for the better. | grayson dolan ✔

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"gray!" i heard someone yell from a distance. was it ethan?

"gray!" the person yelled again, nope definitely not ethan.

i slowly opened my eyes and came face to face with my mom. she had tear stains on her cheeks and her eyes were puffy and red, she had been crying for a long time, behind her stood ashley and her mom.

i looked around, i was still in the forest but where was ethan?

i looked over to the twig circle and my heart stopped

ethan's lifeless body lay in the middle of the twig circle. i looked back over to my mom and she was gone. i looked around and no one was there, "someone, please help!" i yelled into the air, my voice coming out in a whimper.

the sound of crunching of leaves gave me hope as it coming closer and closer. maybe someone had heard me. to my dismay and horror i saw the same guy approaching me and ethan again.

he turned to me and flashed me and evil smirk before moving towards ethan. i tried to stand up but i only ended up falling back down each time. my leg was all bruised and cut. i didn't have time to sit around moping and whining, my brother was in danger.

i attempted to stand up again, biting my lip to stop myself from screaming out in pain. a salty taste was in my mouth, the strong taste of blood. great, i was bleeding.

i slowly started limping towards that guy. since he wasn't injured, he was faster and grabbed ethan's wrist, dragging him through the forest, farther and farther. i could hear his shirt tearing from the twigs and sharp wood on the forest floor.

it was my fault that Ethan was burnt, if i hadn't passed out i would have been able to save him, but i had a chance and wasn't wasn't going to let it happen again.

i started walking behind them and every time the guy turned around i would hide behind a tree or something, anything to block me from his view. i noticed that the sky had turned an orange colour, the sun was setting. i had to get to ethan quick before i lost him in the darkness.

i felt a second person's presence but couldn't quite put my finger on it. was someone following us? i turned and saw a shadowy figure behind a tree. i cautiously stepped closer.

"hello?"

"boo!" the figure yelled, jumping out from behind a tree. it was justin, a kid from school.

"what are you doing here?" i asked. it seemed odd that he happened to be here the whole time and knew where i was. justin however, was staring behind me. i followed his eyes and turned around to see that guy stop, stare, and keep going.

"you know him?" justin asked. how dumb is this guy? there's some guy dragging my brother away and he thinks he's my friend.

come on.

"he's hurting ethan. can you help?" i asked frantically, i needed all the help i could get.

justin looked at me, contemplating my offer. he ran his hand through his hair and sighed. "yeah, sure. lets go" he said, breaking into a run.

"thanks for leaving me here" i yelled after him.

he turned around and jogged back, "sorry man" he grabbed my arm and slung it over his neck and started speed walking towards that guy. this is going to be a long night.

ashley

mom and lisa are worried sick.

i felt a lot better so i was sitting with lisa, trying to calm her down. we had already called the police and they tried to track grayson or ethan's phones but they couldn't.

"i need my s-sons!" lisa whispered through her sobs. i felt a tear roll down my cheek but quickly wiped it away, if i was crying then lisa was going to cry even more.

"mrs. dolan, the police will find them, remember they found me." i tried my best to assure her. i don't know if i was trying to make her feel better or myself.

knowing brent i don't know if they are even alive right now. the thought made me cry harder, even though I hated grayson, I still hoped he was alive and well, and ethan too.

"mom!" i heard someone yell, for a second i thought ethan and grayson had come back and so did lisa. we both whipped around to see a girl standing in the doorway.

i'm guessing that was cameron, ethan and grayson's older sister. ethan had told me a lot about her. she was holding a suitcase in one hand and wearing a backpack. she walked into the room, dropped everything on a chair and ran to hug lisa. they cried together for sometime so i moved back a little, it was best to give them privacy.

after a few minutes they both had wiped their tears and cameron was looking around. her eyes landed on me. she walked over to me and gave me a weak smile, she stuck her hand out. "hi, im cameron, the twin's older sister", i smiled and shook her hand.

"i'm ashley, ethan's friend" i said. she laughed, "grayson isn't nice to you i'm assuming". i let out a small laugh as she sat down and started to ask about everything that had happened since i had moved here. i took a deep breath and began to tell the story.

grayson

we had been walking for around 15 minutes when we saw that guy bring ethan into this hut/shed thing. i lowered my leg onto the floor and decided to run, i winced with pain every time my foot hit the ground. i ran into the shed to see the guy lowering a water bottle to ethan's mouth, but it wasn't water.

it was a red liquid.

blood.

this has to be some satanic ritual.

i ran towards him and slapped the water bottle out of his hand, the liquid sprayed everywhere.

i then ran to eathan and started to slap his cheeks, he wouldn't wake up. my eyes began to felt brim with tears. he was strong, he had to wake up.

come on ethan.

don't leave me alone.

i looked back up to see that guy motion to justin. i turned to face justin but instead, was met with a metal rod in the face.

the world was blurry, i grabbed onto the wall near me for support before collapsing. I felt myself going dizzy as a crack in my leg proved my theory correct.

my leg was fucked.

and everything went black, again.

okay that's the end of this chapter, If you guys are confused about 'the guy', or 'that guys' it's just brent but gray forgot his name.

you guys are probably tired of people blacking out but there aren't much more scenes with people blacking out. I promise. :) Hope you enjoy!!!

also, happy tuesday! i can't believe they dyed their hair!