My town of Mistbury was
Forgotten
separated from the cursed town by a huge mountain and due to the believed curse the road around the mountain fallen into decay. It had been a lifelong desire of mine to
It had been a stormy Thursday
visit the town but it had
night when I came up with an
always been forbidden but
idea that was thrilling dumb,
when my parents said that
exciting yet potentially life
they were leaving for a week.
threatening. I wanted to visit
I decided to make my move.
the town called Tobias’s valley.
When Friday morning rolled around, I rushed over to my
It was a story passed down
close friend Kendricks house.
from generation to generation
He shared my desire to visit
and it stated that Tobias’s
the town. We spent the entire
valley was once a thriving
day gathering supplies for
industrial town but after the
our journey like canned food,
death of old man Tobias
drinks, matches, extra clothes
everything went downhill,
and a knife incase stuff went
important people died,
south.
mosquitos. After what seemed like an eternity we saw the faint lights of Tobias’s valley. Me and Kendrick shared a glance and nodded as we both knew that we had come too far to turn back now and with that understood we marched towards the town but when we reached there our march turned into a slow creep at best. It was like we had been taken back 200 years in time.
business went into bankrupt and crops failed, atmost as if it
Under the cover the nightfall
There was no electricity as
had been cursed. Overtime the
me and Kendrick quietly left
the lights we saw earlier
number of visitors dwindled
Mistbury without being
came from Kerosene lanterns
noticed and down the path
and all the buildings were
around the mountain
made of wood that was
although the path was
rotting by the second. The
covered in overgrown weeds,
streets were empty but as we
the only thing we
crept along we could feel the
encountered was
eyes on us. We crept around
until the number became zero. Another rumour spread which said that due to the curse the people of Tobias’s valley became unnaturally pale and had sticky yellow eyes.
until we saw it. -3-
