Guilty: A Short Story

Being abducted is one heck of a rollercoaster when you’re as skeptical as I am. Late last night was when the “incident” happened; at about 3 o’clock in the morning, or what I like to call it, fantasy hour.
Once the clock strikes three, everything you know about your loved ones is thrown out the door. One time I even saw my Aunt Lucia bouncing on a pogo stick in the living room with a frying pan in her hand. That was the weirdest trip to the bathroom I've ever had.
Well not even a minute after the forbidden hour rolled around, Chloe, my best friend, has her eyes dialed in on the lake across from us.
“Julie”,she said stoned faced, we NEED to go over there. What? Why? I said puzzled at how she thought this was a good idea. Before I could even start to walk away she grabbed my arm and dragged me to the lake.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!! I say yelling so loud that my own eardrums almost burst. With no hesitation she marched on still as stone faced as before.

We arrive by moss on the edge of the lake when Chloe falls to the ground almost instantly with a sharp rock piercing her hip.

Blood was seeping through her baggy t-shirt while a blinding light hits the grass in front of me. My curiosity draws me to closer to the destination it was coming from. Across the lake was a small silhouette with the light attached to their finger and, It looked as if I could touch the beam of light without it bouncing off. Wondering what it was, I grabbed the small light and held on tight. When my finger had its first touch on the freezing beam, I got jerked from the ground under

me.
My face had grass stains to last me months. Then all I felt was wetness on the right side of my body. Once there were no more questions popping up in my head I realized that I was moving. Not only that but gliding against the surface of the lake.
Finally, the mysterious light came to an end and I was face to face with the oddly shaped figure. With my hand slowly letting go, I took a large step back. Everything surrounding me was silent and still. After looking back, Chloe had strangely disappeared from the collection of dark shadows around her. While searching for some sign of her still being across the still lake, I was snatched up like a missing dog being taken by animal control.
The bumpy ride was giving me a headache so severe that I almost hurled, although the view of crystal clear water was helping me to relax. During all of this the feeling hadn't yet sunk in. I was flying straight up without the creature showing signs of coming back down anytime soon.