The Skin Walker

By: Maja Vujica

‘’Moooommmm’’ Gabby shouted. ‘’What now Gabby?’’ Her mom replied. ‘’ We’re gonna be late for the family picnic.’’ ‘’I’ll be there in a minute.’’ Her mom told her. When Gabby and her mom left the house Gabby remembered that she forgot her special necklace so she got out of the car and ran back in the house. 

When she left her room outside on the balcony there was something there staring at her. It was like a human with no skin. ‘’What is that?’’ Gabby asked her favorite bear stuffie. But when Gabby turned around it was gone. 

Then she heard,’’ Hurry up Gabby were gonna be late so be quick.’’ 

‘’I’m coming.’’ Gabby replied. Gabby rushed in the car but on the road there she saw the same weird man again but this time it transformed into a deer and ran past the car. 

When Gabby arrived at the destination she got out of the car and she heard and saw her family members including her older sister who already graduated from college. Gabby's grandpa made her favorite meal spaghetti with extra jumbo meatballs. 

After Gabby had finished eating her lunch she went to the playground with her sister. Her sister told her that she had been seeing the skinless people too. ‘’ I have been seen them too lately.’’ Gabby replied. That’s when Gabby's sister said,’’ I guessed you did too, that’s when I looked into the family history book and it said that SkinWalkers are seeking revenge on our family by haunting us.’’ ‘’That’s absurd!’’ Gabby replied in a loud voice. ‘’It’s true.’’ Her sister said with a sigh. When Gabby heard the information her sister said she refused to listen. That’s when Gabby asked her mom to go. 

By the time they got home it was pitch black. But when they pulled up on the driveway their house was dark but they surely remember leaving the light’s on. That’s when a small red light turned on then a sound of shattering glass came from the back of the house and sirens roared in their ears. “Mom what's happening!” Gabby tried to yell over the sirens. Then in a blink of an eye there were so many police barging into their house, Knocking down doors and breaking glass. But Gabby didn’t pay any attention, instead she paid attention to something that looked like a man running from the backyard with their personal information files. Gabby started to panic. “What are they going to do with the files, are they gonna stalk me down.” Gabby wondered. Then the cops came out of the house with a weird looking man with no skin. The guy admitted that he was a skin walker and that there were more of them. When the cops threw the skinwalkers into the police car the skinwalker threw a piece of paper on the floor. When I read the note it said,``We are coming for you.” Gabby bit her nails in fear. When Gabby showed her mom the note her mom gave a very scared face. THey both worried but then their dad came out of the house laughing. “ It was all a prank, the men are not real, they were a project illusion.” Gabby's dad said. “Seriously you scared us but just don’t do it again.” “Ok fine,” Gabby's dad replied. “What are we waiting for its time to go to the Halloween party?” “Ok lets go” her dad and mom said.

The Slime Creature

By: 

It was a crisp October morning and Ruby was on a walk- by herself. It was still dark and the street lights were on. Grrrr… Ruby froze, aghast from the odd noise. She started walking a little faster, hoping it was just her imagination. She heard footsteps behind her, so she started jogging. Again, she heard the footsteps, but following her speed. She broke into a run, but right as she stepped into the driveway, she blacked out.

