The Black Dale Woods

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they devised a plan to find out, Xaviar would stay back to distract Mrs. Regenald while Laki, Zaki, and Paris went to look for the missing classmates, and after a bit of stalling it has worked, and they looked but didn't find them, so they headed back to the camp spot and told Xaviar the news.

"But they couldn't have disappeared!" Xaviar whined.

"We can't find them, we looked for them everywhere! In caves, under broken trees, you name it!" Laki told Xaviar "We might have to assume the worst for them"

"No! I am going to go out there and find them myself!" Xaviar yelled furiously to Laki and stormed out of the tent and into the forest despite what Laki would say to prevent him.

The following day he did not return and the rest of the friend group (people in their class call them the outcast friends) grew worried sick about Xaviar's disappearance.

"He hasn't returned yet! Where is he?!" Paris asked with full worry in her voice

"Calm down Paris, we'll find him soon" Zaki said trying to calm Paris down.

Suddenly there were a roaring sound took up the air followed by screams and tons of screaming Laki peeked his head out of the tent and saw a figure killing his classmates and Mrs. Regenald. Laki watched in horror as it went down, then the figure turned towards the tent and Laki quickly brought his head back into the tent.

"Be... very.... quiet" Laki whispered to Paris and Zaki and they sat there very still, then giant black claws sprung into the tent grabbing Zaki Paris.

Laki reacted quickly by grabbing their hands and trying to pull them out of the claws but failed and the claws managed to get them and the next second Laki looked out of the tent.

Everything was gone, the bodies, blood, Zaki and Paris, everything Laki knew there was no choice but to find them himself, so he grabbed his baseball bat and went out searching for his friend and his brother.