The Bonewood
  • Reads 37
  • Votes 1
  • Parts 3
  • Time 50m
  • Reads 37
  • Votes 1
  • Parts 3
  • Time 50m
Ongoing, First published Feb 16, 2019
Vae Lahti and her sister live in a small northern village where food is scarce, and no day guaranteed. One day when Vae is out scouting, she sees her worst nightmare brought to life on her enemies' walls. After the death of their parents, Vae's older sister, Lenna is left in charge of their clan. Never seeing eye to as eye as children, their relationship is threatened all together when they confront each other each with different ideas of how to continue.
 
Vae wanting to fight is, is dis-hearted by her sister's willingness to surrender as she sees it as a betrayal to their parent's memory. That same night, Vae wakes up to a strange sound resonating through their village and feeling the pull Vae rises to go investigate. Vae discovers that the sound is coming from a forest of white that she has never seen before, but now stretches far as the eye can see. Inquisitive, Vae enters the forest along with her loyal bear, but to her dismay soon discovers that she never should have entered in the first place. Plagued by images of a village burning, Vae is desperate to find a way out before those visions become reality.
 
As Vae journeys deeper and deeper into the wood in search of salvation, the wood's pull strengthens and Vae is no longer able to differentiate between what is real and what isn't.
As Vae races against time and the dangerous beguil of the wood, she will have to keep her wits about her even as everything she ever was is torn from her.
All Rights Reserved
Sign up to add The Bonewood to your library and receive updates
or
#32thenorth
Content Guidelines
You may also like
CURSED [Editing] by 2607_sweety
31 parts Ongoing Mature
Five cousins choose to spend their summer break in a village called Ravenwood where they are to reside in a cabin surrounded by nothing but woods and secrets for at least two weeks. Not only this, the village and the cabin have a dark past of its own...and present too. The latter one quite literally since the devil has itself decided to lurk the hallways of their cabin leaving them to choose between their own survival and each other's. Bloodshed, demons, ghosts, murders, gore and superstitions with tiny bits of romance, friendships and family love: CURSED is a mixture of all the kinds of emotions and genres you can think of. ******* Bang bang! I stood up from the water slowly and steadily trying not to trip and picked up the towel, wrapping myself in it immediately. The water was dripping wherever I went and with my back at the door, I frantically stepped backwards and reached the doorknob from behind, turning it to the left to open, all while not letting my eyes stray away from the window. I turned and turned, but it didn't open. My eyes went wide when realisation struck in. I WAS TRAPPED. I rattled through my brain, trying to find a way, trying to think how I can keep fighting because no matter what the situation is, still I didn't want to lose, my eyes stuck on the redness of the thing on my window. The bathroom was on the second floor. There was no way, it was a person; and that's what scared me the most. And then suddenly, I heard a click. ******** [This story contains explicit language and gory details. Read at your own risk.] Top Ranks: #3 in cabininthewoods #1 in adolescene
Camp MondCove by ItzAshh_31
6 parts Ongoing Mature
After months of relentless searching, Nico, a Spanish teenager, arrives in America, ready to embrace his new role as a counselor and lifeguard at MondCove-a prestigious camp nestled deep within the ominous Zirconia forests. What he anticipates as a summer of adventure quickly spirals into a nightmare. From the moment he steps onto the campgrounds, an unsettling presence wraps itself around him like a cold shroud. The laughter of campers fades into an oppressive silence, and he feels unseen eyes watching him from the darkness. Campers begin to vanish without a trace, their echoes haunting the stillness. Gruesome discoveries of mutilated animals become disturbingly frequent, as if some primal force is playing a macabre game. Whispers surround the camp's sister site for girls, a place shrouded in dark secrets linked to MondCove by a shadowy fate. Campers speak of the "lost ones," young girls who vanished years ago, their fates entwined with the very land. Shadows stretch longer as day gives way to night, and the forest seems to close in, whispering ancient curses that chill him to the bone. As Nico unravels the tangled web of secrets binding MondCove and its mysterious sister camp, he grapples with his own fears and the horrifying truth lurking beneath the surface. Each investigation pulls him deeper into terror, awakening dormant horrors that have long slumbered in the woods. With the camp's malevolence closing in, Nico races against time to uncover the chilling secrets that haunt him. But as he delves deeper, he wonders: is he revealing the truth, or merely digging his own grave? Will the encroaching darkness claim him before he can piece together the elusive truth, or will he become just another whisper lost to the shadows of MondCove?
The Phantom of the Woods  by Bl00mingTales
20 parts Complete
In the quiet, superstitious town of Hollow's End, whispers circulate about a boy who lives deep in the woods-a boy cursed with half the face of a skeleton, feared by all who dare to speak his name. The townspeople warn that the forest is haunted, urging everyone to stay far from its shadowy borders. Lily, a daring 19-year-old who has never believed in old tales, sneaks into the woods one night, driven by her unshakable curiosity. There, she meets Kael, a mysterious and brooding figure whose life has been marred by a curse that forced him into isolation. Kael, now 23, lives alone in a secluded cabin, hiding behind a mask that conceals the skeletal half of his face. To his surprise, Lily isn't frightened by his appearance-she sees past the curse to the man he truly is. As the two grow closer, their bond begins to challenge the very beliefs that have kept Kael isolated for years. But the curse that haunts Kael runs deeper than anyone in the town knows. As Lily delves into the mystery of what really happened to Kael, she discovers that the curse isn't just about his appearance-it's tied to a dark secret that could destroy them both. In The Phantom of the Woods, Lily and Kael must face the unknown together, unearthing the truth behind the curse and testing whether love can break through the barriers of fear and isolation. Their journey leads them into the heart of the forest's darkness, where secrets, danger, and the very essence of Kael's humanity are at stake.
You may also like
Slide 1 of 10
To Kill a Witch (ONC 2024 SHORTLIST) cover
Kingdom of the Zodiac cover
CURSED [Editing] cover
Captured(book 1) cover
Camp MondCove cover
LW2: Twin Mates cover
The Phantom of the Woods  cover
Forest Nightingales - The Forest Wants to Play cover
Sylvermoon Part 1: The Prince's Prodigy cover
Datura  cover

To Kill a Witch (ONC 2024 SHORTLIST)

15 parts Complete

Stories say that the Witch rained curses down on Devil's Corner, that she made the woods grow strange and wild, made shadows leap and dance and snatch up stray children for supper. In a small town on the edge of a dangerous forest, stories are never in short supply, and they are held dearer than truth. Thea lost her hand to the things that live in the wood, and she can't shake loose the voice that lured her there. But her Pa fed her tales of magic and heroes, and promises that even the darkest things have hearts. When her brother is attacked by the Witch's gruesome creations, Thea breaks into her cottage, determined to save him from a fate she knows all to well. Because in Devil's Corner, stories are true, and Thea knows the greatest one of all: the only way to break a curse, is to kill the witch. --- COMPLETE - 20,000 words Written for Wattpad's 2024 Open Novella Contest. ONC 2024 SHORTLISTER