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I could hear the skittering of a thousand spiders running after me

i just kept looking straightforward trying to close out all the noise behind me

''Why are you running?'' i could hear someone saying in the darkness

i ignored it the best i could as i just kept running in the wet dark cave hoping to find a way out 

Yet as i reached the light i tripped and fell right down on my arm

''crap..'' i said as i staggered back up on my feet but it was already to late

The spiders were already covering my whole body 

i could feel their small feet all over my skin as i screamed out for help several of them entered my mouth 

And in the neverending darkness i saw it

The giant spider walking slowly towards me with her fangs dripping with poison

she moved closer and closer and as she was right about to take my life i heard a loud ringing sound

''what...what...''

i looked around the dark cave as i slowly awoke from my nightmare

the blanket lying only over my feet and my pillows down on the floor

''oh great...another nightmare...'' i said to myself as i rubbed my eyes

''Ugh...what time is it...'' i said struggling to find my cellphone in the mess i had created 

''where is the damn thing...'' i said looking around as i found it lying on the other side of the bed

i picked it up and checked the time 

''okay...07.25...school is in 1 hour...ugh'' i struggled and got out of the bed

i put on some random jeans i had put out the night before and a white shirt with the words ''Surfer'' even though i had never surfed before...

''...im so tired...'' i trudged over to the bathroom and brushed my theeth still rubbing my eyes

''....this day is going to suck so much...f**k...'' i sighed and finished brushing as i walked downstairs and got myself an apple and peeled a carrot for some easy to make breakfast as well as a glass of water

i sat down infront of the tv and turned it on usually early morning tv sucked but atleast the TV had buildt in netflix so i decided to watch some of 'the office for about 30 min as i left my home and walked over to the school

the weak cold morning sun barely helpt as i zipped up my winter jacket and started the ardous walk to school

''Hey! Ben! wait!'' i heard a voice yelling

i looked around to see where the voice came from as i saw a girl wearing a black winter coat with a matching thick wool hat

''oh, hey Sarah, what's up?''

''Apart from the sky ? not much...you?''

''Nothing...Nothing at all, im so freaking tired im still not sure i'm really here...''

''oh ? slept badly?''

''yeah...and i had a nightmare like a kid''

''Really ? Ben had a nightmare ? what ? did you Drown?''

''hilarious....no, i was in this dark cave and on my way out like a million spiders started chasing me...''

''okay! stop! no more, i hate spiders, so shut up''

''Yeah...that's what im saying, it sucked major ass...''

''i guess....But hey, looking forward to the field trip today?''

''thats today ? i thought it was tommorow....''

''is it ? i think its today...''Sarah said doubting herself now

''Meh...i guess we'll find out once we get there Sarah''

''oh, hey Ben, did you hear about Goliath?''

''Oh yeah! Tom said he's gotten back from the vet and he's totally fine''

''Really ? that's great!'' Sarah smiles

''Yeah, i would hate seeing that Dane gone...he's awesome and im going to watch him this weekend''

''Really?''

''Yeah, i dont know why really, i just got a phone from Tom asking me yesterday night...im going to ask him more about it today''

''okay...'' sarah says as they turn a corner and spot the gray colour-less brick school

''it looks like such a sad building! look at it! what an ugly piece of shit school...''

''Relax Tom, its a school, what do you want it to look like?''

''i dont know...but not like that'' i said sighing as we walk over to the school and enter

''so...are we leaving right away or do we got classes before ?''

''i think we're leaving at 10.00, we have that test we need to do remember?''

''oh no! the test ? i totally forgot!'' i said freaking a bit out

''well....sucks for you Ben'' Sarah said giggling as we entered the classroom and sat down

i walked over to my chair and poked the head of John who sat next to me

''Yo, tom, what's up?''

''oh, Hey Ben, didn't see you coming, whats up?''

''i just asked you!''

''Yeah well, i asked you so, going to tell me or not?''

''Nothing! nothing is going on, im at school, same as you''

''Well, you just answered your own question then''

''No i meant, what were you doing, you look like you're trying to blow up your phone with your mind...''

