Thomas

I turned around and around, trying to figure out where I was. How did I get lost? I thought. I tripped over a root and growled in pain when a fallen branch scraped my arm open.

I got up angrily and started walking off in another direction. I kept wracking my brain trying to remember how I'd gotten into the forest in the first place. The forest grew dark fast and I still wasn't sure where I was.

I stepped into a clearing where huge trees wrapped around each other. I listened to see if maybe I was near the creek but only heard silence. No crickets, or night life. Goose bumps broke out on my skin, I darted into one of the twisted trees and listened as the monster roared.

I waited but didn't hear anything after it roared. I was about to crawl out of the tree when something ran in front of me. I held my breathe as more things ran past. Ghosts? I thought.

When the ghosts were gone and the night life arose again I crawled out of the tree. I hadn't even heard them coming. I got on my knees and felt around for footprints but nothing was there. I shivered, they really were ghosts.

I went down the Wal-Mart aisles and picked up bags of Doritos, Mountain Dew, and a few pieces of candy. The dietary habits of a video game maker I thought. I put everything I collected into my hand cart and went towards the beef jerky.

I walked past two women and accidentally bumped on of them. "Sorry." I said.

The woman had strawberry colored hair and just smiled. I moved past both of them and felt the gaze of the other one watching me. I picked up a few bags and checked for the cheapest bags of jerky. As I did that I caught snippets of their conversation.

"So if we do it tonight why are we at wal-mart? I thought you said you had everything." asked the strawberry colored woman.

"K. I wanted to pick some snacks up before we leave. I want to eat something on the plane. All they give you is peanuts!" replied the woman next to her.

"Lies all lies!" joked the other.

I moved off towards the cash register. A table with an cut out airplane caught my eye. I headed towards the table. In big colorful letters it said : "Win a trip to Australia!"

I picked up one of the slips of paper and read the rules. The contest ended in an hour and a half. I picked up the pen and wrote my name anyways. I laughed thinking to myself, I had a 1 in a million chance to win that.

I ran through the forest chasing after where I thought the ghosts went. I had to slow my progress as huge trees blocked parts of the path. When I finally got over them and saw the beach. I ran onto the beach and looked around. The fire was dead, and no one was there. It was as if no one had been there in awhile.

"KELLYN! JEN! ALEX! WHERE ARE YOU?" I yelled.

"Be quiet or you'll draw them back." something whispered.

I spun around but it was to dark to see anything. I inhaled to yell again and fell to the sand as something hit me from behind.