the secret behind the lake

Chapter 0: Never Venture To Far

Tick tock

Tick tock

Drip drop

The sound of the clock and the rain is all I hear in this cold room

I stare out the window

Dark

For the longest I can remember I was always told never look at the lake

But why?

I'm not sure the people in this town call it "the secret behind the lake"

Everyone knows the secret

everyone expect me

and for some weird reason when I ask people can never look me in the eye and tell me

The lake

How beautiful I don't see how it could hold any dark secret

Bang

They're here

"Alice what did I tell you about looking out the window at that lake?"

"don't?"

"yes especially at night"

"but dad what's the secret behind the lake?"

"no matter how many times you ask you will never get an answer it's best if you don't know that way you can leave"

Leave...

"go find your sister"

"if you tell me the secret"

"Alice..."

"alright alright I'm going"

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"lily? Lily where are you"

Silence

"lily are you out here? Dad is gonna get mad if he finds out you were playing outside"

Creak

I quickly pulled out my knife at the sudden sound

"hey don't kill me!"

"lily! You can't do that not okay I almost had a heart attack"

"yea okay whatever"

"come inside"

The lake how pretty

I feel so drawn to it like I'm supposed to go there

I want to go there

"Alice?"

I snapped out of my weird trance

"coming dad!"

[unedited]
Written with: Spiderinmyear