Nightmare at the Cabin

It was the second week of October. Halloween has become more popular than ever every year. The leaves have already turned pure orange, golden yellow, and bright red. It was a cold fall season. It had gotten hotter during the summer. The humidity was even worse in the summer. For now, it’s even much cooler after mid-September. It’s even been foggier every morning. It was even creepier when it’s dark at night. There was a young woman named May. She was already in her ’30s. She has average height and a slim figure in a lean toned body. She has been working many jobs at that point. Her jobs were mostly to support her family’s business after her college graduation. She also supports her younger sister, Eve, working at the ballet-fitness studio. May tried to apply to as many retail, bakeries, cafes, craft stores, and bookstores as she can. Unfortunately, everything went out from all of the horrendous rejections. It has been 7 years since then. During that time, May has to keep focusing on herself more, she is still a very independent person. She’s also become an aunt of a 6-year-old niece, Grace, and 4-year-old nephew, Roy. The kids adore May dearly, especially when she babysits them.

On that morning, May was making her breakfast and watching the local news with her parents. It was pineapple, glazed with sugar-free syrup and pumpkin spiced waffles. The news showed that the cops found a body in the water around the lake. It turns out that the lake was very close to May’s father’s family cabin. The body appears to be a college girl who has gone missing in 14 days. But, she was murdered. While May was eating, she had to look closely at the body on the screen. It's glowing inside of her dead eyes. It looks straight to May in the camera. Then, the glow stops. May is beginning to be a bit shaky that something has gone wrong. And this it’s how the story begins.

In mid-October, May began traveling on a week-long family trip along with her parents, sister, and sister’s two kids to the family cabin. It was also the kids’ fall break from school as well. Driving in the silver van has been driven over 5 hours to get to the cabin. Every hour, each of them picks their favorite music station/playlist from Spotify. The Parents pick classic rock. The kids always love to listen to Disney songs, some were pop music that May and Eve liked since they were little. Eve loves listening to the country more than ever, however, May couldn’t stand it. May picks her road trip playlist that contains her favorite songs that were from the '70s to ’90s, Alternative pop, and garage rock. Although the bathroom breaks, at least 3 times, were quite a doozy. On the fourth stop, May fell asleep for half an hour. She realized that she had drunk too much water. May has to go straight to the restroom as quickly as a bullet. After that, she was washing her hands. Then, she just hears some strange sigh that’s coming through the wall along with random posters and a strange deer head that looks like from Sam Rami’s Evil Dead 2. Maybe it's just for Halloween, May thought. The sigh kept howling through her. It gave her a creepy feeling from her chest and spin. So, May has to come out and straight back to the van. Now, they are back on the road. The family got at least some groceries for just about 30 minutes, including the kids’ favorite cereals and cookies. Soon, they drove through the woods with the bumpy trail. Just 10 minutes later, they arrive at the cabin.

By the time the family got out of the van, the yard had just been mowed by our old neighbor since the parents were married. The cabin has been very rustic after the renovation every twice per year. It has two stories with four bedrooms and one bathroom. The family just turned on the generator from the garage/tool house. The lights turn on, each room from the cabin. The kids are super excited. Suddenly, everything it's all settled. The parents and Eve cook some baked potatoes, salad, and steak for dinner. May is hanging out with the kids, watching one of their favorite movies. Then, May hear a sound again-but it sounds like growling. “Aunt May.Aunt May...Aunt May!” Grace cried out. May stop and gasp. “Yes, honey,” she answered. ‘What's wrong?” Grace asked. “It's nothing I thought I heard a noise.” “Maybe it's your tummy,” Roy said. May giggles, she realized that she hadn't eaten much during the 5-hour driving. ‘Dinner is ready!’ Mother called.