''oh, yeah, i got a working n64 emulator on it so im playing some super mario 64, just beat fire bowser so suck it''

''on that small screen ? holy crap, thats impressive..''

''why thank you, now get on your knees and kiss my ass'' john said sarcasticly as miss Stevens entered the classroom

''okay, Before we are going on the fieldtrip to Waterfall springs national park we need to have a little test so you all get 20 minutes to read up some and then one hour for the test, then after that we leave''

''yes! im now screwed!'' i thought to myself as i luckily got some time to read up on the stuff

I got out my books on nature and started reading the pages assigned to read which was about mushroom and fungi

''Yo, Ben, check it'' John poked my shoulders and held up his phone 

i took a look at the screen which showed the file selection of mario 64 with one file having all 120 stars

''Stop showing off asshole, i need to read this stuff! i dont wanna fail on this test''

''fine whatever'' he grinned and just kept on playing as i started to read again

I poured myself over the school-book reading as much as i could in just those 20 minutes but due to the nature of the subject i had to read trough the same page several times before i got the grasp of it

and when i did finally understand some of it, 20 minutes had already passed without me noticing

''okay everyone, put your books down and get a pen'' miss stevens said as she started handing out the test to us

''Okay, you get one hour starting....now!'' she said as everyone in the class started focusing on the test

i took a deep breath and looked down hoping it was something i knew and suprise would have it, it was!

it was mostly stuff from the page i just read so i started writing in my answers one after one feeling so confident as my pen just races across the white paper

i got stuck on a pair questions so i looked out over the class room for something that would jog my memory

unluckily nothing really came to me but i did notice John still playing on his phone having not even started on his paper

i sighed and looked back down on the paper and checked the answers i had already written make sure those were right

i wasn't quite sure but all of them felt right atleast...

''let's see...the answer is...'' i smiled to myself as i came up with the answer and wrote it down just as i heard a loud noise

''F**k!! Stupid F**king game!'' iu heard John yelling as everyone in the class looked back at him, even miss stevens stod up from her chair and looked at him

''having some issues john...?''

He looked up at her

''Yeah, the emulator broke just as i was about to get the last red coin! piece of shit machine''

''damn it john, focus on your test, or do you want me to take your phone?''

''Fine...whatever'' John said as he started writing on the test, it took him about five minutes before he walked up the teacher and handed in the paper

Miss stevens looked at him then at the paper then back at him

''...once again you amaze me John, everyhing is correct...you can walk to the cafeteria if you want''

''A'ight, see you suckers later'' he said and gave me the finger and walked out of the classroom

''what a dick!'' i thought to myself as i kept writing

after going trough my answers several times i decided it was time to hand in the test, several had already done so it far so i wasnt one of the first ones to do it which is always awkward

I walked up to the teachers desk and handed the test to miss stevens

''Here you go...'' i said in a low voice, she grabbed the paper and skimmed trough then looked back at me

''looks good Ben, why dont you wait in the cafeteria with the rest''

i nodded and left the classroom and walked over to the cafeteria where John and a few others sat around 

''Yoo, over here Sucker'' John said waving at me

i walked over and sat down next to him

''i dont get you John...you finished that test in 5 minutes...''

''well, i know that stuff Ben so its easy for me''

''i guess you're just one of those people who just know everyhing they read''

''Aye, thats right but check this out''

He showed me his phone again but now he was playing mario party 1

''3 stars leads against hard computers on eternal star, am i just the best or what?''

''yeah, whatever, are you compensating for something?''

''Tssk, what else am i supposed to do ?''

''i guess....''' i looked over at the cafeteria who had just opened and walked over and bought myself a coke

''So...looking forward to the trip?'' John asked me as i sat back down

''Not particulary....waterfall springs isnt really...the most exciting place in the world''

''i've never been there before so i dunno but it sounds...okay ? i mean waterfall's are awesome right?''

