Credits: The creators of the game own basically everything else and the Until Dawn wikia that I got the character details from owns exactly what I just stated seconds ago. I own Hazel and all original conversations that are in this story.


Date Revamped: January 9th-11th, 2018

Additions To This Version: Added Original Dialogue, Added Descriptions, Errors Fixed (Some May Had Been Missed), Possibility of Incorrect Information

Warnings: Cursing, Original Dialogue, Unoriginal Dialogue, Possibility of Out-of-Character Moments, Third Person (Might Go Back and Forth Between Past and Present Tense), Some Paragraphs May Still Be Effy (Or The Same As It Was Originally)

Additional Author's Note: Welcome, everyone, to the revamped slowly edition of this fanfiction that was created in between 2015 and 2016. Loads of time has passed by and my writing has gotten so much better (although, it probably might not show much in this revamped edition, but we shall see). I'll admit that some scenes will probably be effy still but I am honestly gonna do my best in revamping this to be much better than it once was. If you wish to read the original still, you can't. Well, technically, you can but it'll be all the chapters that I haven't revamped yet. On every site I have this on, it's getting revamped so the original will eventually no longer be in existence. Sorry, not sorry.


Eleven friends were at the Washington Lodge on Blackwood Mountain. They were gathered there for their annual winter getaway. Beth and Hannah Washington, eighteen-year-old twin sisters and younger siblings of nineteen-year-old Josh Washington, were standing in the main room with their mutual best friend, sixteen-year-old Hazel Brown, who happened to be the girlfriend of their older brother and the sister of their mutual friend, seventeen-year old Ashley Brown. The three of them were standing near the staircase, making conversation with one another, something they always did whenever the three of them were put together in any sort of scenario.

"I'm so glad you came, Hazel," Beth told her, smiling brightly. She wore a white beanie atop her short, dark-chocolate brown hair that went below her chin and her bangs covered her entire forehead. She had a light caramel complexion and her eyes were a beautiful dark chocolate brown. Additionally, she wore a half-sleeved gray sweater, a darker gray pair of yoga pants, and cream colored boots. For accessories, she wore a bracelet, a ring, and a small brown watch, the watch having her initials on its backside.

Hazel smiled back at Beth in response. She was wearing a black knitted sweater, a pair of black jeans, and some dark-brown colored boots. Her complexion was very pale in tone and her hair was strawberry-blonde, it going slightly past her shoulders. Her eyes were a lovely shade of light-hazel, hence why her name was what it was. "Why the hell wouldn't I? My best friends, my somewhat friends, my older sister, and my boyfriend were planning to go on a little trip and I was undoubtedly invited. Yeah, I was totally just gonna stay home and watch some television," she replied, adding some sarcasm at the end. "Because staying at home and watching Supernatural reruns is far more entertaining than hanging out with fellow human beings."

"I think I'm starting to see why our brother fell for you three years ago," Hannah stated, smiling a little bit at Hazel. She had medium-shoulder length chocolate-brown hair, lovely chocolate-brown eyes, and her complexion was a darker caramel than that of her younger twin sister. She was wearing a black buttoned blouse, some dark blue jeans, and some leather boots. As accessories, she wore onyx-black rectangular glasses and around her neck, she wore a heart-shaped locket that held a picture of herself and Beth. Very visible on her upper right arm was a tattoo of a black butterfly. "So sarcastic."

"And beautiful," Beth added, giving their younger best friend a compliment.

Hazel laughed tenderheartedly. "Thank you, but I hear that compliment quite a lot." And there was a certain someone who often happened to give her that compliment and that someone was her boyfriend, their brother. However, she never got tired of hearing it because it always made her feel good about herself. Plus, she simply enjoyed hearing her boyfriend say sweet things to her.

"From Josh, no doubt. When he is with you, he almost becomes a whole different person. Almost." Beth crossed her arms and continued to smile. "It's a great thing, though. You're a good influence on him. You know, he worries about you as much as he worries about us. Maybe even more." She wasn't oblivious to the emotions that her older male sibling would release.

"Yeah, I know. It's kind of cute, in a sense," Hazel replied. "But it can be a tad annoying sometimes." Josh often worried about her when he didn't need to. Anyone would grow annoyed by that really quickly. She still loved him regardless and she definitely loved that he cared for her so much, just as she cared very much for him and his sisters.

"I completely agree with you on that," Beth told her. After all, Josh did tend to act overprotective towards Hannah and herself, just like he tended to do such with Hazel. Beth loved and hated it, just like any younger, or older, sibling would. Seconds later, Beth and Hazel quickly noticed that Hannah had gotten quiet, very quiet. The two of them both looked towards her, only to find that she was staring at something across the room. However, it wasn't just something that Hannah was staring at but it was someone. Across the room from where the three of them stood, their seven friends were talking to one another, socializing like any normal person or group of people would do.

Eighteen-year-old Samantha Giddings, known to all of her friends as Sam, stood wearing a red and white patterned wool sweater with dark blue jeans and dark leather boots. She had sandy-blonde hair, it being tied up in a classic bun-like hairstyle at the back of her head with a few locks framing her lovely face. Her skin had a bisque tone to it, her eyes were a grass-green color, and her lips were a dark-shaded color, thanks to lipstick. As an accessory, she wore a nice little bracelet on her right wrist. She had a large smile on her face as she spoke with eighteen-year-old Christopher Hartley, known as Chris by his friends. He was attired in a red-patterned designed plaid shirt, a pair of jeans, and some dark-brown colored shoes. As accessories, he wore a black watch and some dark-gray rectangular glasses. Fair skinned, his dirty-blonde hair was styled in a faux-hawk hairdo and his eyes were a light-blue.

Standing across from Chris and Sam was seventeen-year-old Jessica Riley. She was known by everyone as Jess and she was the best friend of Emily Davis. Her eyes were a gentle shade of green, her beige-blonde hair was styled in pigtails, and she had a medium bisque complexion. She wore an olive green top, a dark green skirt with black leggings, and black fluffy boots. Additionally, she wore a necklace as an accessory. Standing to her right was seventeen-year-old, multi-ethnic African-American Matthew Taylor, better known as Matt. He had short coal-black hair and chocolate-brown eyes. He was styled in a gray t-shirt, a gray hoodie, a dark pair of jeans, and dark colored boots.

Sitting on the long couch near where Chris, Jess, Matt, and Sam stood was eighteen-year-old Asian-American Emily and she was flirting with her boyfriend, Michael Monroe. She had an olive complexion, a small birthmark above her right eyebrow, her coal-black hair was above shoulder-length, and her eyes were a light amber-brown. She was wearing a low collar dark cerulean-blue racer-style jacket, it covering a plain white t-shirt in addition to her silver necklace accessory and she additionally was wearing some dark yoga pants with furred white boots. On the other hand, Michael (or Mike for short) had short dark brown hair, chestnut-brown colored eyes, a fair complexion, and a five o'clock shadow. Additionally, Mike was wearing a brown plaid shirt over a blue shirt, a pair of jeans, and some dark-colored shoes.

Sitting far down the couch was Hazel's older sister by a year, Ashley. Her complexion was fair, her hair was at medium-length and it was a soft ginger-red color, her eyes were a forest-green color, she was wearing natural glossy lip-color, and she was wearing a very gentle touch of smokey eye-shadow. Her attire consisted of a dark green and white striped beanie, a dark red puffer jacket, a green long sleeved shirt, black lace-up boots, and a pair of charcoal yoga pants. She stared at Chris as he talked with Sam and she smiled to herself while she continued watching him. She had a large crush on him but she wasn't willing enough, or brave enough, to admit it, out loud, to anyone, even though most of her friends, and even her sister, were well aware of this fact already.

The culprit of Hannah's constant staring and goo-goo eyes was Mike. Beth and Hazel both sighed, Hazel shaking her head additionally. Hannah had quite a crush on him, which wasn't a good thing considering that Mike was dating Emily. "Okay then," Hazel commented. She looked over at Hannah. "Hannah, honey, you seriously need to find yourself a new crush and a better one at that. And quickly, too, to avoid conflict that'll ensue in the future."

Hazel's remark caused Hannah to look away from Mike, her attention on Hazel instead. "No, I don't. You'll see. By the end of this weekend, I'll be in Mike's arms instead of Emily," she told her, sighing happily afterwards. "And I don't care about conflict. It's bound to happen anyways, those two breaking up. They aren't meant to be together." She was too blind to see the truth; Mike was never going to notice her, in the correct way. If he did ever notice her, he wouldn't just suddenly end up with her and he most definitely wouldn't just drop Emily in mere seconds. Additionally, the conflict would most definitely be terrible, considering that Emily could be a straight-up bitch when she needed or wanted to be.