                              …

 Ruby woke up in a strange, smelly room. She saw a doorway. She cautiously tip toed over to it. That’s when it hit her. She was locked up behind bars! She backed up, heart racing. She frantically looked around, trying to find a way out. She cried out for help, hoping someone would hear her. Suddenly, she heard a noise that sounded like goopy slime squirming across the floor. She froze. She quickly ran to the darkest corner in her huge, but definitely not luxurious cell. She hoped that whatever was coming didn’t have night vision. Soon enough, the creature reached her cell. She watched it as it looked around, and realized that she was “missing”. It quickly opened the door, and came in. Ruby knew it. This was probably the only chance she would get to escape, so she dashed out the door, and into a huge hallway. She looked around to see where she should go, and decided that anywhere that wasn’t there was way better. She was about to start running  when she saw of a bunch of the slimy creatures coming right at her. She ran and ran, but they were right on her tail! She looked for a place she could turn, but found nothing. She ran even faster, and got farther and farther ahead from the creatures. Eventually, she cam up to a sign. There were many different arrows, so she read them all. Right when the creatures were in her sight, she saw an arrow saying, “Above ground (ick)”. She ran in the direction of the arrow. She thought about why the sign might say ick. She was distracted, she didn’t even realize the sharp stone wall in front of her! She ran right into it with mortal injuries all over her body. Days later, she was healed, but trapped. The event happened many times, until the creatures finally trapped her for good.

The Haunted Train Station                       

By: Sofia M.

Hi my name is Sahara and this is my story. One day me and my family were planning to take a train to go  Arkansas to visit some friends. We planned to go in a week and leave early in the morning. Days and days went by and finally the day was here. We woke up at about 4:30 Am, and left at 5. When we got there, there were no cars in the parking lot, except for a couple of course. This is when I felt like things were getting a little weird, then when we walked in the train station things were definitely weird, there was no one in the train station! I tried to tell my mom but all she kept saying was, “ it’s fine Sahara, there’s just not that many people here so it feels a little weird.” I still felt like things were weird. By the time we sat down to wait for the train, It had been like 2 hours, and the weirdest part was, THERE IS NO ONE HERE EXCEPT US! Finely after hours and hours of waiting we finally get on the train, and then…. All of the lights go out! When the lights turn back on I find myself in a room by myself. The only person with me was an old man, he had bloody red eyes, his breathing was funny, and he kept twitching. I looked at him for a while then a couple seconds later he looked back at me and said in a raspy crackling voice, “ RUN!” So now things were getting weird my heart was raising, and at this moment all I could think to do was run. So you know what I did? I ran as fast as I could, and as long as I could. Right as I was running my heart was about to pound out of me, I was so nervous! I was by myself and had no clue what was going on and an old man who looked sick told me to run! I was running for a little while and everything just looked the same, but the old man was not there, I just kept running and running, and the room felt like it was getting longer and longer. All of a sudden….. The lights go out again! But this time I found myself on the ground tied up in pitch black, but all I could see was this bright white line. All I could do at this stage is pray, I prayed for my family to be safe, and most importantly I prayed for myself to be safe. I closed my eyes then when I opened them again I saw a trail of blood going to an even darker room. That's all I remember from that night but that was definitely the freakiest night of my life! If you get this message please please please call help!

By: ISABELLA B.

