(No One's Pov)
Green carefully walked through the forest, avoiding dead leaves and broken branches and sticks, making as little sound as he could while following the dim glow of his candle until he paused 'Maybe I should stop here?' he thought to himself, turning his head, looking back in the direction he had came from 'I should be far enough, any further and I might get myself lost'. Green looked at the ground, weighing his options in his head "G̴̰͌ò̴̯ ̷̼͐f̶̙͆u̴͇̕r̶̻̈t̴̲̎h̵̛̤è̴͎r̵͕͛..." Green flinched a bit, holding his right ear as he looked around... finding himself alone "G̸͉͆o̴̭͠ ̴̳͑d̵̼̈ě̴̡ȇ̴͎p̸͇̽ë̷̫́r̴̡̚...." Green couldn't find the source of the voice whatsoever. "The hell...?" he muttered under his breath 'I've gone too deep...' he turned and started walking back towards the cabin.
Vixen was still frozen, still feeling the hauntingly cold warmth behind him... he has to move... continue the game and quickly find his friends. Vixen took a step forward yet the... thing behind him moved closer as if following him. Vixen looked at the ground 'What the fuck is behind me?' he panicked, thoughts and options of what to do filling his mind, but unfortunately only one stood out to him... keep walking and hopefully find at least one of his friends. Vixen hesitantly forced himself to start walking again, never daring to look at the person behind him as he desperately searched for even the smallest flicker of candle flame, still feeling the person following close behind.
Angel leaned against a tree, shielding the flame of her candle from the cold ice wind. 'I really should've thought to put on a thicker hoodie' she complained to herself as she looked up at the dark hollow sky spotted with millions of tiny stars... Angel would describe it as though someone got both tiny pieces of confetti and glitter and went crazy with it. Growing up in a small country town herself, she's only ever been overly excited by the rare glimpses of a blood moon eclipse or the non-existent shooting stars her mother use to hurried her to wish on... you never exactly got anything else of the human realm sky. The Mid realm sky however, although pitch black and crowded with too many different colours, it seemed even more beautiful then the nights Angel saw back in the Human Realm... yet it also reminded her too much of her old home. It's why Angel has been trying to ignore and push away everything in her new life, because really... she misses her old one, the life she's now being expected to forget and move on from. "Y̸̦̾o̷̹̓ù̴͈'r̷̢͑ë̶͖ ̷̜̂s̴̖͑e̵̼̾r̶͙͂i̶͉͐ō̸̬ū̶̪s̴̥̔l̸͇͛y̶̔ͅ ̶̠͠g̵̛̘o̶̭̚n̵̗̎n̷̺̄a̶̱̾ ̸͖̄ǰ̷̤u̶̘̐s̴̟͆t̸̺͐ ̸͚̔s̴̮͠t̷̲̔a̸̞͝n̴̗̎d̷̹͝ ̸͍̕t̴̨͝ḥ̷͝e̵̍͜r̸̲͝e̶̠͆ ̴̱̈́ȃ̶̘ṉ̵͐d̶̖̀ ̵̭̕m̸͕͛o̶͘ͅp̶͖̄ē̸͕ ̸͈̍w̵͕͗h̸̍͜i̴̘̅l̷̬̽e̷͎͒ ̷̛̙w̴̟͊ā̴̮ĩ̸̲t̴̡̽i̷̝̽n̶̮̅g̷̘͐ ̶͎̎f̴̙͌o̸͕̽ṙ̸̢ ̷̡͂ŷ̸̯ō̸̖ṷ̸̒r̴̢̽ ̵̙̆ 'f̸̺̉r̶͈̔i̶̖̅e̴̛ͅn̴̨͛ḋ̴͙' t̸̫̂o̶̰̍ ̸͎̈́f̴̧̌ì̸̟n̶̯̊d̶͎̒ ̴̺̈́y̴̹͘o̵̺̓u̵̟͒?" Angel immediately flinched 'That voice, it's the one from before' Angel thought as she started looking around for the person it belonged to... that was before she froze up. In front of her stood a translucent black figure of a girl a little taller than her, she could just barely see her- Angel's candle blew out, leaving her no light "Shit shit shit..." Angel swore under her breath as she searched her pockets for at least a match or something, now unable to see anything whatsoever. "W̴̘̏h̵̲͋ả̶͜t̵̡͝? y̴̜̅o̴͖͝u̷̟̇'r̵̖̃e̴͍͝ ̶̟̎n̸̙̒o̸̲͘ṭ̸̿ ̸͎̐s̴͚̾c̶̭̈ả̷̮r̴̹͋e̴͔̅d̶͎͛ ̵͈̌o̷̗͛f̶̲̐ ̴̫̏m̶͈̐e̶͙͒, ạ̶̅ȓ̶͙ȅ̴̤ ̸͗ͅy̴̩͝ȏ̶ͅǔ̴̝?" the voice asked "How can I be scared? I can't even see you" Angel nervously laughed a bit as she panickly checked her pockets over and over again "Y̵̜͐o̴̞͒u̴͓͒'d̴̫̔ ̵͉̾b̶̦́e̶̟͝ ̴̣̎v̵̹̀e̶̫̍r̷̰͆y̶͚̒ ̸̭̑s̸͓͝u̶͕͘r̴̜̿p̸̰̓r̵̅ͅi̶͚̚s̷͔̒ẹ̵͗d̷̡͛ ̷̤͂a̵͖͐b̵̪͝o̸͍͑u̷̲͋ṱ̵̒ ̵͔̕ṯ̸̈h̸̞̊e̴̥͛ ̵̗͐t̶͍͗ḧ̷̼ȋ̴̯n̸̞̒g̶͖̾s̶̛͕ ̴̼̐ṇ̸̚ȍ̵̖ ̸̩̑p̶͇̆è̵͖r̸͈̎s̸̼͛ö̶̻ǹ̵̨ ̷̟̌c̷̖͌a̶̳͆n̴͎͠ ̶̘͗ä̵͈́c̷̫͆t̵̞́ů̶̧a̵̯͊ļ̷̛l̷͍̒ỳ̴̨ ̴͚͑s̶̓͜e̸̪͘ë̵̜" the voice told her, a glimmer of satisfaction in their voice as they continued to talk. "I̶̫̒ ̶̨̈o̶͉͋n̶̨͌c̷̤͝e̷̻͌ ̵̨͛h̶̙̀a̴̮͐d̵͈͛ ̸̡͌ȁ̴͎ ̷̓ͅf̴͖͋r̸̨͌į̶̀e̸͚̅ǹ̶͙d̶͈̈́ ̶̲̀w̷̘̾h̸̹́o̶̥͠ ̵̬̑c̸̞̾o̵̖͊ù̴̳l̸̥̇d̸̠́ ̸̤͂s̴͍͠e̶̤̋e̶̗͒, h̵̡̓ę̷̀a̷̭̅r̴̖̀ ̴͕͘å̵͓ņ̶̅d̷̳͊ ̷̹͝ṱ̵̇ä̴̠l̵͚̾k̸̯̑ ̴̯͂t̸̬̊ò̴̟ ̴̥́d̴̞͆e̴̿͜à̷̬d̵̪̽ ̵͇̉p̶̭̾ȩ̷̀o̸͖̔p̴̮̽ḻ̴͑e̸͇͌" the voice stated "B̵̟̍ṳ̷̇ẗ̵̟ ̵̳͐ĭ̵̺t̷̼͂ ̸̪̈́ḅ̶̐r̴͖̈́o̶͈͗k̸̫͝ȩ̶͒ ̸̼͆h̵͖̔ī̸̝m̷̭̕ ̸̼͊m̸̨̈́o̵̱͑r̸͈̄e̸̜͂ ̶̞̓t̵̢̋h̵̬͘à̵̳n̷̰̽ ̷̨̆ḫ̴̄ị̶͠s̴͍̏ 'b̴̧͋e̷̻͠s̶͇̊t̵̓ͅ ̴̯̾f̸͙̋r̷͕̀i̷̯̚e̵͔͑n̵͔̐d̶̦͐' d̷̤̆i̶͑͜d̵̠̀" Angel felt herself lean more into the tree, feeling its bark slowly pierce through the fabric on her back "T̸̬̑h̶̭͑e̷͇͝r̸͍̄ę̶͌'s t̷̛̜ŏ̵̘ỏ̵͓ ̵̰̄m̶̲̽a̴͉͘ṅ̸̗ÿ̷̠́ ̵͕̌t̴͈̔h̴̬́i̴̡̒n̸̫̿g̸̫̚s̸͍͋ ̷͕̍i̶̥͘n̵̞̄ ̴̺͋t̸̼͋h̸̢͂ẽ̸̢ ̶̞̋m̵̰͝a̶̟͒g̶͙͗i̷̠͝č̴̟ạ̶͌l̸̜͘ ̸̝̽ȓ̴̡e̶͍͐ã̴͙ḽ̵͐m̴͍̾s̴̫̾ ̵̗̉t̸̠̀h̸͓̊a̸̝̒t̶̠̍ ̵̲͂a̴̘͒r̷̥̓e̴̹̕ ̸̻̈́f̸͓̃ã̵̫r̶͉̅ ̸̬͊ŵ̸̦o̶̹̍r̸̞͑s̵̬̿è̸̹ ̵̐͜t̵̢̏h̴̟͠a̵͍͛n̶̈́͜ ̶̻͘ẅ̵̺́h̷͈̀a̶͚͠t̴͇͠ ̸̱̈́ÿ̴̨́o̷͎͊ǘ̸̢'ve̵̢͝ ̴̰͊é̵̺x̷̣̿p̶̩͑e̸̞͝r̸̯̂i̴̛͈e̵̦̎n̵̜̂c̷̮̉ę̵͗d̶̹̆" the voice warned, closer then before. Yet that wasn't what scared Angel, it was the pitiful fright she got from thinking someone had touched her, causing the girl to turn around too quickly and run into a hard low hanging branch, hitting her head hard enough to drop the candle and fall to the ground.
