's nothing wrong with a view." as Everett makes his purchase and packs his things to leave two patrolman rush in the store panting and sweating as if they were running from something one of the patrolman falls to the floor as Everett and the clerk rushes to help him he starts screaming "monsters,monsters" Everett and the clerk look at each other confused Clerk "what do you mean monsters?" patrolman 1 "these creatures in the streets they're not human the...the...the way they move Everett stops him "hey breathe man you sound crazy are you sure these aren't tricks of the night?" the patrolman is a young Caucasian man in his early twenties while the other patrolman is an African American in his late twenties he's more experienced in this field of work. patrolmen two "he's not exaggerating we were riding into town when we saw a carriage down on the side of the road we saw a family surrounding two horses we thought it had broken its leg but as we stepped closer to the family we noticed there was nothing but blood over the road. We rush to the family but as we stepped closer to them we noticed they were covered in blood as well." patrolman 2 stops and stares "but it wasnt their blood on them ... i cant believe im saying this but...they were eating the horses." Everett and the clerk look at each other horrified by what they just heard . everett with fear in his voice looks at the patrolman and says "eating them ?!?!" patrolman 2" yes, they were eating their horses and by the time we turned to get back on ours one had sprang from their carriage and took it down with no problem so we escaped on the other one and rode until we saw your shop." Everett walks to the window and asks "where do you think they are now ?" Patrolman 2" I dont know im assuming theyre still on the road, it was a family of four well five including the one that jumped out of the carriage. everett 'well first things first none of you got injured on the way here right?" Patrolman 1 replies " no none of us got touched by them, but we left our items on the other horse." as the patrolman was talking loud noises are heard on the roof and the back of the shop. patrolman 2 "Is there anybody else here with you ?" They all look towards the back and the clerk immediately runs to the register and grabs to revolvers, he throws one to everett and the patrolman.clerk "everett you know how to use one of those ?" everett replies" yes,its been a while but i remember." patrolman 1 " do you have any other weapons? we left ours on the other horse." just then a huge crash is heard as though something had been broken open. clerk 'theyve broken down the door to the supply room we have to move now." they all run out of the shop,guns in hand and two men per horse ,as they head up the road one of the creatures busts through the shop window and starts sprinting after their horses.despite the speed of the horse the creature gains speed on the horse of everett and patrolman 1. Everett turns around and sees this humanoid creature running after them. Everett points the gun at the creature behind them as he stares at it making sure to make this shot a good one. he lines his sights up and pulls the trigger BOOM , he hits the creature in the shoulder and it goes down, but everett doesnt take his eyes off the creature in disbelief of what he just saw , then as he is about to turn around to focus on the road he hears a scream,not a normal scream but the scream of a huge wounded animal he turns around quickly to see the creature running at them on all fours gaining two times the speed he had before but its appearance was different this time it lost its human features it had before and it stunned everett at least long enough for the creature to take a swipe at the back of the horses hoof. patrolman 1 screams"everett, whats going on ?!?!" everett quickly pulls hisself together and points the revolver at the creature. BOOM,BOOM he lets off 2 rounds at the creature hitting it with both shots.the creature runs towards the forest and everett and the patrolmen race to catch up with the other two.