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The smell of something horrid jolts me awake. Pain surges through my body. In agony, I look around to see what happened. I noticed my car collided head first into a tree, somewhere in the woods, in the middle of nowhere. "What happened?" I say, rubbing my head, trying to recall the slightest memory of last night or how I ended up in this situation. "My car is definitely totaled" I say, looking at my deployed airbags. The sounds of my car alarm helps induce me into a daze. What felt like hours, were minutes passing by. In the corner of my eye, I see something orange. With sweat coming down my forehead, I look at what's happening in front of me.. My car had caught fire. Quickly, I snapped out of my daze and ripped my seatbelt off, grabbed my phone and hopped out of the burning car. With my adrenaline rushing, I sprinted away from my car. From a [[distance]], I watched my car become engulfed in flames, burning it down to its skeleton.. "MY CAR!" I wept as my car withered away. "Something still doesn't add up. How did I crash? Where was I coming from? What in the world am I doing here?!" I fell to my knees with tears rolling down my face, thinking about my doom, feeling hopeless.
* A few minutes pass *
Out of nowhere, I hear a bunch of birds flying by, chirping. I looked up at the bright blue sky as the sun shined down on me. Feeling a little reassured, I stand myself up and wipe the tears from my face. "I need to find a way out of here." Thinking of what my next action should be, I think about how in the world did I get here? My mind is still foggy and I can't recall why I'd even drive this way.. "WAIT A MINUTE.." I quickly looked at my car, then down at the [[tracks]].
As I approached the house, a wave of unease washes over me. I steady my pace as I cautiously check out the house. "It looks..abandoned..The whole place is falling apart." I walked around the house to find the source of the smoke. "A bonfire? Out here? Who would want to LIVE here?.." my voice trails off as I stare at the house. A shiver runs down my spine at the thought of who's here.. I slithered my way to the [[Back door]].
I run up to the front door and yell "HELLO? IS THERE ANYONE IN THERE?"
I peeked into the huge bay windows, to only find nothing. I go to the door to check if it's locked. As I reached for the door knob, I lightly twisted it and..
* Door slowly creaked open.. *
I popped my head inside and looked around. "Hello.." my voice echoed through the dead silent house. I slowly creeped in and closed the door behind me. "Looks like i'm in the [[living room]].."
*Knocks on window*
"Hello? Is anyone in there" I quickly peeked into the window to see inside. "There's no lights on.. I wonder if anyones home." I move back to the door to try the handle. "They won't mind right?" Afraid of breaking the handle, I tried my best to twist it.
*Door's locked*
"Crap. It's locked. I guess I can try the [[Front door]].."
"There's cobwebs everywhere, how is someone LIVING here?.." as I'm scurrying around, I hear footsteps outside the house. I crouched down and held my breath. In a hurry, I found the next room. As I entered the poor lit room, I noticed a fridge. "This must be the [[kitchen]].."
There was little light produced by the sun, leaking through the kitchen window. Everything was like a silhouette, bold, dark shapes, hidden along the side of the room. I quickly raced across the checkered floor to check the counter for a phone. Sitting alone in the black corner, was an old phone covered in cobwebs. As I reached for the phone, the front door swung open, followed by two loud thumps of someone's boots, entering the house. The wave of unease came back stronger than ever, and I needed to hide. As I scaled along the cupboards in the dark, trying not to be detected, I tripped. It became so quiet, I could hear my heart beating out of my chest. Suddenly, from the living room, a deep and threatening voice broke the silence. "WHO'S IN HERE? Ashleigh..is that you?" My blood ran cold. How did he know my name? I scampered to my feet. Looking around to see what I tripped on, I found a..door.. "It looks like there's a [[basement]].." I whispered under my breath..
Loud thumps started to run towards me. As I pulled open the basement door, I saw his face. heart turned to ice. Quickly I slammed the door behind me and tumbled down into the basement. Glancing around the room, I break into a sweat. "I'm doomed.." Around me were pictures..of ME. With my friends, at school, in my room, and the bathroom?! "Sick pig..!" As I approached a bulletin board, memories start to come back. "Everything that happened to me..The crash..why I can't remember anything..HE DID THIS?!" Angerly, I pulled out my phone to check if my suspicions were right.. As my phone was practically dead, I was able to locate a picture. "That's him! And this was..last night. I was with him before any of this happened." Abruptly I hear his cold, dark, voice. "Ashleigh..I just wanted you to be mine.." He whimpers eventually chuckling. I reply "Why would I date a psychopath like you!" This angered him.. "What did you say you little BRAT!?" He sounded like a demon, showing his true self.
