The Forbidden Forest

Where Is Jenny?

Marcus and Jenny were sitting at the huge roots of the towering trees. They were happily talking about the necklace owned by Celyn The night become colder and they decided to go back on their tent to continue their rest. However, before Jenny stood, Marcus hold her hand as he spoke. " Jenny keep the necklace, make sure that we will bring back it to Celyn" Marcus uttered. Jenny looked back to give a glanced at Marcus before she spoke. " Yes Marcus, thank you for your concerned"

" Good night Marcus!" Jenny added with smile drawn on her lips. Marcus staring at Jenny until she walked away. When Marcus knew that Jenny entered the tent, he walked away and went back to his tent.

Jenny wore the necklace to keep it safe and to avoid it getting to lost again. After a moment, she wore her turtle neck jacket to hide the treasure that she needed to keep while she was on the trip. She sighed deeply before lying down, she wanted to close her eye but the moment that she shared with Marcus was the unforgettable experience that could not bear on her mind.

Same as Jenny, Marcus couldn't sleep very well because every time that he closed his eye, the image of Jenny was the only thing that emerge on his vision. He rolled over on his comforter until he fall asleep.

Jenny closed her eyes and wait the time that the sun would burst at the East but the night was too long to wait and the darkness seems like infeniety like a circle road that haven't ending point. She sudden remember her best friend Celyn. She groped her phone on the left side of her bed and opened it for a while.

"Hystttt" she sudden muttered on herself as she notice that there were no any snapped of signal that might be used to contact Celyn. The light of the screen made her to feel sleepy. She closed her eyes and begun to fall asleep.

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"Wake up!" The screamed of Ken awaked the entire place who were enjoying taking their rest. The voice of Ken was quite harsh to the ear of Jenny who was wanted to continue her sleep for a short period of time but the echoing sound of Ken entered on her ear to her soul and she decided to wake up.

She rubbed her two eyes with her both hands and she sudden remember the necklace that she wore that night. She immediately soothed her neck to make sure if the necklace was still there. She smiled as she felt the lace of the golden treasure of Celyn. She hid the necklace under her jacket that no one could see it rather than herself. She fixed herself quickly and looked outside. She sudden stared at the outside of the tent and she notice that the even a thin rays of the sun were not present that day and only the darkness of the sorrounding were seemed around. She opened her arms wide and felt the coldness of the breeze that embracing her body, even she was lack in sleep, she decided to get ready herself to go outside to face the new day that the forbidden given to them.

As she go outside, she saw first Marcus who was leaning his body on the huge tree, her heart beats abnormally as she saw him again. At that moment , Marcua made a glanced to her and she sudden threw her eyes to something around. She stared at Claire and she could not keep her laughing inside as she saw how Claire become so bothered that time. Jasmine was so timid looking at the sorrounding. She observed every movement of the things.

A moment later and Ken sudden appeared between the certain trees that standing around their location. " Guys let's climb to the upper part of this forest, maybe we will easily distinguished the plant that we needed to study...but for now, the only things that we will bring was the thing that may be easy to carry because before the sun down we will turned back again in this place!" Ken stated.

They were all nods their heads as they heard the all told of Ken toward them. They were all went inside their tent to eat their breakfast to make another strength upward the mountain.

Claire was so worried as she notice that the necklace was lost. When she saw that there were no other people outside, she quickly find the necklace. She groped and locate the place where she went an hour passed. Her sweat flowing down to her neck as she did not see any image of that treasure.

"What are you doing Claire? Jenny sudden appeared and asked that question with deceitful smiled. Claire turned around to saw who was the annoying person that asked her that nonsense question." N-nothing!" She quickly responded to Jenny while standing firmly at the common place where she trying to find the necklace.

" Ahmm, okay!" Jenny uttered. As she continued, she turned around and walked away to Claire. " I thought you are busy finding something that not yours!"

Claire begun to feel quite ashamed and madness to the meaningful words of Jenny toward her. She billowed her eyebrows as she stared at Jenny who was walking away from her. She thought that Jenny might found the golden necklace and she was so mad to that situation. Claire gritted her teeth in anger as she heard that annoying words from Jenny.

She screamed that made every thing inside that forest to awakened. She walked out between the certain trees. Jenny could not restrain in laughing as she heard the voice of Claire.

Moment passed and they were all prepared. They were go outside and ready themselves to the next journey up to the foot of the forest.

