Prologue

It was on the night of their wedding, that the couple had stowed away and was driving toward the mountains. Dark. The night was young; darkness was the only thing they could comprehend on the lonely road they were going down. There were no animals, no other drivers, not even a single sound other than the sound of their cars engine running and driving toward their destination. The couple lay silent on this stressful ten-hour drive toward the mountains. The newly wed wife stares out the window into the distance, if she could. She saw nothing. The groom was driving and focused on only driving. It was stress enough for him to go around ten hours driving, let alone start a conversation with his wife. "There!" Said the wife. "That's the mountain we're staying!" She continued. "Where do I turn? Ah, here we are!" The man said. They pulled up to a locked gate, which was the entrance toward the mountain cabins.

"What should we do?" The wife asked gently. "They sent us a key through the mail when we ordered our cabin rental online." The groom said. "Well what are you waiting for? Use it!" The wife ordered. The man then got out of the car and proceeded toward the gate. He took the key and unlocked the gate. He then opened one half so he could squeeze the car through. He walked back to the car and drove through the site. While they were driving the man was unsure of his wife's accuracy to see things clearly. After all, she wasn't wearing her glasses or contacts. "Are you sure this is the right place? Doesn't look like it."

"The key worked didn't it?" The wife replied. The man then nodded and proceeded to drive through. They looked around and saw some things around them. They saw nothing else but trees and dirt. They saw a sign in the distance from the reflection of the light from the car. They couldn't quite make out what it read since it was handwritten. The man then got out of his car once more and went to read the sign, leaving his wife in the car. He had to move closer to make anything out since it was dark. He then realized it was a piece of paper on a metal sign. He took the paper off, but couldn't read anything. He looked back at the metal sign, which was all scratched up and nearly destroyed. He thought this was strange and he returned to his car with the paper. "What did the sign say?"

"I don't know, it was scratched up…"

"What's that?" The wife replied. He looked at the paper then turned the inside car light on. What he saw on the paper gave him a jump. He soon realized that this was a mere drawing and decided to ignore it. He was about to start driving again, until he realized there was something in front of him. It stood tall and firm, had nothing in its hands, and just stood there, staring at them. The man tried to make out what he was looking at, but could not get a good reading on the strange thing. "What is it?" The wife asked. The man got out of the car and tried to talk to it. It just stood there. The lights on the car began flickering and the engine sputtered. This surprised both the man and his wife. The wife dead silent in the car while the man slowly started to approach the tall thing. "Honey? Hubby?" The wife looked over the dashboard and saw nothing there. Her husband and the tall thing were gone. Then a loud thud as she saw what was left of her now dead husband. She started to weep and moan as she saw that her husbands face was torn to pieces, the flesh from his legs and arms scraped off without mercy from whatever the thing was.

She knew she was next and there was nothing she could do about it. It was quiet and still now. She looked around and did not see anything. Then the car started playing strange sounds over the radios speakers. It started to play "Lullaby" by The Cure. She was now afraid to look at all, she kept her eyes closed and hoped it was all just a nightmare. It was. However, it was real. The windows started to break, the hood collapsed, the wheels popped, and scratches were tearing the doors off and the thing grabbed her. It was feeding time for whatever this creature was. It was clearly not happy that it had visitors intruding onto its property. The body of the woman now collapsed onto the hood. Her legs were torn clean off, fingers all scraped up, half of her face and neck, were gone. She was squirming around and crying still. The pain was too much for her to handle. The creature stood in front of her as tall as when she first saw it. She just wanted it to end her now miserable life. The creature started to approach her as she let her head fall onto the car. She looked up and it was gone. Then the creature pounced on top of her back and had a spike go through her jaw-line.

Day 0

It was an anniversary of the killing that took place on Cooper's mountain. People deemed it as a normal event and remained intentionally apathetic. The news about the young couples death anniversary while on a honeymoon sparked controversy among a young group of high school seniors planning to take a trip after graduation. There were five young women and four young men. Of course the group was together in the sense of being "together". Four young men were with four young women, and the fifth woman, was sad, as she was lonely to see all of her friends with a nice little cutie. It was on their prom night about a few weeks before graduation, they decided to save up all of their work money, and all of their allowances, and borrowing from their rich "friends" that had all lead up to this trip.

Our unfolding of this untold story will be through the eyes of these nine unfortunate souls. The first unfortunate was a woman named Haley; she was the irrevocable leader of this group of soon to be victims. She was a nice young lady, medium length sand hair, stood at 5'4, and was a straight "A" student. She passed all of her exams and undoubtedly, the smartest of the bunch. Then came her boyfriend Benjamin, or as he liked to be called: Big Ben Bill. He was the opposite of Haley in every way possible. In the kindest most sincere words possible to explain his overall character… He is a douche bag. He scraped by with his grades, never followed the rules, however he was tough as nails. He worked out nearly everyday of his life, and used to be beaten by his stepfather. Let's just say now his stepfather was no longer going to even lay a finger on Ben or his mother.

The next two of the group were very similar. They were both the cheerleader and jock of the school. Every parents dream you say? Not necessarily. Sarah and Chester were not the ideal popular crowd. They were prom king and queen, but they used certain tactics to get those crowns. Chester threw people around, while Sarah bullied the unpopular girls along with the other cheerleaders. It was surprising how these two were not caught in the act. Micah and Jeana were next in line if something goes wrong. Micah was an average teenager going onto adulthood. Had average grades, but remained quite in shape. Jeana was a sweet girl who had her heart broken nearly as many years as there were to count. She had no bad side, nor did Micah. The last couple I should tell you about before we get to the quote unquote "hero" of the story.

Emma and Jesse. The couple everyone wanted to be like. These two have known each other since possibly birth. They had been the best of friends and finally started dating for about seven years straight. On this trip is when Jesse would pop the question to her at the time it would be most romantic on this mountain. Finally our last adversary, a small town girl named Cassie. She was the loneliest of the group, the record breaker of staying single the longest at her school, and was very beautiful. She would have guys lining up at her door waiting for a date. There was only one problem all of those young men have to deal with: Her father. However this trip would be nothing without her, and of course she would have to deal with her father before going.

Which everyone was packed and prepared to go on this trip. Her father warned her of all the dangers she could possibly face on this trip and she agreed to follow all of his guidelines, otherwise no more trips for as long as her father lives. Of course her father can't really control her when she moves out, has a husband and a family; but we'll get to that later. For now we will see what this group of friends have to offer before it's too late. The party bus is packed and they are off on their senior adventure into the unknown territory of the mountain. We shall see what unfolds.