"I gotta get out of here!" As I glanced at a ladder on the wall, I looked up to find a [[cellar door]], leading to outside."That's the only way.."
I race to the old, rusty, ladder leading to freedom. I leaped up onto the ladder to reach the outside. Only obstacle, the door. As I neared the door knob, I heard James break the door down. "CRAP!" I hurriedly twisted the door knob vigorously. Instantaneously, my door to freedom to the outside, became a trap, leading to my demise.
"OH NO!" I sarcastically start to laugh as the footsteps come closer. Like an ape, I rattle the knob as hard as I could. "WHY. WONT. This. Thing. OPEN." In the shadows of the room, I hear knives running down the wall. I scream. "Ashleigh.." He laughs. "You don't need to be afraid. We'll be together forever.." I slowly rotate my head towards the shadows to just see him stepping forward, revealing his disgusting, crooked smile. "James, that will NEVER happen. I don't love you and I NEVER WILL." James' smile instantly turned upside down. "Well.. too bad. I've got other plans.." Suddenly James hurls himself at me, his knife swaying in his arms. Everything became slow motion as James ran towards me. I couldn't do anything except the inevitable. My life was coming to an end. Standing a foot away from me, he lifts his hand to reveal the knife, ready to hit it's target.. In a blink of an eye, everything became dark, cold, and wet. "I'll take care of you dear.." I faintly heard James whisper as he caressed my cheek. "I..WILL..NEVER..LOVE..YOU.." I spill out with my last dying breath. When everything started to fade, the last thing I remember hearing was he evil, demented laugh, which will forever haunt me..
[[A few weeks later]]
*Channel 5 News*
Today, a body was found in the woods a few miles out of town. A car was found 3.7 miles out of town on a little back road in Dereksville. The veichle the victim was found in had collided head first into a tree, causing it to catch fire, killing the victim inside. They suspect it was a female and police are now trying to figure out who she is, how did she crash her car, and why was she even driving on ratslide in the first place...
[[BREAKING NEWS]]
"Ashleigh M. Osborn was involved in a fiery crash that resulted in her death. Results from the lab indicate she was intoxicated at the time of the crash, resulting in said crash. She had been out at a party with friends before leaving the party to "go home." We have no information on why she'd be driving on ratslide, considering it's 30 miles away from home. Ashleigh's case is still under investigation but we have no further belief of foul play. We give our condolences to the family and will update the public eventually.." The state deputy finished his interview for channel 5 news covering Ashliehg's story. NO one ever finds out the truth about James, so James roams free, praying for his next victim..
Sprinting through the woods, retracing my tracks, I stopped. "How am I alive..?" glancing up at a steep, rocky hill. "There's no way I'm climbing up that.." I say, grabbing onto the huge rock wall that sits in front of me. Jerking my head side to side, I look to see if I can make it up anywhere else. "It seems like this is a cliff or something.." as all I see is a rock wall. I turn around and swiftly make it back to my car. Running out of options, I start to look further into the forest. I start my trek [[south]] of where my car lays to rest. I start to head south into the woods. Through the thick trees, there was a soft, chilly breeze. Leaping over fallen trees and stumbling over sticks, I eventually fall to the ground. In frustration, I screamed. My scream spread through the trees like a forest fire. For a moment, everything stood still. Quietly, I stand up and listen. "Sounds like water" I exclaimed as I heard a faint noise of rushing water. Filling with joy, I booked it in the direction of the water. Running as fast as I could, jumping over trees like hurdles, I came up to a clearing in the trees. As I approached the clearing, I stopped to take a minute to breathe. "Sweet..water.." I stated, glancing at the beautiful, rushing, [[river]].
With no hesitation, I scampered across the field, down to the river. As I reached its banks, I cupped my hands and scooped water to drink. As taking a few huge gulps of the cold, refreshing, natural water, I stand up and exhale a sigh of relief. "I have water..but this still doesn't help me in the long run.." I say rubbing my cold and wet hands together. Suddenly, I smell a fire. "Is my car still burning?!" looking into the direction of my car's location. "There isn't any smoke over there.." Vigorously, I skimmed the tree lining. "Where is the fi-" I became speechless as I scouted where the fire was. Jumping for joy, I raced towards the smoke, across the other side of the field. About halfway through the field, I stopped to see if I can see anything else. Using my hands as a visor from the bright sun, I looked at where the smoke originates from. "I can see..a house..?" Squinting my eyes to get a better look, I see it clearly. "It is a house!" Throwing my hands to my side, I bolted towards the [[house]]. vhj