The Where House

Ricky

I wake up to the sound of a door slamming shut. I've fallen asleep and my heads resting on the once limp blonde kid. He wakes up too and moves his shoulder, forcing me to get up. The twins and the purple haired girl have already crawled out of the van. I scoot over towards the door and follow. The blonde kid winces and keeps his hand on the top of his head as he gets out as if it'll take away the pain. We've parked in front of a literal camp. There are tents placed randomly around the ground all enclosed by a wooden fence that looks like it's way out. Is this where we're supposed to be safe? I seem to be the only one concerned as everyone else walk through a tiny opening in the gate. I stand behind and watch as the group im standing with all walks towards the gate, I can't. It'll be dark in about a hour, going into that camp is suicide. I look around to see if there's anywhere remotely safe I can hide. There's nothing. The guards from the van hop out and walk up behind me.
"Waiting on something" words barley escaping from their heavy helmets.
I don't speak, I don't move, I'm frozen. One of the guards nudges my shoulder with his elbow.
"Don't touch me" someone inside me screams. Everyone turns around and silently stares at me, the younger kids growing more fearful as the silence grows on. The driver from the van finds my eyes in the crowd and with them commands me to move. I manage to put one foot in front of the other and walk through the gate.
                     •••••
Me and the kids from the van are all pushed into a tent that's zipped up from the outside. The purple hair girls let's out a sigh she's been holding her breath since we got out of the van. The blonde kid finally takes his hand off the top of his head. It's covered with a dark gooey liquid. He looks at his hands and instantly falls over. The girl in the purple hair laughs and looks at me.
"I promise im not heartless, im Gwen"

"ricky"

The twins chime in "im maddy and this is megan"

We all look at the blonde boy. He's awake now but doesn't bother to speak
"Alrighty then" Gwen points at the boy
"blonde"
A small smile creeps across his lips telling us he's ok with the names he was given. Not that she needed his approval.
                    •••••
The tent has no windows and it's been shut from the outside, so there's no telling whats going on outside. Expect for one small tear in the tent behind Gwen, there was light shinning through it about ten minutes ago. Now there's nothing. We all know what this means but don't dare speak of it. It would be smart to talk up some sort of plan or last words, but instead we just sat in silence.
"AAAAAAH"
a ear piercing, heart stopping scream breaks our silence. There's one more, then two. In a matter of seconds our camp is drowning in the screams of defenseless children. Suddenly my throat closes up and my hands are drenched with sweat. I rub them on my jeans in attempt to calm myself down but it's no use anymore. Tears start to escape my eyes and i look up at Gwen. She puts a finger up to her lips. I have to stay quiet, the lanterns can't smell and since they can't see us inside the tent, sound is the only thing giving us away. As the screaming intensifies so does my breathing and before I know it im unable to control my body. I can't breathe anymore, im gasping for air as more and more tears fall down my face. Megan crawls over to where im sitting and wraps her arm around me and I start to shake violently. My tears have turned into loud sobs now and im in a full blown panic attack no longer able to control myself. Gwen rolls her eyes and grabs a knife out of her backpack. She cuts a whole big enough for herself and crawls out. Blonde manages to sit up and tries to think of a way to quickly close this entryway but no one can think with all the screaming happening. Blonde gives up and goes to sit back where he was, covering his ears. I look at the hole Gwen made and my sobs intensifies. We're dead. They're gonna come in here and kill us. Over all the screaming I hear a low growl behind me, Megan removes her arm finally and we both turn around. We hear another growl and then there's a gentle scratch at our tent. I can see its bright eyes through the cheap material. I close my eyes just as a it slices through our tent. Megan crawls back to her sister and screams. I try to move but im paralyzed. The lantern opens it mouth and makes a sound I've only heard in nightmares it reaches and pushes me out of the way scratching the right side of my face in the process. I fall to the ground. I lay there limp, still unable to move. The lantern raises up its hands and then drops it into maddy's chest it's claws piercing through her skin. My tears stop instantly. Megan screams for her sister and hits the lantern it's face over and over. Ignoring Maddy it sink its fangs into Megan's stomach picking her up like a chew toy. It throws her besides me and walks towards Maddy. Megan stares at me wide eyed as blood spills out of her mouth. Her chest rises and falls slowly as she reaches for my hand. Maddy let's out a terrifying scream from the corner and I reach out and squeeze Megan's hand. She doesn't squeeze back. Appetite satisfied the lantern leaves. I get up and pull Megan over to the corner of the tent where me and Maddy where. I look over and see blonde with his mouth wide-open lying in a pool of his own blood. I drag him to the corner too. Our tent is torn into on both sides as are most of the other tents. There are hundreds of lanterns leaving tents full and returning to their home in the woods. There are just as many emerging from the woods. Without thinking i weasel myself underneath the corpses I've pilled in the corner. Its the only place to hide. The screams quiet down a bit and are replaced with groans of hundreds of kids bleeding to death. After a couple hours it's silent. I push their bodies off of me and I slide out from underneath them.I crawl out of the tent look around the camp. There are no tents just scraps of material. The lanterns have all returned to where ever they go. satisfied with the slaughter. I grab my bag and leave the tent. I look towards the entrance and there are two guards in front of it. A pile of corpses in front of them. They tried to escape death but they wouldn't let them. Because this is why they brought us here, to die. I turn around and start to run, carefull not to step on anyone I reach the back gate and attempt to climb over it but i can't, there's no where to place my foot and its too high to jump. I start to kick at the gate trying anything to get free but someone grabs my foot. It's Gwen. She puts a finger up to her lips again. She puts her hands together next to my foot and I step in them. She lifts me as if I weigh nothing and I jump over the gate. She's taller than me and hopped over the gate easily. We walk into the woods together. She turns around and helps three other kids jump the gate. They walk up to us and we all walk into the woods together. Not saying a word.