A/N: This story I made for assiment I had to do at school so enjoy. I no this Chapter is dead short but the rest are a lot longer

Chapter 1

The beginning of an end

They said the forest near was haunted and that evil ghosts guarded nightly. But I never believed them; I just thought they were saying it to make sure kids didn't go in there. But now I know the truth. They weren't lying. I wish I had listened to them earlier, but now there's no going back. I'm all alone in the world.

It all started on my brother's birthday. In normal families a birthday is a cheerful time of year with children screaming with excitement at the thought of being another year older, and getting presents from relatives that they didn't know. But we aren't a normal family. This time every year silence spreads through the house like a contagious disease. My brother's birthday doesn't happiness and joy it only brings pain and regret. You see his life was cruelly taken at the age of three. I am haunted every night of him lying in a coffin under a mound of earth. His blue eyes closed with his fringe covering them. My brother's small fragile body resting on a wooden base.

At the funeral, around two years ago, my mother had told me he would look like he was sleeping as she thought it would make me feel better. But she was wrong. For months after I dreamed of him looking peaceful in his small wooden coffin. But then it would suddenly turn into a nightmare of him waking up with a start. He would then start screaming and scratching at the lid until his fingers were sore and bleeding heavily. He would then start getting drowsy at the lack of oxygen in the sealed box. Meanwhile, I would be standing above him thinking of a way to get him out. Then he would quickly look up at me and whisper to me "you did this to me," before closing his eyes. I would start screaming trying to explain that it wasn't my fault when I would wake shaking with cold sweat running down my pale thin body. I decided to never tell my parents about these dreams I had every night so they didn't understand why I always had bags under my hazel eyes.

A/N: I hope you enjoyed it plzreview