Chapter 1, Missing Friends.
Hi i'm Hattie, I live in the small town of oakpark. I'm here to tell you about a very hectic and scary time in my life.
I was 14, kids had been going missing left and right. Everyone in oakpark was devastated, on top of everything there had been reports of people seeing a tall, faceless man in the woods.
I went to the local high school with my best friends Jake, Lauren and Kate. However, lately Lauren and Kate had been absent from school.
It was cold and gloomy on October 12th 2015. I was running toward school hopping to talk to Jake before classes started. I ran into the school 10 minutes before the bell rang. Walking down the hall I saw Jake.
''Jake!'' I called, as I ran over to him.
He looked up and smiled. ''Hey Hattie!'' He called.
The bell rang as soon as he said this. Jake and I walked to math class together, we had just sat down when the speaker in the corner sprung to life.
"Hattie Creed, Jake Comstock, please report to the principle's office asap.''
Jake and I looked at each other. Had we done something wrong? Actually it was nothing of the sort. Jake and I walked to Principle Rockwell's office and knocked on the door.
"Enter." Rockwell said.
When Jake and I entered the Victorian style office, Principle Rockwell was sitting at her desk. Mrs. Rockwell's eyes were red, Like she had been crying.
''Oh, Children please sit.'' Rockwell said.
"M-Mrs. Rockwell, is everything okay?'' I asked, as I sat down.
Mrs. Rockwell nodded. ''Oh...Um, yes child I'm fine, I've just had a tough day.''
Rockwell's voice was strained and she wouldn't look me and Jake in the eyes, I knew something is was wrong. I don't know why adult's hide things from me and Jake, We're high school students. We'll understand whatever they're hiding.
''I called you both to my office too give you some news.'' Rockwell said, sitting at her desk. ''I have just been informed that Ms. Kate and Ms. Lauren are m-missing.''
I was shocked. I had known that Kate and Lauren were absent from school, but Kate's mother had passed away recently. I thought that Kate and Lauren were skipping school because they were depressed.
I looked at Jake, His eyes were practically popping out of his head.
''you two are welcome to take a couple weeks off of school if your comfortable with it.'' Mrs. Rockwell said.
I tried to say something but all of the sudden I had a wave of depression wash over me, I couldn't speak. I knew if I did speak I'd have a emotional break down, luckily Jake was much stronger than I was, emotionally speaking.
''Um...We'll finish today and take the next two weeks off.'' he said, helping me stand.
the rest of the day was hell, the science teacher announced the news of Kate and Lauren's dissapearence at the beginning of her class. I had to leave because I almost broke down crying in the middle of class. I spent most of school day in the park that was right next to the school. If you have no idea what it's like to have a friend go missing, it's like having a chunk of your heart torn from you, It's Hell basically.
After school, Jake walked over to the park and told me we needed to go home. I nodded and got up from the swing I was sitting on.
''You wanna have a sleepover?'' Jake asked me.
''Y-yeah, sounds n-nice.'' I stuttered, as we walked.
Jake told me he had to go to0 his place to get his Pj's, Laptop and iPhone. So We went our separate ways for a while. When I got home my mom hugged me and said that the principle told her what happened, my dad was at work and my little bro at a friends so I had nothing to do except play video games. Usually I would have been like; ''Sweet I get to play video games till Jake gets here.''
But at that moment I couldn't help but feel that I needed to do something other than stare at the TV all day, so I decided to draw my favorite anime character. My mom left me alone in my room for a good 5 minutes before knocking on the door.
''Sweetie, I need to talk to you.'' Mom said, walking into my room.
I put away my drawing of Grell Sutcliff from Black Butler, which had started out well but pretty soon tears started to roll down my cheeks, dripping onto my drawing and smearing the nice clean lines in the process.
''Yeah mom.'' I said, wiping my eyes.
''Well, your dad has some business to take care of in Chicago.'' Mom said. ''I'm going with him, if you want we can take Your Little brother with us and you can stay here.''
I thought about this, it sounded nice and I'd be able to have some alone time. I nodded and told mom it sounded nice.
''Will you be okay?'' Mom asked, I nodded.
Mom went to pick Odin, My little bro, up from his friends house and I started to draw again. Soon Jake got to my place.
''Hey.'' Jake said, when I opened the door.
I looked Jake up and down, His eyes and face were red. Had he been crying? I hugged Jake and then we both washed away our problems in video games, youtube videos, horror movies and junk food. When it was about 10:30 we turned off the TV and went to sleep.
