The Many Secrets of Woodland Hallows

Introduction (Clementine)

Moving can be very scary, especially if it's a very big one along with getting a new job. Coincidentally , the 'new job' would hold inside the most beautiful person you would ever see. I've heard this town isn't as nice as what it may seem. Though it shows many beautiful sceneries, beautiful waterfalls and lakes, biggest woods you will ever see, this place holds secrets. People are known for randomly going missing. Word goes around that the town is haunted. The most common thing I have heard, there is a door to a different world.

I always thought those things were silly, plus the school paid good, and I need to move away and find a good teacher job that paid well. This was it.

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    I sit my stuff down into my new house, as I do so, I hear my sister, Camilla, talking in the background. She was helping me move in since she lives close. She is nearly 20 minutes away from my house. It was cottage like, mostly covered in moss with a big yard and surrounded by trees, it was a pretty good size and I even had my own lake. I felt truly happy. Happiest I felt in a while.
     See, I had a house fire back in Maine, where I used to live. The only reason I made it out was because... well.. I don't know. I don't even know how it started. All I know is I woke up, surrounded by scorching orange flames as the dark black smoke filled and squeezed the life out of my lungs. I had heard a voice. It had said, "I know who you are..." I had looked around but I couldn't see anything but a shadow figure, a figured that was quite large, and looked as if it had tentacles flailing around from its sides, I couldn't tell much as my vision tunneled. The last thing I ever seen was a woman bust through the window

   Then....

I woke up.
   
    It's funny how you can remember something not very well, but yet like you relive it through your head each time you tell it. I'm sure I was seeing things because of the smoke. I'm still confused how I was found lying in the grass outside of my house whenever I was originally inside.

   But it's okay. I don't like thinking about it. Luckily, I'm away from it all now...

   The meow from my cat, Sage, interrupts me from my thoughts, making me jump. "Gosh baby... you scared me." I say and kneel down to pet the chubby 1 year old cat. She lets out a happy purr then walks away, continuing to explore the house. "Where would u like this?" Camilla asks me, holding a picture I had painted a while back. "You can just sit it on my bed." I say with a smile. She nods and walks off with the painting.

     Many hours past and once my sister said her goodbyes, I got to my room and I finally take out the last thing in the box in front of me and unfold it onto my new bed that I had bought just before getting here, moving my painting off to the side. It was my lesbian flag. I had been out for 5 years. I had came out to my mom and dad back whenever I was 19, they slowly accepted me. Sadly, they had suddenly passed three years ago. Their deaths are still unknown, it was off. It was like paranormal. I can still remember some of it. Last thing I remember being said to me was when I got a random phone call my mom as she cried. She said something to me that shakes me to my very core. This was before my dad committed an act of murder, for unknown reasons. She had said, "the woman of the night, she will run and she will find u, fight the c..." the phone disconnected after a short shrill scream.

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It's hard to talk about. Later my dad committed suicide right after. Many things like this keep happening to my family. I like to think we are cursed. Somehow, it all leads to this little town and I'm ready to figure out how.

    Finally I plop myself onto my bed and let out a breathy sigh. It was August and definitely hot. I could feel my brown Jean shorts and green tank top sticking to me. Even my black converse felt like they were gonna melt off my feet.

   As I lay there, I continue to think about my work. I start tomorrow as a art teacher at Woodland Hallows High school. I had to admit, I was surprisingly quite a bit nervous. I had already decorated my classroom, so luckily I just had to bring myself there along with assignments. I shake the thought out of my head as I look over to my rats, Sunny and Lunar. "Let's go buy a extra fan for our room along with some groceries, what do ya say?" I say to them as they look back at me, obviously just thinking I'm gonna give them a snack.

    A whole brand new life starts tomorrow... am I ready? I hope so.