The forgotten boy

THE FORGOTTEN BOY

A Supernatural Mystery

CHAPTER 1: THE LAST NORMAL DAY

Mark Wilson was an ordinary 11 year old boy at St. Michael’s School. He had messy brown hair, a slightly too-big uniform, and a habit of forgetting things—his lunchbox, his homework, and today, his math book.

As the final bell rang, he waved goodbye to his best friend, Rohan, and headed toward the pickup area where his father always waited. The schoolyard buzzed with laughter, backpacks swinging, parents calling names. Everything was normal.

But then, as he reached his father’s car, he froze.

The math book.

“Oh no! I forgot it—I’ll be right back!” he yelled before sprinting inside.

The school was eerily quiet. His footsteps echoed as he ran to his classroom, grabbed the book, and rushed back out.

But when he returned to the pickup zone…

**His father was gone

Not just gone the entire schoolyard was empty.No parents. No cars. No students.

Just silence.

CHAPTER 2: THE VANISHING**

Mark spun around, heart pounding.

“Dad?!”

No answer.

He turned to his teacher, Mrs. Perkins, who stood nearby, staring blankly ahead.

“Mrs. Perkins? Where did everyone go?”

She didn’t move. Didn’t blink.

Mark waved a hand in front of her face. Nothing.

Then—**her head slowly turned toward him.**

Her lips parted.

*“You weren’t supposed to come back.”*

Mark stumbled backward.

And then—**she vanished.**

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### **CHAPTER 3: THE EMPTY SCHOOL**

Panic rising, Mark ran to find his sister, Lily. She was still in the courtyard, talking to her friends.

“Lily! Did you see Dad? Where is everyone?”

Lily kept chatting as if she didn’t hear him.

He grabbed her arm.

She turned—**but her eyes were wrong.**

Pitch black.

*“You’re not supposed to be here, Mark.”*

Then—**she and her friends dissolved into shadows.**

Mark was alone.

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### **CHAPTER 4: THE TIME LOOP**

Exhausted, Mark sat on the school steps and fell asleep.

When he woke up, the sky was dark.

The school clock read **11:00 PM.**

He gasped. *How had hours passed in seconds?*

He tried the doors—**locked.**

The gates—**chained shut.**

Then he remembered the old watchman’s stick behind the school.

Sprinting through the empty halls, he found the wooden pole and used it to climb over the gate.

But when he dropped to the other side…

**The street was deserted.**

No cars. No people.

Just a thick, silent fog.

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### **CHAPTER 5: THE TWO ROADS**

Mark wandered for what felt like hours until he reached a fork in the road.

– **Left side:** Bright, colorful fast-food restaurants, neon signs buzzing.

– **Right side:** A quiet market with fresh fruit stalls, but no people.

Something tugged at his memory.

*He had been here before.*

But when?

He took the right path—and suddenly, he recognized it.

**This was the way to Rohan’s house.**

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### **CHAPTER 6: THE FRIEND WHO REMEMBERED**

Mark knocked frantically on Rohan’s door.

After what felt like forever, Rohan’s mother opened it.

Her eyes widened.

“Mark?! What are you—how did you—?”

She pulled him inside, her hands shaking.

“We thought… we thought you were…”

Mark didn’t understand.

Then Rohan appeared—**pale, like he’d seen a ghost.**

“Mark… you’ve been missing for **three days.**”

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### **CHAPTER 7: THE TRUTH UNRAVELS**

Mark’s parents arrived, crying, hugging him like he’d returned from the dead.

But something was *wrong.*

His father’s watch was broken, stuck at **3:15 PM**—the exact time Mark had gone back for his book.

His mother whispered, *“We looked everywhere… the police said… they said…”*

Then Mark saw it.

**A newspaper on the table.**

The headline:

*”ST. MICHAEL’S STUDENT DISAPPEARS—NO TRACE FOUND.”*

And the date…

**Was from 20 years ago.**

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### **CHAPTER 8: THE FINAL WHISPER**

That night, Mark lay in bed, staring at the ceiling.

Then—**a cold breath on his neck.**

*“You escaped.”*

He turned slowly.

A boy stood in the corner of his room.

A boy with **his face.**

*“But you can’t stay here.”*

The lights flickered.

And then—

**Everything went black.**

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### **TO BE CONTINUED…**

**Questions Left Unanswered:**

– Why did the school empty out?

– Who was the boy in Mark’s room?

– Why was the newspaper from 20 years ago?

– **Is Mark even alive?**

**Stay tuned for *The Forgotten Boy: Part 2*—where the past and present collide…**

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