A/N: Hello, everybody. This is my first story so go easy on me. All mistakes here are mine.

BOULDER, COLORADO

KYLE WILLIAMSON pushed open the door to the RV and jumped out, his sister, Sandra, following him.

Kyle banged on the door to their new friends' trailer. The door to the trailer opened and Sandra laughed as a disheveled Connor Wheeler stood in the doorway.

"What happened to you?" Kyle asked, laughing.

"It's a little something I like to call sleep," Connor mumbled out, rubbing his sleep laden eyes with his fingers, "and anyway, it's three in the morning. What do you guys want?"

"We're taking you on a hike," Kyle said, like it was the most normal thing to take a hike at three in the morning.

"Uhm...no. We'll take one with you in the morning, Kyle." Connor was about to close the door when Kyle jumped into his RV, pushing past him.

"ALLIE! GET UP!" he yelled, "WE'RE TAKING YOU ON A HIKE!"

Connor looked, exasperated, out at Sandra. "Well," he said, "guess we're coming with you. Come on in."

Sandra grinned and walked into the RV, giving Connor a hug and a kiss as she did.

"Hope you slept well!" she said cheerfully as Connor shook more sleep out of his eyes.

Ten minutes later, Kyle and Sandra Williamson and Connor and Allie Wheeler took off onto a dirt path they hadn't taken yet.

"I feel so lost," Allie commented, seeing as it was dark, and they had yet to travel this path.

"Yeah," Sandra murmured back, as she began to feel uneasy.

"Guys?" Sandra called out, "I'm getting a bad feeling about this."

Connor rolled his eyes in the light of the lantern.

"You were the one who dragged us here, along with Kyle, now you're saying you don't want to continue?"

"Yeah. That's exactly what I'm saying. I agreed with Kyle at first but I'm getting an uneasy feeling here. I don't think it's such a good idea anymore."

"No. We're just gonna continue. Okay?" Sandra sighed but followed Connor and Kyle as they continued up the slope, Allie beside her.

Shortly after, they heard branches snapping behind them.

"See? I told you! This isn't safe!" Sandra hissed.

"Shut up!" Kyle hissed back at her. Connor put his finger to his lips commanding quiet between the four of them.

The four stood still, not moving a muscle, barely daring to breathe.

They heard the crunching sound again. Allie grabbed Sandra's arm, gripping tightly.

Connor stared, his eyes wide with fear. Sandra could see Kyle shaking with fear.

"Turn off the light," Allie whispered, her voice barely heard over the wind. Connor switched off the lantern. The four were now plunged into total darkness.

They stood stock still for a good ten minutes, not hearing the sound of crunching again.

Connor sighed with relief and turned the light back on. Allie screamed at the top of her lungs. Connor turned around, and the last thing he saw was a man, wielding a board of wood.