Beth was looking out of the window. It was snowing outside. The others were all upstairs, except her older brother, Josh and his best friend Chris (who was also her secret crush). These two were passed out right behind her on the kitchen table. As she was looking out, she saw a weird movement.
"Hey, did you see that?", she asked and looked at Josh behind her, adding "Dad said, it'll just be us this weekend"
But she took no responce. She turned to the two unconcious teens.
"Josh?"
And walked to them. As she came across Chris, she stared at him for a while with a smile. Then, she walked to Josh and noticed an beer bottle next to him. She lifted it up and saw that it was empty. There was not even a tiny drop of beer in it.
"Jeez, Josh", she said and laughed.
She pat him on the back, still laughing and said:
"Once again, brother, you've outdone us all!"
Josh moved a little, seeming to be waking up from his faint, but then he stopped moving. Beth noticed a note next to the empty bottles. Curious, she took the note and read it:
Hannah,
You look so damn hot in that shirt...
But I bet you'll look even hotter out of it
Come at the guest room at 2am ;)
Mike
XXX
Beth smiled and turned to Josh.
"Oh my god", she said in a small laughter, adding "What did our naive sister get herself into now?"
She left the note on the table and went to the fridge to grab something to eat. Suddenly, she noticed a shadow on the window and then she clearly saw somebody who was wearing a mask walking out of the lodge. Beth gasped and ran to the door.
"Guys", she shouted "There's someone outside"
She saw everyone going outside.
"What the hell?"
She quickly took her pink jacket, put it on and followed everyone out of the lodge. She heard them calling out to Hannah.
"What's going on? Where's my sister going?", Beth asked the group
"It's fine", said Jess in a mocking tone "She just can't take a joke"
"It was just a prank, Han", shouted Emily
Beth got pissed at them.
"What did you do?"
And turned her head, hoping to see Hannah coming back.
"We were just messing around, Beth", said Mike "It wasn't serious"
Beth turned her head to see him and noticed Matt behind him holding a selfie stick with a phone on it. She, then realised what they actually did and became furious.
"YOU JERKS!", she yelled at the group.
She ran into the woods calling out to Hannah.
"So...Shall we go after her?", asked Mike
"You know, I kinda think you're the last person she wants to see right now, Mike", Sam replied
Beth was running in the woods, hoping to see her sister.
"Dammit, Hannah, where are you?"
Suddenly she noticed an instant fire on her left.
"What the hell was that?", she asked herself
After a while, she noticed a girl with an unbuttoned blouse, sitting on the snow, looking depressed.
"Hannah!", Beth called at the girl in relief
The girl turned her head and saw her coming to her.
"Hello?", she asked
"Hannah! Oh my god, you must be freezing"
Beth unzipped her jacket, took it off and put it on her sister.
"Here, take my coat"
Hannah stood up. She was about to cry.
"I'm such an idiot", she said in a sad tone "I'm so dumb"
Suddenly a noise was heard behind them. Both girls looked behind them in fear.
"Hannah?"
"Beth?"
They felt something coming to them. Instictly, they ran away, further in the woods. Hannah tripped and fell. Beth turned back and helped her got up. They kept running and running, until they reached a cliftop. They stopped and looked behind them in terror.
"Oh, Jesus Christ", said Hannah in panick
Whatever was chasing them was now coming really close to them.
"No, shit, no", said Beth and looked behind her at the cliff "GET BACK!"
She took Hannah's hand.
"Fuck"
Hannah slipped and both of them fell behind. Hannah was crying. Beth sqeezed her hand.
"Hold on!", she shouted to her.
Suddenly a fire appeared over them and someone reached his hand to the girls. Hannah's hand was too sweaty for Beth to keep holding it. Hannah couldn't grab Beth's hand anymore, so she let go of it and fell down, disappearing.
"Hannah, noooo", Beth screamed
She looked up and grabed the person's hand, right before the branch she was holding broke. Beth screamed but the person grabed her hand very tight, so she couldn't fall.
"I got you", said the man and helped her get up
Beth looked down at the cliff.
"Hannah...", she said in sorrow
"Go back in your house, missy", said the stranger who had saved her life, adding "It's too dangerous out here for someone like you"
Beth obeyed and ran back to the lodge. She saw Sam and Ashley standing outside of the lodge's door. Sam ran to her and asked her:
"Beth, what about Hannah?"
"Hannah is..."
She was unable to continue. Sam encouraged her:
"What happened to Hannah?"
Beth bursted into tears.
"She's dead", she said, crying
Ashley from behind grabed her mouth.
"No way, how?", she asked
Beth glared at Ashley. She didn't like her very much because she was too close to Chris but now, she had one more reason not to like her. She also participated in the prank they played on her sister. Since Beth didn't seem to want to answer her, Sam asked her instead:
"How did she die?"
"Something was after us", said Beth "We fell on a cliff. I grabed onto a brunch and someone saved us. Hannah couldn't hold my hand any longer and let go of me, falling to her demise. But that someone managed to save me"
And turned her head to Ashley, who was still in shock, aggresively.
"My sister is dead. YOU KILLED HER!"
Ashley bursted into tears, apologising. Sam defended her.
"Beth, don't take it out on Ash. It wasn't her idea to prank Hannah. It was Jess' idea. Ash just went along with it"
"But still, she participated", said Beth
"I'm sorry, Beth", said Ashley from behind "I didn't know what was going to happen"
"You being sorry isn't gonna bring my sister back", said Beth, still angry
It was Sam's turn to get angry now.
"Beth, leave her alone, okay. She might have participated but she wasn't doing anything. Blame Mike and Jess for thinking of the prank and Matt for filming her. Ash was just hiding. And so did Em."
Beth seemed to calm down but she didn't want to speak anymore with neither of them. She entered the lodge and went to her room, angry and sad about what happened.