Vixen had been walking for a few minutes now with the horrible creature behind him, yet now he had enough. He was sick of it following him and sick of it breathing into his ear. Vixen picked a direction and ran. He ran as fast as he could, smiling a bit in relief until he heard the horrible familiar in-take of breath in his ear... he tripped on a tree root before falling face-first into the hard dirt ground. Vixen slowly got up, brushing the dirt off himself as the creature stood behind him once again. Vixen signed- he felt someone staring at him, not from behind but from beside him. He turned his head a little to the left to see Matt, standing by the tree beside Vixen "You alright?" Matt asked "Sort of" the hypnotic answered as the ginger looked around "...I'm the first one found, aren't I?" Matt asked, earning a nod from Vixen which resulted the tall ginger in dramatically signing. Vixen then thought of something... he took a shaky breath before asking "Hey, what the hell is behind me?" which only gained the raise of a brow from the older kid "There's nothing behind you" Matt told him yet it only made him more concerned cuz he could feel it, a person standing right behind him, hear them horribly breathing into his ears. Vixen got up onto his feet as Matt told him he would start looking for people off to the left of the forest. 'Now, look now' his mind screamed at him, and so he did. Vixen slowly turned around and froze in horror. At first, the figure was absolute shadow before detail ricked its way through... a pale tall transparent man with his eyes gouged out, clothes absolutely shredded by deep claw marks that also travelled within his skin, a gaping hole in his chest where his heart should be, worse yet... the guy looked like he had been drown. Vixen kept himself from vomiting yet he couldn't rip his eyes off the horrid sight before him "Matt!" Vixen found himself yelling out the tall ginger as he leaned against a nearby tree, still fighting the urge to throw up as he continued to look at the horrid thing that had been following him "Matt! come back!".
An Hour Later
As soon as Vixen started yelling, Matt immediately ran back over to him, seeing Vixen leaning against a tree, seconds away from vomiting his guts out. Matt helped Vixen back to the fire pit at the cabin before going back into the forest with a flashlight to find either Edd or Tord and once he found them, the three started calling out to everyone to head back to camp. Everyone had met back up at the fire except two people: Green and Angel who no one knew where they actually were... so Tord went back out into the forest to find the two hypnotics whilst the others went inside.
