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  • Story Listed as: Fiction For Adults
  • Theme: Horror
  • Subject: Death / Heartbreak / Loss
  • Published: 02/11/2025

The Lake 2

By Tammera
Born 2006, F, from Bloomville, Ohio, United States
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Andrea stood silently at the edge of the Jett Forest and stared into the dark trees. The forest seemed to call to her, it's leaves rustling in the slight breeze. On the wings of the wind a voice came to her ears.
" Don't be afraid, Andy..." It was Charity's voice, but that was impossible! Charity had died a year ago this very night. In this same forest she had been beheaded by the ghost that haunts the forest and the lake inside the forest. The voice came to her again and this time it brought a commanding feeling.
" Just look for the lake. Ghost's aren't real, Andrea. The forest won't hurt you." Andrea stepped closer to the forest, not necessarily wanting to enter, but feeling compelled too. Almost as if Charity herself was pulling Andrea closer and closer to to the forest. Closer to her doom.
" I need you Andy. I'm all alone here! You must join me!!" Charity's voice echoed in Andrea's ears. Andrea stepped closer, and closed her eyes. She knew that she would die if she entered the forest, and yet, she wanted to enter. She wanted to be with her sister.
"Charity! I'm sorry! You shouldn't have died!!" Andrea shouted. She fell to her knees, and rocked back and forth, pain wracking her body as the grief from her sister's death ran rampant through her.
"But I did die. And now you must join me. Come to me, Andy, and we will never be apart again." Andrea stepped into the forest and let the darkness overwhelm her. A smile flitted across her face. There was peace here, she felt closer to Charity than she ever had before. She glanced up and her mouth opened in a silent scream. Charity was standing there before her, her head bleeding around the neck where she had been beheaded.
"Now you are with me! We'll never be apart again!" Charity drifted towards Andrea, and reached out her hand. The last thing Andrea felt was shock as her head fell off of her body.

Lilith walked the edge of the forest, looking for Andrea. She had sworn that she had seen her here, but she was gone.
"I know her sister died here," Lilith whispered to herself. "But I hope Andrea didn't lose her head and go in there!"

The Lake 2(Tammera) Andrea stood silently at the edge of the Jett Forest and stared into the dark trees. The forest seemed to call to her, it's leaves rustling in the slight breeze. On the wings of the wind a voice came to her ears.
" Don't be afraid, Andy..." It was Charity's voice, but that was impossible! Charity had died a year ago this very night. In this same forest she had been beheaded by the ghost that haunts the forest and the lake inside the forest. The voice came to her again and this time it brought a commanding feeling.
" Just look for the lake. Ghost's aren't real, Andrea. The forest won't hurt you." Andrea stepped closer to the forest, not necessarily wanting to enter, but feeling compelled too. Almost as if Charity herself was pulling Andrea closer and closer to to the forest. Closer to her doom.
" I need you Andy. I'm all alone here! You must join me!!" Charity's voice echoed in Andrea's ears. Andrea stepped closer, and closed her eyes. She knew that she would die if she entered the forest, and yet, she wanted to enter. She wanted to be with her sister.
"Charity! I'm sorry! You shouldn't have died!!" Andrea shouted. She fell to her knees, and rocked back and forth, pain wracking her body as the grief from her sister's death ran rampant through her.
"But I did die. And now you must join me. Come to me, Andy, and we will never be apart again." Andrea stepped into the forest and let the darkness overwhelm her. A smile flitted across her face. There was peace here, she felt closer to Charity than she ever had before. She glanced up and her mouth opened in a silent scream. Charity was standing there before her, her head bleeding around the neck where she had been beheaded.
"Now you are with me! We'll never be apart again!" Charity drifted towards Andrea, and reached out her hand. The last thing Andrea felt was shock as her head fell off of her body.

Lilith walked the edge of the forest, looking for Andrea. She had sworn that she had seen her here, but she was gone.
"I know her sister died here," Lilith whispered to herself. "But I hope Andrea didn't lose her head and go in there!"

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