"Really, Hannah?" Beth questioned as she stared at her twin. "Do you honestly believe that'll happen?" Was Hannah really that obsessed with getting Mike to be hers? Was she really that delusional that she honestly thought she could end up with him in the end? And did she really think that conflict with Emily was something to not care about? Emily was bright and all, but she'd spread a rumor in a heartbeat about anyone if that person got on her bad side.

"Definitely," Hannah replied as she looked at Beth. She wanted Mike to be hers and hers alone. She knew that she could make that happen. Somehow. She had her good looks, her lovely personality. She never really liked Emily anyways and if she had, she probably would've given up by now on trying to pursuit Mike. In her mind, Emily didn't deserve to have Mike as her boyfriend.

"Yeah, that will definitely happen, alright. In your dreams and in our nightmares," Hazel remarked. She placed her right hand atop of Hannah's head and she messed with her hair a little bit while Beth laughed at what she had said seconds beforehand. "Find another fella, alright? One without a girlfriend and with a more than decent personality. I honestly don't think Mike is all that handsome, anyways, and he can be kind of a dick sometimes, if you haven't noticed. You're better off without him."

"Are you blind? He's so dreamy and his personality is perfect." Hannah bit her lip as she looked back towards where Mike was sitting. She frowned a little when she saw that he was semi-cuddling with Emily. However, her frown faded as she began daydreaming, thinking about and imagining what it would be like if she were Mike's girlfriend instead of Emily. She completely zoned out, the presence of her sister, best friend, and other friends ignored. All she had on her mind now was Mike and only Mike. Luckily for her, only Beth and Hazel knew that she was staring at Mike or there would've been hell to pay.

"Aren't you forgetting something, Han? Haze only has her eyes set on Josh." Beth waited for Hannah to respond but she got nothing. She spoke once more. "Hannah?" she questioned. Hannah replied with a happy sigh, her eyes locked on Mike as she daydreamed further. "And we lost her to dreamland." Beth shook her head and she looked towards Hazel. She smiled a little bit. "So, when are you and Josh getting married?" she teased. "I want you to be my sister-in-law already."

Hazel blushed deeply, stuttering as she replied. "I-I'm only sixteen. I'm f-far too young to get m-married." She had been dating Josh for three years, her having been thirteen and him having been sixteen when they first began to. They had met when Chris invited Ashley to a party that Josh was throwing and Ashley had brought her along for the ride. It was basically love at first sight the moment she and Josh had locked eyes with each other.

"Pffft." Beth waved her right hand around. "Like that'll stop Josh from asking for your hand in marriage one day." She smiled as Hazel blushed more. Josh wouldn't ever shut up about his dreams of getting married to Hazel, whenever she wasn't around to hear it. Beth always enjoyed hearing those rants of his when they happened. The rants were just too adorable and too cute to ever find them annoying. She'd even join in on the rant sometimes, talking about the types of wedding dresses Hazel could wear.

"Well, maybe one day but not any day soon. It'll probably be when I'm eighteen. Or older." Hazel headed over to the staircase that was nearby. She wanted to see where the hell Josh was and what was taking him so long to join the mostly boring little party they were having. Additionally, she really just wanted to be near him; she was getting boyfriend withdrawals.

"Where are you going?" Beth asked her, her eyes following Hazel.

"To look for Josh," Hazel answered as she stopped at the foot of the stairs. She looked back towards Beth. "He's the only one who is missing out on the obvious fun we're totally having right now," she remarked sarcastically.

Beth shook her head but she continued to smile. "Good luck. Check his bedroom first." He usually spent time in his bedroom whenever they were there. He wasn't always in there but he often went in there as much as he went into every other room in the building. He sure loved to wander around and keep himself busy with something.

"Yep." Hazel looked away from Beth and she proceeded to walk up the stairs. Soon enough, she stood still at the top momentarily before she started to walk around, trying to recall which room belonged to her boyfriend. Luck was on her side as she happened to open the door to Josh's room first. "I'm a motherfucking genius," she quietly cheered to herself. She walked right into the room, leaving the door open behind her for some reason.

She strode around the room and she looked at a few objects that were lying about. The first object that she picked up was a portrait of herself, Beth, Hannah, and Josh that was sitting on the dresser. She smiled to herself as she recalled the day the picture was taken; it happened a few weeks after she met Josh and his sisters. She was hanging out with them and Chris had been around as well, all of them just relaxing and such. Chris had noticed them all grouped up on the couch and he made a comment that the position they were in would make a great photo opportunity. Hannah had squealed and she had gotten up, rushing to get a camera and when she returned with one, she tossed it to Chris and she got back in her spot. And when Chris was about to take the photo, the four of them instantly made a silly face at the same exact time, almost like they had been thinking the same thing. That day would always remain as one of Hazel's fondest memories.

She placed the portrait back down and she picked up an orange bottle of pills. Her smile became a frown as she stared at the medication. The medication was for depression, something she wouldn't have ever thought Josh would need to take if he hadn't told her about it. She suddenly recalled the day that he had informed her of the fact that he was diagnosed with a mental illness, Major Depressive Disorder. He seemed so nervous about telling her the information, like he was afraid she'd react negatively to it, but she hadn't and instead, she revealed that she herself had a mental illness, Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Because of having this in common, the fact that they both had a mental illness of some kind, the bond between them had immediately grown stronger. However, Hazel couldn't help but believe that maybe Josh was being treated for the wrong mental illness because more often than not, Josh would complain to her about how the meds weren't helping much, even though she could tell that he was not depressed. She had mentioned her thoughts about it one day, about a year before, to Josh but he dismissed it, believing that he just was getting too use to the meds. Hazel never mentioned it again after that, believing that perhaps she was wrong to assume such things.

Hazel let out a low sigh and she placed the medication bottle back onto the dresser. Arms suddenly slipped around her waist, the person's hands resting on her abdomen. A smile spread across Hazel's face again since she knew exactly whom the person was. "Hello, beautiful," Josh spoke, his voice sounding raspy. "May I ask why you're snooping through my belongings?"

"I was looking for you and I got distracted." Hazel turned her head towards the left so that she could see her boyfriend's face. His arms remained secured around her waist. From the corner of her eye, she could see that he had closed the door behind him on his way in. "So, where were you? You were missing out on… Absolutely nothing was missed out on, actually." She let out a light giggle after finishing her sentence.

Josh smiled. He was wearing a gray sweater with a big white stripe on it, some dark shoes, and a pair of black jeans. His complexion was of a caramel color, his hair was short and dark chocolate-brown, and his eyes were a somewhat dark shade of green. "You were looking for me so I could make things more interesting," he stated, quickly figuring out her reason for looking for him.

"Pretty much. That and I just wanted to have you by my side." Hazel smiled more at him. If anyone could make her happy for no damn reason, it was Josh. "You didn't answer my question," she pointed out.

"I was in the bathroom, Miss Nosy. Sheesh." Josh's smile didn't falter. "You're just as bad as my sisters."

Hazel laughed and she turned her entire body in Josh's direction, Josh's arms remaining locked around her. "Hey, I was simply being curious. Not nosy." She stood up on her tip toes and she laid a kiss upon Josh's nose; she was a little shorter than him, by a couple of inches or so.

"You missed." Josh leaned towards her immediately after she moved her lips from his nose, placing his lips against hers. Hazel didn't hesitate to kiss him back, wrapping her arms around his neck as she did so. Their kiss lasted about a minute before they both pulled away. Josh's happy smile quickly transformed into a perverted one, something sexual evidently on his mind suddenly. He began speaking once more. "I've been thinking that maybe we should bump up our relationship status a bit. You know, take it to the next level."

Hazel blushed a little at the suggestion, knowing exactly what he meant. "I'd love to do that, believe me, but I'm pretty sure either your sisters will interrupt us or one of our wonderful friends will." Sex was just completely out of question because of them not being entirely alone. Getting caught in the middle of the act would be embarrassing, for probably just her.

"No one will interrupt us," Josh said. He was failing very hard at trying to convince her that they could have sex without anyone bothering them. That just couldn't happen. No way.

Hazel gave him a look as she moved her arms from his neck and she placed her hands on his chest. "Yeah, our good friends and your awesome sisters will definitely not wonder where we are and they definitely won't come looking for us. Then, they totally won't find us fucking on your bed for the first time."

