Belated Preamble:
There was once a town surrounded by a dark forest. It was a small town, and it quickly grew crowded as families grew and people moved in. So, as it grew crowded, some of the townsfolk had sent in workers to cut down the trees and build them a home. These axmen, strong and dangerous, stayed out in the woods for quite a length of time to build these lots and homes, so all of the parents advised their children to stay away from the forest and stay in sight, lest they run into axmen and get hurt.
Damien was young boy who lived in the town, and feared no one. He was strong and powerful, despite his young age, and his morals were so low and selfish, he'd take down everything in his way. He wore all black, all the time, and had dark eyes that penetrated. Don't be mistaken, as Damien had the most golden of tongues, and could talk his way out of trouble with just about anyone. He would not hit, insult, or glare at others unless he saw as fit, but most everyone could see that behind his smile was a plotting glare of evil.
Damien had a friend named Kenny, who quite different. He was a quiet boy, with his head in the gutter and his heart speaking loud. He was kind, but never one to say no to an adventure. Young Kenny would never live a moment outside of his orange parka, with the hood pulled over his head. It muffled his voice extremely, and some would say they couldn't even understand him, when he did talk, at least. But those who were familiar with Kenny knew what each and every distorted muffle meant.
One day, young Damien came up to his friend and told him to join him on a trip into the forest. While at first, Kenny was skeptical, and didn't want to go into the forest, he eventually gave into his friend's persuasion, and went into the forest with him.
In the forest, the two boys played long games of tag, hide-and-go-seek, and pick-up-sticks, until they grew tired, and decided to go home. But, along the way, the two boys saw a large man with a large axe in his hands. The man chopped at the trees, tearing them down and moving onto the next. Young Damien, being as curious as he was, decided to confront the woodsman.
"Why're you cutting down the trees, sir?" he asked.
But, as soon as the man with the ax turned to see the two boys, the tree he had been working on fell on young Kenny, and crushed him. The man grew anxious, and chopped the other boy in half, and threw the bodies into a hole and buried them so no one would ever know.
But, the boys came back the very next day to seek revenge upon the woodsman. So they waited in the forest like the ghosts they were, and when they finally found young Damien's murder, they stole his ax, and chopped his head off.
Damien, being as evil-minded as he was, decided that that was not good enough, and decided to stay in the woods as a ghost to seek vengeance upon all of those who go in the forest. Young Kenny, however, was not happy with the idea, and vowed to help those who dared fall into the temptation of going into the forest. Sometimes he succeeded, sometimes he failed.
Sometimes they lived, sometimes they died.