One day I was bored , living in a small town in southern Alabama it was usually hot. I was bored and wanted.to explore. My parents weren't home so what was there to lose? I couldn't get in trouble. So I grabbed my flashlight, knife, and a random half-empty bottle of water.I decided to invite my friend Brayden to come along to make it more interesting.Brayden was a tall , fit ,southern boy I often rode ATVs with in the summer me and him both being 15 ,I was in the same class with him, we often goofed off and got in trouble but we were really good friends. Brayden walked over since he was my neighbor and we set out.

We started on a trail my dad made for me to go hiking on. It was a small narrow rocky path. We soon got bored and decided to do a little trailblazing and head off track, I knew there was an abandoned barn up ahead so we headed that way. We soon got to the old, weather worn ,rusty barn. It was pretty empty besides some old tools lying around . Brayden had never seen it so I showed him around.he was pretty stunned by such a cool random sight. " I think we should head back" Brayden said , I agreed since I could feel the sun bearing down on my back,

It was an unusually quiet day there was little to no sound. I didn't even hear the birds singing. " Pretty odd I thought" but nothing out of the ordinary", we decided yet to trailblaze again and take a short cut to get back home before my parents got home since I wasn't supposed to go out without their permission. We were soon lost, we were separated. I lost track of Brayden. He lost track of me. After minutes of aimless wondering and frantic shouting I saw him but he looked.. odd.. "Brayden?" I said, after looking, That was not…. Brayden a tall lanky figure about 7 foot tall it was grey, face less, and was crawling on all fours, it was a bony ,skinny looking figure . It ran after me. I ran as fast as my little legs could carry me . That thing lost track of me and so did I.

As soon as I new it I was alone, somehow back at my house. How? I asked my self. There was no sign of Brayden or …. That thing. I heard a LOUD scream, the scream of pain. I ran inside … Scared. I never told anyone what happened. I didn't sleep for the next few days, Soon the city made a missing persons report. They set out a search team. Soon everyone got news… They found a life- less body of a boy, Brayden. Almost half Identifiable as his body was found mualed.. what happened ? My best friend? I guess we will never know.