After dinner, everyone has been washed and ready for bed. While everything it's all settled in, everyone has fallen asleep. The woods turned foggy like a hollow smoke on the ground, around the cabin, and the lake. May is still sleeping. Then, she heard the howl and sigh again. May gets out of bed. She tips her toe quietly and walks slowly to the window. She stared outside and it was foggy. Then, it came out of nowhere- there's a feminine shadowed figure inside the fog and her eyes were glowing bright-blood red. It glows through the fog in the cold night. ‘May….Can you see me?’ A ghoul moaning. ‘Do you see it?’ May silenced, still staring at the shadow. Suddenly, ‘CRASH!” It came out of nowhere. The demonic zombie-like hand comes through the window and grabs May and bites her neck.’ May opens her eyes wide. She gasped shockingly and woke up. It was just a dream but, it was a terrifying nightmare. She breathed heavily and her heart was pounding through her chest, even when she tried to calm, putting her hand on the chest. May looks around the bedroom, dark and quiet. She sees the kids and her sister sleeping, peacefully, on each of their beds. May finally calm herself down, still breathing. Then, she went back to sleep.

The next morning, the parents were making breakfast - pancakes, scrambled eggs, and lean turkey bacon. May and others were still sleeping and smelled the delicious scent. The smell wakes them up. ‘Breakfast is ready!” Everyone is rushing down the stairs and ready to eat. The kids were scratching down mostly the pancakes. Eve and father are munching down lots of bacon. May eats a bit, slowly and hesitating after the nightmare she has from last night. ‘Honey, are you ok? Didn’t get enough sleep?’ Mother asked. ‘I’m ok, I just had a nightmare,’ May replied. May doesn’t have much appetite. She eats a few bits of pancakes, eggs, and bacon. She mostly drinks coffee. The family was concerned about May. Her body was shaky and her eyes were wide like she’s terrified of something. After breakfast, May is taking a deep breath as much as she can. She needs a moment to calm her down while she’s with her family. She closed her eyes and tried to meditate herself from her anxiety and that traumatic nightmare. When May opens her eyes, she is in the dark, but empty and foggy space. She looks down and she is on top of the foggy water. She hears some giggles. The giggles came from her niece and nephew. May saw the kids playing with their toys, smiling at each other. Then, the same demonic hand, but giant, grab the kids from under the water and screams. “NO!!” May opens her eyes again and she’s still in the bedroom. “Mom! Dad!” May called her parents. No one answers. Then, she called her sister and the kids. But still, no one answers. May begins to be very scared and panicking. Everything is quiet and empty. “Hello.’ May called. She walks through the stairs to the hallway to the living room to the kitchen. There was no sign of the luggage from her family. No clothes. No blankets. No toys. No groceries. Nothing.

May came outside of the cabin, it was so quiet, cold, wet, and empty. The sky was gray-it looked very dark for the fall season. The yard and the lake were covered with the thickest fog that she could hardly see anything. She decides to walk through the fog. She walks slowly. She turns her head to see from danger, left to right, and front to back repeatedly. Until she steps the water from the lake. She’s still standing even though the lake is deep. May can see some fish in the lake like a window under her feet. Just then, there’s a feminine dead body again. The ghoul jumps out of the lake. It frightens May horrendously. She screams and runs away with fear. She desperately called for help. ‘HELP!” “HELP!” ‘SOMEONE HELP!” May runs and she frees from the foggy lake. The ghoul aggressively chased May. May tries to run as much as she can. The ghoul roars and it's chasing her but fast towards fearful May. May runs into the cabin and locks the door as she could. She ran upstairs quickly and went to the bedroom. Unfortunately, May’s family were zombies. They followed May, ran towards May, and began to approach her. ‘NOOOOOOOOOO!”

Her parents hear her screaming. It appears that May was dreaming the whole night before her family trip. May is screaming, desperately to call for help. “May, wake up!” Her parents try to wake her up. Then, May opens her eyes and stops. ‘Honey, are you alright? You’re having a nightmare.’ Her parents look worried. May breathes heavily. ‘Where’s the body? Where’s the girl- at the lake?’ She began to cry in tears of fear. ‘What girl?’ ‘She was missing and the cops found her dead body in the lake,’ May explains. ‘May, there’s no news about the body. We watched the news every morning but no story about a missing girl.’ May looks puzzled and confused. ‘Everything’s ok, dear.’ The other kissed May’s forehead. ‘Go get some sleep. We have a big day tomorrow.’ Her parents smile at her and close the door. May is calming down and ready to go back to sleep. During the night, there’s a lake that’s close by at May’s place. It began to foggy in the early morning. At the rocky shore, out of nowhere, there’s a feminine ghoulish hand, who has just come out of the water.

The end