horror stories for teens

Wish I Wasn't The Chosen One

◇°Yun°◇

This girl around 15 sat in a minecart structure with three other kids all around 10. The laughed and squealed as the cart bobbed back and forth following some weak, wobbly tracks.
The oldest of the three little ones, a little girl that shared looks with the 15 year old, clinged to the edge of the cart, afraid to look at her surroundings.
They reached a high point on the tracks, suddenly falling for a good 5 seconds till reaching a flat point where they began to slow down.
The cart soon came to a halt. The kids leaned then straightened when the cart stopped. The two youngest kids were two identical boys. They were the exact opposite of the girls. Boys: blonde hair, brown eyes; girls: brownish black hair and blue eyes.
The 15 year old hopped out of the metal cart, admiring how the young looked in the rusty old cart, red and Orange paint that used to represent flames, now chipped and torn. "Come on one more ride. Please~" the three kids began begging, pleading like babies who haven't been fed when they had wanted to.
"It's getting late, mom with get worried if we aren't home soon." The teen lifted her hands wrapping them around the little girl, "Come on Joel, remember what happened last time?" The teen looked into the young 10 year old's ocean eyes. She looked a bit scared, then sad, "ok... Ever let's go." She was lifted out of the cart, turning her head to direct the twin boy with a blue jacket as the other wore green.
"Fine, but Clod and I ride in front next time." Ever nudged his twin's shoulder while he was zoned out, "oh- uh- yea! First beats!"
"It was 'Front Seats' Clod." The boy in blue whispered to his brother trying to be cool about it, "oh...Yea Front Seats! Wait for what...?"
The teen sighed, but with her eyes rolling, smiled. She placed Joel down then went to lift the two boys from within the cart.
Once all the kids were set, The oldest looked around trying to remember which way they came.
Everything was forest, around run down amusement park. There was a Faris wheel covered in vines and thorns, a light tint of blue paint covered in dust on the small cages that once held people.
Many rides like a marical round, horses attached by pools that stretched through their stomachs.
"Sis it was a left from the entrance." The teen looked down to the little girl who stared up at her with pity in her eyes. "Yea, don worry I know." The teen ruffled the young ones hair and they began to head out, Ever and Clod following shortly behind.
The kids reached a large billboard, chipped letters read what once was 'Wild Child Circus.'
The letters all arranged in different colors. It looked like someone had colored it with crayons then scratched off the wax.
"Left Sis" the twins yelped in union. The teen turned left and they began walking. Wandering through the forest, The teen kept her eyes straight forward as the kids looked aimlessly at the trees that swayed with wind. Leaves danced in air, falling off the trees and landing mutely on the ground. Clod walked and tried not to step on the leaves, as his brother stomped on every single one, filling everyone's ears with crackles and pops. They kept walking for an hour or so, Clod soon getting tired enough for The teen to pick him up and carry him the rest of the way in a piggy back ride form.
Finally, after much strooling, they reached a small gate that plunged into the ground only 2 feet tall. The kids all hopped over it then ended up in a grassland, a village in the distance. They soon reached the main trails through the village and people looked through their windows, out their doors, up from books. Most of them smiled at the kids, but two or three went back to what they were doing once before, simply ignoring them.
"Sis why do they do this every time?" Clod, still clinging to the teen's shoulders whispered his words to his older sister.
She tried to smile at him, "shh, it's okay Clod we'll be home soon." The two other 10 year olds huddled close to the teen, Ever trying to look unphased.
They soon reached the largest house in the village, wandering up to the door casually. The teen knocked, and a minute later the door creeped open, a small creek from the hinges.
"Your late Yun." A woman in her 30's stood at the door, back of each hand on her hips.
"Sorry mama It's my fault I wanted to play a bit longer than we should have." Joel came out from behind Yun. Sad expression on her face, "I'm sorry mama." Joel faced the ground.
