The Forest's Secret

I was seven , maybe eight the night my childhood ended . I was playing with my friends in my backyard and one boy , named Jared , dared me to go into the forest. I was but a child at the time and was still too innocent to think of the dangers that venturing alone in a forest presented. I walked and walked my friends cheering for me , encouraging me to go further and further . As i advanced , their voices got lower and lower till they eventually disappeared .

Fear made it's way to my heart , i  tried going back , but i was lost .


As that fact sank in to my little head , the fact that i had no idea where i was or how to go back ,  everything gained a scary aura .

 The trees that i once saw as lovely umbrellas protecting me from the blazing sun were now giant fangs growing out of the ground . The animal sounds that were at first welcoming music was now proof that i was far away from home .

I felt worse as i heard the cooing of owls . Even as a toddler i knew that owls only came out at night . And since it was only four in the afternoon and the sun was still bright and alive , their chants made me  all the more uneasy .
Soon enough , night came .
I was tired and stumbled over small rocks and twigs , every time , i felt the cold damp dirt catch me and every time , i  wanted to cry but didn't .

Suddenly a loud noise came out of nowhere . It sounded like an explosion .

Fear was now chocking me , practically throwing my legs into a run .


I ran and ran for i don't know how long till i stumbled again . Just like every other time i expected the cold dirt to catch me but this time , it didn't. Instead i fell on something soft that felt like fabric .

I quickly stood up to get a better look at it. I tried to yell but my voice wouldn't make it to my throat .
In front of me was the still-bleeding corpse of a man who has been shot between the eyes .

The last thing i wanted to do was more running , i was already weary , but i couldn't stay next to the body so i walked silently away , found shelter in a hollow tree , fell asleep  ,  was returned home the next morning by policed officers , and even though  the dead man's terrified  face haunted my nightmares and made me wake up screaming countless times , i told no one about what i saw . I told no one about the Forest's Secret .



by Mada El-Horr

School Of Satan !

To say my life is horrible , is an understatement . My high school cannot be described in a more accurate word , so , although it is considered foul language , I will use this word to give you a precise image of this pathetic excuse for a school : shit. All the teachers do , is gossip about whoever’s absent , put on lipstick and so much makeup that they look like Effie Trinket from the Hunger Games ,  and last but not least , stare at countless pages of playboy magazines .  And once in a while they would bother to interrupt their productive activities to inform us about what chapters we have to study for the upcoming  tests . Obviously those chapters have never been explained or discussed in any of our classrooms before .

But despite the sheer negligence  of the teaching staff I still managed to get ok grades , unlike most of the students at my “high school” . Well I guess it SHOULD be called a HIGH school , since most of the people there are so dumb they could be high .

To top things off , I have to go home to my step-mother everyday. After my mother died , after spending a painful friendless day at school , after repeatedly wishing I didn’t exist , I had to go home to my hateful step-mom and my alcoholic dad . Whoever said that life is beautiful , was a God Damned liar !

One day , as I walked through the front door , she ran to me smiling from ear to ear , her blond hair tucked in a ponytail , her perfect white teeth looked like a fangs to me and her deep blue eyes hid endless evil . Something bad was going to happen to me . All the signs proved it . She was smiling and appeared excited about my arrival , she usually puts on her best growl the minute she sees me .

Fortunately , what was good for her , was good for me this one time .She had convinced my father to make me attend a boarding school . I was thrilled to hear this , my body itched with excitement . Finally I could escape this wretched hole I call my life . No more malicious step-mom , no more drunk father , no more retarded schools that instead of giving you knowledge can actually make you stupider than you were before you enrolled .  NO MORE SHIT !

A week later a cab came to take me to my new home . It was a three hour drive , so I would arrive at three in the after-noon . But I arrived at four cause  The car broke down and we had to wait for help .

The weirdest thing happened while we were waiting . An old lady carrying a basket of red apples stopped and offered to sell me one of her fruits . I accepted the offer because the sight  of the red plump apples got my mouth watering .

“That’ll be a dollar “ she said in her shaky voice . I took out my wallet and handed her a five dollar bill since I didn’t have any change . She tried to give me back four dollars but I wouldn’t allow it . I felt bad for the poor old lady , having to sell apples in the streets at her age , she should be resting .

“You’re a nice young man “ she complimented “ where are you heading ?”

“Gardner Waters Boarding school” I answered nonchalantly . However , she had a different reaction.

Her mouth fell open , while her eyes got so big I thought they’d fall straight out of her head .

