Forest Ghost

From: Sarabeth Day (amee_doo_bear@yahoo.com)
Story type: Ghost
Location: in a forest
Source: Form Submission

Okay, the story sounds weird, but I'm going to tell it anyway. One night, some friends and I were on a dare to go into the forest just outside my backyard. Even though it was in the middle of summer, there was a chill in the air.

We were about to enter the forest when Ann and Stephani chickened out. They said they would be teased rather than go in there. "It's haunted," Ann said. You see, I didn't know that it was haunted until they told me the story. Here it is:

A nineteen year-old girl went in to pick flowers one day, but never came out. A hundred years later, a family with a five year-old girl moved in to the abandoned house. The first night, the girl was snatched from her bed. She was never seen again.

And that story had a real impact on me,'cause I'm living in that very house!

Anyway, I went in (I have too much pride for my own good!) and then Gabrielle went inside. It was only me and Alexis. Suddenly, we came to a meadow. It was filled with flowers. Dead, brown flowers.

Goosebumps popped up in my skin. A never ending cold went through my spine. There, right across from me was the figure of a girl about my age.

I stepped on a twig, which snapped in half. I closed my eyes and opened yhem again the girl was gone. Alexis turned on her heel and ran off. I was alone.

Suddenly, a cold hand grasped my shoulder. I turned and saw a little girl, white as death, standing with a bunch of dead flowers.

I ran as fast as I could to the entrance to this forest of terror. I tripped and stumbled. When I looked up, a 19 year-old was looking at me.

"Won't you come and pick flowers with me?" she asked. "No,thanks," I said in a calm voice. "O.K." She stepped off the path and let me by. I never went in there again.