Weird Short Stories

Pig-People

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This was very interesting to write. I'd like to thank Hopehpr for the inspiration for this, it came out better than I expected it to. It is a little unsettling near the end, but I think you few people who are reading my short stories will enjoy it :)

If I knew about the events that would be set in motion from my one choice, I would've given it more thought. Instead, when my friend dared me I couldn't spend a single day alone in the cave by the old, abandoned house in the woods, I of course took it upon myself to prove him wrong.

My friend Matt is a bit arrogant and he thinks he knows everything, so his confidence in my inability to do the task made my blood boil. And of course, being as pigheaded as I am, I accepted his dare.

Only later would I realize how appropriate my wording was.

The next afteri as I'm about to walk out the door with all my camping supplies, I accidentally step on one of my dog's squeaky toys he loves to leave lying around. I manage to catch my balance and stay upright, but my mom heard me.

"Mia Belle Thompson, where are you going?" my mom demands.

With an annoyed sigh, I lie through my teeth. "I'm spending the night at Liv's!"

You see, my mom would never trust me to spend the night at Matt's because my mom and his don't get along, and therefore she hates his entire family. And if she knew I was going to spend a whole day in the cave by the abandoned house, she'd have a heart attack.

So, to keep me and her alive, it's best if I just lie.

I leave the house, throw my stuff in the basket of my bike, and pedal for thirty minutes until I get to the abandoned house where I agreed to meet Matt.

He's already there, and he has his tent sent up near the back of the house with a perfect view of the cave to make sure I don't cheat.

"Hey Mia!" he greets me.

"Hey, Matt!" I say in answer with a wide grin. "You have your fifty dollars to pay me when I win the bet?"

"Ha!" he scoffs. "No way! I won't need it."

I roll my eyes at him. Of course he's that confident. "Alright, well if you're so confident want to up the bet to a hundred dollars?"

Matt sucks in a breath, surprised. He knows I wouldn't wager that much money unless I seriously considered a chance at winning.

However, unable to back down without looking like a coward, he gives me a nod. "Deal."

With a grin on my face, Matt follows me to the cave entrance. It's really more of a crack in the mountain, only being about three feet wide and ten feet tall. The early sun only illuminates as much as two feet inside, and the rest is pitch black.

The dirt floor gives way to solid rock, which won't be comfortable to sleep on. I can see from the dirt there are prints of an animal, but they are indistinguishable. Where the floor is rock, I can see scuff marks, as if it was dragging its' feet.

However, the prints are old, and whatever made them is probably long dead, or if not then it's moved out.

I set my small overnight bag down and hug Matt, giving him a grin. "I'll expect my hundred dollars tomorrow."

He light-heartedly replies, "Yeah right, like that'll happen. I'll be expecting my hundred dollars tonight when you run out of there screaming your head off."

I smile at his response and let him go, then pick up my bag, take out my flashlight, and head in.

The cave is dark, illuminated only slightly from the sun outside. The walls are smooth from water, the floor is extremely uneven, and the ceiling stretches far above.