The Blood Forest

𝔻𝕒𝕪 𝟜

I met someone new today. Someone... Different.

They know what it's like. They know what it's like to be curious. They're just like me. They wanna know more. More than society can share. I can tell we're going to be good friends.

                                                -={A few hours ago}=-

Just walking around campus, trying to get to my 5th class of the day, I was distracted. I got a notification about someone going missing, more commonly known as an amber alert.

I checked my phone, just to see if I knew the person that went missing. But instead, I ran into something. A tall-ish figure. Looking up from my phone, I see a person. Male, with black hair and a bright green streak. He had sapphire blue eyes. And he was wearing a gray hoodie.

"I- I'm so sorry--! I was distracted and-"

He cut me off.

"Don't worry, I understand. I'm Alex. And you are?"

"O- Oh.. I'm uhm-"

With a slight bit of hesitation, I confirm my name.

"Ai- Aileen.. I'm Aileen."

"Well, nice to meet you Aileen. Hey, what do you think about hanging out with me tomorrow to study the blood forest??" He said.

My eyes lit up. I want to be a detective when I get older, so investigating something that mysterious I'd amazing for me.

"I- I'd love too!!"

The rest of the day went by as it usually would. Classes, gossip, lockdowns. All things that happen on a daily basis. As I've stated before, I love lockdowns. So it's pretty cool for me. 

After school, when I got home, I just set my stuff down and sat.

Thinking about the study session, I grab my notebook. It's a somewhat simple notebook, black, with a broken heart and wings on it. Not much is written in it, just facts about the forest, missing cases. I'm pretty much a teenage detective. 

As I write about the missing person, I also draw a picture. The missing person is on the news, so I have a semi-decent reference. I'm not good at drawing, but it's definitely something. I always bring this notebook places, it's like part of me now.

Making dinner, which is just some leftover macaroni and cheese from a few days ago, I cant stop thinking about the session tomorrow. This is gonna be so much fun. 

Before bed, I read about the missing cases and if I can help with it in any way. We're going to the library tomorrow for the study session. I need to get contact information from Alex... 

Slowly dozing off, I think too myself...

What if I'm the next victim??