Stake Out (creepypasta OC story)

Discovery

Time 6:30

I was walking home from an outing, my human disguise shed once I entered the forest, and something peculiar caught my attention. A clearing I pass by regularly was now alive with noise. I went over to see what all the fuss was about, I could not believe my eyes! 5 young humans(?) were strewn about the clearing in various states of distress.

One was flickering out of view and floating, the second's face looked to melt for a moment before reforming, the third was just fully disassociated, the fourth was trying to comfort the first, and the fifth was staring directly at me with a look I cannot describe. As I walked into the clearing the distress seemed to worsen as the fourth one also noticed my intrusion. The fourth and fifth ones shared a silent conversation before the fifth approached me cautiously.

"Uhm, hi," the child said, now that they stood closer to me this one looked particularly inhuman.

"Hello there young one," I responded, "It looks like you and your friends are in need of some assistance."

"Yeah, we do... we kinda just woke up here a little bit ago and none of us know where we are, how we got here, or- in the case of me and Hannah- how we got like this." They motioned to themself and the floating one, presumably Hannah. This prompted a chorus of murmured agreements from the group.

"Would you like to come with me? I have a place you could stay, and I could get you some proper clothes." The fourth and fifth had another silent conversation for a few moments.

"Yeah, that would be nice," The fourth one said, looking at the torn and bloodstained clothing of her friends.

"Then follow me."