I was 14, kids had been going missing left and right. Everyone in oakpark was devastated, on top of everything there had been reports of people seeing a tall, faceless man in the woods.
I went to the local high school with my best friends Jake, Lauren and Kate. However, lately Lauren and Kate had been absent from school.
It was cold and gloomy on October 12th 2015. I was running toward school hopping to talk to Jake before classes started. I ran into the school 10 minutes before the bell rang. Walking down the hall I saw Jake.
''Jake!'' I called, as I ran over to him.
He looked up and smiled. ''Hey Hattie!'' He called.
The bell rang as soon as he said this. Jake and I walked to math class together, we had just sat down when the speaker in the corner sprung to life.
"Hattie Creed, Jake Comstock, please report to the principle's office asap.''
Jake and I looked at each other. Had we done something wrong? Actually it was nothing of the sort. Jake and I walked to Principle Rockwell's office and knocked on the door.
"Enter." Rockwell said.
When Jake and I entered the Victorian style office, Principle Rockwell was sitting at her desk. Mrs. Rockwell's eyes were red, Like she had been crying.
''Oh, Children please sit.'' Rockwell said.
"M-Mrs. Rockwell, is everything okay?'' I asked, as I sat down.
Mrs. Rockwell nodded. ''Oh...Um, yes child I'm fine, I've just had a tough day.''
Rockwell's voice was strained and she wouldn't look me and Jake in the eyes, I knew something is was wrong. I don't know why adult's hide things from me and Jake, We're high school students. We'll understand whatever they're hiding.
''I called you both to my office too give you some news.'' Rockwell said, sitting at her desk. ''I have just been informed that Ms. Kate and Ms. Lauren are m-missing.''
I was shocked. I had known that Kate and Lauren were absent from school, but Kate's mother had passed away recently. I thought that Kate and Lauren were skipping school because they were depressed.
I looked at Jake, His eyes were practically popping out of his head.
''you two are welcome to take a couple weeks off of school if your comfortable with it.'' Mrs. Rockwell said.
I tried to say something but all of the sudden I had a wave of depression wash over me, I couldn't speak. I knew if I did speak I'd have a emotional break down, luckily Jake was much stronger than I was, emotionally speaking.
''Um...We'll finish today and take the next two weeks off.'' he said, helping me stand.
the rest of the day was hell, the science teacher announced the news of Kate and Lauren's dissapearence at the beginning of her class. I had to leave because I almost broke down crying in the middle of class. I spent most of school day in the park that was right next to the school. If you have no idea what it's like to have a friend go missing, it's like having a chunk of your heart torn from you, It's Hell basically.
After school, Jake walked over to the park and told me we needed to go home. I nodded and got up from the swing I was sitting on.
''You wanna have a sleepover?'' Jake asked me.
''Y-yeah, sounds n-nice.'' I stuttered, as we walked.
Jake told me he had to go to0 his place to get his Pj's, Laptop and iPhone. So We went our separate ways for a while. When I got home my mom hugged me and said that the principle told her what happened, my dad was at work and my little bro at a friends so I had nothing to do except play video games. Usually I would have been like; ''Sweet I get to play video games till Jake gets here.''
But at that moment I couldn't help but feel that I needed to do something other than stare at the TV all day, so I decided to draw my favorite anime character. My mom left me alone in my room for a good 5 minutes before knocking on the door.
''Sweetie, I need to talk to you.'' Mom said, walking into my room.
I put away my drawing of Grell Sutcliff from Black Butler, which had started out well but pretty soon tears started to roll down my cheeks, dripping onto my drawing and smearing the nice clean lines in the process.
''Yeah mom.'' I said, wiping my eyes.
''Well, your dad has some business to take care of in Chicago.'' Mom said. ''I'm going with him, if you want we can take Your Little brother with us and you can stay here.''
I thought about this, it sounded nice and I'd be able to have some alone time. I nodded and told mom it sounded nice.
''Will you be okay?'' Mom asked, I nodded.
Mom went to pick Odin, My little bro, up from his friends house and I started to draw again. Soon Jake got to my place.
''Hey.'' Jake said, when I opened the door.
I looked Jake up and down, His eyes and face were red. Had he been crying? I hugged Jake and then we both washed away our problems in video games, youtube videos, horror movies and junk food. When it was about 10:30 we turned off the TV and went to sleep.