Demonic

Chapter 14

Sage's four wheel drive eats up the dirt road. It glides over the uneven terrain with ease, only jostled by the occasional pot hole or large bump.

Thankfully, the back of his car has seats that can fold down, allowing up to eight people to fit inside.

Eventually the forest thins out and a jerk indicates that we have hit bitumen. Civilisation slowly coming into view.

"So, are you visiting Summershore or are you moving in?" Sage asks from the drivers seat. His brown hair peeks over the head rest. Next to him is Rafe, with Ivy and I in the middle which leaves the blonde haired twins in the back.

Wow. I'm amazing at names. I secretly praise myself for remembering them all.

"I'm only visiting," I say.

He nods, "We get quite a few visitors around here. Most of them are tourists."

"Tourists? What exactly does this town have?" I pry.

"Well, for starters we have mountains not too far away." I had recognised them in the distance when I first arrived. No where near as big as Hell's, but still giants that stood in the distance.

"The mountains are usually a hot spot for hikers and campers who enjoy places like that. Also in the mountains there are the abandoned mine shafts and caves that they give tours on. Not to mention the old Summershore dungeon that people like to go see. It closed down in the nineteen hundreds but they restored it and made it a tourist attraction," Sage continues, "And to top it all off apparently the forest is haunted."

"Haunted?" I ask. This town just got a lot more interesting. If the forest is haunted it would explain why the demon hunters have taken a liking to this town.

"Yeah," Quinn pipes in from the back, "A couple people go missing in there and apparently it's all spooky. I don't believe it's haunted, I just believe a couple idiots got lost. It's nothing but a bunch of bull."

"I think it's haunted," says Ivy crossing her arms. "How could you not? Every time I go near that forest it gives me the creeps. It just doesn't feel right ya know? They say some people even found weird carvings on the trees. I can't believe you actually went into that old house in that forest."

"You're just paranoid and believe whatever crap people tell you," Quinn interrupts.

"Do not."

"If the forest creeps you out so much then why don't you leave?" I ask Ivy.

"I grew up here my whole life. I could never leave this place. I'd miss it too much."

"The forest can't be that haunted then if it doesn't convince you to leave," Quinn looks up from her phone and the two girls bicker back and forth about useless nonsense.

This forest has got me rather intrigued, though. If it's haunted then a supernatural entity is living in there. Something that is powerful enough to have made an impact and attract demon hunters to the area so I want to find out what's in that forest. Whether it's friend or foe. I don't want to add an evil supernatural being to my 'to kill list'.

The car pulls into a car park in front of  the same restaurant I looked into to watch the news on the tv.

Ivy and Quinn still quarrel about the woods, their words firing back and forth at each other.

Honestly, I have never seen anyone get so riled up over a debate about a haunted forest. In Hell demons get angry over the most petty of things, but this? They must have some pretty damn strong opinions.

I bit my bottom lip unable to help but find it funny.

They shout and holler at each other like a bunch of crazies.