Yes!

Finally, it's Summer!

This is great; I've finished my second term of college, I just need one more year to get my degree then I'm done! Starting this weekend, my buddies and I are going out camping to the end of June!

Yep, my life's pretty sweet right about now.

I just hope it doesn't fog up while we're gone (don't ask me how it could get foggy in the summer time, Ohio weather is just stupid like that), my Mom would blow my phone up going "Are you okay? Are you okay?" over and over again. Don't laugh but, my Mom believes in that fake story that spread out internationally back in the sixties. Come on guys, it's 2012 now, i'm pretty sure whatever it was - if there was anything - is long taken care of by now.

I really hope Roy doesn't bring his girl, she believes in that shit too. She even said she saw it's "symbol" on a playground or something like that. Ugh!

Seriously, how can the whole world be fooled by that story? If there really was a kidnapper, it was some dude in a disguise.

Anyway, I gotta finish packing my things, we're heading out Saturday. Just two days.

"Everybody ready?" I say after Dean got into the car. Thankfully, Roy's girl didn't come, she was too scared.

Let me tell you all about my friends; there's Roy that I mentioned earlier. Like I said, his girl believes in that dumb story. I've known Roy since I first went to college, he's an okay guy, doesn't really like to talk much - unlike that dumb girl he has. He's easily frightened, but I don't think he believes in the Slenderman either.

Then there's Dean that I just mentioned a bit earlier. Me and him go waaaay back, I mean, diaper-days back. I'm assuming we met in nursery school, but I wouldn't know because, well, you know. . . diaper-days. Anyway, we've always been cool. In fact, I think we even got some telepathic connection going on, you know? . . . Moving on. . .

There're also Nigel and Noigel - brothers - twins. They looked exactly alike besides their hair color and eyes - Nigel had black hair and dark gray eyes while Noigel had blonde hair and azure eyes, yet they both had bobbed haircuts.

Known them since Freshman year at highschool. There's not really much to say about those two, actually. . .They're pretty rich. They dress in the same clothes all the time, but with different color schemes. Today, for some reason, instead of wearing some outdoor wear, they were wearing their college uniforms - some kind of a mix between an pajamas and a suit - Nigel was in purple and black while Noigel was in golden yellow and golden orange. Smart guys, they're both gonna take over their family business after college. Whenever we have our in-town outings, we're at their house, and that's pretty much it.

"Ready as we can be." The twins said in sync. Oh, I forgot to mention they hated the outdoors.

I give them a teasing shake of the head and lift my chin up into the air. "Ahahah! Such sarcasm amuses me!" I say with and old english voice - that's just something we do for fun.

I started up my Ford Fusion and heavy-footed the gas. So i'm a speed demon, big whoop. Wanna fight about it? Heh, I love Family Guy.

As we drove onto the highway Noigel went on and on about the family business and how he and his brother are gonna run things and what companies they're going to buy and stuff and stuff and stuff. It's a good thing I'm used to tuning his high-pitched voice out by now.

To my dismay, I started to see hints of fog forming. Great, now my mom's gonna be blowing my phone up. At least I brought some extra stuff in case the weather had gotten like this. The drivers around us must've noticed too 'cause we became the only ones on the freeway real quick.

Hmph. Bunch of morons is what they are.

I quickly checked to see if I'd already set the alarm schedule up on my phone, then I turned it off.

The fog got really thick, really fast. I smiled and gave a chuckle as I thought back to the other drivers on the freeway that got off in fear that "The slenderman will get them!" Ooooo! Scary!

Ha!

I looked at Dean to say something to him. . . Then I noticed something out the corner of my eye. "Roy? You 'kay man?" The twins heads snap towards Roy and stare at his shaking form, then roll their eyes and look away.

"Yeah just. . ." He cleared his throte. "Just. . . W-What if that story is true, you guys?" All the rest of us groaned and looked away from him, Dean threw his hands up in the air.

"Roy!" Dean hollered, "If I had a table, I would flip it right now!"

"B-But guys! There's actually a really good chance that it was true! Did'ja know that there's been a bunch of missing person cases since then where the victim's family and friends have had similar fates as Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade's friends and family? And some of the kidnappies told their friends and family that they'd seen something that matches the Slenderman's description not long before they turned up missing! And there's a bunch of historic pieces of art and text that relate to the Slenderman! . . . No. No, let's turn back now! We could be next!"

"Roy!" I yell to make him stop, "Relax! You been listening to yer girl waaaay too much, okay? Besides, all the "Slenderman" victims I've heard of were a bunch of kids. We're full grown men, there's nothing for us to worry about."

He smiled triumphantly and pointed at me. "Aha! So you do know the stories! If you don't believe in 'em, how d'you know about his victums?"

"Dude, the twin's voices I've learned to tune out. But your girl's voice is still waaay to annoying to just shrug off, okay?"

Noigel and Nigel blink at me. "You. . . tune us out?" They puff out their lips in a fake pout.

Roy sighed and sunk into the seat. "Fine guys, just forget it." He mumbled.

I smiled at him. "Good."

As I turned back to look at the road, I saw a big flash of black go by on the side. I easily shrug this off, logically coming to the conclusion that it was just some messed up tree. I see a big sign on the rightt. It read:

Columbus city Park and Forest.
4 Miles

Great, we're almost there.

And so it begins. . .