Escape
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Summary:
A regular group of best friends in Rocky Mount, Virginia realize their lives are terrible, but they realize they can change it, and create their own destiny. they decide run away and escape their problems into the woods of Rocky Mount Virginia. They soon discover that there are magical creatures living there but magical doesn't always mean good. They stumble upon an old blind man, living in the woods. He warns them that there is a time limit to escape the woods... if not, they're stuck here forever... like the blind man. He tells them they have a limit of two weeks to get out of the woods, will they come to their senses and return home, or stay here forever and become part of the woods?
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