Glad you're enjoying it so far. I'm going on vacation tomorrow and won't be able to post the next chapter till I get back on Wednesay.
Legend of Cypress Grove
Chapter two
Later that night after most of the men had left they moved over and sat next to Joe. They bought him a drink which he accepted with a nod of his head.
"We hear you actually saw the witch." Dean said as he took a sip of his beer.
"Yeah, I saw her, but those yahoos don't believe me. All they care about is going out there with their drinking buddies, just a chance to get away from the wives and kids for a few days. It's all just a big joke to them."
"Well we're new in town and we're going out on the hunt tomorrow and we'd really appreciate it if you'd tell us your story before we go out there."
The man looked back and forth between them trying to decide if they were serious or just trying to make a fool out of him. He decided they were serious. The man swallowed another shot of whiskey then began his story.
"Me and my buddy went out with a group ten years ago. We thought it was all a bunch of crap but we thought it would be fun to go, you know, something to tell the grandkids about. Well on the first night we could hear a woman singing off in the distance but no one could tell where it was coming from. But on the third night I woke up and Bill was gone. I figured he just went out to take a leak or something but when he didn't come back I went out looking for him. I found him…he was standing in the woods in some kind of trance or something and this beautiful naked girl was standing in front of him running her hands all over him. I yelled to him but he didn't….or couldn't move. When I yelled to him she turned around and looked at me…" The man ordered another shot and downed it before continuing. "This time though she wasn't pretty…She had open burns all over her body, her face…it was just an oozing mass of burnt flesh. She looked at me and then put her hand on Bill's shoulder and they ….they just disappeared into a mist." The man shook his head sadly and looked down. "Bill was my best friend."
Dean and Sam both glanced at each other.
"What happened next?" Sam asked softly.
"I could hear that damn singing again off in the distance and it was like I was drawn to it. I think I walked for hours trying to find where it was coming from, it seemed so close but …I just couldn't find her. Well…finally I came across an old rundown cabin and I walked up to it and looked in an open window. Bill was in there with her….they were in bed together. She looked like a beautiful woman again…but Bill… he was happily married and never would have gone to bed with another woman. I know he wouldn't have, he loved his wife. It was like she had him under her control. Well the next thing I knew something hit me and I was out. When I came to I …" The man blinked back tears as he relived his memories. "I watched as that bitch walked him out to a pile of wood in the back yard and tied him to a stake. He didn't even try to get away he just followed her and left her tie him up. Then she turned around and looked at me….I couldn't get up, I felt like I had weights on and couldn't move, there was nothing I could do but watch. I screamed at him to wake up but he just stood there looking straight ahead. Then she turned back into that horrible deformed burnt body that I had seen earlier. She looked back at Bill and it was as if he all of a sudden woke up….That's when he started screaming…he just kept screaming and she lit the fire….She burned him alive in front of me. I must have passed out or something because when I woke up. Everything was gone, Bill, the witch, even the house. All that was left was the foundation of the house. I don't know how long I wandered around those woods till they finally found me. I tried to tell them what happened but…no one believed me. They had search parties out here for days looking for Bill but….he was gone."
"They never found any trace of him?" Dean asked.
"Nope."
"How 'bout the house? Did they ever find the foundation?" Sam asked.
"Never found a trace of anything. It was like it never happened." Joe ordered another shot. "Those idiots have been making a fool out of me ever since. I hope they all die out there." He said looking over at the men.
"Well we believe you and we appreciate your telling us what happened." Sam said as he put his hand on the man's shoulder and gave it a gentle squeeze.
"You know, you two boys seem like nice kids. I really think you should think twice about going out there. It's the hundredth anniversary of the fire, who knows what might happen. And how are you going to feel if one of you goes missing?"
TBC