"Well, when you put it in that sarcastic way, I kind of see your point and I would hate for anyone to see you naked when your nudity is only meant for me to lay my eyes upon." Josh winked at her, resulting in Hazel blushing more and Hazel began giggling. "But we could try later, yeah? When everyone is sleeping?" He was really trying hard to get into her pants. Horny man.

Hazel grinned a little. "Maybe." She poked him in the chest. "If you're a good boy for the rest of the night. And if you promise that we'll keep it quiet when we do it. I don't want to wake anyone up and be walked in on."

Josh smiled widely. "Oh, I'll be more than just 'a good boy'." He leaned down and he captured her lips again with his own. Hazel responded by kissing back, placing her arms around his neck again as she began to lose her train of thought. As minutes went by, the two continued to kiss one another and things began to get heated as they both started getting heavily into the kiss, forgetting all about their friends downstairs. Josh moved backwards, towards his bed as he kissed Hazel more fiercely. He turned so that when they both fell onto the bed, Hazel was underneath him. Josh began to lift up Hazel's sweater as they continued to kiss each other feverishly when-

"JOSH! HAZEL! ARE YOU TWO UP THERE?!" Sam shouted from downstairs. She had noticed that the two of them were missing amongst the group and she had decided to shout for them, not wanting to walk in on anything.

Josh groaned as he pulled out of the hot kiss. Hazel pushed Josh away from her gently, making him sit up, and she sat up as well. "Told you that we'd get interrupted," she whispered to him, smirking a little as she panted slightly. She loved being correct about things. She was, however, a little disappointed that their fun had to end so soon.

"Yeah," Josh replied lowly. He, then, shouted back to Sam after moving away from Hazel a tad, trying not to cause harm to her ears. "YEAH! WE'RE IN MY ROOM!" He probably shouldn't had revealed that to basically everyone downstairs.

It took a moment for Sam to respond back, like she was processing what he had just told her. "...I DIDN'T INTERRUPT ANYTHING, DID I?!" she shouted in question, curious. She couldn't help but feel that she interrupted something, regardless of her not going upstairs because of the silence before Josh's response a moment ago.

"Uh…" Hazel blushed a little once more and she shouted to Sam instead of Josh. "NOT REALLY!" she lied loudly. All that was interrupted was a very hot make-out session that might had turned into something more if no interruptions had been made at all.

"LIAR!" Hazel and Josh heard Chris shout randomly almost immediately after Hazel had shouted to Sam. Hazel half-smiled and she shook her head, silently laughing. It made perfect sense that Chris would add in his own thoughts. It just was how Chris was.

Josh chuckled a bit and he responded back with more shouting. Obviously. "WE'LL BE DOWN IN A SECOND, I SWEAR!"

"OKAY!" Chris and Sam shouted together, the shouting fest ending.

Hazel continued to half-smile and she shake her head. "We really have some awesome friends, huh?" Sam and Chris were the only two out of everyone there that she and Josh both actually truly considered friends. Everyone else, apart from Hazel's sister and Josh's sisters, were just the kind of friends you'd have for a while before they'd vanish to do their own thing.

"Yeah," Josh replied. He removed himself from the bed. "But they are also a bunch of cock-blockers." He helped Hazel off the bed as she laughed at his remark. He smiled and blushed slightly as she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.

"Let's go before they send a search party," Hazel suggested, placing her right hand in his left one. Josh laughed in response, nodding and they both approached the door. Josh opened it and they both headed out of his bedroom, heading down to where all of their friends, and their individual siblings, were...

~Sometime After 1 AM~

Beth, Chris, Hazel, and Josh were in the kitchen, doing various things. Chris and Josh had gotten out some drinks (a.k.a. beer), slowly getting drunk off their asses. Beth and Hazel stood near the kitchen counter where the drinking drunks were located, the two males sitting down while the two females remained standing on either side of them; Beth was on the side where Chris was sitting and Hazel was on the side where Josh was sitting, obviously. Hannah had gone into her bedroom at some point in the night, before the four had entered the kitchen, and the others were still located in the main room, just as before.

"Baaabe," Josh slurred a tad. "You gotta try some of this shiiit." He stared at Hazel with a huge smile on his face, holding out a beer bottle.

Hazel giggled at her drunken boyfriend and she shook her head. "No, thank you. I'll pass on that offer."

"W-Why don't you want to driiink with us?" Chris asked, slurring a tad as well and stuttering a bit.

"Let's see. I don't want to end up waking up naked beside someone on a bed or a couch," Hazel stated. Especially if it wasn't Josh she'd be waking up beside. Additionally, she didn't want to lose her virginity while in a state of being drunk. It just wouldn't mean anything if that happened. She wanted her first to be special, to actually mean something. She didn't want to regret it happening when the time finally came.

"Whaat's so bad about thaat?" Josh slurred, winking at her. "I wouldn't mind having thaaat happen." He wasn't thinking, clearly, thanks to the beer. Yay, alcohol.

Hazel smirked a little. "You would mind if the person laying next to me wasn't you."

"Hmmmm, good poiiint." Josh moved the beer bottle away from Hazel. "Nooo beer for yooou." He took another sip of the beer, a rather long sip at that. He let out a drunken laugh afterwards, before downing the bottle completely. He certainly loved his alcoholic beverages.

Hazel giggled at him, very amused by his behavior. He really was getting drunk off his ass and she had never seen him get that drunk before. Additionally, at least he wasn't an angry or violent drunk, just a silly one. She turned her head as she watched Beth move over to the nearby window. Hazel moved around the kitchen counter, walking to where Beth stood. Just because she wanted to be near her best friend all of a sudden. "Can I look out the window with you?" she asked Beth, even though she really didn't need to; window privileges were for everyone.

Beth smiled brightly as she looked over at Hazel. "Nope. This is my window. I won't share it," she joked. "I'll never share my window with you or anyone." Oh, snap. Window privileges denied.

Hazel pouted falsely, pretending like she was actually sad about that. "Awww… B-But, I wanna look out the pretty window so I can see all of the pretty snow… You can't deny me the right to look at pretty things, Beth! You just can't! I demand that I have my window privileges!"

Beth laughed a little and she continued to smile. "Alright, you've convinced me. You can look out the window with me, but you can't touch it. Touching it is off limits." She was joking around, about the not touching the window part, of course. She just loved joking around with Hazel (A/N: if that wasn't obvious enough already to all of you). It made their conversations much more lively.

"Yes!" Hazel cheered, fist pumping the air. She laughed at herself and she stared out the window, looking at the snow with Beth. It was such a lovely night, but they had no clue that something terrible would be occurring soon. Something that would change absolutely everything for everyone...

~Just Before 2 AM~

Chris and Josh were passed out at the kitchen counter, all thanks to the beer they downed together. Beth and Hazel were still staring out of the window. They hadn't spoken once to each other since the little joke fest the two had and the room had gotten even more quieter when the two drunks passed out, their drunken laughs and speech silenced. Everything seemed quite peaceful. Nobody else was in sight, mainly because everyone was either still in the main room or in a bedroom somewhere, doing whatever.

"It's lovely here, to be honest with you," Hazel remarked softly, breaking the silence that she was beginning to dread. "I always loved the snow. It's so pretty and it's nice playing in it. Or even walking in it." She smiled a little to herself. "You could say that my favorite season is winter." Despite that she tended to despise the cold, she absolutely loved when winter came along.

"Wanna go outside and toss some snowballs around?" Beth asked, very clearly bored.

Hazel glanced at her best friend, one of her eyebrows raising in question. "It's a little late for that, don't you think?"

"When the sun's up, then," Beth suggested. A little snowball fight in the morning would be a grand way to start the new day.

"Sounds like a plan but don't you start thinking that you're going to win at a snowball fight when I'm your opponent." Hazel smirked. "I'm the snowball fighting champion, bitch. I will take you down in mere seconds."

Beth let out a laugh and she looked at Hazel, smiling. "I guess we'll just have to see what happens tomorrow. It could be me kicking your ass so don't get cocky, bitch." Hazel laughed this time and she lightly shoved Beth before she turned her head back towards the window, Beth doing the same. They both had something to look forward to in the morning...

