1 Strange Occurrence.

Under the sky that was lit up by the full moon, the sound of the wolf's howling was piercing and made the body shiver.

Just as the clock struck three in the morning, a group of young people was walking through the forest area in search of their friend who had disappeared since last night.

"Valen...".

"Valen...".

"Valen...".

Hearing the voices of her friends, Valen slowly opened her eyes. After that, she held her aching head.

"Where am I?". Valen asked while rolling her eyes in all directions.

After that Valen looked for her cellphone. Valen is getting confused because her cellphone has no signal.

"Where am I? Why is this place so lonely and scary. Where are my friends?". Valen asked herself while crying.

"Valen...".

"Valen... Where are you?".

Valen smiled broadly when she heard her friend's voice again, she immediately stood up and ran towards the source of the sound.

"Hanna... I'm here! My friends, I'm here!". Valen shouted while running.

Valen continues to explore the forest to find the voice of her friend. Just then she saw a wolf blocking her way.

"Aaaa..". Valen was so shocked that she fell, and her big and beautiful eyes were wide with fear.

The wolf glared at her but did nothing to her.

"Please don't eat me!" Valen said while pleading.

The wolf turned and walked slowly as if to show her the way back to her tent.

Unknowingly, Valen understood the wolf's signal. Valen continued to walk without fear of a wolf anymore.

After traveling quite a distance, Valen arrived at her camp area. However, the place was so quiet that Valen was even more confused.

The wolf that led her suddenly disappeared.

"Where are my friends?". Valen was confused, she immediately looked for her friends everywhere.

Just as she entered her tent, she was very surprised when she saw her appearance in the mirror.

"Aaah...". Valen was hysterical when she saw the blood in her mouth. "What happened to me? Why is there so much blood in my mouth?".

Valen tried to remember what happened to her last night. However, she doesn't remember anything. She panicked even more when she smelled the blood, which turned out to be human blood.

"Valen...".

The voice of Hanna who was her best friend sounded again, and it was already half-past five. Valen immediately wiped her mouth with a tissue.

When Valen wiped her mouth, she was shaking a lot for fear that Hanna would see her.

After her face was clean of blood, Valen kept all the tissues in her bag.

"Valen.. where are you?".

"I'm here!". Valen said after she got out of her tent and stood up with a healthy body.

The seven friends consisting of Hanna, Tomy, Grace, Andrew, Kevin, Leonardo, and Mona were stunned when they saw Valen was in front of them in good health.

"Why are you silent? Aren't you guys looking for me since earlier?". Asked Valen.

Hanna immediately approached Valen and examined Valen's body carefully.

"What are you doing?". Asked Valen who started to feel uncomfortable when Hanna touched her body.

Hanna didn't answer Valen's question, instead, she burst into tears and then hugged Valen.

"Hanna... Why are you crying? What happened?". Valen asked while looking at her six friends who also looked at her strangely.

"Last night we were singing happily while enjoying our food. Suddenly you wanted to pee, and Thomas volunteered to accompany you. But, after two hours you two didn't come back. We became panicked and worried. So we looked for you can explore this forest in scatter. However, we only found Thomas who was dead. His body was covered with claws of wild animals, and the most terrible thing was that his neck had bite marks". Grace said while crying.

Valen's legs felt weak and she began to worry and fear when she remembered the fresh blood smeared in her mouth.

"Valen... What actually happened to you and Thomas? Why did you get lost and separated?". Hanna asked after letting go of her arm.

Valen lowered her head with a complicated expression.

"Ahhh... I don't remember anything!". Valen replied after trying to remember what happened. Her head suddenly hurt.

Hanna hugged Valen back because she was worried that something might happen to Valen.

"We'd better pack up soon! The sun will soon appear! Because it seems this place is very unsafe. After we get home we ask Valen again!". Hanna said.

"What about Thomas' body?" Andrew asked.

"We can ask for help after descending from this hill because we can't possibly bring Thomas' body down. Because it's very dangerous!". Hanna answered.

"OK!". They all agreed then immediately packed up.

Valen, who didn't remember anything, could only standstill with a trembling body.

"Is it possible that the blood in my mouth is Thomas' blood? But, how is that possible? I can't possibly eat humans. Then, whose blood is it? And who killed Thomas?". Valen thought in confusion.

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