The mother stared into Yun's eyes in mainly frustration. She looked down to the young girl who pulled her brown hair in front of her face, "It's fine Joel. I was just worried. Come on now why don't we eat dinner pumpkin?"
The woman wrapped her hands around Joel, lifting her into the air then holding the 10 year old with little effort, for arm nudging the young girl up to wrap her small arms around her mother's neck. Ever kept himself up at the door and walked in with a smile, "Yay! Dinner!" He went bolting for the kitchen. Clod pushed himself up on the teenager's back, "you wanna go with your brother?" The teen loosened her grip on the boy as he nodded. She placed him down gently on the ground and as soon as he was sure it was safe to move, he walked into the house moving quickly, but not quite running. The teen took her first few steps into the house when suddenly the mother blocked her path.
"Cemetery." She said, quiet so none of the kids could hear, "It's your turn."
The woman's chocolate pond eyes grew as her pupils shrank. Cat eyes glaring at her, ready to pounce on the rodent daring to crawl out of its hiding place.
"I thought that was delayed to next week." The teen frowned. She avoided being the weak one in this staring contest. She looked content, demanding something in her dark ocean glare.
"Oh Yun Sweatheart So Forgetful. Well today's the profound day so how about you..." She tapped her index finger on her lips, running it down so her lip would reveal her bottom teeth, "Deal With It!~" The woman smiled, a cheesy grin on her mask face.
"Now get going you'll be late." She ripped a necklace from her pocket, wrapping the brown hay like thread around Yun's neck. At the end of the necklace was a small sack. Yun brought her hand to the small bag, feeling rice crinkle inside.
"Can I at least say good bye to the kids?"
"What kids?" The woman's sarcastic voice filled the musk air. Something smelled burnt. Its scent made the teen's eyes itchy. She frowned at the woman then turned to face outside.
"Oh and Happy Birthday Yun." The woman smiled and shut the door.
Yun walked out to the street. Dirt trail and gravel crunching under her feet. Everyone in the village looked at her, then seeing the necklace turned away so Yun couldn't see an inch of their face.
All backs of the village faced her, children under 12 confused as they were turned by mother's and older siblings just glad it wasn't them.
The teen walked, following the trail repeating in her brain, "Cemetery. Birthday. No Goodbye. Cemetery. Birthday. Didn't Get To Say Goodbye."
The minor walked, finally reaching gate doors. The lock on the gates was missing, only the chain left behind. Creeks filled the air, so did the whistling of the wind.
"Hello?~"
Yun called out looking around. The brown haired girl yawned, the sun setting in the sky. Everything was becoming pink, clouds making shapes. Yun fell in a daze, staring at the clouds.
"Howdy there young one."
A raspy male voice rang through the teen's ears. They twitched as a habit, and Yun turned to face the voice. Expecting an adult, Yun's eyes became half lidded. She looked confused, "Who the are you?"
"Didn't your mum tell ya?" A little boy who looked about 7 sat on a toomstone. He wore all black; jeans and a turtle neck, then a fedora on his head, no special design on it.
"All I got out of my mom was barely memorable..." The teen stared down at her hands. Seeing this little boy so clean made her feel filfy. Her once red short sleeve shirt covered in mud stains, shorts ripped and shreaded, and they used to be pants. She wasn't even wearing shoes, her feet were bare; where as this little boy had black dress shoes and black socks.
"Well you know that when 'special' kids become 16 they go through a test..."
"And when they go to the test they never come back, yea they tell use once we're 12, but some kids don't go... The kids that don't take this test end up leaving the village at 17 or somethin around there" Yun waved her hand in a way to dismiss the kid.
He smiled at her, grey eyes expanding, "I am so surprised you remember so much Yun. I've been awaiting your arrival for some time.~" The boy hopped down from where he sat on the stone. He walked forward, then past Yun. She turned to watch him walk, eyes never leaving his legs as the stride forward.
"Come on, follow me." He extended his arm waving her over.
Yun fast walked then slowed once she was beside him, "where are we going?"
