When Everything Unfolds

Prologue

“DAMN” I cursed to myself.

Half way through the drive home my car ran out of gas. I mentally cursed myself for forgetting to fill it up…again. I was half a mile from my house. Well lucky for me I had my longboard with me so I could just ride that home, and the weather outside was very pleasant. I left the car in the middle of the road. I knew no one was going to take it because my house was the only house in this part of town and this isn’t really the first time this has happened to me. I sighed as I grabbed my board and locked the car and started my way home. The only sounds that could be heard was the board and the occasional stray animals running in the woods. The sun had already set with just a faint glow left in the sky. There was a nice cool breeze blowing my hair away from my face as I rode my longboard. As I got closer and closer to my house the atmosphere around me had somehow changed. The sun had now fully set and the wind wasn’t blowing anymore. The air felt thick but I forced myself to just keep my cool and continue riding my longboard home. I was kind of starting to get creeped out because every couple of seconds I would hear twigs snapping as if someone was there walking around, and an occasional whisper. I ignored all the thoughts assuming it was just a raccoon or something and just continued riding my board home. I was almost home until I came to a stop.

I heard something much louder this time and I knew it wasn’t a raccoon. It sounded a lot like yelling. I walked a little closer to the side of where it was coming from so I could get a better idea of what it was, leaving my board on the middle of the road. It was strange that people were in these woods because hardly anyone comes here unless it’s to see us in our home, not the woods. As I got closer I could only see what looked like a group of boys yelling at each other. I wasn’t quite sure, since it was now dark outside and my only source of light was the light poles that were by the side of the road, which didn’t help much. Curiosity got the best of me so I walked closer to a tree and hid myself in the shadows of it, just to see what was going on. I crept my head out of the side of the big tree and saw a group of guys who were surrounding another guy. They seemed very angry by the way they were ganging up on him and moving their hands around frantically. I looked for another tree to hide behind so I could get closer to the boys to see what was happening, but before I could even move a gun went off followed by a loud groan causing me to gasp. My heart beat started to increase rapidly as I quickly put my hand over my mouth and stood frozen behind the tree holding onto the tree with my free hand for dear life. I guess someone heard me because before I knew it I heard someone in a deep voice say “RUN!”

 Before I knew what I was doing I ran back to the road hopped onto my board and skated all the way home not even looking back once to see if someone was following me. I could feel my body shaking and my heart pounding in my chest. It was a lot cooler then what I remembered when I got out of my car. I was sweating and had goose bumps all over my body. I pushed myself harder and harder against the road to reach my house faster. When I finally reached the gates of my house I quickly buzzed my security code into the security system my dad had installed and ran in quickly shutting the gates behind me. As soon as the gates shut closed I heard police sirens. My eyes widened and I ran for my front door. I didn’t stop running until I reached the front door with the door slammed shut and locked securely behind me. I placed my board by the side of the door and tried to calm my erratic breathing. I slumped onto the floor by the front door, and my mind kept replaying the scene over and over again as I asked myself…“what the hell just happened?” 

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Author's Note: 

Hello! This is my very first story so please give me your feedback! I would love to hear what you all have to say! 

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