I had known about Slenderman before that incident in the forest. I found out about it through my old tumblr account a couple of years back. According to wiki, it was some fictional character that originated from Something Awful forums, whatever that is. It sparked a lot of fan art, fake documentaries and fictional creepypastas. There was even a game made which I do remember playing with one of my old mates at his place. It was scary, but it was just a game. Thought nothing of it, really.
So when Zayn explained about the Slenderman and how it was in one of the old books he grabbed from the lodge, I didn't believe it, at first. JJ didn't either, he said Niall had just saw a bunch of shadows or ate too much. I wish one of those theories were true, looking back. I should have trusted my gut that something was terribly wrong here but JJ seemed so sure everything was fine and we were close to the lodge.
We continued walking, but faster and Niall was holding my arm the whole way.
"You shouldn't have ate all those marshmallows Niall."
"You know it wasn't about marshmallows. I haven't ate any more than I normally do, we're going to die."
"Stop being so over dramatic, if Slenderman wanted to kill us we would've been dead by now," JJ scoffed.
"According to this Slenderman is unpredictable and causes his powers on his victims known as 'slendersickness.' This includes coughing fits, memory loss and paranoia. He can also teleport at will," Zayn mumbled.
"You don't serious believe in this fiction do you Zayn?" JJ laughed.
"It's hard to judge anything in the middle of the night."
"Don't worry. We should be at the lodge in a few minutes and thank god, it looks like a storm is coming. Look at those clouds!"
"That means the rest of them are still in the forest, during a storm…"
I began to feel the wind pick up, leaves rustling in the wind.
"What is that?" JJ called over the roaring wind.
"I don't know.."
"I told you we are going to die," Niall flatly whispered.
Round we go,
The world is spinning,
When it's stops,
Is just the beginning,
The sun goes up,
We are sigh
The sun goes down
When we die…..
JJ collapsed to the ground just a few feet ahead of me, as if some invisible force pushed him down.
"JJ! What happened?" I yelled, running to him with Niall still gripping on to me.
JJ's face is slumped down to the forest ground, coughing.
"Slendersickness…" Niall murmured.
"What?"
"Slendersickness. Coughing fits, remember? Zayn told us."
"No," I scoffed, turning my head, assuming Zayn was right behind us. "Zayn? You didn't say coughing fits did-"
Zayn was gone. All that was behind me were tall thick trees, leaves flying in the wind and the dark sky.
"Zayn!" I called. "Zayn! This isn't funny where the hell are you? Zayn get back here! JJ is ill…"
"Zayn isn't here, Harry. He isn't coming back," Niall slowly said.
I sharply turned around to focus on JJ but to my horror, he was gone.
"No…no, no, no, no!"
"The lodge, Harry! The lodge! We need to run!"