Unbeknownst to the two of them (and the passed out drunks, obviously), four of their friends had entered the room and they were standing on the other side of the large kitchen counter, standing far enough away from it that they could not be heard by the two females if they (the group of four) were to whisper to one another. The four friends were Emily, Jess, Mike, and Sam, and by the looks of it, Emily and Jess were up to some mischief. Jess strode away from Emily, Mike, and Sam momentarily, moving towards the kitchen counter. She placed a piece of paper onto said counter before twirling back around and heading back towards her three friends with a large smile on her face. Mike rubbed the back of his head, a look of reluctance on his face; he didn't seem to want to be a part of what was taking place. Sam had a frown on her face, showing that she really didn't like what was occurring herself. Emily had a smile on her face, it matching with the one on Jess' face (A/N: Duh, where else would that smile be, self? On her ass?).

Emily spoke in a hushed tone. "Oh my god, I can't believe you actually did this." She was happily surprised that Jess was going to go through with the prank. In fact, Hannah deserved to have this prank pulled on her. She was trying so pathetically hard to get with her (Emily's) boyfriend, after all.

"Shh, shh, shh," Jess hushed her. She didn't want them to get caught in the middle of it before they could even get to the fun part.

Sam stared at Jess but her words were directed towards all three of them. Well, maybe just towards mostly Jess and Emily since they seemed to be the main culprits of the prank-to-be. "Don't you guys think this is a little bit cruel?" she questioned. She knew what the prank was all about; Hannah's crush on Mike. Emily and Jess had came up with it, creating the fake note from Mike but of course, they needed Mike to write it so that was part one of his two part session in the prank. All of them knew that Hannah would most likely fall for the trick because of how 'in love' she was with Mike, so perhaps this really was a little bit cruel after all.

"Oh, come on. She deserves it," Jess defended. She knew her actions were frowned upon but in her mind, as well as Emily's, Hannah deserved it for being a little slut. Mike was taken, but quite noticeably, Hannah didn't really give a damn about that and she was willing to go to great lengths in order to be with him instead of him being with Emily. Maybe this little prank would make her step down from her attempts.

"It's not her fault that she has a huge crush on Mike," Sam defended in return. No one could choose whom their crush would be. It was an involuntary emotion that tended to develop at random for different reasons, such as because of a guy's looks or his personality.

Jess completely ignored Sam's defense towards Hannah. "Hannah's been making the moves on him. I'm just looking out for my girl, Em." She turned away from them and she headed towards the double doors that lead back into the main room, opening one of said doors. She headed inside where Ashley and Matt were standing, the two of them waiting for everyone. Jess was smiling and she gave a nod towards her two waiting friends, her little signal for saying that she placed the note and the prank could start commencing further.

Emily had followed close behind Jess with Mike and Sam right behind her. She had a smile on her face still. "Just because he's class pres doesn't mean he belongs to everyone. Mike is my man," Emily stated matter-of-factly as she glanced back towards Mike (A/N: possessive little shit, I was just like this when I had a lover).

"Hey, Em. I'm not anybody's man," Mike told her. He didn't belong to anyone, even if he was dating her.

"Whatever you say, Darling," Emily giggled, not really listening to what he told her because she honestly didn't care. She followed Jess down the corridor, most of the others following close behind. Sam, however, headed up the nearby stairs to look for Hannah. She (Sam) walked through the hallway nearby and opened a door, heading through it and closing said door behind her. Once within the other section of the lodge, she stopped walking and looked back towards the door she entered from. She opened her mouth and for a second, no words came out but she soon called out for Hannah, wanting to quickly warn her about the prank...

In one of the empty bedrooms (or guest rooms) downstairs, Ashley let out a giggle as she hid behind a partition. To the left of where she was hiding, Matt was stepping into the cabinets with a selfie stick in his right hand and he closed the doors of the cabinets shortly after he had placed himself completely inside of it. Across from them, Emily and Jess were getting underneath the bed, giggling uncontrollably. Mike was the only one whom did not hide since he was the one that had to pretend he wanted to do things with Hannah (a.k.a. part two of his session within the prank) and he stood beside the bed, shifting every now and then as he waited.

During the time the friends were starting to hide, Hannah had gone into the kitchen. She went unnoticed by Beth and Hazel, and she was quick to discover the note that laid on the kitchen counter. Flipping it over, she quickly read it to herself and a large smile appeared on her face, blush filling her cheeks. Mike finally wanted to be with her instead of with Emily. She quickly went to get a candle from the next room, one that was already lit, and she headed towards the bedroom where her friends were hiding (unbeknownst to her), where Mike was waiting for her. Upon hearing Hannah approaching the room, Emily placed her giggling under control and instructed the other girls to be quiet since Ashley and Jess had also been giggling quite a bit. "Mike?" Hannah whispered as she grew closer to the bedroom Mike was standing within. She soon reached out to the door, turning the doorknob and pushing the door open gently. "Mike, it's Hannah," she stated as she stepped inside, her eyes quickly locating Mike. She closed the door gently behind her.

"Hey, Hannah," Mike greeted seductively...

~The Kitchen~

As the prank was commencing, Beth and Hazel remained where they were, still looking out the window while the guys, Chris and Josh, remained passed out. The four of them had no clue as to what was occurring in one of the bedrooms and they knew nothing of what would occur in the close future. Oblivious to their surroundings, Beth and Hazel continued to look at all of the snow outside. However, the two young teenagers found themselves becoming unsettled as they both spotted a dark figure standing by a tree across the house and they watched as it strode away into the snowy forest with something sharp in its hand.

"Hey..." Beth started hesitatingly. "Did you see that?" she asked Hazel, unsure.

"I most certainly did," Hazel quickly answered. "Didn't your father say it would just be us this weekend?" Why was someone else there?

"Yeah," Beth stated. She and Hazel both looked away from the window, the two of them heading towards the kitchen counter where Chris and Josh were located. "Josh?" Beth questioned, wondering if Josh would awaken.

"I highly doubt he can hear you, Beth," Hazel said. "He drank a lot of that shit. Same with Chris. They are going to have such huge headaches when they awaken from their slumber." She shook her head. "Boys and their alcohol." (A/N: was gonna have her reference Supernatural by speaking of the Winchesters but decided against it) She was beginning to wish that the two hadn't cracked open the bottles, now that she knew a stranger was lurking within the woodland. Beth spotted a note sitting at the far left end of the kitchen counter from where she and Hazel were standing. She walked to the other end of the counter, picking up the paper and flipping it over so that she could read what was written on it. Hazel followed behind her and she looked over her shoulder, beginning to read the note out loud in a boyish tone (as boyish as she could make it sound, anyways). "'Hannah, you look so damn hot in that shirt but I bet you're even hotter out of it. Come to the guest room at two am. Smiley face, Mike, and three x's.'" Hazel rolled her eyes and scoffed, shaking her head. "I wonder if Hannah has seen this bullshit yet. It's obviously fake. Like, seriously, what guy puts x's in his notes?" (A/N: Probably a gay one. No offense).

"Oh my God. What'd my naive sister get herself into now?" Beth wondered out aloud, shaking her head a bit before she put the note back down on the counter. Seriously, what did Hannah get herself into this time?

"She isn't that naive," Hazel defended. However, she started to rethink her words immediately after saying them. Hannah was so in love with Mike that she would believe that the note was real, that he truly wanted to be with her now instead of Emily. "...Actually, she is pretty naive. I retract my defense."

Beth cracked a smile and snickered as she walked around the large kitchen counter to where Josh was. He had his head laying in his arms and he was still unconscious, and across from him, Chris was in the same position. Beth picked up the beer bottle that laid beside Josh's head. She shook her head slightly and she pat her passed out brother on the shoulder. "Jeez, Josh. Once again, brother, you've outdone us all." Hazel leaned against the counter from the other side and she smiled, her eyes locked on Josh's unconscious form...

~Guest Room~

Within the guest room, Hannah placed her candle on the dresser to her left and she looked at Mike, smiling. "I got your note," she informed him sheepishly. She was so nervous, so shy about what she thought was going to occur; she believed he wanted to have sex with her. Why else would he ask for her to get shirtless in the note? He wanted her more than Emily. He wanted to get down and dirty with her instead of with Emily. She was incredibly happy about that. She was finally, finally getting her wish. This is what she had wanted to happen on this little trip to begin with, to finally get with Mike in some sort of fashion.

