STORY STARTER
Submitted by Evelyn Allen Vale
"Two go in, and one comes out" is the start to a dark nursery rhyme that everyone in the town knows.
Write a story which features this rhyme and its tale.
The Prophecy
Two go in,
And one comes out
The forest
Black and dead
Moonlight shining down on the burnt branches
The branches that tell the story of the forest
Two figures stand by the edge
Staring into the spiraling abyss
Darkness spread in front of their feet
Beckoning to them
“Come little children, come!,
Don’t run away, don’t run!”
Slowly the littlest strays toward the edge
The oldest doesn’t pull him away in time
In the old mansion
All the lights turn on
The door creaks open
Someone cry’s
“Mama papa!
Let me inside!”
Parents rush to the despaired child
A cracked mind falling into the darkness
Shadows creeping into subconscious
Because,
Two went in
And one came out