Do-It-Yourself Story

Nick, an 18 year-old boy, dressed completely in camping gear runs up a trail on the side of a mountain. Leaves fall through the air, nature's confetti, celebrating the arrival of Autumn. The sides of the trail explode with reds, yellows, and browns as Nick races up the mountain. The wind blows through the bare tree limbs, howling.

Early fall sunlight shines through the forest life, leaving streaks of light littering the trail ahead and behind Nick.

Looking over his shoulder, hair plastered to his forehead with dirt and sweat, Nick's face drains of color. A THUNDERING GALLOP echoes behind him.

Detaching his backpack from his shoulders, Nick drops it to the forest floor and continues running. Next comes his canteen, his flashlight, and sleeping bad. All littering the ground as he continues. Rounding a bend, Nick shutters as the canteen CRUNCHES under the enormous weight of his pursuer.

Ahead, Nick sees the crest of he trail. Running forward he scrambles up the slope, trying to reach the top as quickly as possible - unaware of the steep drop on the other side.

Nick tumbles down the sloping path, into a ravine. Landing in the semi-dried bottom of a creek, Nick lays face-first in mud.

Coming to, Nick lifts his head out of the brown, lumpy substance, gasping for air. Propping himself up on his knees, Nick wipes the mud off his face, flinging it towards the bank of the creek. Pausing, Nick tilts his head towards the way he fell down the slope.

Silence. All that reverberates through the forest is the rustling of dead leaves and an occasional cackling crow.

Nick rises, walks to the bank of the creek and begins climbing the ravine. Reaching up to grab a root, a THUD shakes the creek below. Glancing down, a FIGURE is thrashing in the mud.

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Ok, so now it's your turn. What happens next? A) Nick scrambles to climb out of the ravine  B) Nick throws objects down at the the figure below him   C) When trying to climb out, Nick falls to the bottom of the creek   D) The figure grabs hold of Nick's leg.

Let me know where it should go and I'll keep going. If there aren't many responses, then it'll fizzle. No big deal.

I'll find something else to right.

And as if you can't tell - this is kind of written in a film style.