“No son don’t go there , go home “ she cried “it’s not good there , it’s a place for Satan not for nice young men like you . Go home .”

“I’m sure it’s not that bad “ I replied with a friendly smile .

“Please son , listen to me , don’t go there . they’ll take you away . They’ll change you .”

“Who are they ?”

“ALL OF THEM !” she drew a cross in the air in front of me “ May the Lord guide you and protect you and stop you from throwing yourself into danger .”

Just when she said that , I heard a loud noise behind me . I turned around just for a second to see what had caused it and when I turned back to her she was gone with no trace . Like the ground had opened up and ate her whole .

After spending two days there , I couldn’t understand what she met . Everyone seemed really nice . No one looked  or acted like they were satanic . Well she IS old . So maybe she had lost it , or maybe she believed rumors and ghost stories .Whatever the case I decided that this was in fact NOT a bad place and it certainly was better than the old one .

Here I had friends and a real education . Here I was happy and free , and with this new freedom at hand, I decided that I wanted to try smoking for the first time . I rounded up my friends and told them .

“ Wow dude , you’ve never smoked before ?!” exclaimed Jessica , her honey eyes glistening under the moonlight that came through my dorm room window .

“keep your voice down Jess , we don’t need the principal to know that we sneak into each others rooms after curfew , we could get expelled “ Warned Ted .

“ If he wants to try smoking , we should take him to the woods . We’re not aloud to smoke on campus but no one can say nothing if we’re off campus .” suggested Rodney .

“well let’s go then !” urged Jessica and we sneaked out of my room and into the woods.

The cigarette between my fingers , I lifted it up to my lips , then inhaled . I coughed once or twice but eventually got the hang of it . Meanwhile Rodney and Ted were drinking their brains out .

I glance over at Jessica . Her body under the moonlight made me think of her as more than a friend  for  the first time ever .  The way her red hair sort of shined like a camp fire , the way her eyes reflected the moon , the way she licked her dried lips continuously  , the way her shirt showed so much of her cleavage as her short shorts did wonders for her back side .

“Why are you starring at me ?” she asked , and at the same time Ted started laughing hysterically .

After his alcohol-induced laughing  fit was over I answered “ because you’re beautiful” .

She walked over and sat  next to me . I didn’t know what to do . Did she want me to touch her , to feel her ,to embrace her ? or did she want to be left untouched ? I decided to test my luck and put my hand on her exposed hip , feeling it , rubbing it up and down and squeezing it a bit once I was close to her private parts . She let out a small moan and that’s when I knew I was aloud to kiss her and I did . And her dried , cracked lips were heavenly .

Suddenly  she stopped and for some reason I felt scared . I didn’t know why .

I opened my eyes to see her red hair melting into her skull , her skull melting into her neck . and so on until she became a big white blob with two human sized eyes and fat arms and legs . I pushed her away as quickly as I could and backed up till my back hit a tree . WHAT THE HELL WAS GOING ON ?! THIS CAN’T BE REAL !

I looked over to where the boys were but found two big white blobs instead . And it  was then that the big white blob that was once Jessica , let out an ear-piercing scream .

I was almost paralyzed with fear but I had run back to campus , to warn the principal about whatever these things were . 

“ Oh hello there “ answered  Mr. Augustus after I knocked on his door .

“Jessica and Ted and and Rodney” I started out of breath .

“ yes I know about that “ he interrupted .

“and you’re not gonna do anything about it ?”

“but of course I intend to do all that is in my power about it !”

“well good “ I sighed relieved , wiping some sweat from my forehead .

“would you please care to follow me ?” he asked politely and I did as I was told .

He walked up the stairs and into a bedroom , he stopped in front of a bookshelf . He pulled out a green book , and a wall moved revealing an entrance .

I followed him through the entrance and into a dark tunnel , then into a labarotary  . All I could think about was the countless things in this room that could  be used to destroy those disgusting blobs .

“Have a seat” ordered the principal and I did on the only one  I found .

It was a white leather chair , like the one from the dentist’s office .

Suddenly , something pushed me back , and straps were being tightened  around my arms and legs making escape impossible . It was the chair , and the principal was maneuvering some kind of remote .

“WHAT’S GOING ON ?!” I yelled fear creeping into my heart making beads of sweat drip down my forehead .

“ I told you I’d do everything in my power about it “ he smiled “ you need to change , and become one of us .” He announced  pushing a button on hia remote .