"So why were you yelling?" Edd questioned Vixen as him and Matt helped the sick boy onto the couch "When I... I found Matt and asked what was following me... a-and... he said that no one was there then when he walked off I turned around and-" Vixen paused, pulling a face as he tried to forget all the details of the appearance of the person he saw. "Like how we all used to see things-" "Like that dream about the GACTC?" Faith interrupted Jacob as Vixen nodded his head whilst Edd raised a brow "How do you guys know about that?" the older teen questioned the younger teens. "What do you mean?" Holly asked, confused by what Edd was talking about "The GACTC, the Grey Army project shut down by the Red Army back in January" Edd said as all the kids' eyes widened "W-what?" Vixen choked "It was a project the Grey Army originally proposed to the other armies before getting their hands on a starling who could control time and used their heart stone to stop time everywhere except their operating bases" Edd stated. "They then got a dream cater demon to make these certain dreams for all these kids in both the human realm and Mid before finding the children one by one and taking them to the GACTC for like for us would've been a couple seconds but for them, it was like a month... it was in the newspaper, on the news and radio" Edd continued whilst the hypnotics looked at him. "That place is actually full-on real?!" Lilly exclaimed in fear, hiding behind Jacob as VIxen leaded over a bit, resting his arms on his legs "...so what the hell did I see in the forest?" Vixen questioned, pulling the conversation back onto the original topic "I might have an idea" Tord said as he helped Angel through the front door. "Angel! what happened?" Holly questioned as she rush over to the two "She spooked herself and ran into a tree" Green answered, walking in behind the other two and closing the door behind himself "What do you think I saw, Tord?" Vixen questioned the older teen, getting himself ready for the stupid campfire story he was about to hear.
"Nightmare Shadow" Tord answered as he helped Angel over to the couch "Nightmare who?" Green questioned, raising a brow as Angel sat down on the couch "You know, Nightmare Shadow? the most evil and dangerous demon to ever live?" Tord hinted yet nothing "I thought that at least Blake would've told you about him" Tord hinted again, yet still nothing before an evil smirk appeared on his face as soon as Lilly said "Who's Nightmare Shadow?". "Nightmare Shadow is rumoured to be complete absolute darkness and shadow, he was an angel turned to absolute chaos and evil, he was suppose to be Heaven's last 'glimmer' of hope" Tord started "Rumours say he killed his own friends other rumours state that the person who loved him the most killed him in order to keep the rest of the realms safe-" "Again, those are just bullshit people made up and 'Nightmare Shadow' is a recent children's story warning them to never join the killens or Grey Army" Tom interrupted Tord. "Thomas-" "Don't whine, someone had to end your story-telling stupidity- when you told Matt that story, he couldn't sleep for months" Tom stated, Matt nodding his head a bit to confirm the statement was true "He told me that story a few months after moving to Ashmaine" Matt added. Vixen looked up at Tord "What's this 'Nightmare' suppose to look like?" he asked "Vixen-" Faith was immediately interrupted by Tord "Stands about six feet, pale as a ghost, dressed in the clothes, ash and feathers of dead angels, has black void-like eyes- oh... sorry Tom" Tord apologised as Tom 'rolled his eyes' from what most of the group could guess. "Well that's not what I saw, what I saw was a walking corpse" Vixen told Tord, leaving the older teen stumped "Okay... never heard of that before-" "We didn't end the game properly" Jacob reminded the older teens. "Right well-" "Just put a ring of salt around Vixen and Matt" Tom interrupted Tord "Once it's past three, the two of you will be alright" Tom poorly assured the two boys before heading upstairs.
"Tom? where-" "I heading to bed" Tom again interrupted Tord before continuing up the stairs and disappearing into his shared room. "I think it's best that we head to bed as well" Lilly suggested, earning nods of agreement from almost everyone "Me and Green will sort out the salt thing with Vixen and Matt" Edd stated, heading into the kitchen as slowly one by one, the other teens headed upstairs.
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