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Memory Lost Boys Never Forget" had always thought my childhood to be quite memorable. Birthday parties, family reunions, road trips, football games... It was a very active and eventful life when I was growing up, and I always seemed to have an exciting adventurous tale to tell in class the first day after summer break, or when my parents asked me how my day had been at the dinner table. I loved playing outdoors, and the nearby woods offered endless games of make-believe. However, when I was barely twelve years old, I chose to take a walk down the old, rarely used hiking trail in those woods with my friend Kenny. Down that path I would find something unlike anything I had ever seen before, and I would have such a life-changing experience that my entire twelve years of life before would seem almost like an empty slate with nothing at all written upon it. That day would be the most memorable day of my life because it was the day that the fantasy games of those woods would take on a horrifying form and break into reality before my eyes.

It was a summer day like many others. Kenny and I had spent the morning helping with each other's chores so that we would have more time to play later in the day. We snuck away before lunch time, packing sandwiches and juice boxes in our backpacks.

We always tied old pop cans to the backs of our bikes so that when we rode we could pretend to be skillfully evading the gunfire of an enemy's attack, and the sound of the aluminum hitting the pavement trailed behind...

I don't remember if we were playing Lost Boys hunting Indians or Pirates hunting Lost Boys that day, but I do remember that we were staying low to the ground and speaking in whispers so we would not give ourselves away to the imaginary and elusive enemy. It was Kenny's turn to make a battle plan. "We have tracked their whereabouts! Their secret hideout is down the path to Darkenwood!" Kenny dramatically gestured towards the forbidden abandoned hiking trail of days past, which led into a deep ravine. "Are you certain it is safe to pursue them into that part of the forest? Are there not... dangers?" I questioned his plan, but I dare not break character to voice my concerns, so it was only a matter of seconds before we were running down the vine-covered path into the darkness of the uncharted territory. Our hightop shoes became sloshy with the water that sat in the low-lying ground after the early morning rain, and we smeared some extra mud from the banks onto our faces for camouflage cover. It was then that we heard the groaning motor behind us, and Kenny whispered that the enemy was approaching.
We turned towards the sound, looking upwards to the road that winded above this part of the woods. We had imaginary bows and arrows drawn, and I whispered, "Hold steady, aim true. Perhaps the enemy will pass without seeing us." Honestly, I was expecting to see a car zoom around the curve and disappear into the mundaneness of what lay outside of our make-believe. Actually,…

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