The Darkness in the Pretty.

August 29, 2019

Hello, my name is Samuel Wells most people call me Sam. I just turned 18 in july and I have lived in Columbia Falls in Montana my whole life. Ever since I was like 15 i've always wanted to live in Oregon, specifically Lincoln city, Oregon. There was just something about it that I loved and maybe because it was a smaller town right on the edge of the ocean I don't really have any reason why. For 3 years i've been planning to move there once I turned 18 and I had graduated which I actually graduated in the end of may so that gave me enough time to buy a house down there, make enough money for the trip down there which is an 11hr drive. I talked it over with my parents and they were proud that I was taking my “own steps as an adult”, I got all my things packed and ready to go and today was the first day of the trip.

I got in the moving truck and started the “journey”, it was around 6 or 7 in the morning I didn’t really check my phone before saying my goodbyes. The first couple hours were good, until I got in portland and that's when all the crazy started. I was driving in a tunnel and this car came from nowhere and hit the side of my moving truck which knocked me into the wall of the tunnel, i'm guessing I was knocked out by the impact because the next thing I know i'm being asked if i'm okay by a policeman, and being told that “the ambulance will be here soon”. I was a bit dizzy but I got better once I was out of the truck, I looked at the damage on the truck and it looked like it had a big dent in the side of it but nothing to major so the ambulance checked me out and made sure I didn't have a concussion or any other damage and then they let me go after making sure that the truck would work again. I started on the road again to only go to a nearby motel and checked in for the night.

August 30, 2019

The next morning I woke up and I felt still a little dizzy and started to wonder were the heck that car came from and why did it have to be me that got hit but before i started thinking to much into it, I shook it off and took off for lincoln city again. By this point I was in salem and I started to hear talking, I pulled over looking for what it could be but it honestly sounded like it was in my head. It went away after about 5 minutes and I just blamed it on not enough sleep. (1 hour and some odd mins later) I finally reached Lincoln City, it was about 1:30pm and I just wanted to get to the house and unpack so I could get settled in. I arrived at the house and I unlocked my front door and walked inside, and I instantly fell in love with the place. It was perfect because it wasn't to small and it wasn't to big. So anyways I unpacked all my stuff granted I didn't have that much stuff, but once I was done with that I went outside for a walk. I chose a house that was literally on the edge of the ocean it was so close I could walk out in my front yard and end up stepping in the sand. My house was held off the ground by the beams underneath of it because of the possibility of the water level rising, I don’t know why but that just made it even better. I started walking on the edge of the beach and the I seen her, she was beautiful I was honestly frozen, I wanted to go up to her and talk, or at least say something. Before I knew it, it had been 5 minutes of just standing there, frozen trying to build up the courage to even move any closer. I was looking at the ground playing with the sand with my foot like a 6 year old that is hiding behind her mom when he gets nervous, then all the sudden I seen the shadow of someone else standing in front of me. I looked up to see her, “hello” her voice was so calm I was rendered speechless, “uhhh.. H--hello”. I could feel my face getting warm and sadly it wasn't from the sun, she just smiled and slightly giggled before she spoke “so are you a traveler or a tourist?” I was still captivated by her voice get yourself together sam she's trying to talk, speak before she thinks you're a psychopath! My brain was all mixed up at this point so I spoke very quiet to where she had to lean in a little to hear over the ocean waves, “um well I actually just uhh-- moved here-- because -- why not heh…” she just laughed and looked at me in the face “ you're so adorable, very nervous. Im taking it you don't have a lot of random people walk up to you and start conversations?” “uhh no not really i'm more of the quiet type.. “ she smile again “ well my name's Felicity, Felicity Queen” what a beautiful name not realizing that i'm still in a conversation… then she spoke again snapping me out of my trance “and your name might be?” “ oh, oh sorry umm my name's Sam Wells.” “well Sammy how about I give you my number so that we can talk more and then maybe we could go out for dinner at some point?” I was frozen then I took out my phone and she put her number in it, I then decided to answer “.. of course, umm i'm really sorry i'm not a good person at conversing with other people especially when it comes to…” I stopped myself before continuing that and ruining my life. “Especially what?” she had almost a devious smile on her face now, “oh yeah I didn't mean to say the that ..” “sure you didn't, well I have to go but at some point I will find out” she smiled and walked away, my god… I felt like everything in me had melted and I was as red as a tomato from practically embarrassing myself in front of a really pretty girl, why life? Why do you have to suck so much and be such a goof??? I stayed on the beach for another hour or so trying to think of what even to say to her and what the heck just happened in that conversation, and then I decided to get home and cook some dinner, and then go straight to bed because I was exhausted.