A needle stabbed into my skin sedating me , taking away the simple privilege of begging for mercy as the electronic tools of the chair opened up my skin , pouring chemicals and awful smelling substances inside of me , turning me into an ugly blob like Jessica , Ted and Rodney and probably every other student here .

As I started losing consciousness ,  I saw the principal laughing hysterically just like Ted did earlier , his skin was reddening , fangs grew  out of his mouth , a tale broke out from the back of his pants  and horns rose up ripping the skin from the top of his head .

And all I could think of , was how right the old lady was. 

by Mada El-Horr

The Secret Garden

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The secret Garden 

My father was an odd man . Growing up , i would see him talking to himself . Gibberish , that's what he would say . Nothing that made sense , never a familiar word . Until came the day when he fell terribly ill . Although he was very distant , i loved my father dearly . At his death bed , he spoke sanely for the first time ever . 

" listen to me son , my entire life i have cast myself as an outsider , all this time away from society , but for a reason . You see son , i was trying to find out the meaning of life . I sentenced myself to solitude so i could think , and think i did . I inflicted things upon myself that i cannot even speak of . But at last , my search has paid off . The meaning of life lies in the center of the secret garden . You see the secret garden is a -"  he stopped talking . His eyes closed . And his heart stopped . He had died before being able to tell me what the secret garden was . What the meaning of life was .

But i gave it no thought . I had no interest in knowing what the meaning of life Is .

Months later , while i was having dinner with my wife Sara and our daughter Linda , my father's words suddenly flashed back into my mind . For no reason whatsoever . I looked at my wife , then at my daughter . They were the meaning of my life . My family is my life . Why am i thinking about this ? I didn't want to think about it . But somehow the topic forced itself into my brain. I started researching the secret garden but found nothing useful . And my obsession started . It was far worse than my dad's . I trusted every single website that guaranteed that their  instructions will lead me to the garden . And every time i was met with disappointment .  And the instructions were terrible things involving dead animals and blood drinking and self-harm . Things i cannot describe . I'll spare you these details for now , because the worst is yet to come . 

After becoming sick of stupid fake websites i moved on to books . I went to the house where i grew up and asked my mom to get me dad's books and notebooks . She told me that my father had burned all his notebooks before he died but had left the books intact .

After taking the box of books and saying farewell to my mother i drove back home and started reading .

Getting to the secret garden required great sacrifice , that's the only thing that these books had in common . In the process of reading them and following their instructions i had to kill our pet cat , Whiskers by slicing it's head off . Then i drew a circle with it's blood on the white tiles of my office . The door was locked and so where the windows . At 12:00 AM i started lighting up the candles and doing the chant required by the book . The windows suddenly flew open . I felt a cold gush of air hit me as they did . I started hearing terrible laughter coming from everywhere in the room . But i couldn't see anyone . The wind knocked down one of the candles , it fell next to the circle of blood . And just like gas , the circle of blood turned into a circle of fire , and i was trapped in the middle of it . 

I woke up in a hospital room . I had mild burns on my face and the doctors said i'd be ok . But my wife was growing worried about me .

After this incident i grew more and more distant . Read more and more books . Performed more and more ceremonies of the sort , always getting hurt at the end . Somehow i got addicted . 

A year later , none of these books proved useful . Why would my dad keep these books ? I didn't understand it .

Maybe he kept them to throw off anyone who wanted to get their hands on the information!

This assumption , that had no evidence whatsoever , got me paranoid . I stopped trusting everyone , my mother , my wife , my friends even my own daughter ! 

So i rented a car and parked it in front of my mom's house , behind a tree and sat there all day waiting for her to leave . When she finally did at 6:30 in the after-noon , i went into the house and straight into the attic . 

I went through the boxes , but none of them had what i wanted . My sanity was fading and i felt anger take over me . Before i knew it i was throwing boxes around the room breaking everything in my way . 

My anger fit ended when i heard the front door opening . I raced down the stairs to see  my mom coming in with a bag of groceries .

" hey mom "

" hey" she greeted with a large smile .

" when i asked you to give dad's books , did you give me everything ?" If he used those other books as decoys then he had to have a book that was worthwhile that he had kept for himself.

" no honey , i made sure not to forget anything "

" LIAR !" I yelled anger gushing right back into me . 

I took out my gun and aimed it at her .

"LISTEN UP OLD LADY !  YOU TELL ME EVERYTHING YOU KNOW OR I SHOOT YOU !" I yelled again .

She didn't answer , she just started crying .