"Glad you could make it," Mike told her, smiling back at her. Hannah continued to smile shyly and she looked down for a moment before looking back up at him. "Maybe we should start with a little, you know, making out and see where it goes from there," he said to her, seductively. Hannah hesitated for a moment, due to her being nervous, and she moved her hands up to her blouse slowly. "Ohhhhhh, hell yeah," Mike commented as Hannah began to unbutton a few buttons of her blouse. For a guy with a girlfriend, a girlfriend who was witnessing all this from under the bed, Mike seemed to be enjoying the little show more than he probably should've but it was a good thing that Emily couldn't see his face since she was, as stated, underneath the bed.

Underneath the bed, Jess had a better view of what was going on and she couldn't keep herself from whispering too loudly. "Oh my God, she's taking her shirt off!" Laying beside her under the bed, Emily didn't look too pleased with hearing this information (A/N: What the fuck were you expecting her to do, Emily? Goddamn, girl. Think your pranks through entirely next time).

Thanks to Jess whispering far too loudly, Hannah heard her. "What...?" She leaned down a tad as she took a step back and she looked underneath the bed, immediately spotting Emily and Jess. "Oh my God!" Hannah exclaimed as she crossed her arms over her chest that was currently slightly bare. She watched in horror, and in shock, as Ashley, Emily, Jess, and Matt removed themselves from their hiding places. She was quick to notice the selfie stick within Matt's hand, realizing that he was filming what was happening. "Matt?!" She looked around at all of her friends whom had been hiding. "What are you doing here?!" She couldn't believe her eyes. She didn't want to believe it. She had been tricked by all of them, people she thought were her friends. Tricked by her own crush...

Behind her, Sam opened the door up and she stepped inside, the door shutting after she walked in. She frowned as she realized that she was far too late to stop anything from happening. Hannah looked at her for a moment before she looked towards Mike, who had moved closer to her. "Uh, I'm sorry, Hannah. This all got outta hand, but..." Mike began to say while Sam said, "Hannah, hey honey... Don't... It was just a-" Hannah shook her head at all of them, turning towards the door and opening it, striding out of the room. "...stupid prank," Sam finished as the bedroom door shut by itself. Sam looked at all of her friends, looking quite furious. "You guys are jerks, you know that?" She turned towards the door and opened it, quickly following behind Hannah. "Hannah!" she called out.

~The Kitchen~

Beth turned her head to look at Hazel, who was still staring at the unconscious Josh, when she spotted Hannah going by the window. Not actually realizing who it was, she gasped and Hazel snapped out of her trance, quickly looking towards Beth. "What's wrong?" she asked Beth, alerted. "Did you see that stranger again?" She turned around to look at the window, looking for any trance of that person they had seen earlier (A/N: Beth and Hazel are on opposite sides of the counter, by the way).

"There's someone outside!" Beth exclaimed, not exactly answering Hazel's second question.

"Didn't we establish that fact earlier?" Hazel questioned, surprisingly calm despite being on alert. She continued looking at the window, even re-approaching it to get a better look outside. "Was it that stranger we saw?" she repeated. She needed to get the facts straight before she started freaking out, too. It could've been one of their friends for all they knew. She looked back towards Beth, waiting for an answer and she saw a look of panic on Beth's face. "Come on, Beth. Use your words. Was it the stranger?"

"I-I don't know!" Beth exclaimed. "But it was closer this time!" She placed her hands on her unconscious brother that she hadn't moved away from. "Josh! Josh!" She was really scared and she really wanted her brother to be awake, to protect her from harm like a brother was suppose to.

"He isn't going to wake up any time soon." Hazel moved away from the window and she walked around the kitchen counter, beginning to head into the main room. She opened up one of the doors that stood in her path. "Come on," she instructed Beth. The only way they were going to find out who it was, was by asking their friends if anyone went for a walk or if they had seen anyone themselves. She headed into the main room quickly.

"Fuck," Beth cursed. She sprinted after Hazel, entering the main room seconds after Hazel did. Upon entering, the two of them spotted a few of their friends running down the corridor. "What the hell...?" Beth wondered. She grabbed her fuchsia winter coat that was laying on a sofa chair and she placed it upon her body as she headed after everyone, Hazel right beside her as she placed on her navy winter coat that had been laying of the railing of the nearby staircase. What was happening? What did they miss?

Standing outside, Sam called out to her friend in distress. "Hannah!" Standing around her was Ashley, Emily, Jess, Matt, and Mike. Beth and Hazel pushed past Matt and Mike, stepping outside as well. The two of them moved to the front of the group, confused as they looked towards the snowy woodland before they turned around to look at their friends, wanting an explanation on what was occurring.

"What happened?" Hazel asked them gently, confusion remaining clear on her face. She additionally didn't like what was going on, whatever it was. It was making her become more unsettled than she had been already. It was becoming hard for her to remain calm. First, she and Beth spotted somebody outside the lodge, then, Beth saw someone again and couldn't tell who it was because of some reason despite the person being closer to the window, and now, something has caused Hannah to run off and Hazel didn't like where her mind was going.

"What's going on? Where's my sister going?" Beth questioned everyone.

"Ugh, it's fine," Jess told them, attempting to wave the situation off as something not so important. She even waved her arm towards the snowy woodland that stood before them. "She just can't take a joke." She thought it was pathetic how Hannah ran off like that. It was only a prank to teach her a lesson. It wasn't really a big deal. Well, it wasn't a big deal in her eyes. Surely, Hannah would return later on and they could all just laugh it off like it was nothing.

Emily stared towards the forest. "It was just a prank, Han!" She rolled her eyes shortly afterwards, not regretting her actions one bit. It wasn't her fault that Hannah couldn't take a joke, one that she so rightfully deserved.

"What did you do?" Beth questioned them, becoming angry. She wanted to know what kind of prank was made exactly, though she had an idea as to what it was because of the note that she had spotted earlier that night. She looked at them all with so much anger, completely disappointed in all of them. She couldn't believe that they had stooped so low. How could they put Hannah through something like that? Did they not think about how badly Hannah would react when she found out it was a prank the whole time?

Mike began to speak. "We were just messing around. It wasn't serious-"

"Cut the bullshit, Mike!" Hazel suddenly yelled. She had become extremely pissed off when she realized that Hannah had indeed seen the note. She wished she could had done something to prevent the prank from happening but she hadn't known that it had been taking place. "We saw the note! Not serious, my ass! You guys left her a note, saying that you, Mike, wanted to see her shirtless and she obviously believed it because she is in love with you!" She glared at everyone, not knowing that Sam wasn't really a part of it. She couldn't even believe that her own sister had been a part of it and that just made her even more pissed. She thought Ashley knew better than to be a part of something like that. "How could you guys do something like this?! I know that Hannah was becoming obsessed with Mike but that didn't give any of you a good reason to stoop this fucking low! And you know what?!" She growled lowly and screamed at the top of her lungs. "I FUCKING HATE ALL OF YOU!" She turned away from all of them, sprinting towards the woodland. "HANNAH!"

Beth's eyes followed Hazel and she quickly looked at her friends, glaring at them as Hazel had. "You jerks!" She was quick to head into the woodland after Hazel, wishing to find Hannah as well and not wanting Hazel to be alone in her search. "Wait for me, Hazel!" She, then, called out for her sister. "HANNAH!" She and Hazel were taking a large risk, heading into a snowstorm, but it was worth it because Hannah was out there, alone and upset.

Mike shifted uncomfortably from where he stood. "So..." he hesitated. "Should we go after them?"

Sam looked towards Mike, giving him a very angry look. "Y'know, I kinda think you're the last person any of them want to see right now, Mike." The person she was the most pissed off at was herself. She could've stopped it. She hadn't found Hannah quick enough. She could've went back and torn up the note. She could've done anything. She hadn't tried hard enough to find her and when she finally did, it was far too late and she regretted that.

The others around her stood silent, some shifting uncomfortably like Mike while others rolled their eyes, uncaring. The only one who appeared to be showing the deepest regret from being a part of the prank was Ashley, tears beginning to form in her eyes. Her younger sister had just told her, and the others, that she hated them. That had to have hurt her feelings far much worse than it had the others because the two of them were related. It was taking her a lot of strength not to suddenly drop onto her knees and cry like a small lost child...

~The Forest~

Beth and Hazel ran through the snowy woodland, jumping over a few fallen tree trunks as they began their little quest to find Hannah. They eventually came across a two-way path, where they could either go down the steps safely or skip the steps and risk hurting themselves by jumping down the platform. Hazel risked the jump and she landed gracefully, somehow, upon the snow covered ground below, swiftly missing a medium-sized boulder that was to her left while Beth just simply ran down the steps like a normal person would. Hazel impatiently waited for her at the end of the stairs, her having jogged over to them, and they both continued their running through the winter woodland together.