August 31, 2019

I woke up and I was still really tired, then I looked at my phone and realized it was 4:53 am. I didn't get why I woke up and then the voices started again, the mumbles of random but yet familiar people. I didn't understand any of it and this time the voices almost lasted an hour after this I was certain I was absolutely insane. Be time the voices completely stopped it was almost 6am so I just decided to stay up and maybe go for an early morning walk on the beach, to hopefully clear my mind a bit. When I got on the beach everything seemed so quiet to quiet if you ask me, I just shook it off do to it was 6 in the morning. I kept walking until I found a rock on the side to sit on, once I sat down I felt my phone buzz so I pulled it out and looked, it was Felicity. The message read “hey Sammy, I was wonder why you're all alone on the beach? I mean you could've asked me to come sit with you.” I stared at the phone for a minute and then I looked around me, no one was even on the beach, anywhere. I started to have this bad feeling in the bottom of my stomach and I couldn't shake it this time, my phone buzzed again and this time I didn't even look at it, I got up and started walking back to my house. The voices started again but they got louder and louder the closer I go to the house, I wanted it to end. I walked right passed my house and stopped at the side walk right beside the highway, I looked at my phone and all it said was “keep walking sammy, make it all go away.” I had enough of the voices, the messages, they scared me and the things they said… they were a nightmare all on their own. I listened to the message to “Felicity” I walked right into the road. I just closed my eyes as I heard the horns honking and brakes squealing. I opened my eyes and I was in a the hospital bed, with people standing all around. I slowly mumbled and they all put their attention on me. “ what happened?” people were still blurry but I could hear voices, the voice of a woman began to talk “sweetie you were in a car wreck in portland and you went into a coma” it was my mother's voice “what are you talking about I was at my house in oregon and then voices started and I walked into….” I stopped and the fear came back to me, “ my phone the messaged, Felicity, the voices” my vision started coming back to me and I seen my mother and father standing there looking at me with concern. My mother spoke to me obviously trying to calm me down “ you're just in shock it's been awhile since you've been awake so you just have to take baby steps okay start with breathing and what are you talking about ogean? You've been here the whole time samuel I promise you.” “ I met someone and they told me to walk into the road so I did to end the voices” at this point I was talking so fast I don't think they could understand anything I was saying. My dad grabbed my arm “son just calm down maybe you just need sleep we’ll leave you alone so you can sleep, but before we want you to meet someone” they pointed to someone at the end of the bed and spoke again “ this is Felicity,’’ i seen her staring at me, with darkness in her eyes. “She's been helping to take care of you while you were out.” my eyes adjusted to the end of the bed and it was her, she had a devilish look on her face. My parents started out of the room and I tried to stop them, they left and Felicity came to my side and didn't say anything but she put her hand over my mouth and nose I struggled to breath and I had no strength to fight her off. Things started to get really quiet and the last thing I heard was her calm voice “See yeah later Sammy” ..the last thing

July 11th 2019

I jolted up and sat up in my bed, forced my vision and looked around, it was my bedroom. What was going on? Was it just a dream? More like a nightmare. I heard a knock on my door and it was my mom and dad they had a birthday cake and they started singing happy birthday when they seen I was awake. My mom came over to me and said “ are you ready for 18? You get to start you new life, you get to go to oregon like you've always wanted to, are you excited sweetie?” I sat there and looked at them dumbfounded then I finally answered “ i'm not, no way am I going back there”. My parents just stood there and then my dad spoke up, “son what are you talking about why?” “ Just trust me it won't end well.”