Suburban Horror

Tina and her friends were only eighteen when they disappeared. Nobody knows how or why they went missing, but they do know that they went missing the day they went camping. Only I know their story. . .

One day, Tina and her five other friends (Tom, Stacy, Ronnie, Madison, and Vincent) decided to go on a camping trip during Spring Break. They were only eighteen, so they were almost done with senior year. They set up their tents, got their equipment from the van and decided to scout around to get to know the area better. They swam, went fishing, had dinner, all that fun stuff. Once it got dark out, Vincent decided to get a fire going while Tom and Stacy got a few chairs for everyone. They each told funny stories and scary stories. During Tina's story, they heard the dead leaves rustle. Of course, this spooked Tina and her friends but soon they forgot about it. Tina continued her story, talking about a ghost who haunted one person whom eventually had committed suicide. Madison and Stacy stayed very close together, shaking and holding hands, while the three boys seemed unamused. Suddenly, another rustle of the leaves and Tina thought she heard a ghastly voice whisper Go away. Tina stood up abruptly and screamed at her friends, "Don't do that!" Everyone was confused and looked at her as if she was playing some sort of practical joke. Tina, now very afraid, sat back down in her chair and looked down at the fire. It was quiet except for the crackling of the fire and the stream nearby flowing through. Every once in a while, you could hear an owl. Ronnie cleared his throat, breaking the eerie silence. He decided he could continue the scary story-telling. He told the tale of an inhuman creature lurking through those very woods who took unwary and unfortunate campers. "He would whisper to you, telling you to go away," Ronnie said very spookily. Tina looked at him, becoming frightened by the uncanny resemblance to what she had experienced just ten minutes previous. After his story, Tina was too nervous to continue staying in the open darkness. Her friends agreed it was about time to go to sleep. They put out the fire using the water from the stream and got their belongings. As they walked away, a bright light ran in front of them. They all turned around and the fire was lit again. Tom said it must have not been enough water. As he headed towards the stream, the five others stayed close together. After five minutes had passed, Vincent went to look for Tom. Tina and the three others became nervous, but assumed it was simply a prank. Vincent ran back, telling them they need to leave now. Madison began to question him, but he took her by the hand and told everyone to run. They arrived at the tents and Tina had asked him where Tom was. "He's dead," he said with a deep breath and wiped his eyes. Tina laughed, thinking it was a joke. After she took a breath, she looked at Vincent and he was crying. She knew he wasn't kidding. Vincent said they have to take the important things and get out of the woods. They gathered their things and hurried to the van. Madison said they were lost, and Stacy forgot where she parked it. The five huddled together and lit out a lantern they had. When they began to walk again, they realized that Madison was suddenly gone. "Where did Madison go?" Tina said with her voice breaking from fear. Vincent shook his head and said they had to go quickly. Tina was crying at this point, and Ronnie was beginning to panic. They hurriedly ran and Stacy tripped and wounded her ankle. Vincent was angry for her holding them back from escaping and got in a fight with Ronnie about it. Vincent stormed to the front of the group and began leading them. After a bit of walking and Tina linking arms with Stacy, Vincent turned back to make sure nobody else was gone. "Where's Ronnie?" he asked. Tina and Stacy looked back and noticed he wasn't there either. Stacy began to scream and Vincent yelled at her to shut up. He speedily walked along and told Tina and Stacy to hurry up. Stacy limped and Tina tried her best to help her. Tina took Stacy's shoulder and walked along. She paused and took a deep breath and let out a panicked scream. Vincent was gone, too. Stacy and Tina looked at each other and started crying as they both sat down together on the dirt. The two girls had completely lost hope of getting out alive and decided that if they're going to die, they'll die together. Tina heard a familiar footstep. This time, Stacy heard it too. They closed their eyes and held hands as they knew their end was here.

Weeks later, a campgrounds ranger had found their tents. A large blood splatter was in the form of a triangle with bloody footprints leading to and from the triangle.. The group of six was never found and the blood had matched each person, all except one. Tina's blood was never found, and the bloody footprints fit Stacy's DNA.