It was just a dream

“It was just a dream”

I sloped down in the corner of my room, my body felt so heavy and the tears wouldn’t stop falling.

Last night I sneaked out to meet up with my best friends, Levi and Owen.

“What’s going on?” I asked. Levi shrugged his shoulders.

“Owen texted me that he found something weird in the woods.” The cooled autumn air made us shiver.

“Hi guys,” Owen said between heavy breaths. “You won’t believe what I found in the woods.” He looked up at us with a grin. “Guess.” Levi and I looked at each other and shook their heads.

“Animal skulls hanging from the trees,” Owen said.

“No way,” I said.

“Come on, I will show you,” Owen said, walking towards the forest.

We walked until we reached a glade and there it was, just like Owen had said. It was mostly small animal heads hanging from branches with thread, but in front of some of the trees skulls with horns were laying.

“Told you,” Owen said, with his arms crossed.

“What do you think happened here?” I asked. Owen shrugged his shoulders.

“Look,” Levi said, pointing between two trees, a desire path led further into the woods.

“Let’s check it out,” Owen said. He walked to it before we had a chance to react.

“Do you smell that?” I asked.

“Yeah, someone is making bread,” Owen chuckled. He stumbled into a garden. The grass was overground and the house looked like no one had lived there for decades. Owen fought his way through the garden and put his hand on the doorknob.

“Wait!” Levi yelled.

“What?” Owen turned and looked at him.

“You can’t just walk in there.”

“Why not? It’s not like anyone lives here,” Owen gestured at the garden.

“The smell comes from there, so someone must have been here not too long ago.”

“Fine,” Owen rolled his eyes and knocked on the door, it slid wide open. “I think the house wants us to come in,” Owen chuckled. Owen walked through the door. Levi took a hold of my arm.

“Don’t,” Levi said.

“Don’t worry so much,” I said and kept on walking. The hallway was dark and Owen had to remove cobwebs to get through it. It felt like walking through fog.

“I told you no one would be here,” Owen said. Levi was shaking and kept on holding on to me. The kitchen was empty except for broken glass and cookware scattered around the floor. The living room had a rocking chair positioned in front of the fireplace, someone was sitting in it. Owen walked around and gasped. He swung the chair around towards us.

“Boo,” Owen said. The head fell off and stopped in front of Levi. He let out a deafening scream. Owen almost fell over from laughter.

“It’s, it’s, it’s just a dummy,” Owen said.

“Was that really necessary?” I asked. Levi was fighting tears.

“Why do you guys have to be such buzzkills?” Owen said and walked to the stairs.

“He is just being an asshole,” I said, turning back to Levi. Levi was on the floor looking at the manikin head. I put a hand on his shoulder. “Let’s just leave.”

“Okay, but what about Owen?” Levi said.

“Screw him. He can join us when he stops being a dick,” I said. We walked through the kitchen when a scream shook the house.

“Owen!” I yelled, and ran up the stairs. Owen was standing in the middle of one of the rooms, bent over and clutching his stomach.

“Ryan, he he help elp m m me,” Owen said. Blood came out his mouth, taking his teeths with it, too many teeths.

“I, I, I, can’t,” I sobbed. My feet wouldn’t move any closer. It was wrong, he looked all wrong. I turned and ran back down the stairs. “Levi, where are you?” No answer came. I couldn’t face this anymore. Levi probably left already, he must have. I ran back home, ashamed of myself, telling myself.

“It was just a dream.”