The butcher of the forest!

The butcher of the forest!

The weather that day was sunny, and the wind was still. It was Friday, and Ralph and his friends had a gathering. They were planning a trip to a summer cottage in the outskirts of a forest. They were really exited about it and had planned this holiday for weeks. Ralph had been best friends with Luke, Wendy and Lauren since their childhood, and spent almost every hour of the day together.

The trip to the summer cottage went smooth, the mood was fantastic, and the sun above them indicated that it was going to be a blast. They arrived at the summer cottage, where the owner of the cottage greeted them. The owner was a suspicious looking, bowed, old man. The man told them the functions of the house, and they received the keys. Just before he left, he looked ominously at them and said: “This forest has a most unusual story, long ago, a man referred to as the butcher of the forest, prowled upon forest wanderers, tore them to pieces and consumed them like a rapid dog. Two weeks ago, a child went missing in the forest, she was never found, the only thing the police found were some gnawed bones. Mark my words, the butcher of the forest has returned. Legends states that the only thing he fears is a silver knife, luckily I have one right here, take it and don’t open for anyone.” They took the knife and went into the house with an odd mood, but saw the old man’s story as an old wife’s tale.

An evening, the 4 youngster were drinking alcohol, they had completely forgotten about the butcher, and was instead focusing on having a good time. Later that evening, Luke was out to take a piss, when he heard a rattle in the bushes. He rushed in to the others and shut the door locked. Luke was a juicehead, and he elected himself as being the protector to impress the girls, so he rushed towards the silver knife. After some nerve wrecking minutes of silence, they went to bed assumed that Luke heard wrong. Luke however was deadly sure, so he went to bed with the knife. The next morning, Ralph woke to a scream. He rushed towards the scream, into Wendy’s bedroom, only to find her lifeless in the bed, with an open wound in her chest. Lauren was devastated. Ralph tried to calm her, but they couldn’t figure out where Luke was. Ralph felt a cold breath in his neck, he quickly turned around, and looked into a pair of dead eyes, which belonged to Luke. Luke picked his next target victim, and assaulted Lauren, they struggled for some nerve wrecking seconds before Ralph recovered. Ralph struck down the madman, who lay lifeless on the floor. Ralph could feel a demonic presence and saw the knife on the floor, and approached it. Lauren screamed “What are you doing, keep away from me”. “Keep away from that knife, it is cursed” But before he could react, Lauren leaped towards the knife in a blink of a second and took it. Laurens eyes immediately turned her eyes turned dead. She approached Ralph steadily. Ralph supressed his conscience, and struck down Lauren, before she could strike him. Ralph was all alone and left to his own now. Suddenly the hallway door creaked, and wind chilled Ralph to his bones and a foul stench of death ripped in his nose. Ralph knew that the knife was possessed, but what else could he defend himself with against the Butcher of the forest. He had to make a decision, a decision of life and death …