Darkness Returns: Something In The Woods

Prologue: Casserole

"Emily, Arther; foods ready!"
"Coming Mum!" Shouted Emily
"Lemme finish this matc- OHHHH YOU GOT ME KILLED!!" Screamed Arther
"Don't speak to me like that young man, and get down here now!!!" Bellowed his mum Claire

Arther and Emily came running down the stairs, they went to the kitchen which emitted a holy smell. It was casserole, they got their food and sat down to eat, when Astrid (their border collie), came running into the house barking like crazy, seconds later their Dad (Thomas) came through the door shouting their other dog's name "HERCULES" "HERCULES". Hercules (their Shiba), came busting through the door, Thomas slammed the door shut.

"Why are you in such a rush, I thought you were going to be back in an hour otherwise I would've made yo-" Claire said softly.

"Someone... on our... property. Go and turn off all the lights lock all doors and windows and hide in the bathroom I'm going to deal with this peasant-" Whispered Thomas.

"No you can't, he might be armed or he could be waiting, it's not safe, we should all hide in the bathroom." Claire whispered back.

They went round the house 5 times checking all the ways in. They then went to the bathroom, and hid.

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The next day Emily and Arther skipped school, most of the day they were sleeping in bed snuggled up tight, Emily decided to go outside to walk the dogs at about 16:30, her mum told her to be back by 18:00 at the latest. Emily was gonna go down a different route not a lot of people had been down, thus making it overgrown and barely walkable especially with dogs but she found a way to get around it. She was walking down a path when she saw a car. The inside was burnt to a crisp and it had no tyres, this, she was fascinated about, Emily went to peer inside and jumped back in shock when she saw a doll glaring at her. But there was one problem... it wasn't damaged, not in the slightest. This made Emily wonder 'how is it not burned I mean the whole car is burned'. This she could not answer so she just went back on her walk and enjoyed the scenery.

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She got back at 18:00, perfect time for tea. At the table her mother asked if she saw anything interesting and Emily decided to not tell her about the doll. That night Emily pondered on, questioning if she really saw a doll or whether she was just hallucinating, after all she did have a history of being hallucinogenic, as Emily wondered she slipped into a deep sleep, a dreamless sleep. She woke up in a couple hours on the verge of tears, her mind raced why, how, who, what, when? Emily's mind was full of questions but at that moment all she could focus on was the little girl in her doorway. She had a doll in her left hand and in her right one Emily couldn't see what she had. Emily arose from her slumber position and clambered out of bed, here she wondered over to the door and as she did so the little girl in the doorway ran off. Emily warily observed the hallway and stepped out of her room. BANG, the door slammed behind her, she tried shoulder barging the door back open but to no prevail. She decided to just carry on walking back down the hallway towards her bathroom, she approached the door she heard squeaking, almost like a whiteboard pen scribbling on a whiteboard. She walked towards the door and peered in as she did so she studied the room, her eyes promptly flew to the writing on the wall. miss me? Emily stared at this trying to make sense of it before gaping down at the Pentagram drawn on the mirror. A mix of horror and confusion swept over her.