Last week, at Halloween, we read and wrote horror stories. Here is an exquisite one, The Dark Forest, written by Olivia Rone who studies English 6 with us. Well done, Olivia!
THE DARK FOREST
It was midnight. For the last couple of hours, the
moon had shone brightly. It was Friday the 13th of November. Anna
and Sally two best friends, were travelling together to Anna´s parents´ summer
house. The trip had been long, after a couple of hours they were both tired and
hungry. As the hours passed by, and it became darker, the two girls became more
and more scared. They use to make this trip annually but not just the two of
them and not on this exact date.
The cottage was located in the forest. In the beginning
it was a little village, the people who lived in the village never visited the
forest during the nights. A story was told that every Friday night the 13th
of November, the forest was transformed
and impossible to get out of. . The trees changes their positions and the
roads and paths disappear. Over the years many people had gone missing during
the nights in the forest. When the morning came, the only sign after the travelers,
were their empty and abandoned cars.
When the clock was near twelve, Anna and Sally started their last journey through the forest without knowing the story and spell off
it. Suddenly, in the middle of the night their car broke down.
They lit the lamp inside the car and tried to search
after their phones. Sally found hers just to realize the battery was almost
empty. Anna´s phone was gone and they couldn’t find it. Sally took her phone
and tried to call 911. She was just about holding the phone to her ear, when
the battery beept a few times and the phone went dead.
The moonlight couldn´t reach through the thick forest,
it was dark and so quiet. Sally took Anna’s hand and held it tight. They
decided to make a new try to start the car and Anna, who was sitting in the
driver’s seat tried again. The car made some strange noises and then it became quiet
again.
The two girls sat quiet for a while and suddenly they
heard something, a weak sound was coming from the dark forest. A lullaby was heard.
They decide to leave the car and go outside to see what could be wrong with it.
On the count of three they stepped outside. An ice cold wind hit them when they
got out, and both Anna and Sally pulled their jackets closer to their bodies. It
was so dark, they could not see each other, even if they were standing just a
few meters apart.
They tied to open the engine hood and succeeded. Sally
asked Anna if she had something to shine with. At the same time, Sally was
searching through her own pockets after a flash light. Anna did the same thing
and after a few seconds she found one.
And then they heard the lullaby again, but this time
it was much closer. And right in that moment, Anna lost the flash light
and it was pitch black again. Suddenly the singing stopped. Anna and Sally were
standing still, holding hands. Then they heard a little voice say, come with
me. I know the way out of here. Just follow my voice and I will guide you out
of the forest. Anna and Sally started to walk, they followed the voice deeper
in to the forest and they never came back again.
The next morning the two girls´ car were found by a
passing bus driver. The car was parked in the middle of the street with both
doors open. There was no trace of the girls. The police were contacted and they
search after the missing girls everywhere but with no results.
The villagers started talking about what had happened
and every year from that day, Friday the 13th of November the history of the two girls who
disappeared were told. Until today no one travels through that forest during
nights and no one knows what happened to the two girls.
