Dead Where You Stand

The televisions static was uprising throughout the home of two young teenagers, who were currently alone. For about an hour, the television had made that horrid noise. The screen was a blunt color of black and white combined, something the two were too familiar with. Their mother had forgotten to pay the electrical bill for the third time that month.

The seventeen year old, Alice Copper, was the older sister of Ally Heart Valentine, who was sixteen years of age. The sisters exchanged glances before sighing and continued to rummage through their fridge for anything to eat. Only to no avail.

Within five minutes, the house echoed with a man speaking rather quickly. His voice was loud, cold and blunt, the two sisters knew it too well. It was the newscast man. He was reading a paper that was in his hand, looking up every so often.

"We interrupt your scheduled program to bring you breaking news of the small town of LakeView. Recently, there had been teenagers missing after walking home from their nearby high school named, LakeView High. It is a mystery as to what is causing this, some may have reason to believe that they had wandered into the nearby woods that was located directly behind the school. Local legends believe these here woods are haunted, can you believe the nerve of these lunatics? Haunted? Ha, I'll be believe it when I see it. Studies have shown that more than 5% of the students in that school, have gone missing. A young girl who goes by the name, Lucy has-"

The television went back to static...