hidden- fivesos

three years later

lowercase intended

It had been three years since Rena and Nia went missing, and the 6 of their friends hadn't returned to the camp since. The day after they went missing, the camp instructors got the police to search the woods, and not even they returned. Everyone supposed they were attacked by bears, which were common in the area, and people were surprisingly quiet about the situation.

It took Casey two years to recover from his sisters' dissappearences, and he tried to stay as far away as possible from the rest of the group.

The least thing Michael, Luke, Calum, Ashton, and Arzaylea expected was to be invited back to camp, three years later, in the winter, for a reunion.

Casey's parents owned the camp, so they decided they would allow just the 7 of them to return for a few days to pay their respects.

The camp used to be a skiing camp, so they still had a ski lift and a few decent sized mountains, along with other undiscovered mysteries hidden within the woods.

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Luke stepped out of the bus, hands intertwined with his new girlfriend, Arzaylea. It took him a few months for the guilt he felt to wash away, but now, he was a lot better. Hayley followed, looking annoyed at the two. She got over their deaths quickly, but it still saddened her that it was her fault.

Michael followed behind him, his hair now a platinum blond. The guilt of Nia and Rena's deaths haunted him to this day, but now that his girlfriend, Miranda, was with him, he had been able to recover enough to get a good night's sleep.

Ashton grabbed him and his girlfriend Bryana's bags and walked off the bus, looking around at the ski lift they were going to ride to the more secluded cabin owned by the Lovelis family. He sighed at the thought of Rena and Nia, and how they met their end.

Calum tiredly walked off and stood next to Michael and Miranda. Ever since the sisters died, Calum didn't talk as much as he used to. He secretly had a crush on Nia, and he was planning to ask her out after camp back then, but sadly she passed.

Casey was the last one to exit the bus, carrying a few bags. He blinked tears away and looked up to face the group.

"Well, follow me. We have to walk through the summer camp area to get to the ski lift over there." He said, his voice stern and strong.

They all followed behind him, admiring the snow gathered on top of the cabins.

"I was thinking, maybe we could stop at the cabin we stayed at the year everything happened, to pay respects?" Luke asked.

Casey turned around. "U-uh, yeah, sure. It's up ahead."

After a few minutes of walking, Arzaylea groaned in pain.

"Lukeeeeyyyyy, I'm so tired of walking this far! Carry me!" She whined. Luke rolled his eyes.

"We're almost there, baby," He responded. Calum felt a pang of jealousy but it soon was replaced with anxiousness as they stopped in front of their old cabin.

"Well, let's go in," Casey said, unlocking the door with a key and opening it. They all walked in and stared sadly at how different everything was since they were last here. The furniture was moved around completely by the campers that stayed there the last two years.

"It's so... Different," Hayley said, looking around. "I can't believe we stayed here three years ago."

"I know, right?" Michael responded.

"I'm gonna go look at the lake, anyone wanna come?" Luke asked. Arzaylea instantly clung to him. "I do!"

"I'll go too," Miranda spoke. "Mikey, wanna come?"