The boy suddenly stopped in his tracks. He looked down to something in Front of his feet. Yun stared at his face but his blind looking eyes were covered by the rim of his hat, "down there." The boy pointed to a small lid covering a grave. He bent down removing the stone lid. Underneath was nothing, just a dark abyss. Everything was black and the bottom was endless.
"You will take the test down there. You will stay until the next kid comes as chosen. Any questions?" The boy looked down the whole, face changless.
"Actually yea I do have some questions," Yun looked down the whole wondering what the boy was so fixated on. "Um... So I'm staying down there to take a test, but what kind of test?"
The boy looked into Yun's eyes, "you know when a person asks you a question?"
She nodded
"It's like that but instead of a question it's an action... and you must act upon it. So like when you play tag. Your objective is not to get caught and you must hide or run, maybe even both." The boy reached out taking a hold of the teen's wrist, "Now don't be scared."
She almost looked affended, "Scared? I'm stronger than you think! I'd toughen anything out."
The boy smiled, it was a creepy one. Ear to ear teeth bled through, shining to look like plastic.
"That's the spirit I love. No one has ever passed this test, maybe you'll be the first."
A light in Yun's eyes began to sparkle, "What Happens if I pass?" She inched closer to the boy.
"I'm Not supposed to tell you, but maybe just this once." He gestured for her to come closer. She bent down confused to why he needed to whisper it to her. It wasn't like anyone would hear, they were alone in the Cemetery. No one could even hear screaming from there.
"If you pass..." his words faded as Yun went pale, "You're left to rot till you prove your worth something." The boy pushed Yun causing her to slip, feet falling through the deep sewer like hole.
The teen's fall was much shorter than she thought. She rolled when she felt the impact of ground, which was actually two inches to three of water. Yun stood, coughing from this rotting smell consuming her. Her brown hair wettened and covered half her face with the bangs that were once wavy.
The girl looked up, to the hole she fell through. There was a very small trace of light, but she almost wished she couldn't see it, see the boy. His pupils thinned, black daggers with silver lining stared at her. The young boy smiled, "You might not know this Yun... But ever sense technology took over the big cities, the people realized they were letting machines take them in. Now people who joined me realized we had to teach technology to be below us again. It all started with teaching robotics emotions to them wanting equality like African Americans long ago, then like woman, then like gays. But it was taking it to far in my opinion. Anyway people who decided they wouldn't live with computers being equal decided to set rebellions so computers colluded take over. These rebellions go by as "villages" Bet your mom didn't teach ya that." The boy stood straight, staring up to the darkening sky. "Men were to cocky when they made robots. It was like taking candy from a baby except this time the baby has laser eyes and immortality. So to make sure we can keep the baby in it's place we must find people who are smart enough, strong enough to survive and win against robots. So we took teens and put them in these tests hoping they could become the perfect solider." The boy's dress shoe reached over, pushing the toomstone to cover the whole, "I hope you won't disappoint me."
Yun gasped and reached to the top, "Wait! Please No! Don't Leave Me Here!" She pleaded as the boy suddenly stopped. He laughed for a good 3 minutes.
"Oh Yun. Don't worry your pretty little head. I'll be back when another kid comes along seen as worthy. They'll be thrown down with you and which ever comes out alive, if you don't die before that."
"T-then..."
The boy's brows curled, "yes?"
Yun looked down to her shaking hands. She franticly searched her periferal visson for what was around her, "What about...t...the kid who was here before?"
Her words were almost a whisper but they echoed off the walls and up to the boy in black.
"Oh her? For your sake..." he shrugged pushing the stone over the whole completely, "Lets just hope she's dead"
Yun's eye widened. She watched as the last bit of light from the outside disapeared.
She was most likely holding her breath. She didn't move, just stood in place.
And even though she didn't breath, didn't walk. The water splashed, and a faint chuckle escaped from deep within the hole, from a smiling and bloody mouth.
June 10, 2019
-Karina Sabo