Short stories #7

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The old man and the creepy wood

One day, a young man decided to go camping with two of his friends in a far forest. Actually, it was the first time these friends go this far from their homes. However, there were lots of thriller and great stories about this wood's beauty since it's known for its stunning nature. The fellows were looking forward to visiting it and spend the whole night there.

On the early morning, the three young men packed up their stuff and went to the car. But they faced a problem with the car's wheel in the midway. Fortunately, they were near a rest area. Once arrived, the young man who was driving called a mechanic in order to fix the problem. While, the mechanic was doing his job, the three men were drinking coffee and talking about their past adventures. After half an hour, the car was ready to be used. But before they left, a worker in the rest area asked them about their direction. They told him they were going to the famous wood. Suddenly, the worker seemed scared and anxious and told the driver :" Watch out young boys ! The wood you're going to is really scary and full of risks. Believe me,you'd rather not go". After the man went away, they started laughing so loud. They even said he was a real coward. In fact, no one of them cared about the worker's warning.

Once, the three teens reached the forest, the weather has suddenly changed. The weather turned foggy and it was raining a little bit. Not to mention that ghosts have begun to appear in front of the car. Moreover, they heard scary voices calling each one of them. At first, the three teens avoided all these weird things that heve been occuring. Each one of them acted like nothing was happening, and conviced hisself that these events were just an illusion.

But when things started to get more intense, the teen who was sitting in the back asked his friend who was driving to go back home. Then, all of them started to speak genuinely and told each other what every one of them saw. One of them said: "Guys, did you see the ghost which was standing on the right of the car?". Few minutes, they saw someone coming from the wood while another one seemed to follow their car from behind. This last appeared on the mirror. They keeped walking till they surrounded the car. These strange creatures' faces were extremely horrible and scary. Our young teen couldn't stay more inside the car, they had been running away until they found a small house. At this time, the ghosts were screaming loud and following them. The young men knocked the door, and hurried to get in. They met an old man whom they told the whole story. Without anwering, the old man stood up and brought with him metal accessories. Also, he insisted on not removing the accessories from their wrists. It was already dark, the old man didn't allow them to leave until the sun rises.

When the sun has raised, the fellows were looking for their car so as to go back. However, they were freaking out. Thus, no ghost could get near them, whenever a ghost trid to attack them he faded. Once, gotten into the car the driver hurried and drived so fast to go back home as soon as possible. In fact, this adventure wasn't easy for them. Arriving at home , all of them removed their wristband. But guess what they disappeared and become ghosts. You know why, because it's written in the accessory " once you head into that wood, you will have to wear the bracelet forever. Otherwise, you will fade and lose youself". This was a bad ending, isn't it? But the three guys faded because they didn't hear nor the worker's advice neither the old man who insisted on not removing it.

Short stories #7 | Ecency