She cried and cried and cried and i couldn't take it anymore. So i shot her , straight between the eyes . 

Moments later as i processed what just happened . I went crazy . But who wouldn't after shooting their own mother ?!

I was way worse than my father . 

I sat down beside her body and begged her  to forgive me , to come back to life . But she just laid there , a lifeless body .  

So , i was gonna make her alive .

I took her body , face still bleeding , to the living room , sat her on the couch and turned on the tv. And we were watching the simpsons together .

An hour later the police came . Apparently the neighbors heard the sound of the gun and called the cops .

A few days later i was taken to the electric chair . I was a threat to myself and society , they said , and had to be put down .

And that's when i got it ! Right there when i was being electrocuted , that's why there wasn't a book ! The answer wasn't in a book !!! The secret garden , the meaning of life , is death .

By Mada El-Horr

LEAVE ME ALONE !

I Parked in the driveway and got my boxes from the trunk of the car .  I was more than just excited !
This is the first night i will spend in my new House !!! I bought this house a month ago . A charming doublex in a calm  neighborhood  filled with really nice people . As I walked to the door i couldn't help but smile .
I went in and turned on the lights . It was about six thirty in the afternoon so it wasn't very dark outside .
I contemplated the furniture . My mom bought all the furniture as a moving out gift . My dad bought me the car i just parked outside . And i bought the house . I'm gonna miss my family,  but i'm 23 i have to start depending on myself . I placed  the boxes on the kitchen counter and went back to the car to get the rest of my stuff . One of the neighbors kids , Alex ,  a 17 year old boy offered to help me carry my things . What a nice boy ! After he left i moved my clothes from my suitcases into my new closet and made myself a sandwich and a cup of tea . I watched some Tv as i ate then climbed up the stairs to my new room . After brushing and flossing i covered my body with the warm blanket and closed my eyes .


At about 12 o'clock that night i woke up . There was no apparent reason for me to wake up . I wasn't having nightmares . I didn't need to go to the bathroom . I wasn't in any kind of pain but i just woke up and felt really weird .

I went down  to the kitchen to get a glass of water . Then went back to my room and lied on my bed .
My pulse quickened . I started sweating . I turned my head slowly to see what was laying next to me .
I screamed and pulled back causing me to fall to the cold hard floor . What i just saw ! I think it was the Devil !
It sort of looked like a human sized monkey . But the thickness and length of it's dark black fur reminded me of a gorilla . It had a long orange eyebrow that somehow glows in the dark , sort of like neon . The fur on it's nose was just like the eyebrow except it was green .
And it's smile . It's huge smile . The white large pointy teeth ! The teeth were so white they also glow in the dark !

I looked back up to the bed and it was gone . Maybe i just imagined it . no . There's no way i could've imagined something so horrifying !  But what if i did ?

The next night i woke up at 12 o'clock . And this time i didn't have to get out of bed to see it. It was standing right in front of me . It didn't speak . It didn't move . It just stood there and watched with that smile showing off those deadly teeth .

What is it ? i thought . and to my surprise it answered . "Diego" it said in a  whisper . The voice was low and raspy and masculine .
wait a second ! Did it just read my mind  ?! come to think of it ,The smile was still there when it answered , did it or he speak into my mind ? Could i really hear his thoughts ?

what do you want from me ? i thought hoping to get an answer but i didn't  . He just kept staring . And it was creeping me out . I slowly got out of bed . I left the room glancing at him every second . He didn't move . Once i was outside the room i ran to my neighbor's house and begged them  to come help me ! I told them there was an intruder in my house but when they got there he wasn't here  anymore ! Diego had    disappeared .

The next night at 10 i was in the living room reading the newspaper . I put down the paper to take a sip out of my tea cup and nearly fell off the couch . Diego was standing there watching me .


"LEAVE ME ALONE !" I yelled almost crying but he didn't respond .

I decided to sit on the veranda , i sat on the wooden chair and stared at the neighborhood drowned by the darkness of the night. I looked to my right and Diego was there again ! he's following me !

"i watch you sleep" he whispered again right into my mind . I ran to the bathroom , locked the door and hid in the tub behind the curtain . I fell asleep there . After two hours i woke up and slowly moved the bathtub curtain . Diego was standing there smiling as always .
Feeling tired and hopeless i walked pass him and laid on my bed . I fell asleep knowing he was watching me. It was the worst night of my life .
When i woke up in the morning , Diego was still there . Standing in the middle of the room smiling and starring .

I Had Made My Decision . I'm Gonna leave this house right now !


