CHAPTER 5
October 31st
by Alex Johnson
It was a crisp October night and I was out with my friends, when it happened.
It was Halloween and we were just going to start trick or treating. With every
step we took there was a crunch because of all the dead fallen leaves. We were
headed to the edge of town to start our night, when we came upon a graveyard.
Just by looking at the graveyard it made shivers run up my spine. We decided to
have a race through the graveyard. I was feeling nervous and exited, but also
scared because we were going through a graveyard on Halloween night! “Ready,
set, go!” I was dashing over and around the many headstones. I realized I was in
the lead because none of my friends were in front of me. “First!” I yelled as I
crossed the finish line. I waited awhile, but no one came. So I walked back into
the graveyard to look for my friends. Then a thick layer of fog surrounded me.
Still I kept walking. I heard whispers and my stomach started churning. I could
feel the beads of sweat on my forehead. I started thinking that my friends had
pulled a prank on me. Maybe they never even ran and were going to leap out and
scare me! I wanted to leave the graveyard because I was scared and it was getting
late. I kept walking, but still no one came. Finally, I yelled, “Okay, you win, I’m
scared and tired of looking for you so you can come out now!” There was no response. Then though the fog I saw a figure. I ran towards it thinking it was one
of my friends, but it was a ghostly figure and too tall to be any of my friends. I
started to turn and run, but tripped on a headstone. I looked at the headstone and
it had one of my friends name on it! When I got up, I looked at the other three
headstones nearby, and they had my other friends names on them! Right in front
of the graves was freshly packed dirt. When I turned around the figure was standing right in front of me. The figure grabbed me and dragged me over to a casket
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