"Damn it, she went far!" Hazel yelled in complaint as she ran beside Beth, panting a little. "She's really fast on her feet!" (A/N: Hannah is the human, and female, Sonic, obviously)

"Wouldn't you do the same?!" Beth yelled in question, keeping up with her as they ran through the forest.

"Probably!" Hazel yelled in response. "I never want to find out, though! Let's just hurry up and find her! Who knows what's out here at this time of night!" She was worried for Hannah's safety; she could possibly be attacked by a bear or something out there. Hopefully, the two of them would find her unharmed and they could return to the lodge quickly afterwards. She really hoped Hannah was fine and she prayed silently that everything was going to turn out alright in the end. They'd just have to get their revenge somehow on the assholes that they called friends.

The two of them eventually came across another two-way path. On their right, rustling in the bushes could be heard and on the left, footprints were formed in the snow. Beth looked both ways, hesitating to make a move. She wasn't sure which direction she should take. "Maybe we should split up," she suggested, no longer yelling as she looked over at Hazel. "Cover more ground."

Hazel turned her head towards Beth, horrified by the idea. "Fuck no! We're safer together than apart! Haven't you watched horror movies or fucking Supernatural?! You should never split up! Never! Things usually go wrong when you split up!" She didn't want to risk losing Beth in the forest. They needed to stay together and they needed to find Hannah together. Then, they needed to return to the lodge together.

"Well, which way should we go?!" Beth questioned, yelling once again.

"Uh..." Hazel looked down both of the paths before making her decision. "Follow the footprints! A bear or birds could be making those noises!" She grabbed onto Beth's wrist and they both sprinted down the left path, following the footprints and running by a few deer. They heard some twigs breaking near them and they both jumped, entirely startled. The two of them additionally almost grabbed onto each other. "Holy shit! I fucking hate the woods! Forest! Whatever!" Hazel exclaimed, letting out a grunt of anger. The sooner they found Hannah, the better.

"Jesus! Fuck, shit!" Beth cursed loudly, looking around to see if anything or anyone was watching them. She didn't want to be in there any longer but they really needed to find Hannah. She was their first priority and her safety came before their own. The two females, then, re-commenced running once again, no longer seeing any footprints. They were wandering around aimlessly at that point, trying desperately to quickly find Hannah. "Damn it, Hannah. Where are you?" Beth wondered lowly as she and Hazel came to a temporary stop, standing by the edge of a semi-medium drop.

"This way," Hazel instructed. The two of them dropped down from where they stood, getting deeper and deeper into the forest. Beth pulled out her cell-phone and Hazel grunted in disapproval. "This isn't the best time for a selfie, Beth," she remarked.

Beth glanced at her, glaring. "I was going to use the flashlight from my phone to light the way."

"Alright. I'm sorry," Hazel apologized. She gestured her arm at Beth and then at the path ahead of Beth. "Carry on. You may lead the way, Cochise," she continued. Beth turned her head towards Hazel completely, staring at her. Hazel blinked, staring back. "What? Did I say something incorrectly?"

Beth shook her head. "It's nothing. You are just, in some ways, like Josh," she explained. She looked at her phone and unlocked it. She, then, quickly turned on the flashlight to her phone. "Let there be light."

Hazel laughed slightly at Beth's last remark before speaking about the previous one. "That's why we're perfect for one another," Hazel stated, half smiling. "Anyways, the sooner we find Hannah, the better. I want out of these creepy woodlands." Beth nodded in agreement. The two of them began to speed-walk down the path ahead of them. "Hannah!" Hazel called out as she followed close behind Beth. They hadn't sped walked very long when a deer ran out in front of them, scaring the absolute shit out of Hazel. "Sheesh! Fucking deer! Gave a bitch a heart attack! God-Damn!" She placed her right hand to her chest as she continued to follow Beth, slowly calming down from that startlement fest as Beth semi-snickered at her. Unbeknownst to them, they were heading straight towards Hannah and potential danger.

As they grew closer and closer to Hannah's location, they saw a wave of flames appear and disappear through the trees. Beth jumped at the sight of it and Hazel had stared in horror at what she witnessed, both of them pausing their walking for a moment. "What the hell was that?!" Beth questioned.

"Uh... Um... I think that it could've been some sort of flamethrower... Unless, you know, fire-breathing dragons suddenly started to exist and we didn't get the memo," Hazel replied nervously. She was shaking a bit and it wasn't from the cold; she was getting very scared and she was becoming a bit anxious. "L-Let's just find Hannah already so we c-can get back to the lodge," she stuttered.

"Yeah," Beth agreed. She re-commenced walking again, Hazel following close behind her. Not even a minute later, Hannah appeared in their line of sight, crouching down in the snow with tears streaming down her cheeks. Her back was turned towards them and her arms were wrapped around her chest. She was without proper winter wear. "Hannah!" Beth exclaimed.

"Hello?" Hannah turned her head towards them as they both ran over to her. "Beth? Hazel?" She was surprised, but happy, to see that someone had came after her in her time of need. She still couldn't believe her friends had pulled that horrible prank on her. She couldn't believe that Mike had been a part of it, too. She may had been wanting to get with Mike but she didn't deserve a prank like that. At least, she didn't believe she deserved something like that to happen. She felt so humiliated, so dirty. Her friends were probably going to post it online for everyone to see when they left and her whole reputation would be ruined...

"Oh my God, you must be freezing," Beth worried. She quickly removed her winter coat and gave it to Hannah, putting it around her. "Here, take my coat." She didn't care about getting sick. Hannah needed it the most after all that shit she just went through.

"Are you okay?" Hazel asked Hannah. "If it makes you feel any better, I gave them all a piece of my mind," she weakly revealed.

Hannah stood up, putting her arms into the sleeves of the coat and she zipped it up. She ignored the last part Hazel had said, still very upset. "I'm such an idiot! I'm so dumb..." She fell for the trick so fast because she was so obsessed with being with Mike. She hadn't been thinking clearly. She felt so used by everyone.

"You're not an idiot, nor are you dum-" Hazel stopped speaking when noises started occurring behind them. She quickly turned around, backing towards Beth and Hannah slowly. That sound was nothing close to any kind of animal known to any of them. "...What...was that...?" she softly questioned. Beth, Hannah, and Hazel stared towards where the noise was coming from, all three of them backing away slowly now before they all completely turned around and started taking off running in the opposite direction together. The creature, called a Wendigo, went after them but they could not see it clearly, nor did they want to look back to see what it looked like. The only thing on their mind in that moment was getting to a safe place after getting the fuck outta there.

Hannah tripped as the three of them ran across a broken walkway, causing Beth to go back and help her up while Hazel waited for them. They quickly started running again as Beth's phone was lost, unbeknownst to them. Hazel was running ahead of Beth and Hannah, turning right. Beth and Hannah, whom were running beside each other, ended up temporarily running in different directions, Beth heading after Hazel and Hannah continuing to run straight. Beth, however, had quickly noticed that Hannah hadn't gone the correct way and went to follow her, Hazel running off alone without any knowledge that her two best friends weren't following her anymore...

Beth and Hannah ran to the edge of a cliff. They both turned around, looking towards the threat that was slowly approaching them. They didn't get a clear look at the creature but they knew that it was getting closer. "No!" Beth yelled. "No, shit, no! Get back!" Hannah kept moving backwards and she pulled Beth along with her since they were holding hands suddenly. Hannah lost her balance when she reached the edge and fell, bringing Beth down with her. Thankfully, Beth was able to grip onto a branch with her left hand while her right hand remained gripping Hannah's left hand. "Hold on!" The figure that Beth and Hazel had spotted earlier that night at the lodge suddenly appeared at the edge of the cliff, having just quickly scared the Wendigo away momentarily with his flamethrower. He reached one of his arms out, trying to help them as quickly as he could before the Wendigo came back. Beth had two options in front of her; let go of Hannah to attempt to save herself and possibly be murdered by the person trying to help her or let go of the branch and die with her sister. Her choice was quite clear and she didn't have to think twice about it after realizing these options. She released her grip on the branch and she fell off the cliff with her sister, both of them screaming. Hannah's screaming came to an end as she hit the bottom of the hill roughly and Beth's screaming came to an end before that, her back impacting against a large boulder before she rolled down the hill and landed at the bottom with her unconscious sister, the two of them never to be seen alive again (A/N: Well, that's true since Hannah isn't exactly alive when they see her again)...

