Chapter 1
Welcome to the Unknown
This is a story about five young people traveling through the forest, without realizing the danger waiting for them. The forest hold many dark secrets, and many different kind of residents living in the forest. So, let's begin the first chapter of our story, and into the Unknown.
I begin walk, and deeply thinking about my case involving a haunting forest. I was too focused in my case that I was already inside a forest, and I bump into a tree.
"I'm sorry sir, I didn'-" I look up to see a tree, and I look around to see bunch of tree all around me. When did I enter a forest? I don't remember how I came here in the first place. I think deeply of what I can remember, but I only remember about the my case, and everything after that is all a blurred. I rub my forehead with my arm, but alas I can't remember. It's no use, I can't remember anything premier of my case search..
Hoot! Hoot!
I look behind to see a owl sitting in one of the branches, and looking at me. It's just an owl, nothing to be afraid of. I noticed that the wood was more menacing, and I felt uncomfortable by it, as if it's suffocating me with it pressure. I feel the cold breezes passing through me, and moving the branches. I decided to walk around to find anything that can help me. As I walk, I noticed a black turtle walking by.
"That's a strange turtle." I muttered. Suddenly, a fox appear out for nowhere to take the turtle away for dinner.
"Animal's life is harsh.." I hear someone humming to a strange song, and hitting something. I follow the source of the humming, and spotted a woman chopping a tree. I can ask her for directions, and a way to get out of here. The woman left the scene, and I quickly follow her light. When I approach her light, I only see the woman's lantern on the floor. Where did she go?
Crack!
I hear a branch break behind me, and someone grab my shoulder to turn me around to face that person.
"What are you doing here boy?" She said. I got a good look of her appearance now. Her hair color was white like the snow, reaching down to her mid-back, and with her bangs covering her blue right eye. She was wearing a dark poncho covering her arm, and reaching down to her thighs. She was also wearing dark pants, and dark cowboy boots. Her height was about 5' 11".
"I just want someone to tell me where I am, and the way out." I said.
"Welcome to the Unknown kid, and this place has no way out." She answer.
"Why do you mean by that?"
"I'll tell you all about the Unknown, but not here." She said, and she walk in a certain direction. "Follow me." I shouldn't trust this woman, but I need directions to this forest, and information as well. I follow her through the forest, and reaching in a lounge. We both enter, and she start a fire in the fireplace. I took a sit in a couch nearby, and I cough.
"So, This Unknown you speak of.." I said.
"This place is not safe for you, because of the beast that roam this woods." She said.
"Beast?" I said. "Like a bear or a wolf?"
"It's better if you didn't encounter it."
"Anyway, what do you do in this woods?"
"Everyone have some dark secrets that they don't want to tell to no one, and curse they must bear." She explained. "Mine is to keep this lantern lit all the time."
"So, what's your name?"
"I don't have a name that's like your, but it's the wanderer." She grab her lantern to approach a door, and turn around to see me.
"I can show you the nearest town here, if you wish, but I have something very important to do, so wait her." She close the door, and I was by myself in the room. At least I can find new information about this place, if I follow her. I waited for her, and I try to go the 2nd floor of this house, but I hear talking inside the door she enter. I put my ear next to the wall to hear the voice much clearly.
"So, did you get the materials for the oil?"
"Yeah, just take it already."
"That's good, and maybe your family is really happy as well."
"Don't talk about them like you know them!"
"Oh, it seem I have something very important to do, so for now farewell." I step back a bit, and process all I heard. Who was that person she was talking to? My train of thought were interrupted by the sudden appearance of a giant fox with two big eyes, and also having four different color. The door where the Wanderer enter open, and she was surprise to see the giant fox. She took out a revolver from within the black poncho, and aim at the fox.
"Stay back you monster!" She yelled, and the monster quickly push her away. She let go of the lantern, and landed near my feet. I pick it up, and the fox became angry with me for picking the lantern up. I quickly rush toward the 2nd floor, and next to the rooftop by the small door on the ceiling. I quickly closed the small door, a day I sigh for relief.
"Now, I'm saf-" The giant fox forcefully enter the rooftop through the thick wood. "This things shouldn't pass through thick wood so easily, and yet..." I stumble when I try to retreat, and I noticed that he was focusing on the lantern, rather than me. I throw the lantern away from me, and it roll down the rooftop. The fox hug the lantern, and they both fell into the ground. I look down to see the giant fox, but instead there was the black turtle from before, and also the fox that prey on it. I quickly went down to the floor to instigate, but I see the Wanderer looking sad at the lantern.
"Look at what you done, you almost burn out the fire." She said, sadly.
"It's just a lantern, you can bring the fire right back with no worries." I answer, but she didn't like my response.
"Useless! The lantern is not useless for me!" She scream out to me, and I got confused. "Everything that I care so much is all in here, and I must protect the flame from going out." She muttered.
"Oh, I'm sorry if I offended you."
"Don't worry, you didn't know.." She said. "Just go alone to the town I mentioned, and go straight through there." She point toward the open path.
"Yeah, that maybe for the best." I left to follow her direction, and went deeper inside the forest.
Into The Unknown SYOC form
Name: First Name only
Age: 16-20
Gender:
Status: High school student, model, idol, and etc.
Death: The end of Over the garden wall should explain it all.
Personality:
Description: Height, weigh, hair color, hair description, etc.
Clothing:
Likes:
Dislikes:
Fears:
Strengths: Max is three
Weaknesses: Must have the same number as strengths
Hobbies:
Relationships:
Positions
Two boys
Two girls
Example
Name: Vergil
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Status: Detective
Death: [Data Expunged]
Personality: He's very calm, and understanding of other people feeling. He like to think his way out, and talk to other, rather than using violence. He loses his calmness when something that can't be explained or something scientifically impossible occurred. He'd rather avoid the impossible at all cost, and sometime can scared him. Being an detective he can be quite sharp at solving about anything that involves a problem, but not paranormal or super-natural.
Description: He's 5' 8" and weight about 115 lb. His hair color is black, and he keep his hair down, his bangs reaching down to eye level, but not covering his black eyes.
Clothing: He wear a black collar jacket with red line on the edges, he keep his jacket open, and underneath the jacket is a white collar shirt. He also wear a red scarf reaching down to mid-back, and a matching color style with his pants, and shoes.
Likes: People, rain, mystery, and problem solve
Dislikes: Paranormal, and the super-natural
Fears: The "Unknown"
Strengths:
Intelligence
Very calm
Understanding
Weaknesses:
Overprotective
Lonely
Scare of strange phenomenon
Hobbies: Reading mystery books, and playing video games.
Relationships: Yes, with a girl that's kind, and/or smart
