Kitty (K.M.L)
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I hate graveyards, and at night they're only worse. When the sun sinks and the moon comes out, Mount Crawford Cemetary is an absolute nightmare. The trees were stripped bare of their leaves in some long-ago winter; now they claw at the black sky with dead branches and boughs. The slippery grass soaks through my shoes and I hold my bag close to me. Though I hate the place with a passion, it's still a safer route home than the alleyways on Gallows Road. The graveyard freaks people out, so nobody is ever around.
A crow caws and I almost leap out of my skin, looking around the haunting place through wide eyes. I can swear that the shadows are moving, that something is whispering nearby. The bird who cried out earlier takes to the sky, silhouetted against the moon, watching me through glinting eyes.
I can't take it. As I quicken my pace, I see a girl walking ahead of me. She looks about my age. I don't care that I've never met her before, I just want to see another person. I sprint ahead until I'm walking beside her. My stomach is in a knot, my breath fogs before my eyes and my heart is attempting to beat its way out of my chest.
The girl looks at me. 'Hi,' she says simply.
'Hi,' I reply breathlessly. 'Listen, this sounds strange, but can I walk with you? This place freaks me out.'
She laughs. It's a pretty sound, but eerie at the same time.
'That's alright,' she says with a smile, 'I used to feel that way when I was alive.'
^^ That's based on a local story, so I can't exactly say I came up with the idea myself haha! This obviously isn't for publishing or anything, it's just me dribbling onto a page. Opinions?
A crow caws and I almost leap out of my skin, looking around the haunting place through wide eyes. I can swear that the shadows are moving, that something is whispering nearby. The bird who cried out earlier takes to the sky, silhouetted against the moon, watching me through glinting eyes.
I can't take it. As I quicken my pace, I see a girl walking ahead of me. She looks about my age. I don't care that I've never met her before, I just want to see another person. I sprint ahead until I'm walking beside her. My stomach is in a knot, my breath fogs before my eyes and my heart is attempting to beat its way out of my chest.
The girl looks at me. 'Hi,' she says simply.
'Hi,' I reply breathlessly. 'Listen, this sounds strange, but can I walk with you? This place freaks me out.'
She laughs. It's a pretty sound, but eerie at the same time.
'That's alright,' she says with a smile, 'I used to feel that way when I was alive.'
^^ That's based on a local story, so I can't exactly say I came up with the idea myself haha! This obviously isn't for publishing or anything, it's just me dribbling onto a page. Opinions?