In The Woods

Chapter Six

As soon as the boy appeared, I fall backwards. Tyler stops running, too, and helps me up.

The boy spots us and begins to run towards us, his face lit up.
I hide behind Tyler, and the boy approaches us.

"Guys! You have no idea how happy I am to see you!" The boy shouts.

... who?

Tyler takes a step forward.

"And you are?" He asks the boy.
The boy ignore the question and asks, "are you guys lost too?"

My stomach hurts.

"Who are you?" Tyler asks again.
"Oh, sorry, I'm Zander," he replies, "I've been lost for a few days and have been looking for someone to help."

I'm not one to be completely truthful, but belive me when I say Zander is a sight for sore eyes.

Zander is a tall boy with a soft caramel toned skin color. He has green eyes and perfect, neat brown hair.

"I'm afraid we can't help you, Dancer, or whatever your name is," Tyler says.
"Zander, ha-ha."
"Yeah, whatever," Tyler walks over to the nearest tree and leans against it.

I look Zander in the eyes.

"I'm Bella, he's Tyler, nice to meet you, Zander."
I shake his hand.
"Nice to meet you, too, Bella."
"I'm sorry about Tyler, he's just irritated, we're lost, too," I say.
"I think we all are," Zander smiles.
"How old are you?" I ask.
"19, you?
"17, 18 in September. Tyler is my age."

Zander gives a big sigh.

"What's wrong?" I ask.
"We're too young to be stuck in here. Do you even know what's going on? How much I've witnessed in the three days here?" He tells me.
"No, we've been here for a day," I answer, "why? What's happened?"

Zander is silent for a second.

"It all started when a girl from Johnson High never was to be seen again after visiting these woods. I met her in here. She's gone."
"W-what do you mean?"

He is silent again.

"A ghost killed her. The ghost kills anyone who enters her woods," he says.