Chapter 1: The Dare

"Lia, are you afraid of anything?" Jake asked. I rolled my eyes and stuck out my tongue at him.

"Of course I'm not! Isn't it obvious? Unlike Jake afraid of spiders!" I mimicked him. Jake shrugged and stuck out his tongue. He pulled a flashlight out of his pocket. I squinted at him. He smiled and looked at me.

"If you aren't afraid of anything, 'Little Miss Perfect", I dare you to go outside, and walk around in the forest, with this flashlight only. And do it when it's dark." He said. I grabbed the flashlight away from him.

"Fine. I will." I agreed. Jake laughed.

"Alright. Do it tonight." He said. I rolled my eyes.

"I'll never be afraid of a thing in the world, and just for that, I'll get an award, saying I'm the only person in the world, not afraid of anything!" I boasted. Jake laughed again.

"Except Slender Man." He said. I froze.

"Who's, Slender Man?" I asked. Jake paled.

"Oh, er, no one. Just an expression these days." He said quickly. I looked at him oddly and turned around to my room.

"I'll get ready now, and leave in an hour when it's darker." I said. Jake nodded.

"Okay." He said. I opened my bedroom door and closed it behind me. Then, I went to my closet and took out a white fleece hoodie, and put it on. I slipped on my tennis shoes and walked over to my computer.

"Slender Man..." I said. I pulled up the internet and clicked on the search bar.

Slender Man was what I typed. I hit enter and looked at the results. The mouse scrolled over the first website, and I clicked on it.

Slender Man- A highly superstition, proved to be unreal. He is said to be a man, with a plain white face, no facial elements. He is known for his long slender arms, that reach out a long way. Lots of people say he has tentacles, that float around him when he stalks people.

I looked for a picture, but in the place where the picture was supposed to be, was a question mark. I opened a new tab and clicked on the YouTube link. In the search bar, I typed in, Slender Man. I pressed enter and waited for the results.

"What?" I shouted. No results was written. I clenched my teeth and looked at the time. 6:00. I grabbed the flashlight and walked out of my room. Jake walked out of his at the same time.

"Six o' clock! Go, the sun is already down. Bring your phone-"

"Message Recived! Messaged Recieved!" I programed my computer to say that when ever I was messaged. I went back into my room and clicked on the email button.

To: Lia Woods

From: Unknown

When you go to the forest, claim 8 hidden pages.

I stared at the screen.

"Stalkers much?" I said. I held the power button on my computer, and closed the lid. When I walked out of my room, Jake was standing there, biting his lip, waiting for me. He hugged me tightly. I wriggled around in my brother's tight grip.

"I don't think you should do this Lia, please!" He said. I freed myself from him.

"Get off of me. And this will prove that I'm not scared of anything." I promised. Jake's gaze was sad, and I knew he was pretending.

"Okay, text me when you get out there." He said. I nodded.

"Tell mom and dad that I'm going." I said. Jake reached out to hug me, but I ignored him, and opened the door to the forest. We lived in the woods, so this was going to be easy. I turned on the flashlight and walked around a little. After about thirty minutes passed, I pulled out my phone and tapped the texting app. I clicked on the last conversation I had with Jake and typed in this message:

Hey, I'm fine, thirty minutes in and-

My phone suddenly shut off. I hit the power button on it, several times, but it wouldn't work.

"It was fully charged!" I shouted. I shoved my phone back into my pocket. I looked up, and saw a paper, taped on a tree. It read:

Don't look, or it'll take you! I

I gulped. Maybe I was afraid of something.

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