I walked out the door and marched to my car . When i was halfway there he whispered into my mind again .
"you can't leave this house "

Yea ? watch me !  i replied with my thoughts .

"YOU CAN'T LEAVE THIS HOUSE !" It was the first time i hear him yell .

I quickened my pace and got into the car and drove away from the house .

Suddenly , as i was driving ,  Diego appeared in the ,middle of the road !!!!

Trying not to hit him i turned the car around quickly without noticing where i was going and my car crashed into a tree .

Blood raced down my forehead , i turned to my left and saw Diego sitting next to me in the passenger seat smiling like always .


"Diego " i pronounced his name slowly .

And that was the last word i said .


by Mada El-Horr

The Dark Secret Of Temple Run !

One day , as people all over the world opened the Temple Run app , they found a message instead of the familiar  Imangi logo . After they read the message and moved on to the game , they were shocked to discover that one of the characters of the game had disappeared leaving only seven characters . This is the message they found :  




Hello . My name is Clara . I must write this fast before the others notice my absence . If They Find out i'm trying to warn people about this most dangerous matter they will delete me !

My Story begins almost a year ago . At least i think it was a year . I don't know . Anyway , my parents had just got my first phone ! It was an iPhone 4s . I was so excited ! Finally i could play all the fun games my peers played on their phones ! I sat On my bed in My room . The first game i downloaded was this one . Temple Run . I had seen my friends play it before and it looked so cool ! But what i didn't know was  that a dark secret , or secrets for that matter , hid within the game.

I tapped on the game's icon and i watched as the image on the screen  changed . However right after the Imangi logo disappeared , the screen turned white and it started glowing . I stared at it bewildered not knowing whether i should be amazed or terrified .
Suddenly , yellow , red and blue shapes started shooting out of the screen and hitting my face and my body . They stabbed me  and i felt my blood slither out of my skin as pain took over me .  I threw the phone to the floor and the screen faced the ceiling still shooting out what i believed and now know are the coins that you're supposed to collect when you play the game .

As i cried in fear , a human sized hand came out of the screen pulling a human body out after it .It was a man, but not just any man . It was Guy Dangerous ! One of the characters of the game ! he was now standing in front of me as if he was human ! His eyes however were red and his teeth were sharp and pointy like those of a wolf .  He turned around and helped someone or something else out of the screen . This one was a woman,  Scarlett Fox . She looked like a regular woman except for the eyes and the teeth . What are those creatures ?! Humans don't have red eyes and pointy teeth and they certainly don't come out of video games !

Then Barry Bones came out , followed by Karma Lee followed by Montana Smith followed by Francisco Montoya who was followed by Zack Wonder . Now all seven characters stood in front of me . They all had red eyes and sharp pointy teeth ! What kind of awful abominations were they ?! I had no idea !

Zack Wonder walked to me and grabbed my arm then started pulling me towards where they stood . I struggled and tried wiggling out of his grip but in vain . He was far too strong for me . The others took hold of me as well  and carried me . I screamed and shouted and yelled in hopes that someone would save me ! But no one heard me .   No one rescued me .

I struggled more and more as i began to realize what those monsters were planning to do to me . I was able to get away but before i could get to the door i tripped over something . I felt a hand  taking hold of my leg, but refused to give in  .  I crawled forward using my nails to hold on ,  and resisted the pulling . My fingers were beginning to let out a red liquid that stained the floor . My hands hurt too much . And in no time my resistance was of no use  .

They have pulled me to the phone and threw me inside it . They threw me into the game and i became one of the characters . That's when i understood everything ! The characters of the game are actual people who somehow were cursed or something and became characters of the game. But why did they want me ? i never knew ! All i know is that my life here is hell !

Sure , to you it's just a video game but to me it's all real .
When you let me fall in the water i actually experience drowning .
When i hit a tree i feel the pain .
When the demon monkeys catch me they scratch up my body and it hurts so much !

And endless running !!!! Do you have any idea how painful that is ?!

and when no one is playing or when the player chooses an other character i just stand .
Standing for a really long time also hurts . And not to mention the boredom !

But back to the point . I know for a fact that the others are planning on kidnapping someone else so be careful ! don't use this app anymore !


Oh No ! i think someone's behind me !
If they find out about this they'll delete me . in other words they K-




After that message the 8th character of the game , Clara completely disappeared . However everyone thought the message was a joke and no one believed it . A week later , a young boy from Japan went missing and a new character was added to the game .

by Mada El-Horr