Snapshot #2 By Jussett Flores

Dark Woods

It was halloween time and I was about 13 years old and that is when my friend said “Let’s go to the haunting trail. It will be fun.” I was thinking to myself “I need to be heroic for once”coming from behind, my friend Jennie said “She’s not going to go. You know that she doesn’t like anything scary.” I am thinking to myself, agreeing with my friend knowing that I probably won’t want to go. There are terrifying things in the woods like spiders and CLOWNS. All of my friends stop talking and debating if I was going to go or not and they turn around and look at me with their confused faces. They all say “CLOWNS”.

“Yes clowns, that is what-” before I could finish Pauleina said “Why do you think there are clowns in the woods”. “Well because Mandy said that-.” Mandy saying, “I told her that it was a haunted trail.” while interrupting me before I could finish. I already knew that I would not go since I don’t like anything horrifying  nor anything haunting or terrifying. Then after a while I just told them that I will go just so they would stop lecturing me about it.

We ended up heading to the trail and so the mysterious music begins. I hate being outside at night since I don’t have night vision to see, I tripped over a stick. I asked one of my friends “What if they touch me?”.

Hannah told me that they can’t touch me, but Kayla responded with “They technically they can since they are not legally run by a company, but don’t worry they normally don’t.” Out of nowhere comes a loud chainsaw running towards us we run into a tent and the lights turn off. You could hear the heavy breathing of the people around you, sensing that someone is near you and BAM the light come on and there are 15 clowns all around and up in your face. It was like being in a room with moving dolls and nowhere to escape. My hands were shaking, my heart beating fast, and my legs feeling weak to walk from being scared. We all end up screaming so loud and we have to find our way out of the tent with little bit of light that was on and let me tell you it was hard. The clowns followed us until we made it out, but right as we got out there were more clowns and the chainsaw massacre waiting for us. I knew right there that I will never do anything scary again. Well at least that is what I thought. Mandy was like one of those evil clowns with no soul coming for you. We ended up close to the end of the trail and once we made it my friend and I cried a little then end up laughing and our other friends laugh with us.
We left the dark woods and ended up going to Abby’s house and we just watched movies till 4 in the morning while eating junk food and telling stories and just making memories. That day was a good day. Actually the best day ever.