Chapter 1 - Trip Planning

"AHHHHH!!" a scream was heard deep within the woods. "Help me, please... *Whimpers*" a blonde girl was crying out and shuddering.

Blood scattered all over her clothes. She was on the ground, crawling against the rough surface, away from someone who had been chasing her.

"And...cut" says by a boy holding a camera. "Did I do good?" said by her.

She scoffs out with a smirk, clearly knows what he would say.

"Yup, these would hella spook 'em" he laughs while rewatching the clip.

"Can't wait to go viral~" she scoots up and walks to him with some gawky moves along with her forearms raised.

"Wooh," she exclaims. "I am a star."

"Yes you are, babe" another boy who's taller compliments the girl.

"Oh I'm so lucky to huv wyu~ (have you)." she goes again with her gawky moves towards her boyfriend. They engaged in a passionate kiss for a moment.

"Maybe we should head back at the truck," he advices the couple, since the driver is probably waiting as it was late at night.

"Oh c'mon, don't be a pussy." the boyfriend scoffs off with a smirk.

They kissed again for a few moments.

After a while, the three went back to the campfire where the pick-up truck would be.

But to what sight, they found their driver laying, asleep with his back arched against the driver's seat.

"Wakey wakey, Jackass." she exclaims with a grin plastered on her face as she walks to him.

She slaps him with just an ounce of strength, just enough to wake a sleepyhead.

But the driver did not respond.

"Hey," she slaps him repeatedly to wake him up, but this time, some concern etched on her face.

"Hey, what's going on in there?"

The boyfriend asks, confronting the girl and their driver.

"I don't know," she keeps on trying to wake the driver, but he was clearly not responding.

"Let me," the boyfriend makes her step aside as he opens the door of the car.

"Hey man, wake the hell up!" he shoves the driver with force.

*Coughs out*

The driver had something dripping down his mouth in his wake.

"Help me..." he pleaded with face full of horror.

"What the fuck??" the boyfriend backs away with surprise. Although they suddenly saw something.

Their driver had blood coming out of his stomach which was spreading through his shirt.

"Is this some kind of prank?!" the boyfriend exclaims angrily and surprised as they back away.

Out of a suddenly, the guy who was holding the camera falls down.

A run behind the trees was heard, and it was actually getting into some horror-vibes.

The girl screamed. "NO!" she shouted with terror upon seeing the cameraman staring at her and lying down on his stomach at the ground, whilst blood was coming out of his freshly slit throat.

The boyfriend quickly takes action and hides his girl behind him to scan what was happening around them.

The campfire blazes with a roar as a gush from the wind blows on it.

"AHHHH!" the girl was screaming in terror.

*Coughs out*

She continued screaming as she watches her boyfriend being lifted with a firm machete pierced to his chest, as if it was one of those horror movie scenes.

She runs into the woods with all she could, leaving her boyfriend at the hands of a murderer.

*Thud*

She trips down on a thick root of a big tree, hurting her knees and abdomen as they hit the ground with solid rocks.

She then attempts to crawl away from the direction where her boyfriend was being butchered.

*Grunting*

She tries her very best to flee from the scene, but the pain was too bad for someone like her.

*Foot steps*

The sound of leaves being stepped on by something heavy.

She turns her head and sees a large silhouette in the dark. It was slowly approaching her like in the horror movies.

She flips over to her back, then backs away, whilst being on the ground.

"Help me, please... *Whimpers*" she pleads as she crawls against the rough surface, moving away from the figure.

She shudders into the horror before her.

It was like earlier, but this time, more "Realistic".

With one last scream, the girl receives a deep stab on the chest repeatedly.

Blood splattering around as the machete goes in and out of her with continuous assault.

The figure turns with eerie before the moonlight struck its eye which had a terror cut deep in it.

- - - - - - - - -

*School bell rings*

"Awh, finally", "Bloody Hell", "Tsk, about time", and all sorts of remarks were heard on the hall.

"Molly!" exclaims Rexie with an utmost radiance to show off "kindness" around people.

Molly greets her with her usual bashful manner. "Hey..." she chuckles awkwardly.

