June 24th, 1981

Gerald

She saved my life and I couldn't believe it. She stopped when we were a good amount into the forrest. Surrounded by nothing but trees. "Why didn't she follow us?" I asked her and she wanted and pulled out her diary from inside her jacket.

"She doesn't know the forrest as well as I do. Now here take it to Megan there's something I have to do." She shoved it into my hands turned me around and shoved me forward, "Walk straight don't stray."

"Candice wait!" I shouted after her but she ran off into the woods. I headed straight and I found the others, arguing at where we ran in on if they should go in to find us.

"Gerald!" Emberly suddenly said and ran over hugging me, "where's Candice?" She asked and I looked off into the woods.

"She said there was something she had to do, I'm sure she's fine. Here," I handed the diary to Megan and we walked back to where we dropped our stuff at the old shadow order headquarters.

Megan sat down at one of the desks and opened it up. She read through each page and then pulled out The Devil's Spellbook and looked through the pages.

"I think I got it!" She finally said after what felt like hours.

"We might be able to trade a soul out of the underworld for hers." We all looked at each other in worry. Bringing someone back who was dead could be dangerous.

"Are you sure?" I asked and she shook her head.

"Not 100% it's gonna take a little more time but someone should go make sure Candice is okay." She said and I nodded.

"Emberly you're with me, Lindsey and Ryan stay here with Megan. We'll find her I think I know where she went." I said and Emberly and I headed out the door.

***

Candice

I wandered through the woods for a while until I arrived at the main entrance. I traveled down the path aways then took a right off the path and went farther into the trees. Until I arrived at the one tree.

Her body still swung from the trees. She was decaying. I fell onto the ground and hugged my knees to my chest. It wasn't my fault but yet I couldn't help but blame myself. I forced myself up and climbed the tree.

I pulled out a knife and cut her down and watched her body hit the ground. I climbed down and put her head in my lap. Our matching necklaces I gave her the day she said she'd join me was still on her neck.

The golden heart locket with our pictures. I felt a hand on my shoulder and jumped looking behind me. I couldn't believe what I was seeing I had to be hullucinating.

"M-Millie?"