TIKBALANG: THE HORSE DEMON

Chapter 2: Welcome To The Philippines

(Next day)
The plane had landed on the ground and soon the three friends had set out onto the foreign land of the Philippines and exited the plane, soon then eventually by now the three friends had went out on their camping trip and soon transportation came as a man drove into the lot with a car and stood out holding the keys out and Jade and her two friends went along and got inside the car and drove off after thanking him.

Soon the trio of friends had drove on the dirt roads of the foreign lands and soon of course they came across a police baracade and the officer had stopped them and went over to the window to speak with them.

"Hey officer is there a problem?" Jeremy had asked.

"Oh no not a problem at all, you guys travelers?" The officer asked speaking in native language accent.

"Yeah we're going into the forest for a camping trip for a few days." Jeremy had said.

"Okay but uh hey be careful out there while you're there spending your time in the forest!!!" The officer had said.

"Why is that?" Jade asked.

"Well people have been going missing out there in those specific regions of the forest in the heavily wooded areas, something in the forest lurks with inside of it, something dark and malevolent." The officer had said.

"Well......then uh we'll be sure to be careful out there." Andy had said.

"Alright then carry on!" The officer had said.

Then the police officer himself had stopped and said something very specific.

"Oh!" The officer said coming back to the car. "And just to be sure, one more thing that you guys need to know just to be safe!"

"What's that?" Jade asked.

"When you enter the jungle here, be sure to remember to turn your shirts inside out...." The officer said vaguely.

The trio of friends paused and then soon Jeremy said.
"Uuuuhhhhhh......okay well we'll be sure to do just that too as well."

The police officer left and soon the three friends drove off into the woods.

(Meanwhile)
The trio of friends had made there way through the woods and soon of course Jade had asked.

"What do you think that's supposed to mean?"

"What you talking about?" Andy asked.

"What that officer said back there, something about turning our shirts inside out." Jade asked.

"I dunno Philippino tradition I guess?" Jeremy asked.

Jade felt unsure about what that could mean but thought nothing of it of course.

Soon the friends had walked off into the heavily wooded areas failing to notice a wooden sign that had vines and plant growth such as fungi and moss and leaves covering the sign.

But in big bold letters the sign read:
DO NOT ENTER THROUGH HERE, THIS IS TIKBALANG TERRITORY!!!

(Meanwhile)
Soon of course the three friends had found a clearing to pitch up there tents and shit for the night as the sky had fallen and the sun setting before them after a long day of hiking through the woods.

Just then as they set everything up from behind a tree a creature had watched them from afar and then soon had kept watching the trio of friends and soon of course had looked down reached for a few small rocks that were the size of a potato.

Andy had set up his hammock and lied down inside of it for a while just then Andy had felt a rock flying through the air and hitting him.

He sat up.

"What the hell?" Andy asked.

"Did one of you guys throw a rock at me?" Andy asked.

"No why?" Jade asked.

"Well somebody did." Andy said.

"Well it wasn't us bro!" Jeremy said.

Andy looked at them cautiously and lied back down in the hammock just then jumping out of it screaming.

"AAAAAAHHHHHH FUCK!!! FUCK! FUCK! FUCK! FUUUUCK!!!" Andy had screamed out.

Jade and Jeremy rushed over and asked "What happened, what's wrong?"

"There's a fucking snake in there, somebody placed a fucking snake in my hammock while I lied back down!!!" Andy said pointing directly at his hammock.

Jeremy had grabbed the snake it was a non-venomous snake most likely a constrictor type snake.

Jeremy had grabbed the non lethal snake and tossed it back into the jungle growth, soon eventually the three friends called a night and slept through everything.

Just then the unseen creature had stood behind the tree and soon of course had went over to the campsight and saw the trio of friends phones and grabbed them with a clawed hand and then ran off with them.