I jerked my eyes open. Before me stood a strange and eerie forest. The branches crisscrossed like countless twisted arms waving in the darkness. Moonlight filtered through sparse leaves, scattering mottled shadows that seemed faintly sinister.
"Where am I? How did I end up here?" I asked, utterly bewildered, my mind in a mess. I had been staying up late at home binge-watching the hugely popular anime The Outcast, completely engrossed, when suddenly I felt dizzy. By the time I came to, I was in this haunted place.
