I briskly walked through the area. Truthfully, I felt uncomfortable. It was as if someone, or something, was watching me. I clutched my messenger bag close to my body. Shivers suddenly pulsed through my body. I saw in the distance, a dark figure walk into the street.                 The figure was not of a human. It was of an animal. It stood there, smelling the air before beaming its gray eyes in my direction. I froze. I slowly put down my messenger bag and stood lik