''there is a single waterfall there and its like 10 feet tall, its mostly just thick forest and grassy''

''Awww, really ? thats lame'' John said playing some more on his phone

i took a sip of my coke and let out a sigh as Sarah entered the cafeteria and walked over to us

''Hey guys''

''Hey Sarah'' i said 

''Ey sarah, had fun?'' John said not moving his eyes from the game

''with the test ? yeah, it was super fun''

''Dont be sarcastic, it dosent suit you Sarah''

''like you know what suits me John''

I gave her a kind smile as she did the same back to me

''Hey, can i have a sip?`'' she asked looking at the coke

i nodded and handed her the bottle as she decided to drink up all i had left

''you said a sip! you drank the entire bottle!''

''i was thirsty!'' Sarah said poking the bottle as it fell down onto the floor and rolled under the table

We talked a bit more as miss stevens entered the cafeteria and ordered us all to come with her

She led us infront of the school where a buss stood parked

I walked over to the buss and got inside sitting down in the back with John and Sarah

''Yooo....how long is the ride over there ? i hate taking busses'' John said looking at Sarah

''i dont know...about 15 minutes i guess, its just outside of the city so...''

''You have never been there before ? Really?''

''I just moved here like two months ago! and i dont really take trips to the forest''

''Fair enough'' me and Sarah said at the same time as the buss started up and began to drive us to our destination

''so why do you hate taking the buss john?''

''because the people are rude, its cramped, it smells and they never show up on time''

''...cant really blame you there'' i said looking out the window

As i looked out the windows to see the sun shining down on the city on this dreary autumn day i could swear i saw my mom Tina walking on the sidewalk as we drove past her

''oh'' i said lowly as Sarah looked at me

''what ?''

''i just think i saw my mom on the sidewalk is all''

''Yeah ? that's nice?''

''i guess it is''' i said shrugging as closed my eyes and tried to relax a bit

After about 7 minutes i opened my eyes back up again to the sound of the buss stopping, i got out of the buss and looked around

We were parked at a small parking space outside of the main entrance to the forest

Miss stevens smiled at us and handed us all a piece of paper, some gloves and a small bag

''okay, what we are going to do here is looking and identifying different types of mushrooms, fungi and flowers''

''So...just flora in general then'' john said 

''Dont be a smartass John'' Sarah said poking his shoulder

Miss stevens just ignored him and kept on talking

Basically, we were going to go around in the forest, pick up dangerous and poisonous mushrooms

''We meet up here in 2 hours everyone, now go out there and have fun!'' she said trying to sound enthusiastic about it

A girl raised her hand 

''Miss Stevens, can we go in pairs?''

''oh, yeah, pairs are fine''

''i guess we three can go together then John said smiling at us and put his phone down his jeans

''i guess so'' i said as we walked into the forest trying to look for the stuff

After walking for about 2 minutes Sarah spotted something growing next to her, a red and white mushroom

''oh, i know what that is! its like those...uhm...Red...shrooms'' i said totally blanking on the name

''it says on the paper it is....Amanita...genus...''

''so...thats just the name of the family or name of the flower ?'' i said confused

''its the name of the family, the mushroom or fungi whatever is usually called a Fly amanita or Fly agaric, its pretty dangerous so i dont know if we should touch it''

''it dangerous if you eat it, you can touch it with gloves'' sarah said putting on the gloves carefully removing the fungi from its stem and putting in inside the bag

we kept on walking, finding alot of other mushrooms and fungi, we even saw a squirrel and a deer but after walking for a while we had to sit down and get some rest

''F**k my legs are killin' me'' john said as she sat down on a rock

''What ? we've been walking for like 15 minutes!''

