Kei_lari
Charlotte Hayes is the newest student in Class 11-D and she's determined to keep to herself. She has no interest in making friends at her new high school, and she definitely doesn't want to go on the upcoming class trip into the mountains. In fact, she hides the trip from her parents entirely, hoping to avoid it altogether.
But things don't go as planned.
Ezekiel Moreno, the loud, nosy class clown who just happens to live next door "acidentally" lets Charlotte's parents know about the trip. Thinking it will help her come out of her shell, they insist she goes. Reluctantly, Charlotte boards the bus with 27 other students, not knowing that this trip will be anything but ordinary.
Upon arrival, their homeroom teacher, Mr. Warren, splits the class into four groups of seven. Charlotte finds herself in an "interesting" group: Lyle Williams, the class "nerd"; the inseparable twins, Noah and Katherine Clark; the popular girl, Skylar Morgan; the unfortunately named Ben Dover; and of course, Ezekiel Moreno himself. Each group is assigned to share a cabin.
With the students given free time to explore, warned not to wander too far, Ezekiel drags Charlotte along with the group. He cracks jokes at Noah's grumpy expression and can't resist poking fun at Ben's name. But the laughter quickly fades when they stumble upon something strange: a perfectly square clearing in the middle of the forest that is unnaturally empty, no trees, no grass, just barren ground.
And when they step into it... things start to change. Strange things.
No one expected what this trip would become.