   On Halloween morning James and Isabelle woke up to people screaming outside. They scrambled out the door to a horrified group of people. Reporters were everywhere! James heard one of them say “This is the most scary thing we have ever had in Selamark! People say that a man in all black with a horrores scream mask came around and kidnapped innocent people! Come back at 3 to hear more about these missing people!” James was horrified! Who would do this?! Maxine ran to James and Isabelle with a horrified look. She cried “My father is missing my father is missing!!!!!!!” She started to ball her eyes out. James and Isabelle thought she would drown from all the tears. A police man ran over to Maxine's mother and questioned her about her husband. James and Isabella's father was on vacation in Hawaii and their mother was with some friends in Willow Nest so James and Isabelle were alone! James said to Maxine “We will look for your father from dawn to dusk and skip school until we find him!” Maxine choked out “You really think we will find him?” With a sniffle. “I promise!” James said with a stern voice. James, Isabelle, and Maxine went off to find Maxine's dad. They knew it was risky, they knew that the awful person who created this mess was out on the loose but they didn’t care. They were gonna find Maxine's dad! They had been hiking through the forests for 5 hours and decided to set up some sort of camp for the night. They only brought one tent so James decided to sleep outside to keep a close eye out for anything suspicious. The girls woke up and James had already made breakfast. They cleaned up camp and set on in the forest. After another day of hiking they set up camp again. This time Isabelle and James slept in the tent and Maxine slept outside. Maxine heard bushes ruffling and heard footsteps. Maxine yelled “Hey who’s there? I said, ``Who's there?” A man walked out. He said in a wispy voice “Me.” She recognized his voice. It was her dad. She noticed that the voice was a bit different but she still ran over and hugged him. James and Isabelle walked out of the tent the next morning to Maxine laying on the ground unconscious. James yelled out “MAXINE, MAXINE!!” James and Isabelle ran over to assist Maxine. James got their ice water and poured it on her so she would wake up. Maxine woke up and started screaming bloody mary! James got Maxine to calm down and tell him what happened. Maxine said in a shaky, disturbing, and eerie voice, “It was my dad, I think, I don’t know but I heard him and I recognized his voice so I ran to him and hugged him but then he told me to run away. I released my tight hug and stared at him in confusion. He then slapped me and then things started to move and the trees looked alive and then I blacked out.” Isabelle stared at her with a jaw dropped horrores look. James was confused and then it came to him. “Did he have anything in his hands?” James questioned. Maxine tried to remember, she thought for hours. Then she said in a shocked voice “Yes, it was a scream mask.” Isabelle said “Oh my god, we are in so much trouble!!! What if he has your dad?!!” James walked away in utter disbelief. Maxine started to pace, she did this for one hour straight. Finally Maxine said something, she said “We need to go to this address, it is 66789 Willownest Street Utah 93853.” James looked up that address. He stated “It is 30 minutes to walk.” As he was closing his phone he noticed all the texts and calls from his parents asking what he and his sister Isabelle were doing. He decided to ignore the messages because they had bigger fish to fry. Maxine, James, and Isabelle geared up for battle, they found anything they could use to defend themselves and defeat this horrible person. When James, Isabelle, and Maxine got to the address they found the front door open. Without a second to hesitate, Maxine walked in. James and Isabelle followed her but they had to be careful because the kidnapper might be there. Isabelle paused for a moment, she questioned “Wait, how did you know to come to this address Maxine?” Maxine paused, then she answered “He gave me a note.” “Oh,” Isabelle replied. They walked down an eerie hallway which led to a huge room filled with cages. Isabelle looked around and saw a familiar face, actually a few. She saw her mom, her teacher, and Maxine's dad. They ran to each cage and opened them to let out the innocent people. Then, the kidnapper walked in, he chuckled “Oh you came to get your friends and family and thought I would let you get by so easily, ha, no chance!” Then he sprung at James but James pushed him back with his razor-like stick. Maxine came up behind him and hit him in the neck with a pole from their tent. Accept he grabbed her long luscious blonde hair so she fell onto her face. Isabelle’s blood boiled, she sprung at him like he did to James. Isabelle dodged the man's hand so he wouldn’t touch her perfectly brushed brown hair. James finally knocked him out! James grabbed his phone and called the police and when they got there the man was punished for his crimes. James, Isabelle, and Maxine left the house feeling like heroes, and to this day they are reminded daily of how appreciated they are for their amazing doings.

Story of the SS Belgian Pride

Mystery in the North Sea  By: Hank D.

Prologue

After World War II, the Belgian Line were rebuilding their fleet. They took NDL’s (North German Lloyd) SS Columbus (1924) to replace the HMHS Triton, they lost HMHS Triton after it struck a naval mine on September 26, 1942. They also lost the MV Nederland after it’s incomplete hull from 1928 was obliterated in a bombing, and they also lost HMS Finnomen/Bestioland in 1944 when it was sunk by 10 TORPEDOES. Even RMS Sunshine (1902) was torpedoed and sunk in 1942 while it was a troop ship.

In 1946, a new liner known as the “Belgian Pride” was ordered and also meant to be comparable in length to the HMHS Britannic. In 1947, the ship was ordered to replace other ships lost in the war (Sunshine, Nederland, Finnomen, etc.). It was launched in June 1949 and its maiden voyage occurred on May 23, 1950.

