Short Stories

Competition

A.N. So, good job, OliviajLee, you have won the competition! GOOD JOB!!! But I was a little sad cuz I ONLY GOT ONE APPLICATION, but, I still like your story, so good job. I present to you, a virtual cookie (HOW THE HECK DO YOU INSERT AN EMOJI ON A COMPUTER?!) SO... Imma try to copy her story...

Well, I thought it was going to be a boring weekend of fishing and camping...

Turns out it was the exact opposite of that.

Hold on, let me start from the beginning...

~.~

It was last Thursday, at family dinner, when my mom and dad broke the news to my older brother and I.

After we'd all situated ourselves in our seats, Dad roughly cleared his throat.

We sat in awkward silence.

It wasn't until my mother threw her hands down in exasperation and that we'd finally learn what'd made the air around our normally happy and carefree family so tense...  Whatever it was they they were going to tell us, must've been bad.

They'd said they were sending us away.

My jaw dropped, though my brother just put his hands into a fist under his chin and waited for them to continue.

They didn't.

And they didn't tell us where we were being sent to, so for the rest of dinner, we sat in silence.

Not a comfortable one, but a very uncomfortable one.

Once we'd all finished our food we were sent upstairs.

I couldn't imagine where they would be sending us.

I couldn't imagine that they would be sending us anywhere.

Sure, my brother was a bit of a troublemaker, but that wasn't news.

So why all of a sudden?

I think they might be sending us to camp, to help round us out and prepare us for college.

The elder, and supposedly more mature, of the two of us, proclaimed we were being sent away for our safety because our parents were alien hunters.

How mature.

Then, he got serious and said maybe they were splitting up and were trying to figure things out.

I didn't sleep well that night.

Or the night after.

On Saturday, they put us on a van and sent us away.

I spent the ride blasting my music and just staring out the window.

I recognized the sign for Foggy Creek's Park, and looked out at the clear blue water and beautiful, lush green trees.

Maybe this isn't punishment.

But, we didn't stop in the parking lot.

Instead, we went off the road and further into the woods.

We arrived in an abandoned area next to another lake and an old, falling apart, log cabin.

We stepped out and, almost immediately, the van drove of, making us choke in the dust and debris that flew up in the air.

When it cleared, two dark silhouettes of people could be seen.

I cowered in fear.

Then I heard laughter.

Then a bunch of coughs.

A few drops of spit landed on me.

I opened my eyes, which I hadn't previously remembered closing, and saw...

Grandma and Grandpa!

I ran out and hugged them.

Turns out, it was a camping trip!

With...

Two old people...

Yay.

>.<

The next day, we woke up, bright and early.

Grandpa took us out fishing.  Once we were in the middle of the lake, he realized he'd forgotten the bait.

Just as he was about to row us back to shore, the wind blew and mist curled around us in foggy tendrils.

This is definitely not boring.

Grandpa said to wait it out, and that we'd be fine.

My brother brought out his camera, claiming something supernatural was about to happen.

He said he could just feel it.

I rolled my eyes, but soon felt a cold chill pass through me.

I looked over to the other side in fear, where my brother had one eyebrow raised and a knowing smirk on his face that seemed to say, 'what did I tell ya?'

I couldn't let him be right.

He can't be right.

Supernatural beings don't exist, and my brother being right will never happen.

So why did I have a feeling that the world was somehow not what it seemed to be...

So...yeah! Again, congratulations OliviajLee for winning the mini competition!!!!! Everybody, go and follow her, she has cool stories, is awkward, and likes Spam...what more do you need?! And, sorry for the late update...forgot to actually post it yesterday whoops. I will try my best to update soon, but I would also like to let all who is are...(i hate grammar fight me) reading this...that...this sentence makes no sense whatsoever. I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU GUYS THAT I HAVE ANOTHER STORY UP AND I WANT YOU GUYS TO LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS THINK...was that worded okay? It was a lot harder than it should've been...so that's it!

BYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE