The very first chapter of this horror story! I hope you all enjoy! This symbol: -l- means I'm changing point of view. Enjoy!
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Stella
Prescott Lodge
2:00 AM
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I stared out the window into the snow. The blizzard was a big one, yet I saw a silhouette in the distance. I thought it was just an elk and turned around to see my friends talking. Kate had a piece of paper in her hand, and set it on the countertop. Warren, Victoria, and Rachel stood behind her. Tori's eyes were so wide.
"Oh my God, I can't believe you actually did this!"
"Don't you guys think this is a little bit cruel?" Rachel asked Kate, who thought of the whole plan. I had no idea what they were doing, but it sounded mischievous.
"Come on, she deserves it."
"It's not her fault she has a huge crush on Warren."
"Brooke's been making moves, and I'm just looking out for Tori." They all started to walk away.
"Just because he's class president doesn't mean he belongs to everyone. Warren's my man!"
"Hey, Tori. I'm not anybody's man." I decided to follow them, and hid around the corner of the doorframe to hear their conversation.
"Whatever you say, darling!" I saw them move upstairs, and I knew I couldn't follow them. I'm not the best sneaky person. Rachel split from the group, and I heard her call out.
"Brooke!" She was her best friend, and I knew that whatever it was, Rachel was trying to warn her.
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Max
Prescott Lodge
2:01 AM
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I hid in a cupboard of the guest bedroom, with Hayden in a closet, Tori and Kate under the bed, with Warren in the middle of the room. The two under the bed were a giggling mess, and it made me cringe. I could hear Brooke down the hall.
"Warren?" She almost whispered, and she entered the room shortly after. "Warren?" She shut the door behind her. "It's Brooke." She turned to look at Warren. I felt like she was staring straight at me, since I was right behind Warren.
"Hey Brooke." The plan was a go.
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Stella
Prescott Lodge
2:03 AM
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I went back to the kitchen and looked back outside. I wondered if the elk was still there. I once again saw the silhouette, but the snow cleared a bit, and it was standing upright. Like a person. It simply walked away.
"Hey, did you see that? Your dad said it'd only be us this weekend." I got no reply from Nathan, nor Chloe. "Nate?" I turned around and walked over to him. I saw an empty beer bottle next to him, and I picked it up. Jeremiah Cragg. Jesus, this is strong liquor. No wonder he passed out so quickly.
"Once again, Nate, you've outdone us all." I tried to wake him up, and he just kept on snoring. Typical Nathan. I walked over to Chloe, who was on the other side of the counter. "Hey, Chloe. Chlo Chlo, wake up." She mumbled something, and the only thing I could translate was "Max". I knew she had a crush on her, and vice versa.
I saw a pice of paper on the countertop, and I walked over to it. It must've been the note Kate left. I picked it up and turned it over to see what she wrote.
Brooke,
You look so damn hot in that shirt… but I bet you look even hotter out of it. Come to the guest room at 2:00 AM ;)
Warren XXX
I simply laughed. I thought she'd recognize Kate's handwriting.
"Oh my God, what did Brooke get herself into now? She's so naive." I said to myself.
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Max
Prescott Lodge
2:02 AM
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"I got your note."
"Glad you could make it." I covered my mouth and held my breath so Brooke couldn't hear me. She started to unbutton her shirt. "Maybe we should start with a little making out and see where it goes from there." Brooke clearly didn't listen and continued her unbuttoning. "Oh hell yeah." I almost busted out laughing at his muttering.
By this point, her shirt was off, and she was naked waist up. I noticed she had a tattoo on her shoulder. I squinted, and it looked like a VTOL from Black Ops 2. I understand, It's her favorite game. I heard Tori whispering under the bed. Since I could hear it, it was a bit too loud.
"Oh my God, she's taking her shirt off!" Brooke freaked out, and put her shirt back on.
"What?" I was the only one who didn't come out of my hiding spot. Hayden was holding a selfie stick, and Brooke was mostly surprised because Kate was there. I came out and was about to walk up to her. "What are you guys doing here?" She started to tear up. Rachel walked in, and put an arm on her shoulder.
"Brooke, calm down." She ran out of the room, covering her face. "It's all just a stupid prank." She managed to get out, forgetting that she left the room. "I think the only one of you guys who isn't a jerk is Max. She didn't come out recording with her phone." They all looked at me.
"I felt bad for her, okay?" I responded as Rachel left, trying to go after Brooke.
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Stella
Prescott Lodge
2:03 AM
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I set the note down after reading it. I looked up to see Brooke outside, crying. I ran out of the door to find the others. "Guys! There's someone outside!" I tried to warn them of the silhouette, and found them all running in the direction of the front door. "What the hell?" I quickly grabbed my coat and followed them.
"Brooke!" Rachel called.
"Brooke, come back!" Max yelled, and I came up behind them.
"What's going on? Where's she going?" I asked them, but none of them gave me a response. They kept yelling out for Brooke.
"It was just a prank, Brooke!" Tori yelled. I knew they didn't pay attention to my question, and I ran off to find Brooke.
I trekked through the the snow, jumping over a fallen tree, until I came across a path. There was a safe way, and the other way. I didn't want her to be eaten or freeze to death, to I went down the other way, jumping down and rolling after I landed. One thing Nathan's dad, Sean, taught me.
I came to a fork in the path, where footprints went in one direction. But a flock of birds flew from the other path, indicating that something was there. I decided to follow the footprints, because it might've been a wolf that scared the birds. Yet all I found down that path were elk, simply minding their own business.
"Dammit Brooke, where are you?" I said to myself as I pulled out my mobile phone and swiped the touch screen. My own digital flashlight. I walked through the woods, slowly past the elks. I didn't want to disturb their dinner.
As I was walking, I found a rock. When I got closer, it became obvious that it was a miniature totem pole. It has black stripes, and I picked it up. I turned it over to see the shape of a black butterfly. I looked closer, and I had a vision. I saw a girl falling and breaking her spine on a rock. Was that me?
I kept on walking, this time even faster. I saw flames in the distance, an d it startled me a bit. I just walked faster. As I kept on walking down the path, more flames were in the tree line. I freaked out, and started to run. I came to an opening where I saw Brooke crouched down.
"Brooke!" I shouted as I ran towards her. "Jesus, you must be freezing. Here, take my coat." I took off my coat, and I wrapped it around her.
"I'm such an idiot! I'm so dumb!" She cried. I helped her up, and we froze as we heard a blood curdling scream from behind us. "Stella?"
"Brooke?" We synchronized our speech as we began to run away. She fell while we were sprinting, and I stopped to help her up before we continued to dart through the woods. We stopped dead in our tracks as we came before a cliff's edge. We held hands as we backed away slowly. I got in front of her, trying to defend her.
"Shit! Get back!" I yelled at whatever was chasing us. "Fuck!" I muttered as I felt a tug from Brooke, and I fell backwards off the cliff. I used my free hand to cling onto a tree branch on the side of the cliff, with Brooke hanging by my other hand. "Hold on!" I yelled as flames appeared from over the edge, followed by high pitched screams.
"Hold on!" I repeated as the flames stopped, and I looked up to see the same silhouette that I saw earlier. It reached out a hand, trying to help us up. But I had one hand on the branch and another interlinked with Brooke. His arm couldn't reach the branch, and I needed to reach out to him.
Important Decision
Drop Brooke or Let Go
You Decide!
Put Your Decision In Review!
