17. The Forest that Dreams

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In a small, isolated town, there’s a dense forest that everyone avoids, claiming it’s cursed. The legend says those who enter the forest never return the same—or at all. But the draw of the unknown is too tempting for a group of thrill-seeking teenagers. On a dare, they decide to venture into the forest one night, laughing at the old legends.

As they move deeper into the woods, the air grows thick, and they begin to experience unsettling visions. First, it’s small things—shadows darting in their peripheral vision, faint voices whispering their names. Then the visions become more intense: each of them starts seeing manifestations of their darkest fears. A girl named Ava sees the corpse of her dead brother calling to her, while another, Jake, sees the silhouette of a man who has haunted his nightmares since childhood.

Panicking, they try to retrace their steps, but the forest seems to shift around them, twisting and turning like a living maze. Each step forward brings them closer to a terrible truth—the forest doesn’t just show them dreams; it traps them in a nightmare of their own making. And the only way out is to face their fears head-on, but not everyone is strong enough to survive. Those who fail become part of the forest’s nightmares, forever wandering in the endless woods, consumed by their own terrors.

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