The Forbidden Forest

Run! Claire! Run!

RUN! CLAIRE! RUN!

Claire ran away out to the dark forest that made everything in miserable without turning bavk and looked again to the three dead bodies that were still on the ground. She was crying as she thought how she become a devil that time because she killed the person that helped her to be competitive. Her mind was bothered by the things that entered on her mind. She never think about the rocky slope that she passed through out her journey but the only thing that she kew was to scape at the emptiness that the forbidden forest give on her. Her feet seemed like a have it's own life that carried her to the direction that she did not know.Her was gasping in breath as she ran away and the cold sweat begun to drenched out on ber body. She continued running and sometimes she walked along the slole and deep sideslip mountain.

Run... Jumped... Walked. Those things were the only key that made Claire to survive

She wanted to give up herself when she suddenly saw some lights that might tell her the way back to their tent. She immediately followed the paths of lights that she saw far away from the location thag she was standing. She trembled in walking while keeping her eyes toward the lights that sudden blinked like a thoudand of star on the gazing night. Even her feet were tired enough, her willingness to look for the exit was superseding as she continued ran.

She reached the place were the tents were standing same as how they leave them a moment ago. She took her things and ready herself to the things that might happened on her wander alone in the forest. She thought that Jenny was dead same as the other three and she was the only one who could stay alive and exit the world that full of mystery and curse. She could not imagine that for almost an hour, her friends died on the same place that their destiny give on them. She entered the tent and look for some devices that might help her to give information to to all that she was the only one who survived.

She grabbed all her things and decided to relinquish the damn forest that retrieve her friend's life. Even the sun never goes up, she decided to go through the dark way down gto mountain of the forest. Claire did not mind the creepy sound that she heard around. She passed through the shaggy bushes and thorny vanes in her journey back to the ocean shore. Her tears mingled on her cold sweat that sudden dried up because of the cold breeze which embracing her tightly.

When she about stepped on the dark and lawny place, she sudden...

"Aghhhhhhhhhh!"

Claire sudden sprained that made her to fall down. She rolled down the slope and she did not know that there was a chasm that waiting her to fall to the hole that seemed like infinite one. She quickly fell down and everything around her become murky as she kept on falling from the highest place down to the place that she did not know yet. She closed ber eyes and called for a thousands of god who might help her to the situation that she did not know what to do.

***

Claire consciousness came back. She heard an familiar sounds close in her. She blinked her eyes as she open it. Her body aching and her joints wanted to take rest for a moment. But the sound that she heard give her a reason to fight.Claire forced herself to get up and looked for the place where the sound coming from. As she looked around, she so happy as she saw how the sun shone brighter than before, and how great she was as she also saw their yacht waiting for her. She groped everything that might help her to stand. She crawled on the sand. She looked like a sea turtle that slowy crawled to reach the prospect place.

As she reached the middle of the shore, she trembling in fear interfere the fatigued that she experienced for walking and running out to the forbidden forest. She took her rest and the burning gaze of the sun that touched her body made her to continue in crawling to scape against the enemy that she never knew.

After a moment, Claire reached the shore and she finally touched the cold water that made her to lost her thirst. She dipped her finger and wet her tounge to slake. She stared at the sky while lying on the ground. She kept on thanking for the god that helped her to stay alive. She was so happy at that moment but her smile sudden chanhed as she remember her friends.

"How can I tell that my friends were died?" Clairs muttered on herself. As she added her tears comes out and her sweat become cold. " how if no one believe me?"

She couldn't restraint in crying as she thought everything that would happened to her. She closed her eyes and think everything that she might do if there were somebody that asked her about as she sudden have a glanced of hope as she remember Celyn."I will go to Celyn... And I will tell her everything I know... Maybe she will believe me!" Claire muttered with hope. She force herself and get up, she stood and stepped on the stone that become their way to make their first stepped at that damn forest. Her knees were tremulous as she climb to the stair up to the yacht. After a moment of pause, she finally reached the floor of the first deck of the yatch.She groped everything that might help her to walk without any tremble and she look for the seat that she able to take a rest.

Moment ago and she never forget how the blood of her friend washed the attractive magnificent forest. When she felt that she was already fine, she stood and looked for the devices that allowed the yatch to move throughout the direction that it took. She set everything in fine and the yacht moved quickly. Every toast of the wave to the edge of the yatch made Claire's heart to popped up wanting to scape inside her chest. She walked around and go to the upper deck to face the fear that embracing her soul.

