The Forgotten PathLiam had spent his childhood exploring the dense woods behind his grandmother’s house. There was one trail he was always warned to avoid—the Forgotten Path.The JourneyOne summer evening, nostalgia drew him back to those woods. As he walked familiar routes, he saw it—the overgrown entrance to the Forbidden Path. His grandmother’s warnings echoed in his mind, but curiosity got the better of him.With hesitant steps, he ventured in.The Vanishing WorldThe deeper he went, the quieter the world became. No birds, no rustling leaves—just an eerie stillness. Then, he noticed the trees shifting, bending unnaturally, as if watching him.His phone had no signal. The path behind him seemed longer than before. Something was wrong.The DiscoveryAt last, he reached a clearing. In the center stood a crumbling stone archway, covered in symbols he didn’t recognize. The air was thick, charged with an unseen force. He felt drawn to it, his body moving on its own.A whisper curled through the air:“You were never meant to return.”Before he could react, a force pulled him through the archway.The AftermathLiam gasped and stumbled forward—back into the woods.But something had changed.The trees were different. The path was gone. And when he reached his grandmother’s house, he found it abandoned, covered in decades of decay.Liam had returned.But not to the same world
