Chapter one:
It's is eleven PM, the sky is cloudless showing twinkling stars with a full moon in the sky and Mello is the first to arrive at the meeting spot.
Matt is the second to arrive without a choice but to come then Near came last but they are all pretty much a few seconds after one another.
All three of them of course are wearing foot wear for this trek. Matt and Mello are wearing their boots while Near is in white runners that he really doesn't use since he doesn't really go outside so they look almost new.
"Got your cameras?" Mello asks holding up his.
Near holds up his and Matt does the same.
"If any camera is found tampered with you will face the consequences for having a tampered with camera which I'm sure you both know what it is. We're going to keep them on the whole time that we are in there and don't forget you could only bring a flashlight as an extra item. Is everyone ready?" Mello glances at the other two males.
They nod, Near without hesitation and Matt with a little hesitation.
"Then let's go." Mello takes the lead heading towards the outskirts of the orphanages property to get to the forest with Near and Matt following.
The three remain silent as they walk to the location.
"Here it is." Matt says once they arrive trying to look brave but he is shaking a little and he is doing a bad job at hiding his fear.
The forest has a sign that says that the forest is haunted but it looks to be like just someone painted it on a broken plank of wood then nailed it to a tree. The forest is spooky though, it is thicker than the dense forest behind the field in the orphanages property and it is dark in there.
"No backing out! Turn on your cameras and remember to stick together unless you become a loser running out of the forest." Mello says turning on his camera with the other two doing the same.
Near and Matt move to either side of Mello and the three walk into the forest not staying in a consistent line but making sure to stick together as a group.
Mello looks around as the walk deeper into the forest and uses his cameras light as a flashlight as to make the trek less dangerous for him.
Matt has his own flashlight he brought instead of using his camera as it's on night vision mode.
Near is using his cameras light as a flashlight like Mello.
All three of them are of course recording everything about their journey.
Mello is a step ahead with Near almost beside him but a step behind and Matt sticking close to Near frightened.
A twig snaps and Matt jumps into Near without meaning to only to quickly look around with his flashlight.
Near looks to Matt then looks to Mello.
The three of them had paused when they heard the twig snap mainly because Matt started to panic so they waited to see if he would dash out or not.
Matt relaxes a touch not seeing anything. "Did you guy's hear that?" He asks still scared.
"Matt it could have been any one of us that stepped on the twig." Mello snorts and turns to continue the walk to deeper inside the forest. "Now come on."
Near pats Matt's shoulder making sure to no scare the other more than he already is. "Mello's right. The twig snapping could have been one of us or just some animal crawling around." He then follows Mello with Matt following not wanting to be left alone in the forest.
Matt stays very jumpy despite the other two's words while Near and Mello use their camera's light to check out some of the plants there.
"Don't either of you find it strange that we haven't seen or heard any animals?" Matt voices his concern.
Mello and Near stop making Matt almost run into Near. They listen and Mello looks around for something that could make a loud noise to try to scare the birds.
Near picks up a rock and throws it into the leaves of the nearest tree but nothing happens. "This time of season there's a lot of birds in trees especially in areas away from civilization like this place." He observes out loud.
"Weird." Mello agrees trying what Near did but with a different tree getting the same results. "Weird for sure. There should have been at least one bird but there's nothing. Not even the sound of a single animal that should be here."
Matt becomes tenser upon hearing this.
"I wonder why the birds are suddenly gone." Mello hums. "Even in a haunted forest there would still be birds here or at least another animal."
"I would like to know the same. Something isn't right about this." Near agrees. "Let's keep going. Maybe we'll find something that'll help us with this."
"Yeah." Mello agrees also giving a small nod.
"What! You two are going to just keep going even if it possibly means danger!?" Matt gasps shivering in fright. "This place is as scary as it is and now we can add the fact that there are no animals anywhere making it even scarier!"
"Chickening out Matt?" Mello asks the red head looking to him questioningly. "You are free to run out of the forest and accept the punishment if you don't think you can handle it." He reminds his friend.
Matt takes a moment to wonder if going up to the third floor at the orphanage is better than continuing this trek but his curiosity gets the best of him. He gives a small sigh before replying. "I'm not running." He tells the two a little softly.
Mello smirks softly. "Alright then let's get going." He and Near take the lead together with Matt following as they continue on deeper into the forest as the night goes on.
Matt gets the chills of something watching him but when he looks around the feeling goes away so he wonders if it was just his imagination.