Episode 2

I sighed and placed the case of beer down. "Yeah, sure, just give me a second," I said, digging through my hoodie pocket and finding a pepper spray that I had until now but never used.

I hastily aimed the pepper spray at the boys in front of me. The spray worked immediately, so I swiftly snatched the case of beer and ran with it, despite it slowing me down. I knew I wouldn't have made it home in time, so I chose to run to the graveyard.

The boys raced after me, regardless of seeing complete shit. Once I got into the deeper part of the graveyard, the group of guys decided to leave. I victoriously exhaled, opening a new bottle of beer. The cool liquid quickly ran down my throat, and I suddenly felt much calmer.

At that moment, I realized that this place was very creepy. The night was dark, full of trees around me and their shadows masking what was beyond them. I could only see a bit of what was surrounding me. Of course, the gravestones weren't hard to miss, as I was hiding behind one.

No lamps were properly working here. Only one that was flickering intermittently, making buzzing noises. I steadily circumvented the gravestone.

I ran into the deepest area, and I had no clue how to get out of here.

I kept on slowly breathing and wandered along the clean path in front of me. When I stumbled across the old oak tree next to me, I had to take a look-or, better to say, feel it.

The tree was located up on the hill, away from the gravestones. A couple of candles were lit around it. The shadows of the branches swayed in the wind. The leaves rustled like whispers, and the light of the moon illuminated my surroundings. The sound of crickets chirping in the background added to the eerie atmosphere.

I crashed down against the trunk of the oak, filling up my empty stomach with beer. Being further away from the dead folks showed me that the location wasn't as terrifying.

From one beer came five beers, and before I knew it, I got drunk.

Was the sky always so sparkly? And why were there numerous rocks lying around the ground? I had no idea.

Suddenly, someone in a black cloak crashed next to me, leaning against the trunk of the tree. I turned my head to see who was stupid enough to visit the graveyard at such an hour. (Definitely not including me.)

I couldn't see a thing, as everything looked blurry and unstable.

The mysterious individual in a cloak turned its head toward me, tilting its head to the left. I blinked repeatedly, trying to focus my sight, but in vain.

"You know, only lunatics visit graveyards when it's dark outside, and I'm sure no-no-no more than sure!

You're one of the crazy 'people'." I said with confidence, air-quoting the last word. "The ones who don't fear the darkness, or, better to say, they live forthe darkness. Are you one of them?" I added. My own insane words brought me to laughter.

The individual chose to be silent, just keeping his face in my direction. I still couldn't see their face; however, I felt their face were close to me, but just shadowy and full of unclear facial features.

I opened up a new bottle of beer and pressed it against the person sitting next to me. Once I felt a grip around the glass bottle, I let go and focused on drinking again, even though I shouldn't have.

Approximately five minutes of silence passed by.

"Oh goddammit! Say something or I'll go mad from the quietness." I burst out, tossing the now-empty bottle of beer away. I admit it, I was too drunk.

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