With Hazel, she was still running in the direction in which she believed would lead her and her best friends back to the lodge. She had been running for some time and only chose right then to look back, noticing that Beth and Hannah weren't right behind her. "Shit!" she cursed loudly. She stopped her running momentarily to twirl in a circle, looking around frantically for the two. "Beth! Hannah! Where are you?!" She spotted the stairs that Beth had went down earlier and she quickly climbed up them, eventually moving to stand where she had jumped off earlier. "Beth! Hannah!" she called out again. She was hoping that maybe they were just a bit behind. She turned quickly, attempting to look around more in case there were other ways for them to get up to where she was and she lost her footing on the edge of the platform she was standing on. She let out a small scream as she fell backwards off the semi-broken platform, her scream cutting off as her head made contact with a boulder at the bottom and she instantly lost consciousness as she landed on her right arm, her body having turned sideways as she fell...

About ten minutes after Hazel had lost consciousness, some of her friends (including her sister) had decided to go looking for her, Beth, and Hannah. Ashley, Matt, and Sam were jogging through the woods, growing closer to where Hazel's unconscious form was located. While Emily had been the only one whom didn't seem all that worried that the three females hadn't came back yet because she believed them to be alright, everyone else had became, slightly and greatly, worried that something may had happened to them. That's when Emily suggested for Ashley, Matt, and Sam to go searching for them, seeing that everyone else was becoming so paranoid about something bad happening.

"I hope they're okay," Ashley sniffled. She had been crying since Hazel had stated she hated her (and the others). She had ended up starting to cry more because of her negative thoughts. She couldn't help but think of the possibilities that Beth, Hannah, and Hazel could never come back because of them pulling that stupid prank. She didn't want the last memory of her sister to be a horrid argument. "We have to find them!"

"If you guys hadn't done that stupid prank in the first place, none of this would've happened," Sam pointed out angrily. "They'll be fine," she told her, speaking more gently. She wanted them to be okay, too. "We'll find them soon." Hopefully.

"I wouldn't have been a part of it if I knew that Hazel would become so upset about it," Matt stated. He and Hazel had been really good friends or had been on very friendly terms with one another, but he knew that because of his actions, that friendship of theirs was probably over with or perhaps their bond was almost completely shattered. He should've thought things through first before diving right into the prank with everyone else. He had been bored, though, so he didn't want to think about any consequences of their actions. He was really regretting his decision making.

"You two and the others owe Hannah an apology after this. Same goes for you guys telling Beth and Hazel you're sorry for causing them to head after her in the first place. And you need to apologize for causing all of them to be upset because of a stupid prank," Sam told them. "This way."

The three of them approached the stairs and the gap at the top of the platform. They were in the exact location where Hazel had slipped and fallen. All they needed to do was look straight down from the edge of the platform, something none of them did. Not right away. Matt and Sam headed down the stairs carefully as Ashley sniffled again, peering over the edge of the platform after a moment. The second she saw Hazel's unconscious body, she let out a scream and she began crying again as she dropped to her knees. "NOOOO! HAZEL!" She continued to cry and scream as she stared down at Hazel. Upon hearing Ashley's screaming cries, Matt and Sam quickly ran down the stairs, heading over to where Ashley was looking down at. Hazel laid there in the cold snow, unconscious but alive, with a bruise forming on her head. She was lucky that she hadn't hit her head against the boulder harder or that she hadn't fallen from a higher platform. Otherwise, there would've been some serious damage or she may had even died. However, it was possible that some damage had been done with that hit to the head regardless of height from the fall.

Sam crouched down beside Hazel, a concerned expression upon her face. "Oh my God. Hazel." She had been hoping that they'd find them all completely unharmed, but that wasn't as likely anymore.

"Fuck!" Matt stood by Sam and the unconscious Hazel, his hands behind his head as he stared down at Hazel with horror-struck eyes. "Is she...?" Ashley's loud sobbing could be heard from above them as she remained where she was. Hazel couldn't be dead. A fall like that couldn't have killed her, right? Unfortunately, he didn't know she was just unconscious so panic filled his being as he thought of her being dead. She had to be alive, she just had to be...

Sam quickly searched for a pulse and she sighed in relief when she found one. "She's alive but she's freezing. We need to get her back to the lodge. She could die if we don't hurry." She couldn't lose any of her friends and as much as she wanted to continue the search for the Washington twins, they really needed to get Hazel back and quickly. They couldn't risk her dying from various circumstances.

Matt nodded quickly. "I'll carry her." Sam stood up and stepped to the side as Matt took a few steps forward, standing where Sam had once been. He crouched down and picked Hazel up, carrying her bridal style. They quickly and carefully headed back up the stairs. They needed to hurry.

Ashley stood up quickly, her eyes on Hazel's form. "S-She's okay?! P-Please tell me she's alive!" She couldn't lose her sister. She just couldn't. She couldn't die so soon. She couldn't die long before her time. She just couldn't. No one deserved to die because of some prank. God, she hoped that they'd find Beth and Hannah in better condition than Hazel...

"She is, but if we don't get her back to the lodge, she might not be," Sam informed her quickly, speaking as calmly as she could manage in this situation. Ashley's eyes widened and she followed the two of them as they lead the way back to the lodge. The three of them silently prayed that Hazel would wake up and that they would eventually find the remaining missing friends of theirs...

~The Lodge~

"Is she alright?!"

"Hazel!"

"What the fuck happened?!"

Matt carried Hazel into the lodge quickly and placed her on the nearest couch. Ashley, Jess, Mike, Sam, and the currently awake hangover buds were right behind him. Chris and Josh had awoken just minutes ago, completely clueless as to what happened (and how they managed to wake up just a couple of hours after having passed out from being drunk, that was unknown). Fear filled Josh's being and he didn't hesitate to push Matt to the side once Hazel was placed on the couch. He crouched down beside it, quickly gripping onto one of his unconscious girlfriend's hands. He looked at her with such great worry and fear in his eyes. He turned to look at everyone, Chris moving to crouch beside him as he took a look at Hazel's injury. "What happened?!" Josh exclaimed. "Why does she have a bruise on her head?! Why is she so cold?!"

Sam responded to him, speaking slowly and gently. "Josh, don't freak out, but Hannah was involved in a prank. Beth and Hazel had went after her when she ran off, and..." She released a low sigh. "...Beth and Hannah are still out there somewhere. We were only able to find Hazel. When she wakes up, hopefully she'll be able to tell us everything that happened out there."

Josh clenched his fist with the hand that wasn't holding onto Hazel. "You guys pranked my sister?! You're the reason why my girlfriend is hurt?! The reason why my sisters are still out there?!" He had never been so pissed in his life. The three most important people in his life had been taken from him while he was passed out. He was lucky to have Hazel back but that didn't make him worry any less about his sisters. All of that mess could've been avoided.

"I swear that I wasn't involved," Sam defended herself. "I tried to stop it but it was too late. I'm sorry. We'll find your sisters. Everything will be okay." She wasn't so sure about finding his sisters, though. Seeing the shape Hazel was in, she could only imagine what harm had come to Beth and Hannah.

"It was only a prank," Emily remarked. She wasn't standing close to the couch like everyone else. She wasn't as concern about the situation as everyone else was but that didn't mean she wasn't concerned at all. She just chose to be more level-headed in this scenario and didn't show any of her concern out in the open. This made her seem like a bitch but whatever works with staying calm was fine with her.

Sam looked at her, glaring. "A prank that has Beth and Hannah out in the snow! They could freeze to death!" She started heading towards one of the several exits. She couldn't just sit around and do nothing. She needed to head back out there. "I need to get back out there and search for them. Who knows what could be out there."

"I'm coming with you." Josh made a move to stand up as Sam paused at the door.

Chris placed his hand on Josh's shoulder, pushing him back down in his crouching position. "No, man. You need to stay here with Hazel and get her warm. I'll go with Sam. Besides, you won't be able to do much out there with that headache you've got."

Josh groaned a bit, already feeling the pain in his head. Chris jinxed him or something. He hadn't felt the pain of a headache until Chris said something. And speaking of headaches. "You have one, too, don't you?" Josh questioned. Chris won't be much help out there either.

"Yes, but you drank more than me," Chris told him. He stood up and he strode over to where Sam stood. "Let's go." He was worried about Beth and Hannah, about just as much as Sam and Josh were, if not more. Those girls were the siblings of his best friend. Of course he was going to attempt to help find them. He wasn't just going to sit on his ass and wait.

