We slowly awoke from our short naps once my aunt went to bed. Meaghan, Corinne and I all got up very slowly and headed towards the front door.
"Do we have everything?" I asked as a precaution.
"What else do we need other than the blankets?" Meaghan questioned in such a manner that said that she really didn't want to be there.
"Well," I said, "I just don't want to get there and find out that we forgot something. It would really suck."
"Fine then, we're good to go!" She whispered.
Although it was cool outside, we couldn't take the truck since that would surely wake my aunt up. Instead, we took our bikes to avoid that problem.
After biking for about 20 minutes, we finally got to the cemetery.
The cemetery was very dark and quiet. Nothing we saw moved. An eternal resting place for all. A strong wind blew through our hair which made us all shiver.
"Chelsea," whimpered Corinne in an attempt to leave, "I don't know if you realize this but this place is really freaking me out right now."
"Corinne," I sighed, "Why are you bailing on me now? You promised that you wouldn't do this. It's not really that scary. And if you get too scared, you can always hold my hand. Don't worry Corinne, I'll protect you."
We silently walked towards my father's tombstone and set the blanket up there. Once sitting, we all snuggled up close together to keep each other warm since tonight it was cooler than usual.
"Chelsea?" Meaghan questioned in a curious tone. "Why did we have to come here to talk? It just doesn't make sense."
"Well, it's just," my bottom lip began to quiver, "I really needed to be around the people that mean the most to me at this moment and the only place to do it is here. Now do you understand Meaghan?"
"Sort of... somewhat... not really," stumbled Meaghan in attempt to get her complete thought out, "What about your mom?"
"Well, she obviously couldn't be moved from where she rests so, I guess this is the best that I can do."
"Oh, ok," said Meaghan. Her face gave away her feelings. There was tension and frustration, probably because she was trying to figure out what was just said. She also looked a little terrified for which I had no answer for.
We shortly began to get back to the way we used to be with each other. Talking about everything that popped into our head started our long conversation about what we were going to do for the rest of the week.
In mid conversation, suddenly we heard the snap of a branch in the background. Corinne got so scared that it felt like my hand was going to fall off from poor circulation.
"W-w-w-w-what was t-t-that?" Whimpered Corinne, "That couldn't be an animal, could it?"
"Corinne," I said while slowly removing my hand from hers and checking it for normal colourization, "Don't be worried. It probably was just an elk or a really big deer."
The sounds in the distance continued. "Chelsea! I really don't think it an elk trying to scare us," said Corinne still holding onto my hand.
I yelped in pain, "Oww Corinne that really hurts."
"Oh, sorry," she quickly let go of my hand and checked for signs of blood flow returning to the hand before she grasped it for a second time.
I sighed and smiled towards her. "Corinne, can you calm down? Nothing will hurt you."
She sighed, "Your probably right Chelsea, I'm just over reacting like usual." Said Corinne in a confident yet still scared out of her wits way.
Just then, we all heard the cries and shrieks of three or four deer. Corinne and I screamed at the top of our lungs. Meaghan was as white as a ghost. Then everything went silent. We heard footsteps in the distance behind us. They were getting louder and we could hear whoever was trying to scare us breathing. It sounded laboured yet sadistic and evil. I could smell the strong scent of fresh blood, it almost made my stomach hurl. I turned to see who was doing this to us. I couldn't see much. All I saw was the faint outline of three people.
