The Shadow

Camping

I woke up to the sound of my alarm I was so excited to go camping with my best friends in the world. I jumped out of bed and ran down my apartment stairs it was only 6:15 so I ran a warm shower and washed my hair and picked out an outfit light brown cargo pants and a black spaghetti strap crop top with a camouflage jacket I grabbed an apple and jumped into my ute with my big camping/hiking pack. I went to pick up Yaya first she was always the girly girl out of us three she was wearing black skinny jeans with a tight tank top and large hoop earrings."your seriously going camping like that i say to her "what's wrong with what i'm wearing" Yaya says defensively. "Come on lets go get Grace, Grace lives in the country side with her small dog dippy."hey can dippy come with us pleaaase theirs no else to look after her and i'm like 5 hours from civilization anyway" I reply unwilling "fine" "yay" she squeals."OK lets get this show on the road its only forty minutes away from here".Grace throws in her duffel bag and jumps in the back.Dippy settles down and sleeps in the back half on Graces lap and half on the seat.This is gonna be the best weekend ever or so I thought you see once we get to the camp site and set up this is were the interesting part starts.

"yes were finally here" Yaya says "it wasn't that long".

We were all cramped in one tent, it was annoying but funny at the same time we could only fit one bed into the tent so I slept on the left hand side and Grace squished on the right hand side with Yaya in the middle since she was the smallest and dippy fit in between Graces and Yayas head.There was only one sleeping bag to share since I was the only one who packed enough, We unzipped the sleeping bag and spread it over top of us it was cold but it will do.

I woke up cold and shivering It was still dark outside and it looked around midnight but Grace and Yaya were gone with Dippy I wrapped the sleeping bag around me and put my cardigan on .My eyes adjust to the darkness the moon is covered by the dense bush around me, I shout "GRACE YAYA" I listen nothing again I shout "GRACE YAYA" I listen nothing I start to get worried so I start walking into the forest,It has been 10 minutes since I left the camp site now im getting really worried i don't know where I am im so stupid I forgot to mark where I was going. A branch breaks, I snap my head around to where the sound came from "Hello h..." I get cut off as a blood curdling scream echos around me I now know im definetly lost I don't know where to go, Im stuck and confused of where Im going.I trie to listen to the scream again but nothing except a rasped sound of claws scratching from afar it's dark and cloudy the moon is hidden from my view no light whatsoever I see a glimpse of white light in between the trees I run at it losing my sleeping bag on the way not aware where im going .Its gone again the light im trapped in the darkness now even more lost and dizzy than before and tired I sit on the cold grass hugging my knees to my chest then the scream comes again echoing all around me, I can't pin point where it is, the scratching sound comes back in a jagged pattern the noise is closer this time I jump to my feet looking around in the darkness I turn around to find nothing but a message on the tree with scratched handwriting it says you're next!!! Outlined in blood I cover my head with my arms making a barrier from what's coming next...