By: Cathy Cai

Alex, Bob, Bobby, Jack, Johnny, and Joe were friend group of children at an orphanage. The six of them were best buddies and troublemakers at the orphanage. They would play all types of jokes on the other kids and the orphanage staff.

One day, while playing outside, Bobby decided to leave his friends and go into a forest. Despite what the teachers said, Bobby continued. The forest was dark with no sunlight, the tree roots were tangled and there were many creatures lurking in the dark. Bobby kept on going, happily thinking he would scare the staff for sure. The deeper he went, the darker it would be until he reached a point where he could barely see. He still went on, despite how scared and cold he was. While Bobby was in the forest, his friends noticed he was gone and started to panic. Nobody knew when or where Bobby had gone. They searched the orphanage for hours and around it. They couldn’t find him after hours of searching so they decided to ask the orphanage staff. The group of buddies were astonished to hear the staff mention Bobby’s desire to visit the forest. They hurriedly ran to find him before it was too late.

Bobby went deeper into the forest until a strange creature jumped in front of him. It started making weird noises and scared Bobby. He tried to run away from the creature, but it was too fast and attacked him. Soon after, Bobby passed out and the creature took him away. When Bobby woke up, he was on the floor next to the creature. He screamed and tried to get up, but the creature held him back. After minutes of struggling to shut Bobby up, the creature grabbed a knife and decided to kill Bobby. A pool of blood started pouring out from his chest and soon the creature left.

His friends eventually showed there after he had been alone for hours. By the time they arrived, they were all exhausted and making every effort to find Bobby. When Johnny found his body, they realized they were too late They decided to carry him back to the orphanage, to have a proper goodbye. They found out from the staff that Bobby went there to play a prank and died. Ever since that day, the group of friends never dared to play a joke on anyone again, fearing that what happened to Bobby could happen to them.