They were reached the slope upward the mountain and they left their heavy baggage inside their tent. Jenny felt that she needed to pee. She looked around and looked for the place that she could removed her waste inside her bladder.

She let her team mates to lead their journey and she run quickly toward the shaggy bushes that growth below the towering trees and some thorny vines that hanged at the huge branches of the trees. She looked around as she sitting between those bushes and immediately removed her pant to let her body to release the waste that restore inside her body. She shruged her body as she felt that every drops of her urine was fell to the ground. She quickly stood and wore again her pants and she run toward her teams who were kilometers away from her.

As she ran, she did not mean that there was a home of some creatures that living under the dark hole of certain huge trees. She stepped some dry branches under those trees that made a loud noise that could make them to awake.

After a moment and some giant bats were flew toward her that created a frightening sound.that caught her attention. She looked back to know what was the horrible sound coming from and she begun felt the shivering of her knees as she suddenly knew that there were some horrible bats that flying toward her place. She ran quickly as she could while screaming so loud.

Marcus heard the echoing screamed at the dark part of the place and he sudden stopped to know where it come from.

" What's that?" Marcus uttered. They were all stopped and felt the sorrounding, they did not make any moved until the sound was gone. Jasmine suddenly noticed that they were only four that time as she looked at her team." Where is Jenny?" Jasmine asked with wandered.

" She is with us!" Ken responded. Marcus looked around and the person that he saw was only Ken, Claire and Jasmine and Jenny was not there. He stepped forward as he spoke, " no! Jenny was not there, maybe that sound was came on her ...let's find her immediately!

Marcus ran toward the place where the sound came from.

" Wait for us!" Claire screamed as she saw Marcus quickly jumped on the huge branches that laid on the ground. Ken, Jasmine and Claire followed him and they immediately ran down to the slopes of the mountain. Even the sorrounding was dark, they quickly reached the place where the sound came. They saw some bats that flew above the trees but there was no Jenny that could be seen around. Marcus slapped his own head as he could not see Jenny around. He walked around at the dark same as Ken and Jasmine who were worried about Jenny.

Jasmine shouted as she could to let Jenny to heard her voice."Jenny where are you?" Her voiced cut in the silence of the sorrounding as Marcus shouted too like what she did.

"Jenny ! Please where are you!" Marcus was so worried as he spoke. He could not stop his heart to beat fast because of the situation that happened that time.

Even how many times that they shouted at the middle of that dark place, there was no sound that came from Jenny. Marcus hit all things that could be the hindrance on his stepped. He blamed himself to what happened because he did not protect Jenny that time. His eyes were teary and he sudden clenched his fist.

Ken looked around to find out where was Jenny and he kept on following the movemet of the bats and where the direction that they go. However, Claire still standing behind Jasmine and feels like she did not worried about Jenny.

"Marc, maybe Jenny went back to our tent!" Jasmine uttered

Marcus stared at Jasmine and thought that she was right because they were not to far from their tent at the foot of the mountain." Maybe you are right Jasmine but...Jenny was behind me and I know that she will never go without our permission and also I know that she followed us!" Marcus stated.

Ken sudden cut their conversation, "Marc, Jasmine, let's go back to our tent maybe Jenny is there!" Ken suggested. They where ran quickly down to the slope and they do not mind the thorny bushes that hits their body as they passed those vines.

However, when they were at the distance of walking, they could not find their way back to their tent. The place looked like changes itself and they lost their way. They noticed that they were not on the same way that they passed moment passed. The place become darker than before, they could not see anything than the rays of their flashlights. They looked around but they did not find the exit back to their location.

" What happened? Why the place sudden change? "Claire Jasmine uttered.

Ken feels frightening as he could not recalled the place." I thought we are lost" Ken responded toward Jasmine as he never saw something that could be the signed that it was the same place that they were moment ago. Claire felt so boredom as she felt that they could spend long time to the miserable situation because of Jenny. " Marcus, Ken,what stupid thing you both doing!...don't you know that we are lost inside this forest because of that stupid lady why we don't find the exit went back to our tent. " Claire angrily said toward the Marcus and Ken.

Marcus was mad as he heard that annoying words of Claire." Can you please stop making nonsense things Claire!" Marcus stated. Claire become more jealous as she heard and know that Marcus's concerned was only at Jenny instead at her.

As she added, she spoke some quite harsh words toward Jenny."I really told you that we should find the exit of this damn forest instead of finding that b***h! Who told her to be stupid not to follow us!" Claire blurted out as she blamed the other three before herself.