''i dont give a shit! its all ragged terrain and its all wet'' he said looking over at me

''Give me 30 seconds...i gotta pee'' i said looking at them both

''oh, gee, thats nice to know Ben!'' Sarah said pouting

''Well, im not going to do it here!'' i said as i walked over to a tree abit away and unzipped my pants

As i did my thing a cold breeze rode trough the forest making the leaves fall down from the trees and the flowers wave but...i heard something

Carried by the sounds of the wind i heard a weak voice calling for help

''......Help.....'' i heard it again, barely, i looked around me and i noticed something

About 100 feet away there was an opening around some rocks

the famous Wellsprings Cave...

it was just used as an tourist attraction for younger kids and such but i swore i could hear something

i zipped my jeans back up and walked over to the others

''There you are! i thought you were going for a number 2 there for a sec''

''Ha ha, very funny'' i said as my face changed to a more worried distracted look

''are you okay Ben....''Sarah said looking at me knowing something was up

''I dont know...i heard someone calling for help over by the cave...''

''oh ? seriously ?''

''Yeah...seriously, it sounded like a girl...we gotta look

The two others looked at me a few seconds before eventually agreeing to help me

We walked over to the cave entrance and stood completely silent waiting for the voice to come back

''Yoo...im not hearing anything...sure you weren't just imagining it?''

''maybe i was...im just going to take a quick look inside''

''you're going in there ? im not going in there!'' 

''you dont have to Sarah, just wait...outside okay?''

''okay, we'll wait over by the pond there okay?'' john said as the two of them walked away and i entered the dark and damp cave

As soon as i stepped inside i could hear the voice clearly

''Help me!'' it echoed trough the cave

I took a deep breath and walked deeper inside it, using my phone as a flashlight and trying my best to ignore my dream i had

''Help me....'' i heard the voice again but sounding more somber and distant now

''H-Hey! where are you ?! im coming to help!'' i yelled out hoping that she could hear me

''W-Where are you...?'' i could hear the voice echoing in the cave

''i dont know...im over some...rocks and there a thing sticking up from the ground...''

''Come...save me...'' i heard the voice say sounding alot closer

i kept walking as i rounded a turn and immediatly lost footing

i fell down on my butt as i slid down some rocks landing inside what looked like to be a pit

i got my phone back out and immediatly, i knew sometihng was wrong on every level imaginable

Above in the celing cocoons was hanging down, barely wrapped up in web but i could make out...

Humans...adult humans...they looked like they had just been....taken here

I backed away as i kicked into something

i shone my phone down on the ground as my heart skipped another beat

the floor was littered with skulls and bones from everything imaginable

from humans to animals...

''W-What the F**K!!!!'' i yelled the loudest i had ever done in my life

''H-Help me...'' i heard the voice said as i looked around and screamed again as i lit the phone across a face lying on the ground wrapped up in the web

it was a girl...maybe 17-18 years old, her skin was pale white as was her hair

''H-help me...'' she said as i carefully walked over and started to rip apart the web with my fingers

I finally rip apart all of the web covering the woman but as i rip away the last part he face goes from a terrified scared look to something more sinister

She gets up on her legs...all eight of them

''W-what the F**K!!!'' i screamed again as the woman smiled at me

While she was human from the waist up the rest looked like it was fused with a spider

''And so a new prey enters my domain, and such a juicy one as well'' she said creeping over to me

i could hear the sound of her feet with each step they took, i backed away and tried to look for an exit but the only way out was where i come from but it was to high up for me to reach, not to mention to slippery

''there is no way out...'' the spider-woman said 

''I, Akemi will now....eat you''

''N-No!! Help me!'' i yelled out again but for some reason my voice barely left my mouth....

it was like i was too afraid to speak

She grins as some white substance shots up from her back and before i can say or do anything she starts wrapping me up in her web

i struggle all i can to get out but i can barely move my arms or legs since its to tight

luckily she leaves my face unwebbed so i can still breath but...whats the point...

But as i feel lucky about that, she gets out some more web and covers my entire face

i can barely breath so i take one last breath of air and try to hold me breath for aslong as i can

''it has been so long since i feasted on humans'' she said her voice sounding so cold yet...alluring

''hmnheflp'' i try speaking as i cant hold my breath anymore

i can feel her legs pressing against my webbed body as i feel something enter my neck

a pair of sharp fangs....but instead of pumping something out...i can feel something being pumped inside me

likely poison or toxin...i think to myself as tears roll down my cheek

But then to my amazement she removes some of the web from my eyes so i can see her again

she is standing a few feet away from me still having that evil glare 

I can then feel something painfull

My lower body is now hurting insanely as i try screaming out in pain but my mouth is still covered by the web

I look down at my legs as i see them starting to bulge out

The pain turns more and more intense as the web explodes around my legs as i see black fur...and...purple legs...