She hits her arm around Molly's nape as if they were really close.

"Got any plans for summer?" she asks her with her usual fantasies of being the school's celebrity.

"I don't..." Molly responds, unsure of what she should actually say since she knows that Rexie would probably try to hook her with some guy for more charisma.

*Floor creaks*

Some footsteps were heard approaching at the two.

"Get your filthy hands off her, Rex" says by Joana with her usual protectiveness over Molly.

"Well, well, well," Rexie rolls off her eyes with a sly smirk. "If it isn't Joana the delinquent." Rexie shrugs with a smug like a bratty teen.

Molly then walks behind Joana as usual for defending against the "Rexie" who keeps on pestering her - Joana's point of view.

"Still won't get tired from seeing you catgirls hiss each other endlessly." Greg chuckles off with his own sense of humour.

"I don't know about you, weirdo," an insult runs out from Trevor's mouth. "Grow up, Reg".

A playful smack behind Trevor's head sent it to bob down.

"Ow!" he exclaims, clearly irritated.

"Play nice, Ass." the blonde tells to Trevor with a sly smirk. It was adrian, the renown 'Popular Boy' of the school.

He snickered with utmost radiance that some girls kept staring as if they were tranced by his charm.

"What's going on?" asks Kristofer, being an ass again while holding his books that were probably "Rated-Nerd" as usual.

The pick-me clears her throat. "Joana and Rexie are bickering again, as usual" she says proudly, thinking she was some sorta help to him.

"Anyway," the blonde butts in. "You guys got any plans this summer? Any trip to who-knows-where?" he asks with a curios face with a pout. It was somewhat cute really.

Some of them shook their heads with a "No" as answer.

"Maybe some trip as a group?" Greg suggests with hope of anyone to agree on his idea.

"Yeah, maybe somewhere away from our 'annoying naggers' (parents)."

Greg adds, in which some look at each other. They were really not sure since Greg was the type of guy who would like to hike and explore forests.

The silence was then cut off with Adrian complimenting Greg's idea.

"Great idea. Something like camping would be a soothing way to relax the nerves~" he imagines the fun.

"I guess it's a yes," Rexie shrugs with agreement, but actually because it's Adrian who's suggesting.

"So it's one, two, three, four...eight, eight of us on a trip." Cecily says, trying to be helpful on implementing the idea of a camping trip.

Everyone talks about it thorough.

. . . . . . . . .

-At a table outside the school building-

*Muttering*

"I could rent a van, if that's what you want" Greg proposes. Whilst Rexie was retouching her makeup. Adrian was talking about the plan - camping. Molly was listening quietly at everyone's blabbering.

"Shit!"

Some of them looks at Trevor.

"I've gotta go," he says while fixing his stuff with urgency as he walks off.

"Just text it, I've got some things to do!" he shouts while leaving to his motorcycle.

Everyone goes back to the topic.

"I've got nothing against it." Joana says with firm clarification.

"Neither do I..." Kristofer adds. He usually goes along with Joana's answers as he knows she's responsible. "Great!" Greg happily says with a puppy-like smile.

"It's settled then." Adrian confirms with a sly grin before faking his laughing to seem radiating again.

The group then comes into an agreement before parting ways.

"8:30 AM, infront of the Walmart! Don't be late!" Greg clarifies the schedule and where he would pick them up.

After a few blocks, Molly made her way home to her Aunt's.

The neighbor's dog happily greeting her behind the fence. The trees gently waving along the blowing wind.

"I'm home." She says, clearly somewhat exhausted from the last day of school before summer.

"You tired?" her aunt asks with a grin. "How about tea? You like the sound of that?" she asks her with a gentle tone. "I'd love that, Auntie".

A minute later, the fragrance of the tea was passing through Molly's nose. It was soothing and absolutely refreshing to drink. She then gets up from the couch and walks up to the kitchen to hug her aunt.

*Sniffs*

Molly was sniffing the vapor off the tea which was really relaxing. "Mmmm..." she was at loss of words on how to explain such fragrance.

"Drink up, and tell me if you want another." her aunt tells her with subtle smile.

"Thank you."

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