The Dreaded Skullasaurus
KRAA-KOW!
The inky blackness of the night sky cracked as a streak of lightning shot downwards, brilliant blue-white light momentarily illuminating the massive trees of the Hundred Acre Woods and casting deep shadowy shapes across the landscape before retreating into darkness once more. Deep inside the forest, the walls of a small home shook as powerful thunder rocked the summer night sky.
With each strike of the sky's wrath, the quaint home's interior was cast into light, revealing that not all of it's inhabitants were fast asleep. In the smaller bedroom, a frightened Pooh-chan sat shakingly in her bed, only a small sliver of her golden hair and blue eyes peeking from behind the covers of her bed. Pooh-chan hated the powerful night storms the summer would bring and this one was no exception.
"D-don't worry, Piglett. The storm should pass soon." she spoke softly, not wanting to wake her housemate despite her fearful state.
The girl craddled a small stuffed pink pig in her arms, whom she affectionately called "Piglett.". The toy was crudely stitched together and certainly showed it's age with several repairs across its threadbare form. Notably, the threads that held its black button eyes hung loose, but such small details never bothered Pooh-chan. Piglett was a gift to her from her housemate, Christopher Robin. Once his favorite toy, the aged plush toy was now the girl's much-loved stalwart companion.
The raging storm outside made the tiny room an awfully eerie place for the young girl, the echoing howls of wind and roars of thunder only making for a more terrifying night. Pooh-chan peered out from the blanket once again just as another flash of lightning illuminated the room. Dark shadows strayed over the walls of the room, the silhouettes of tree branches turning to the razor sharp claws of a terrifying monster. Pooh-chan let out a frightened squeak as she retreated under her covers once more.
"Ooh, this scary storm reminds me of the big scary Skullasaurus Christopher Robin told me about!" she said to Piglet.
The Skullasaurus was a terrifying beast, accalimed to have great bulging bug eyes and saber-like teeth, which lived in "Skull Cave", an area of the forest not too far away from the house. The legend went that those who heard the beast's haunting roar would be cursed. Pooh's grip on Piglet tightened as visions of the Skullasaurus filled her mind, the echoes of thunderonly punctuating her thoughts. Pooh-chan tried clearing her mind of the horrible thoughts, but just as she was managing to get the last glimpses of the creature from her mind's eye, a deep growl filled the room. Pooh-chan could feel her heart sink in fear.
"Huh..!? W-what was that!?" she squeaked in a small voice.
The chubby blonde could feel her body start to shake as fear set in, clutching her stuffed companion tighter. A second growl ground out, completely disproving the notion that the sound mind have been a figment of her frightened mind. In a flash of panic, Pooh-chan frantically pulled off the covers and fumbled to turn on the lamp on her bedside.
Picking up the small lantern, Pooh-chan scanned around the room. The soft orange glow of the delicate flame revealed a cluttered room with empty honey pots strewn about the wooden floor and large rug in the center. In the corner stood Pooh-chan's large mirror, before which she would often stand, speaking to her reflection or performing her routine stoutness exercises. She walked up to her mirror and looked at her reflected twin.
She was dressed in a grayish blue nightgown that reached down a short way down her thighs and was loose enough to be comfortable but still left the outline of a prominent tummy visible underneath. Her hair, normally in twin ponytails, cascaded down past her shoulders, flowing like a golden waterfall. Draped over head was a similarily colored nightcap, the loose-form cap lopped over on one side of her head.
"Oh, hello there." Pooh greeted her reflected self "You wouldn't happen to have seen a big scary Skullasaurus nearby, have you?" The reflection shook its head. "Oh good, it must have been my imagination then.”
Pooh chuckled a sigh of relief and turned to head back to bed, but just as Pooh went to move, she heard the growl again.
"Oh bother, there it is again!" Pooh-chan panicked and started pacing back and forth as she pondered her next move. "C'mon, Pooh, think..think..think!" she began to concentrate, lightly tapping her forehead with the knuckles of her free hand. "If that mean ol' Skullasaurus isnt here...then he must be elsewhere...and if he's elsewhere, that means...Christopher Robin!" Pooh-chan gasped!
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