TURN THE LIGHTS OFF

CHAPTER 6

Day 4

It was a misty morning when we left our cottage, and as soon as we walked out of the door you could instantly smell the fresh dew on the grass. We headed back to the mountain but this time we wanted to cross to the other side of the river which leads to a forest. Still it's a restricted area but we are teenagers right? We always go where we shouldn't be in the first place. The hike would take us deep into the forest, only where the wild beasts would dare to go, on a road that according to locals will take 10 hours. So, what could go wrong, right? Well, a few hours in, it became apparent that we were lost in the middle of the woods. We thought of going back the same way we came but we were lost completely. Olivia started panicking as usual. We have a phone and GPS even if we are lost. People in the cottage will try to track us down. We split up so that we can find a way out. Sasha and Olivia went north side, Harry south, Cyril west and I went east side. I went straight but it led me back to the junction where we started and I took turns but still kept ending up at the same spots and so did Harry. But Cyril and Sasha didn't return. After a few hours, Cyril came back with information letting us know that there's an old cottage which might have burned down. It looked strange to him. I decided to find out what it was and told Harry to check on others.

I tracked Cyril down to see the burned cottage. That place sounds and looks evil. No matter if you look at it from different perspectives or angles, it still looks evil to me. When I looked at the well, I had a vision. The same man in my nightmare was holding a baby and trying to throw it in the well. The baby looks familiar but these visions weren't clear though. Maybe he wanted to get rid of it and I wanted to hear what he was murmuring. I went near but was interrupted by Cyril's voice.

"Hey! Are you alright? Stay out of the well." he said.

When I looked around I felt like I was familiar with this place. Maybe I could have come over here while I was small. Maybe mom knows about that man. Maybe something could have happened. And that's why my mom didn't allow Hanna in the first place. So I am getting closer to my answers.

We entered the burned cottage. There were clothes scattered, broken computers, knives, broken glasses , pieces of wood and I shouted.

"Ahhhh! FUCK! What the hell is that? A raccoon?" I panicked.

Cyril came running towards me. It wasn't strange that there was a dead raccoon, but when I pointed to the shelves. There was not one dead raccoon but 10 dead raccoons preserved in a bottle. Definitely peculiar. I mean fuck it was scary alright. I moved my eyesight away from it and don't know how many dead animals I am going to see. There was a newly furnished door which has new hinges attached to it so the person should be in or around here still living. Then I heard a noise. When I was about to turn, someone hit me back at my head. I saw Cyril. He was pressed to the ground and I was losing my consciousness and fell down.

When I got my consciousness back, I didn't know where I was, how I got here and how many hours I was still down. I looked around and I found the equipment, the holder and the pressure mattresses. It was like a hospital room or I don't know. I was tied to the mattresses. My head hurts so much that I couldn't see things properly. Then there was an alarm that made my ears go so deaf.

And it stopped all of a sudden. The door opened and there was a lady of mid forties or fifty. She had pale wrinkles in her face. She came in and untied the rope. I asked her about the place and who you people are. But she kept on ignoring me. She brought me a tray which had a wilted rose and an envelope. Instantly I knew it must be the man's place. I opened the envelope and it said - "WELCOME TO MY WORLD AMENDA ". That shook me.

The lady said "Madam, you need to follow me". But I don't want to follow her.

"No, I won't "I stressed on my words.