Wanderwoods

A creepy tale. There is quite a bit of profanity... If this wins, please turn it into a horror film.

Prologue

Jacqueline runs through the forest, branches grabbing at her like a plant reaching for sunlight. Her clothes were torn from the trees prying claws. A whisper echoes through the forest

Jackie

She cant get it out of her head. She trips, then falls. The soil and plants shrivel up where her shoulder hits the ground

"No.. No!"

The ruined soil sinks and sinks until there is a Jackie sized hole in the floor. The soil falls back on top of the hole. It almost looks like nothing happened in these Wanderwoods.

Chapter 1

On hot summer day in Atlanta, Georgia, two girls and their cousin sat on the rug in the large living room of 324 Peachtree road.

"Jenny,"

The girl didn't look up. She was engrossed in her phone, laughing at an Instagram post from two minutes before.

"Jenny! Get off that damned phone! There's so much to do around the complex. Go swimming, go get lunch. I don't care. Just do something that doesn't rot your brain."

Charlie pushes herself off of the floor, dusting off her shirt.

" I'm going outside."

An expectant glare sends Jenny running. Grabbing their towels and slipping on their swimsuits, the girls head outside.

Chapter 2

Charlessa Evans runs to the edge of the pool, making water splash all over her sister.

"D****t, Charlie!"

Charlie smirks and dunks her head under the water.

"Come in! The water's nice."

Jenny reluctantly edges to the edge of the pool. Little did she know that her sister was just beneath the surface, waiting for her to stick her foot into the water. Jenny's foot glided in, and Charlie seized hold of her sisters leg, dragging her in and laughing. Sputtering, Jenny popped out of the water, An evil grin spread on her face.

"Oh, you're gonna get it now!"

The two girls played for hours, splashing around in the pool water. They didn't even notice when the sky had turned a dark blue.

"Oh s**t. Charlie, we've gotta go!"

The two girls clambered, shivering, out of the pool. As she stepped out, charlies foot caught on a sharp rock.

"Ow! Wait, Jen. I cut my foot half f*****g open."

With a towel wrapped around her foot, Charlie began to waddle home, her arm around Jenny the whole time. A rustle caught the girls attention, A tree leaned in closer

"Just a t-tree. K-keep walking, I'm C-Cold."

But the tree leaned in closer, reaching for Charlie's wrapped foot. The towel came loose, sending Charlie flying.

"Jenny!"

The tree crawled around Charlie's leg, wrapping it in a solid wood cast. Pulling back, the branched retreated, holding the girl high in the air.

"Charlie! Charlie, oh my god!"

Jenny pinched herself. Had she taken her meds? She couldn't remember.

S**t,S**t,S**t! What am I gonna do?

She turned around, looking at her half encased sister. She began to walk away

You're off your meds. You must be!

Laughing, Jenny walked away.

"No! Jenny where are you going? NO! JENNY!"

She screamed until the wood flowed into her body through her mouth sucking her dry of life and leaving the shell of her body on the ground.

Chapter 3

Jenny raced to her room, slamming the door behind her. She banged her head against the wall, muttering to herself the whole time.

"Wakeupwakeupwakeupwakeupwakeu"

She mushed her face deep into the pillow

"pwakeupwakeupwakeupwakeupwak"

She dunked her head into the sink. She did so many things to get the memory out of her head. Nights passed and Days passed, Ant the memory of her sister hanging from a tree clung tight in her mind. It was fake,She told herself. You were off your meds. But she couldn't shake the feeling that it had all happened. She tried to tell people, but they all said she was crazy

"Just another one of those stories of yours, Ha!"

"Oh, Sweetheart, did you take your meds this morning? Are you feeling alright?"

I'm not f*****g crazy!

She tried to convince herself that she was, actually. She didn't want it to be true. She wanted to wake up and look down and see Charlie sleeping on the bottom bunk.

Four weeks later, she was being tried for murder.

Chapter 4 - Final Chapter

jenny Evans was being tried for the murder of her older sister. She had severe schizophrenia and borderline personality disorder. She swore she didn't kill her sister, But the bruises around her neck and evidence of cyanide in her bloodstream suggested otherwise.

" I didn't Do It! I Swear!"

The guards came and wrapped their arms around the screaming, wriggling Girl. Over the ruckus, a loud and clear voice could be heard.

"Jennifer Evans is hereby declared guilty of charge. She will serve twenty years in Georgia State prison and life in Georgia State Mental Hospital."

Her screams could be heard from outside. People gathered at the windows to see the girl get loaded into the car, cuffed and tied so that she wouldn't break free.

At three AM on a Saturday morning, a broken Police car was found in a tree, deep in the Wanderwoods. A young girl's Body hung on the lowest branches of the tree. I backed up slowly. Something grabbed at the collar of my Shirt. I ran as fast as I could, but everything was trying to catch me.

Jackie

I Tripped, and the soil dunk around my shoulder, a burnt smell filling the air. I sank down down, down, kicking and screaming until the earth shut me up. my eyes closed.