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The Demon in the Woods

A Haunting Night of Terror and Despair

By TauroiPublished about a year ago 3 min read
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It was a dim and. turbulent night when Sarah and her companions chose to spend the end of the week in a remote lodge in the forest. They showed up later than expected around evening time and were feeling better to find the lodge warm and comfortable, with a thundering fire in the chimney. They went through the main night playing tabletop games and getting up to speed with bygone eras.



As the night wore on, the breeze got and the downpour started to lash against the windows. Sarah and her companions resigned to their rooms, depleted from the long excursion. In any case, Sarah found it hard to rest, the crying breeze and downpour keeping her alert.

Unexpectedly, Sarah heard an odd clamor coming from outside her room. She sat up in bed and listened eagerly, yet the sound halted as abruptly as it had started. She attempted to persuade herself that it was only the breeze pulling pranks at the forefront of her thoughts, and ultimately floated off to rest.

However at that point she awakened to end up in something else entirely, without really any memory of how she arrived. The room was cold and dull, without any indication of her companions or any of their effects. She attempted to shout to them, however her voice was raspy and feeble.

Unexpectedly, she heard a weak murmuring sound coming from some place in the room. She stressed to tune in, however the sound was too low to even think about making out any words. Out of nowhere, the sound halted, and Sarah was left in frightful quiet.


Then she saw development in the shadows, and a figure rose up out of the murkiness. It was a tall, flimsy man, wearing a dull suit and a fedora. His face was clouded by shadows, yet she could feel his look upon her.

"Who are you?" she asked, her voice shudder with dread.

The man didn't reply, however rather ventured nearer, until he was standing right close to her bed. She could feel his breath all over, and it possessed a scent like rot and decay. She attempted to shout, yet no sound emerged.

Unexpectedly, the man vanished, and Sarah wound up back in her own room, soaked in sweat. She understood that it had all been a fantasy, and that her brain had been pulling pranks on her.

However at that point she heard a weak tapping sound coming from the window. She went to look, and saw a pale, thin face gazing in at her. It was a similar man from her fantasy, and he was enticing her to come outside.

Sarah felt a mind-boggling inclination to follow him, like she was being drawn by some concealed power. She staggered up and advanced toward the window, where the man was all the while pausing. She connected with contact him, yet when she did, he evaporated immediately and inexplicably.

Out of nowhere, Sarah was overwhelmed with a sensation of fear. She understood that she was in good company in the lodge, and that there was something evil hiding in the shadows.

She staggered through the obscured halls, looking for her companions. In any case, any place she turned, she tracked down only void rooms and shocking quiet.

At long last, she arrived at the lounge room, where she saw her companions lounging around the fire. Yet, as she moved toward them, she understood that they were not actually there, however were rather simple shadows of themselves.

Out of nowhere, the man from her fantasy showed up before her by and by, chuckling mercilessly. He uncovered himself to be an evil spirit, and made sense of that he had been tricking them to their demises from the start.

Sarah attempted to run, however the evil presence was excessively strong. He hauled her down into the dimness, where she was consumed by a perpetual bereft of dread and depression.

The following morning, the sun rose over the lodge in the forest, and everything seemed like it was simply one more ordinary day. Yet, for Sarah and her companions, the memory of that unnerving night would torment them forevermore...

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