It was my sixteenth birthday, filth one without my mom. I've grown to live with my stepfather for the past 5 years, it's not like he was a bad person, he just had problems, or is that what I told myself?

There were always weird things happening to me ever since I was about 11, but the visions had always been a thing for as long as I could remember. It was alway the same thing, a camp of some sort. Everyone looked happy and was playing with… weapons? that the part I never fully understood. Why were these teens playing with swords and other weapons I probably couldn't name off the top of my head? And there was alway this boy.

I've always had a fascination with weapons, especially the bow and arrow. I was even on my school's archery team. I ever really knew why I had that fascination, it's not that I was a violent person unless I was provoked. I hated the way I'd blow up on people when I was mad or just really emotion I didn't know how to deal with. When I would do that I noticed that the person would look at me softer and get weirdly obsessed with me. Usually it was only for a short time, but this one kid stalked me and we had to move states because it got so bad. It seemed like the only person that really understood me was my best friend Ava. She was kind of weird. She always wore pants even in the 90 degrees heat and a baseball cap that the teachers really never noticed which was weird considering that it was against dress code at school.

That day had been especially weird though. It felt like I was being watched more than usual. I tried telling Ava about it, she played it off as my imagination but I could tell she felt it too.

"I'm sure it's nothing, you're just being paranoid," Ava said as if trying to convince herself.

"Yeah okay" I said sarcastically. Ava had been a new kid at school a few months ago. We'd gotten really close since then. She was one of the only people I talked to, let alone liked in that place.

I guess something had happened because once I zoned back our school looked like a wrecking ball had hit right through the ceiling.

I experienced some strange things but this about took the cake. I expected a giant sphere to back through the ceiling and break more of the roof, I was very wrong, it was so much worse. The kids in the building were running, crying, frozen, calling the cops, or all the above. When finished taking in the pure shook of everything Ava had been yelling at me to run and that it was time? I wasn't sure what she meant but that thing that broke the roof seemed to be looking right at the two of them. I stole a bow and some arrows from the gym before I left.

"What is that thing?" I yelled over the other screams and cries for help.

"No time, we have to go now!" Ava yelled back as she pulled me along.

The next few minutes were a blur, there was a lot of screaming, running and shouting. Next thing I knew we found our way through an unfamiliar wooded area.

" Where are we going? " I asked out of breath.

"You'll find out when we get there, I can't tell you right now though " Ava said, almost as out of breath as me. How was she not out of breath from running for so long? Also where we are going. I felt so lost, yet somehow Ava seemed to know exactly where we were going.

After a certain point from running in the woods, Ava and I took a small break. I kept pressing as to where we were going all she would say is you'll find out when we get there or you'll see. It's not like we're in a rush to go anywhere right now. We were literally sitting down. I'm not sure why she couldn't just tell me. Though I decided not to question it anymore considering the fact that she'd save me from being crushed by the ceiling of our school. But why would she take me in the woods? What if… no there was no way she couldn't have been taking me to… was that even a real place, it had to be something my mind made up right?

"We're going to a camp" Ava said while taking a drink of water from her flask she kept in her school backpack.

"What, why don't I have anything with me?" I said, slightly concerned. Was Ava okay? I clearly wasn't prepared to go to a camp. I hadn't even got permission from my stepdad and she was just dragging me with her like everything was normal. A camp I thought, was it the camp for my dream, With that boy that always seemed to show up in it.

"Come on we have to keep moving, they will be looking for us " Ava said while standing up and continuing on. What does she mean by they? And who was looking for us?

" Umm, okay? " I said hesitantly she still had not specified where we were going or who was looking for us. I figured I shouldn't question it. I probably didn't want to know.

It felt like an eternity before we stopped walking again. Ava had quickly turned around and put a finger to her mouth ushering me to shut up. That's when I heard the snapping of twigs behind us. Me and Ava were hiding behind a tree. She was almost in front of me, her arm in front of my chest. I didn't know why she was protecting me. It felt weird considering she'd always been the quiet shy type and I was the one that was protecting her from the bullying. I didn't mind though I was scared out of my mind so the fact that she was protecting me made me feel a little better. For whatever reason I had this weird urge to jump out at whatever it was out there and attack whatever was out there. Which was strange considering my hands were shaking out of pure fear. Follow your instincts. My mother had always told me. I think this is what she meant… the urge to fight, protect, completely lose control of all rational thoughts. And that's exactly what I did.

"Hey, Scarlette, what are you doing? " Ava whispered, while I got up and looked for whatever was lurking with my bow drawn.

"Shh stay here, i'll be okay." The truth was I didn't know exactly what I was looking for or even what I'd do when I found it but I was ready to fight and that's all that mattered.