The legend of the dark forest -part 5

Ajay,come on down!" shouted Lena , "Coming Lena!" Ajay shouted back.

It was a Saturday morning and the kids had a holiday, Just yesterday they had listened to Mr. Grim,their head master (and only other Pennisota hater) recount the story of the mysterious disappearance of  his sister. Julia had disappeared without a trace when she and Mr.Grim had wandered into the dark forest by mistake. That night was spent in the dark forest itself because it was too dark to see anything. The night went okay but when Mr.Grim woke up Julie was nowhere to be seen,but a letter in her handwriting was left for Mr.Grim which said she would be home soon and a map giving him directions,but when Mr. Grim made it home she wasn't there. When he asked around nobody remembered Julia, not even their mother ! Seeing Mr. Grim's face as he said his story made Ajay and Lena decide to uncover the mystery of the dark forest and try to find Julie. That night they had come home and told their mother that their school was taking them on a three day camp  in the forest which was compulsary to attend. Their mother immediately bought the story. That being done they started their preparations for their stakeout . Ajay and Lena were scheduled to leave by 9:00 am and they were running late.

As soon as Ajay had found his lucky shirt and trousers he ran down the steps. Their house was a quaint 5 roomed house with two floors.The guest room , Ajay's room and  Lena's room were on the 2nd floor. Their Parent's room was downstairs.

"Their comes Ajay the most punctual person in the world." said Lena sarcastically "stop it sis, I came as fast as I could."  said Ajay " Whatever, now lets leave it's already 9:30 am ."  said Lena " Okay, bye mom ."  Ajay said and they stepped out of the house. "I am so excited!" squealed an excited Lena, "So am I !" seconded Ajay. "Why don't we sing a song while we walk towards The forest." Suggested Lena. "Ok, Why don't we sing 'Lily walks the path of doom' ."  "no way,we need something happy."  said Lena " Lets sing ' Adventure' by Christine Hotway." said Lena "Okay, seems appropriate." and so the brother-sister duo went on their way singing their favourite singer Christine's songs. They were so occupied by their little song marathon that they didn't  realise they had  reached their destination until they reached the line dividing Dark forest and Moon forest. Finally they stopped and had their lunch ,for it was 12 noon when they reached the boundary. The kids had planned to reach the boundary by 11:30am, after reaching the boundary they were supposed to rest for one  hour and do a luggage check and make sure they had the essentials, that done they moved on to lunch. For Lunch they had  banana fritters,Ricci Picci( a  mixture of  dry fruits,veggies,scrambled eggs,crumbled bread topped with some strawberry jam) and lasagna.  After Lunch They sat around for sometime,and just talked  until their time was up. Once they were done they gathered their wits about them and prepared themselves for what lay ahead. The kids finally went in.

"I don't remember being this scared the first time we came to dark forest." said Ajay once they had entered the forest " We didn't know we were in the dark forest that time silly." said Lena "yes that's true, but even when we realised  we weren't scared." said Ajay " We didn't believe the legends that surrounded this place that time,but now that Mr. Grim told us his story we are forced to believe them. " said Lena " What do you think really happened to Julie?" asked Ajay in a hushed voice " Oh! I don't know, It could be anything but whatever happened to her we will find  it out." , While this conversation was going on the kids failed to notice their pursuer .

 The creature came closer and closer but they walked on unaware of their pursuer, They never saw their pursuer even when it pounced on them and knocked them to the ground.




I hope part 6 will answer all your questions and put you all at ease. Hope you enjoyed this story.