The Demon (MCYTs AU)

(cover by 11IceDragon11)

"Wow, so how long have you lived here?"
"My family has lived here for several generations, ever since the 1800's."
"So you know like, everything that has happened here?"
"Well, er... Not, everything..."
"Oh really? Like what?"
"Well... There's one story about the Dark Forest, you know that vast clump of trees with the mist and everything?"
"Yeah, what about it?"
"Well one legend says that there's something in there, and anyone who goes into its territory... never returns."
"Sounds like a fable to me."

... Adam Skylar Dahlberg had recently moved to a small town, where the population was pretty low for a suburbs town. He moved in with his three friends, Tyler Warren Ellis, Jason Allen Probst and Tyler Munching Brotato. Tyler and his family have lived in Southville Ridge for a very long time, his bloodline even going back to the early 1800's. Which meant he knew the place like the back of his hand.
All except for one place. There's a forest near the little town, called the Dark Forest, or End Woods. Legend has it that something resides deep inside of it, a monster. Adam finds himself drawn to it, contrary to others' perspectives. Just what exactly lives there? What is it that murder's anyone who enters the End Woods?

(intended for slightly older audiences)