Forgotten

Déjà vu

Joining the haunted adventure contest

Forgotten: Déjà vu

"Come with me" She had said,

"It'll be fun!" She had stated.

There are moments in life when one must choose a decision that could change their lives forever, for better or for worse.

And for Danna, this was her moment.

Two years ago Danna was in a car crash, a car crash that took away her memories and her loved ones, she didn't remember for she had Amnesia.

Two painful years ago she had to pack her bags from the orphanage home and travel to her new one with strangers, they had said a new environment would be better for her, so she could recover and be a normal teen again.

So when her friend had asked her to camp with her in the holidays of October to get away from all the stress from collage, she agreed, she wanted a normal teenage life again.

And she was going to get one.

Only then when they had set up camp in Screaming woods, situated in Kent she started to regret her decision.

The forest was nicknamed the "Screaming Woods" and had a very detailed reputation of all the gore and bloody murder that had happened there.

But her best friend Melly had a heart of bravery and an instinct to scout for adventure, she had confessed that she wanted to prove their classmates wrong of the forest being scary and evil so not wanting to go by herself she invited Danna.

"Your presence can be quite comforting" She smiled, her eyes twinkling.

Accepting the truth Danna heasitently helped her set up the tent, bringing bits of wood her weak arms could carry, and finally when all the hard work was done they had settled around the campfire with marshmallows on sticks, burning in the fire.

The stars and the moon started to glow in the sky but darkness still covered them like a blanket, fogging their eyesight to see what was around them.

To ease their discomfort Melly had introduced her to her companions that she had brought... rum, sunset rum to be exact.
Shaking her head Delly took a few sips, her body unknowingly already used to the strong effect it had on her.

Then the night was spent with drunken confessions and terrible singing, oblivious to the sound of shrieks and moans of fear.

"Got to go!" Melly slurred, pointing a trembling finger at Danna as she left, her eyes in a daze.

Danna didn't acknowledge her as she was in her own little world but kept on drinking the alcohol that kept whispering her name to drink, her eyes rolling at the back of her head when she tried to keep awake.

Flashes of fire burned in her mind, people screaming her name echoed in her ears as she kept on drinking her lips still dry against the liquid, enjoying the feeling of it burning down her throat, but frowning when her senses became dull.

Her brown chocolate eyes glanced around her, seeing nothing but those painful pictures, but then a small thought in her head made her train of memories crash in shock.

She realised that Melly was gone and she was left alone with the only comfort of the now empty bottle.

Getting up with some difficulty her view was still as blurry as before, cold water could fix that but they had already ran out of it, hugging her shaking figure whilst tucking her hands in her blue knitted jumper she slowly tiptoed her way to where she though Melly had went. Her mind now slowly awakening from the feeling of fear.