User blog:Habrish/The Habrish Diaries 5th Entry

"I have to say I was really alarmed to find you sleeping on the bench earlier," Helen admitted.

I raised an eyebrow in inquiry. "Go on," I suggested.

"Yes. You are the first person to come to Darkwood since the mist appeared."

"How long has that been," I inquired?

This was something I really wanted to know. How could a whole town be cut off from everyone and no one seem to know about it? The paper it said 1915. Why did that seem so wrong to me? My head began to throb, I shook it off. Whatever was going on here I was now a part of it. I needed answers just as much as this town.

"About that," Helen began, "I am not sure how long the mist has been around. In fact no one is really sure."

"What do you mean, you don't know?"

"When the mist first appeared it threw the town into chaos."

This I could well imagine. "Please elaborate."

Helen began to speak in a very hushed tone. Almost as if she was afraid of being overheard. This is what is told me.

One very pleasant day the sky suddenly darkened as if there was an oncoming storm. The clouds rolled in fury of excitement. The wind picked up. Trees uprooted. Animals and people panicked. Then everything was still. To still. The entire town was in a deep sleep. For how long no one know. When the town came to the gates of the city were locked. The entire town was surrounded by a dark mist. Half the town was lost that day as they rain into the mist in a effort to get away from the mist. A few brave men died trying to pry open the gate.

Here is stopped in her story telling and looked pointed at me. Something a bit dejected shown behind her eyes. Only for a moment then it was gone. So quickly if I hadn't been looking right at her I would have missed it.

Helen continued her story. "Ever since that day, items go missing in Darkwood. You can put something down and moments later it could be all the way across town. That is why I need your help. I work for the Mayor as his assistant. When I reported for work this morning the office was locked. I knocked there was no answer. I heard noises coming from inside. I called out nobody answered. When I went to get the spare key it was missing. We need to find the key right away."