"I'm coming, too," Mike commented, walking over to them. The more, the merrier.

Chris, Mike, and Sam headed out of the building, heading out into the cold to search for their friends. Ashley, Matt, and Josh got focused on getting Hazel warm, Ashley and Matt heading off to gather some blankets while Josh attempted to get a fire going inside the fireplace. Emily and Jess looked at one another before they started doing something productive as well, Emily helping Josh get the fire going while Jess helped Ashley and Matt cover Hazel with blankets, the three of them working together to remove Hazel's winter coat beforehand. With the blankets gathered and the fire going, the five of them pushed the couch closer to the fire so that some of its warmth could reach Hazel. After that, Josh lifted Hazel up gently and sat behind her, laying her down against him and wrapping his arms around her as he used his own warmth to attempt to warm her up. Hopefully, she'd wake up soon...

It was nearly three-thirty in the morning. Chris, Mike, and Sam had returned but they did not have Beth and Hannah with them, having been unable to locate them. Hazel had yet awakened and two cops were on the scene. The officers hadn't been informed of the prank that had occurred, only being given some false information that Hannah had been scared off before Beth and Hazel had gone after her, Hazel being the only one the friends could find. Emily and Jess were sitting in chairs that were placed on either side of the couch by the fireplace. Chris, Mike, and Sam were speaking with the two cops, telling them as much as they could without revealing the prank. Josh had Hazel remaining in his arms and Ashley sat at the end of it, her eyes on Hazel. Matt stood behind the couch, his arms crossed as he, too, watched Hazel. After a few minutes passed by, Hazel groaned softly in Josh's arms. Ashley let out a gasp, followed by a small happy cry. "She's waking up!" she exclaimed. Chris and Sam rushed over to the couch while Mike remained by the officers. The two of them stood beside Matt and near Jess as Hazel slowly began to awaken.

"...Mmm... Oww... My head... My hand..." Hazel groaned. She opened her eyes slowly and glanced around, meeting the eyes of Ashley, Chris, Matt, and Sam. "...Where am I?" She moved her head slightly to the right and she realized she was laying against someone. With difficulty, she was able to confirm that it was Josh that she was laying upon. "...Hey there, sleepyhead..." she remarked.

Josh smiled gently, worry still in his eyes. "I'm not the only sleepyhead around these parts," he joked, referring to her and Chris. "You're back at the lodge," he told her, answering her question. He softly stroked her head, running his fingers through her hair.

"Ashley, Matt, and I found you about a hour ago," Sam informed her. "We're just glad that you're awake now. You had us all worried."

Hazel slowly sat up with the help of Josh, his arms remaining around her. She held her head with her left hand, feeling pain coming from it still. She knew, for sure, that she had gotten a bruise from the fall, and probably a concussion too, and she had a feeling that she landed on her right hand since it was hurting as much as her head was. "...Are Beth and Hannah here? Did they get back alright?" She needed to know if they were okay.

Sam hesitated before she answered. "...No. We haven't found them yet."

Hazel's eyes widened and she quickly turned to look at Sam. "You have to find them!" She hoped that the animal, whatever it was, hadn't gotten to them. She wished that they had followed her or that she had noticed they were gone sooner. She could've stuck by them. They could've made it back together.

"There are a few officers here who are going to help us do that," Sam explained. "We all just need to hear what happened." Hazel didn't like that no one was out there looking for them right that moment but she nodded shortly. The sooner she told them everything, the faster it would be for them to find Beth and Hannah's location.

Ashley was sobbing again, her hands to her face. "I'm so sorry that you got hurt, Hazel. I'm sorry for everything that happened. I wish I could undo my actions. I'm so, so sorry." She regretted being a part of the prank so much. She hated it with all her being. She wished she could turn back time...

Hazel stared at her, her gaze gentle. "And I am sorry that I said I hated you." She looked towards Matt and Sam. "Same for you two. I'm sorry. I don't hate you guys either. I was just angry." She didn't, however, apologize to Emily, Jess, and Mike. Those three were the main culprits of the prank. Well, she was assuming that they were the main culprits. She wasn't going to forgive them so easily. Although, she didn't exactly forgive the others either.

"I should be the one apologizing to you," Matt replied. "I had no idea that you'd end up getting hurt and-"

"It's fine..." Hazel mumbled, interrupting him. She didn't want to hear it. She wasn't going to actually forgive anyone until she saw Beth and Hannah walking into the lodge, meaning Ashley, Matt, and Sam weren't off the hook just yet after all (even though Sam hadn't even been a part of the prank to begin with). She needed to know that they were alive and unharmed before she started forgiving people truly. Although, she didn't hold much of a grudge against Ashley or Matt since she didn't think that they were doing much during the prank, which was correct. They seemed like 'sit and watch' types of people to her, which is what happened.

"Are you alright?" Chris asked her. She did have a nasty bruise of her head and apparently pain in one of her hands from what he heard earlier.

"Y-You're okay, right?" Josh asked her. He wasn't about to stop being worried about her. He wasn't going to stop worrying about his sisters, too. Hazel turned her attention towards Josh and he removed his arms from around her, placing his hands on her cheeks. "You're not hurt anywhere else, are you?" he asked, his eyes on her bruised forehead. How she had managed to hit her forehead against the rock (or boulder) when she had fallen backwards was questionable, if she hadn't turned towards her right side as she fell. How she hadn't split her head open upon impact with the boulder was much more questionable but overall, she was lucky that it hadn't occurred.

"My head hurts like hell and I think my wrist is either sprained or broken." She moved her right hand slightly and winced. "Ouch, bad idea..." She probably shouldn't had done that. She made it hurt worse than it already had been.

"Don't move it around," Josh instructed her a little too late. He gently grabbed her right arm and pulled it towards him, his eyes on her wrist. Bruises were forming around it. "I think it may just be sprained." But he wasn't a doctor and he couldn't just assume that by just looking at her injury. Hazel would need some medical attention to confirm if her wrist was indeed sprained or indeed broken, same going with if she had a concussion or not.

"Well, I did land on it when I lost my balance and fell..." Hazel revealed softly. Well, at least, she was assuming that since she couldn't fully remember what happened in that one moment.

"What happened while you were out there?" Ashley asked, her sobbing under control at last. She sniffled a little bit.

Hazel opened her mouth to speak but the two officers had finally made their way over to them. One of them spoke to Hazel, speaking kindly and gently. "Miss, tell us all of what you can remember. We need to know where your friends could've gone so that we may find them."

"Uh... O-Okay... Ummm..." Hazel thought back to what had occurred after she had yelled at her friends. "Beth and I had went after Hannah. We ran for a while and we went down this path to the left that lead to a small drop. Beth used her phone to light the way... We continued but instead of running, we were just walking really fast. We...saw something. I think someone else might be here, I don't know for sure though. We couldn't see very well and all we saw was some fire, but earlier, before we had left, Beth and I had saw a figure heading into the forest. Anyways, we... We had found Hannah and...something was hiding near us. Some kind of animal, I couldn't see what it was. We started running and after a while, I looked back and I didn't see them with me. I just thought that...that maybe they were just behind me a bit so I climbed up the steps of a broken platform and stood by the edge of it. I had turned, ready to go back and search for them when I lost my balance and fell. I landed on my right side, had to have for my hand to be hurting like it is. I hit my head on a rock, I'm assuming, and then, I woke up here..." Hazel started to become teary-eyed as she stared at the officers standing in front of her. "You have to find Beth and Hannah... Please..."

"We'll do our best to find your friends," the second officer responded. He looked at his partner, whom nodded, and they both headed out, walking past Mike whom had stayed by the door.

Sam reached over the couch and placed her hand on Hazel's right shoulder. "Don't worry. Beth and Hannah will be back soon."

Hazel didn't answer her. She just laid her head against Josh's chest and let her tears fly. Matt and Sam moved away from the couch, gesturing for Emily and Jess to move away as well, the two girls doing exactly that. Chris walked around the couch and pulled Ashley from it, leading her away. They were all giving Hazel and Josh some time alone. "I want them to be here..." Hazel whispered to Josh. "I want them to be here..." she repeated, continuing to do so as she sobbed. "I want them to be here..."

"I want them back here, too..." Josh whispered back, finally allowing his own tears to fall as he wrapped his arms back around his sobbing girlfriend, holding her in his arms tightly as if she would slip from his grasp at any second...


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