''W-wha...'' i takes me a few seconds as i realize....my lower body is now that of a spider!

''What...the...F**K''....i manage to barely say

But i have no time being terrified as some strange looking white slimes starts moving up from my spider part slowly covering my entire neck down

it pulsates and tightens as it slowly turns into a second skin as well a giving me a change of clothing...even changing my body..

Even my stomach have changed, turning unbelivably flat like i am starving, even my waist has changed or rather crushed into a nice hourglass shape, but without realizing it, probably thanks to the shock i notice..''those''

hanging down from my chest is a pair of massive breasts, bigger than anything i have ever seen being held up by some kinda purple...clothing or skeleton...i am not really sure but i look over at Akemi and notices it is the same with her.

I could feel my arms being covered by the slime even though they were bound behind my back 

i can slowly feel the slime covering my entire hand and arms...it feels like they are creating a new pair of arms as my former arms is being pushed inside my body...slowly leaving no trace of them ever exsisting...but i could move my new arms so i looked at them

covering my arms were a pair of purple gloves...just like Akemi's...


Akemi then smiles at me and opens her mouth to speak

''you might be confused...rightly so, so let me open your mind and tell you why...''

''My name is Akemi...i am the last of my kind...my children have all died out and i live alone in this cave feasting once in a week if i am able to''

''I keep calling out for people, hoping someone will fall for my trap then find me here as i slowly take their life and feast...but''

''Its been so long since i had company...and as a mother, i need children so you...nameless one is going to be the first generation of my new children!''

Her eyes lit up as she said it

Again i tried talking but not a voice came out...

''But dont worry...soon you wont remember your human life anymore....yet you will be feasting on so many humans for time to come''

''As my daughter'' she says 

i wriggle trying to get loose but the more i struggle the more stuck i feel

Tears roll down my cheek as the slime slowly covers my entire face 

I did my best to look around some before the slime slowly covered my eyes leaving me blind in the darkness

I try screaming but as i open my mouth to scream but as i do, i can faintly hear my voice going from my male voice to a female voice...then i black out

I can feel it pressing against my head, pulsating like a heart

But with each ''beat'' i can feel my mind...fading and a new one returning in its place

i can feel something happening to my face under all the slime but i am to confused, too tired and too....gone to realize it...

It pulsates faster and more intensly for a few more seconds as it fuses with my body

There was no mirror around to see my reflection but Akemi told me i now looked just like her

the pale white skin....the light purple hair set up in a high pony-tail

all of my eight blood-red eyes

even my ears had changed turning more spiked, like traditional elf ears 

I was now a spider-woman, just like Akemi...but i was something else as well...

i was...her daughter

Daughter... of Akemi...the spider queen....

and my name...it's... Kumo...thats my name...

I smile at my mom as she smiles back to me, our faces lighting up as our gaze meet

''M-Mom.....'' i say to her as she smiles and walks over to my

''my beautiful daughter...''

''Are you ready then dear...to feast for an eternity on these mindless humans?''

''Yes mom'' i said smiling at Akemi 

She smiles and strokes my cheek with her fingers 

''my dear daughter...together we will cover this forest in our web and feast for an eternity, just you and me''

''Really ? Promise?''

''I promise dear, i wont let you go hungry'' she smiles

I smile at her and look up at the humans hanging from the celing, the thoughts of feasting on their blood...it makes me feel excited and i cant wait for it

''i cant wait mom''

She smiles and nods at me

I then licked my lips as i anticipated my first feast...those humans so full of life as i slowly watch the life fade away from their eyes...

''i am going to enjoy every meal....'' i said to myself as i smile crept across my face

I heard something

someone just entered our cave...and im starving.
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