Prologue (DLTDCY)

"Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to".- Mitch Albom

Prologue is the prologue chapter of Don't Let the Darkness Consume You. If counted, it is the chapter that introduces to the ParaVerse.

Synopsis
There is something dark hiding in the woods... only few would find out what it is.

Plot
In a summer camp dully enlightened by the New Moon on October 25th, 1973, three young camp counselors, Julie, Giselle, and Dwight, make out in the cabin. They hear the door opening, leading Dwight to hide in a locker. Suddenly, Janet Fitzgerald, a member of the staff, asks the girls on not doing noise again. She sees her daughter Mary Jane Fitzgerald, who goes back to her bed and have a nice talk about the next day. Meanwhile, the counselors continue to make out, but suddenly, they sight a strange hooded figure entering the cabin, who attacks and kills Julie, Giselle, Dwight, and the other counselors, alerting Mary Jane, Janet and a forest ranger revealed to be Alan Fitzgerald. The forest ranger attempts to stop the killer and both fight. After stabbing Alan's shoulder, the killer got the upper hand. Hearing Alan's painful screams, Janet tells her daughter to not leaving the cabin, giving her pendant. As the menacing figure attempts finish off Alan, Janet beckons the killer while starting to brawl. Alan, albeit injured, helped Janet in incapacitating the killer. Meanwhile, Mary Jane, anxious and insecure about the situation, gets out of the cabin, while horrified by sighting the dead bodies.

After Janet tripped, the killer brawls with Janet. Alan attempts to help Janet, but the killer overpowers the two. He then tears a tuft of hair off Janet's scalp before stabbing her chest, while slashing Alan's chest, all in front of Mary Jane's eyes, who screamed in depressing horror. The killer stares at Mary Jane, but then he hides in the woods, leaving Alan and Janet to die. Despite the attempts of Mary Jane of reanimating her parents, Alan and Janet passed away in front of Mary Jane's eyes, leaving the latter heartbroken and traumatized. Suddenly, Abigail Kraenen, a member of the camp's staff, arrived to see what happened. Abigail advises Mary Jane to leave the summer camp and never return or the killer will find her, prompting Mary Jane to run away. After that, Abigail tearfully looks at the bodies of Alan and Janet before departing.

Dwight
Dwight is a counselor at the Firefly Summer Camp. He is a character in Don't Let the Darkness Consume You. In 1973, Dwight was making out with Giselle and Julie, but in a sudden moment, Randy Cavanaugh kills them for never being nice to him and rude to him all the time. He got his throat slit by Randy. He was later seen as a Ghost where she warns Mary Jane Fitzgerald on never coming back to the Firefly Summer Camp due to the killer coming back to target her again.

Julie
Julie is a counselor at the Firefly Summer Camp. She is a character in Don't Let the Darkness Consume You. In 1973, Julie was making out with Giselle and Dwight, where Randy Cavanaugh kills them for never being nice to him and rude to him all the time. She got stabbed in the heart by Randy. She was later seen as a Ghost where she warns Mary Jane Fitzgerald on never coming back to the Firefly Summer Camp due to the killer coming back to target her again.

Giselle
Giselle is a counselor at the Firefly Summer Camp. She is a character in Don't Let the Darkness Consume You. In 1973, Giselle was making out with Julie and Dwight, but Randy Cavanaugh kills the three of them for never being nice to him and always treating him badly. She was stabbed in the stomach by Randy. She was later seen as a Ghost where she warns Mary Jane Fitzgerald on never coming back to the Firefly Summer Camp due to the killer coming back to target her again.

Quotes

 * Mary Jane Fitzgerald to Janet Fitzgerald: "I know you told me to not believe in a world of “what ifs”, but what can I do if something bad happens to all of you?".
 * Janet Fitzgerald to Mary Jane Fitzgerald: "Know who you are... so you may shield your heart".

Cultural References

 * Friday the 13th (1980) - The story has elements that share an homage to the cult slasher movie; summer camp counselors hunted down by a mysterious killer.
 * American Horror Story: 1984 (2019) - Firstly shows a series of tragic events that take place in a unknown summer camp.
 * The Lion King (1994) - Abigail Kraenen telling Mary Jane Fitzgerald to leave the summer camp and never comeback, is a reference to Scar's infamous quote to Simba.

Raised Questions

 * Who is behind the horrors of the New Moon Massacre in 1973 at the Firefly Summer Camp?