She saw how the attractive forest become more beautiful after it took the life of Jasmine, Marcus, Jenny, and Ken. She couldn't believe that she was the only one who go back to their hometown and continue what they research aims to be. She traveled alone and even her body was tired enough, her conscience did not want her to make a rest. She could not close her eyes because every time that she closed it, the image of the other three appeared on her vision. The yatch traveled almost a kilometer and far away, she saw how the heavy dark clouds covered the whole forest and poured out the rains that seemed like showing it's empathy to the mortal people that served their lives. She turned back and she closed her eyes with tears as the strong breeze hit her face. She made a couple of stepped downstairs to drink some beverages that might strengthen her to face the another day without the presence if those people that accepted her bad side and embracing her flow.

As she reached the kitchen, she took first the bottle of wine and toast. She sudden forget the fact that she was alone and her friends would never be with her anymore. As she was toasting the wine, Jenny' s name sudden emerge on her mind. She gritted her teeth in anger as she realized that the root of the problem was her because they choose to look for her that made everything into mesirable. She clenched her fist into hardest and threw the glass that she holding as she remembered how she killed Ken because of her love toward Marcus. She stooped on the floor and kept on crying. All that she wanted was to revenge to the enemy that she never know if still alive or not.

Her eyes were tired enough to release tears and she needed more rest that she might used yo to seek where was Celyn if she reached the town that she awaited to see. A moment later and her eyes get heavy and she did not know what happened next. She was intoxicated in alcohol that's why she was easily took an sleep and never mind what would happened on her throughout the journey.

As Claire traveled back to their town, the body of Jasmine, Ken Nmand Marcus were still lying on the ground helpless and showered by the heavy rain. The thunderstorm still coming and the soul of the three traveled on the common place underworld. Their lives were full of gift that their destiny wanted but the death keep them forever. The darkness still covered the entire place and their bloods were spread and washed all their hard headed mind to entered the forbidden forest. All their things were still reminder that every thing have end if your destiny did not accept it.

The heavy poured out on their body and every drops of the cold water made their souls to reach the place that they were belong. However, Jenny' s body was still gone and no one were empty-headed to know whag happened on her. But the only thing that might happened to her was she was gone at the middle of the situation and the thousands of fireflies that flying all around was the only thing that reminded the happy moment that she shared inside the forest.

***

"wake up!"The voice of man awakened the consciousness of Claire as she opened her eyes to see who was there beside her. She rubbed her eyes and stared to the man that waking her up.

"Hey! Wake up! The voice of that man made her to open her eyes wide." Hey miss are you still okay?" the man wandering asking her."... " Claire was speechless as she get up to the floor."Ahmm... Miss I found your yatch at the shore and I kept on watching it if there was a people that may comes out but for a moment of waiting... You know... Curiosity...hehehe" the man sudden uttered with a giggle. Clairse rubbed her eyes and her head was aching same as her whole body.

"What's place it is? Claire sudden asked toward a man." ahmm before anything else... " the man raised his hands and give it to Claire." My name is Brian... and you? Brian uttered. Claire lead her hands and uttered with trembled." ahm-mm C-Claire."

As she continued, she sudden looked around and observed the sorrounding. "what place it is?" she uttered again. Brian sudden stared at Claire before he spoke, " Sao Island near the town of..." before he end his words, Claire cut in their conversation," do you know the AMA University!" Brian smile and spoke," AMA University... Yes of course!" Claire was so happy to hear tbat words to Brian and trembled as she spoke,"Re-realy?"

Brian stood and walked around "Yes!, I know it, but if you wanted to go at that place, we needed your yacht to travel because it's too far from this Island." Claire nods her head as she heard that words from Brian. " okay! We will used this yatch and pmease bring me to the town!"

They were both fixed themselves and Claire changed her clothes before the travel begin. They were arrived and Claire was frightened as she felt the new breeze of her true world. Even she was safe inside her mind, her heart kept on beating so fast. Brian executed the yatch and they arrived that morning. She never expected that she was nearly to tell Celyn about the lost of the four but before she made her plan, she deeply thought everything she needed to do.