Gone In The Wild

Chapter 3

I couldn't stop thinking about what I saw... was that actually someone running or my imagination? I have to check... But what if there was someone there? What if it was the man from my dream? Would he kill me like he nearly killed Rachel in the dream? I finished my food and went back to my tent, Rachel following me. I have to tell her that I want to go and explore the forest. But I can't tell her about the man from my dream. Will she agree? I have to get Alfie too... I can't have him worrying about me. What if we won't find our way back? I have to stop thinking abbout the bad things. We can do something like hansel and gretel. Leave something every step we take...

"Rachel... You remember the idea you had about running away..." I begin

"No no no no no no. We're not going anywhere. I know you don't want to, you dont have to do it for me." She interrupts me

"But I'm not doing it for you! I actually want to go! We can take Alfie and go into the forest. Maybe leave some hints on how to get back to the camp like branches or something.." I said

"Like Hansel and Gretel? Come on thats a baby story. No one would actually do something like that!"

"PLEASEEE! Please Rachel! I really want to go but I dont want to leave you and Alfie! Please! We won't be gone for long!"

"Okay. Okay, what time? How do we get past the teachers? How do we get back? They will realise we're gone."

"Wake up tomorrow at 12am. I'm going to tell Alfie and then we go into the forest. I think tomorrow Miss Bitch is going to be on duty. You know old Miss Bitch likes taking naps when she isnt supposed to. We can easily go past her. We leave signs like i said, we can, umm, stick some branches in the ground so they are sticking up and if we get lost just follow the path we made. And we will be back by 6 or earlier." I said, surprisingly she looked pretty impressed. I dont usually make good plans like that. Good? I hope it is...

It was 9pm so we both decided we go to sleep. Luckily, I didnt have that horrible dream. I slept peaceful until 7 when Mr Anderson woke everyone up. I got dressed and ran towards Alfie's tent.

"Alfie! I have to talk to you!" I shout.

"Yo, Alfie your girlfriend is here." Said his roommate, Max.

"I know, I heard her. Yeah? What's up?" He said walking out his tent

"Can you come in our tent for a minute? Me and Rachel have to say something." I said, grabbing his hand and walking him to my tent.

Rachel was sitting on her sleeping bag, waiting for us to get there.

"Alfie, We want to go into the forest." Rachel said as we sat down. He looked at me, then at her with big eyes. He couldn't believe someone like me would agree to this.

"Urmm.. What? How are we going to go without being seen? Or get back here?" He said, confused.

We told him the whole plan which I made up yesterday and he seemed pretty happy with it. We sat in the tent for a few minutes making the plan better and we were finally happy with it. I couldn't believe we were going to do it. It felt impossible. I had a weird feeling in my stomach... Like something bad will happen, but i ignored it. I went to the centre of the tent circle with Rachel and Alfie and ate some  breakfast. I kept looking around trying to see if there is anyone in between the trees that I can see... Nothing... Hopefully the plan will go well and we will get back home without a problem. the person I saw earlier still bugs me... I know I didnt imagine him... My imagination isnt that good. I have to keep Rachel and Alfie safe tomorrow.

After breafast we were separated into 4 groups of 5 and went out to expplore the forest... At least that helps us to know the area better. More chance we will get back safely. Even though I was with Rachel and 3 other people I couldn't stop turning in every direction to check if no one was there. I always thought someone is next to me, no one is ever there... I was so paranoid I was thinking about not going anywhere tomorrow... No, I made a plan, I have to find out what is going on here...

The weird thing is that I never really got nightmares about things like this. It is always about my Mum dying or I picture my Dad and Brother in the horrible accident. This is the first time I got nightmares about something different... and it was since we entered this forest... when I woke up I was in the forest already... The dream must have started when we drove inside the forest... Is that some kind of message? Probably not. I just went bonkers. Yeah. I decided to pay attention to the forest and not my mind. I tried to remember every little detail that will make me remember the place... I was looking at some trees when from the corner of my eye I saw something. Something big... I turned towards it and saw a abandoned building. It was falling apart and looked like it wasn't touched in ages... 'well, I know where we're going first' I thought to myself. I know it wasn't the best idea but I'm not very good at them. I started collecting a lot of branches to use tomorrow and I was amazed with how good the plan was going. I just didn't know something bad is waiting... or should I say.. someone.