Death Woods

Walking through the grim of what it seemed to be a dream at first. However, I had just moved into a four bedroom semi detached house located in Framwellgate Moor, England. Quietly settling where we lived was a woods, now this woods was named "Death woods" by the locals. Death woods was named that because of the lack of animals adapting here. Now, I was on my Saturday walk and decided to have a look and see what I could see. I had just entered the woods when I heard a twig snap. I thought it was funny considering there was hardly anyone else here. I turned around, suddenly A horrible grotesque figure was caught in the corner of my eye. I wiped my eyes and slowly started to proceed on. Almost 15 minutes and I haven't saw the figure at all. I walked to a log and sat down on it. The log was nice and cool, it had moss as a seat, also the log was near a river so I decided to look at the beautiful water. It was so nice, I laid down and started to drift off into a dream. I then was fully asleep. In my dream I saw a little shadow run past. It was so quick that my head started spinning. I decided to take a walk to try and find this shadow, I at first thought that shadow was the same one I saw when I was awake, anyway that didn't matter now. I found myself walking to the heart of the forest, when suddenly I came across a small, empty, abandoned shack. I looked at the beat down shack from a distance. There was no one there. I decided that I would go into the shack; since it was vacant, and explore. When I went up to the shack, I knocked on the door. It was luckily unlocked. So I walked inside. Inside there was a fire place, a sink, two seats and a mirror. The scary part was; the fire place was still lit. (There must be someone else that visits here, or lives here). Now I do not have a wild imagination. I always think there is a logical explanation for everything. I thought I shall make good use of the sink. The sink was directly under the mirror, so I could wash my hair and face and see that I had washed properly. I turned on the tap, and let it run for a while (Since this water came from the pipes underground. It's more than likely going to be dirty). I started to wash my face. Making sure I did a thorough job. I looked in the mirror to see if my face was clean... Did I see what I thought I saw? In the mirror there was a motionless child sat on the floor with her arms crossed, sulking. She looked about five. Also if that wasn't startling enough, She was carrying a knife? Her face looked emotionless. I choked on the water panting and panting, I had to spit the water out of my mouth. I couldn't look around. It might be my mind playing tricks on me. However being the person who I am I turned around, the little girl had vanished. I looked around the room to see if anything had been moved or something. Nothing everything was still left untouched. That is when I woke up. I was still on the log in the woods. I looked at my watch and it said "8.12 a.m." I had a digital watch because I liked the design. It looked futuristic, which I liked. I then decided to go back out of the woods. Only... which way was back? Scared, I walked forwards, thinking that this could be the way out. However I couldn't help but think the motionless girl in my dreams was the little shadow in real life. I just didn't know. Was she trying to communicate? I looked at my watch again. "8:42 a.m.". I thought I must be getting close by now. I looked at my surroundings. There were billions of trees. Could I be in the heart of the forest? Then I saw in the distance, the same shack that was in my dreams. I decided to investigate. So I could actually have a wash. I slowly walked to the shack looking down. (I did not want to see the shadow, that would make me run back.) I arrived at the door and opened it. Again there was no one here. There was 2 seats, a sink with a mirror above and a fire place (which was lit). This was a lot like my dream. Except that this time there was a newspaper on one of the seats. I read the date. "14th July 2013" Which was today's date. So I defiantly concluded that someone is living here. I sat down in the seat and read the front page. "Young boy found abandoned in Death woods river." I was interested by this and read on. "A young 12 year old boy ventured out to the woods two weeks ago. He was found drowned in the river. With several wounds to his back, left hip and head." I was shaking, trying to steady my breath. I looked around and there was no trace of the shadow or anything. I jumped up and went to the sink. I wiped my eyes and turned on the tap. No water came out. Any little thing like this made me paranoid if this girl wanted to cause me harm. I gave up and sat back down on the chair. I put my hands over my eyes and tried to go through every possible solution to this problem. I decided to read more about the article to take the thought out of my mind. I read on, "The boy wasn't given a name, he was abandoned by his mother 11 years ago. Experts think he may have committed suicide" This is where it ended. Maybe, just maybe this girl had some connection with the boy? "WHOOSH" The tap started to run. The tap was so loud it gave me a heart attack. I went up to the tap and started to wash my face. I then looked at the mirror just in case there was any more clues. I stared into the mirror for a few minutes. Then I saw it... Letters were starting to form on the mirror. It looked red. First a "w" followed by a "h". then it started to form more. y,d,i,d,y,o,u,d,o,i,t. And at last a sentence appeared on the mirror, it read "Why did you do it". I wiped my eyes in disbelief. Then it just vanished. Was this really my mind playing tricks on me? I went out side. Sat on the floor and cried. Until I felt a warm hand on each shoulder. I looked up and I saw both a 5 year old girl and an older boy about 12. I whimpered "No... Please, what do you want?" The girl replied in a voice. "Can you see what you are doing to yourself? You are welcomed with us." Then the boy said "Seriously, it is amazing, you can do anything you want." I covered my ears, I didn't want to hear much else. The girl then handed me a knife and said "It is really easy. You can now live happily" I took a long pause. I looked at the knife, then at the children. I then threw the knife and ran. I ran as far as I could. I didn't look back at all. The only obvious way out was through nettles. I jumped through and held my arms. Covered with cuts and bruises on each arm I arrived back home. I slammed the door behind me. I zoomed upstairs and laid on my bed. I was panting and I was warn out. I tried to go to sleep. However, now I know what they want with me. I started to fall asleep. I was then in a dream in pitch darkness. No one there. I looked around but there was nothing at all. After a few minutes I started hearing voices. "Seriously, it's fun. See the horrors of every day life." and another one said "Why be so stubborn?" after another ten sentences one said "We can haunt the imagination of many people. We can appear in different forms everywhere. This is so fun. Why not join us?" This is suggesting that they can easily haunt your dreams. Watch out. Seriously don't believe a word they say. I have had this same dream for weeks now. Fight back.