The car turned left and we were at the entrance of Silent Woods.
JiYin and I got off and went to the boot of the car to take out our backpacks. I looked into the woods and chills were sent down my spine. It was really creepy, as though somebody had sucked the life out of this place. JiYin was way too excited to bother about anything and stepped into the woods. I quickly caught up with her, I was afraid to be left alone.
R-R-R-R-Ready Go! Ready Go! Ready Go!
JiYin's phone was ringing. She answered it, "Yes...yes...okay, hold on a moment." She put her phone on speaker mode.
"Hello everyone, this is the leader of Camp Space, I would like to thank you for participating in our camp. This would be the first activity of Camp Space, or rather a mission, that is to find the other participants of Camp Space and to report to our headquarters which is our campsite. The campsite can be easily found, you just have to follow the signboards you see while you roam in the woods."
What?!?! How does he think that we are able to find our way in the woods when it is our first time here? This is crazy.
"Oh yeah, I forgot. In total there are only 6 participants. I'll tell you their names, JiYin, MiHi, TaeYun, ChaeYun, MinJi and EunJi. I'll even tell you who's with who. JiYin and MiHi are together, TaeYun and ChaeYun are together, MinJi and EunJi are together. You have until sunset. If by sunset you have not found each other and reach the campsite, don't move about. Because we would head out to find you. Have fun!" and he hanged up.
This is unbelievable! How could they do this to us? I looked at JiYin to find her burning up with excitement. She really loves a challenge. I, on the other hand, was shocked beyond words.
"Come on MiHi, we have to find the others, let's go." she said cheerily.
True enough, there really were signboards that pointed the way to the campsite. JiYin was leading the way and it seems as though she knew the way around here.
Once, I nearly stepped into quicksand but she shouted my name suddenly and i stopped in time. It was queer because she wasn't even looking my way that time in fact her back was facing me.
So during our break i asked her, "How did you know where to move about here?"
She just stared at me for awhile and said, "Don't you find this place familar. I feel like i've been here before. It feels like home."
I sighed, there she goes with her crazy talk again.
"Okay, whatever, I just want to quickly find the others." I bend down to retrieve my water bottle in my backpack when she suddenly said, "MiHi! I know where where EunJi is! They're close by. Come on! They're waiting for us!" She quickly grabbed her backpack and ran.
I tried to run as fast as I could and I was panting and breathless when i finally caught up with her. She was grinning and waving at me and behind her, stood two identical twins.
JiYin said to me, "MiHi! I'll introduce, this is EunJi and this is her younger twin sister, MinJi." EunJi smiled at me and i nodded at her. MinJi just ignored me and continued putting stuff in her backpack. My guess was that they were also having their break.
I turned to JiYin, "How did you know where they were? I mean it was impossible to spot them from where we were resting."
JiYin shrugged and replied, "I don't know, I sort of knew they were there. I felt EunJi's...presence? and i was calling to her in my mind."
EunJi added on, "Yeah! I felt someone calling to me. I heard someone shouting my name and telling me not to move about." I was speechless. Their explanation was not logical or rational. I didn't know what to think.
After that, the four of us wandered about the woods for hours and hours. JiYin and EunJi both said that they couldn't, according to them, 'feel' or 'hear' anybody. TaeYun and ChaeYun was still missing.
I was getting more and more anxious. What if something happened to them? I nearly walked into quicksand, what if they also fell into one? My brain played all the worst possible scenarios that could happen, making me more worried. As if that wasn't enough, time is also running out, an hour more.
We have to do something, but what?