Finders Keepers

Chapter 2

Trees. Rocks. Trees. Bushes. Trees. That's all I see. I wasn't far out into the forest and I wasn't planing on going in too far. Just incase. Its now Friday afternoon. It was only on Wednesday when me and Lisa went in here for the first time. Now I'm doing it again, but by myself. Nothing is here. It's quite, besides from the birds singing in the tree tops. It's was peaceful here. The wind was still and the smell of smoke wasn't anywhere and couldn't be seen. Looking around all I see is wild life. Trees, birds, bushes.. Nothing exciting. Looking and strolling around, I spotted some pink flowers. They were beautiful. I walked over to have a closer look. I bent down to pick some, while I was doing that I heard a crunch like sound behind me. I froze and slowly looked over my shoulder, thinking something was there. But nothing. I shrugged it off, thinking it must of been a stick falling from a tree or something, and continued picking these flowers. But then I heard it again. Closer and louder this time. I stood up and completely turned around. I peered into the thick forest. But again, nothing. Shaking my head and smiling to myself I turned around once more to pick the flowers that I dropped and decided to go back home.

"My mind is just playing tricks on me," I said out loud to myself, "I'm just paranoid."

Bending down to pick up the flowers, then slowly rising. While getting up I notice something in the corner of my eye. Something brown with black marks on it. The first thing that came to my head was 'old log' but I quickly changed my mind once I looked at it and saw what it really was. At first, i didn't know what it was. It looked like a board game. I picked it up and turned it over to look at the back, but it was plain. It was made out of wood, I guess I was right about one thing. I flipped it back over to examine the front. The first thing that got my attention was the
alphabet in big letters across the middle of the board. Then my eyes trailed to just below it, to numbers 1 to 9 then 0 straight across, then to the word 'GOODBYE' just under neath the numbers. My eyes flicked to the top of the board to what seems to be the name of it, 'OUIJA'.

'What the hell does that mean' I thought, 'what kind of game is this?'

In the top right hand side of the board was a sun with the word 'YES' next to it, on the top left hand side was a moon, but with the word 'NO' next to it. Then in the both left and right bottom corner of the board is what looked like a 2 heads, a body and about 5 hands holding onto something.

'Weird.'

Realising that I've been standing here still for a while, I knew I should start heading back.

Looking down at the weird board in my hands, I wondered if I should take it home.

"Humm, finders keepers." I said.

I then started to make my way back home. I actually made it out. I didn't go missing. Ha, knew all this shit wasn't real.

Just after a few steps out of the forest and into my back yard, a massive gust of wind came out of no where. So strong it nearly knocked me over.

It was howling, and that's when it happened. When my whole belief changed. When I felt my heart dropped. When my stomach turned inside out and I could feel my black tingling. It was in the wind. The voice. The male voice, saying "don't come back--". It was in the wind.

I froze, not knowing what to do, I didn't want to turn around incase someone was standing there, I guess I'm going to run the the house.
It was like the Jack guy who died controls the wind or something. It was right in my ear, I could hear him perfectly. The sound of the howling stopped and only his voice was all I heard. I heard it again. It was like someone was standing right next to me whispering into my ear. Then the faint smell of something burning filled my nose.. Smoke.

'Leaveee' it said.

Still not knowing how I should act or do, I acted like I didn't hear it. I acted like I only felt the wind. I showed no emotion. I simply started walking towards the house. After I was a few metres away from the house I started to run. Once I made it inside I locked to doors and looked out into the forest. I saw something that made me sick instantly inside. Smoke. Right where I was standing.

'That was fucked up.' I thought.

I looked down at the board that was being held tightly in my hands.

'I should google this.'

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