It had a peaceful life of service until July 7, 1974, when…

Backstory

In 1974, the SS Belgian Pride was reported to have mysteriously disappeared. One of its lifeboats was found by MV Procyon. The ghost of the vessel was first spotted in 2002 when a fishing boat spotted the ghost vessel and took a few photos of it. The vessel would be spotted again in 2003, when the British Coast Guard spotted the ghost ship and climbed aboard. All they found was rotting 1970’s interior.

The ship would once again get spotted in 2006 when the ghost ship rammed a fishing boat that was trying to steer out of its way. But the fishing boat didn’t have enough time and it was hit by the vessel. The Coast Guard returned to the SS Belgian Pride and the crew went  onboard to inspect it again. The captain of the Coast Guard ship, George Winslow, then decided to board the “ghost ship.”

George Winslow went onboard and searched to see if anybody was onboard the vessel. “Hello?” he said, “Anybody there?” Then he went down to the bottom floor and checked the Pool and Turkish Baths, still, nobody was there. He later went to the boiler and engine rooms and yet nobody was there. After that, he got back on board his Coast Guard ship and left. The vessel known as Belgian Pride would not be seen again until 2007 and 2010.

In 2013, the ghost ship was spotted by George Winslow and his crew. George and a few other crew members went onboard the vessel again. As they left their ship, their Coast Guard Boat “HMCGS Neville” suddenly exploded and sank due to a bomb being put on their vessel. No one knew who put the bomb on their boat, nor saw the bomb. The explosion also affected SS Belgian Pride and it began to sink. It sank in two minutes. 

“Get out fast! The ship is sinking!” says George as he and his crew jumped off the vessel. There were no lifeboats on the ship, so they jumped into the oily water. George and his crew sent messages to nearby ships and helicopters. They were rescued by a rescue helicopter. All the crew survived and were pulled out of the water onto the helicopter. George said, “The ghost ship is sinking! We need help!”

In 2017, the actual Belgian Pride vessel was found again as a shipwreck on the seafloor in the Dogger Bank, North Sea. Its bow split off from the vessel and the stern also split off too. “That’s what happened?” says George when he saw some pictures of the wreck of the actual ship. Nobody knew how it sank either. It was probably caused by a boiler explosion, collision with a rock or foreign vessel or a storm. The vessel’s wreck looked awfully damaged to the point it would be beyond irreparable. The wreck then became a diver’s destination. Many divers have explored the shipwreck of the Belgian Pride. 

The ghost of Belgian Pride was found out to be a hallucination. People thought the vessel disappeared until its wreck was found, still, nobody understands how the ship sank.

• Theory 1: The day after Belgian Pride vanished, a cargo ship’s bow was damaged and was taken to a shipyard for repairs, people thought that Belgian Pride sank after colliding with a cargo ship.

• Theory 2: Some people thought that a bomb was snuck onboard the ship, and when it went off, it caused damage to the keel.

• Theory 3: People thought the ship sunk in a boiler room explosion.

• Theory 4: People thought the ship sank in a storm or hit by a tidal wave because it was sailing through a storm in the mouth of the English Channel.

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Ship Info

Name: SS Belgian Pride

Builder: Staten and Reydam, Bruges

Launched: June 1949

Maiden Voyage: May 23, 1950

Length: 883ft (269m)

Fate: Unknown

Status: Wrecked

Coordinates: 53°44'20"N 3°03'23"

Brendan’s Ghost Hunt

By: Matthew H.

One night Brendan was in the forest. Then he heard some ghost sounds. Brendan was scared because he did not know what that sound was but he heard it again. He went deeper into the forest. Then he heard the same sound again. Brendan started to shake then he saw something that was clear white in the forest. It was a ghost! The ghost started to move toward Brendan. Brendan started to run back to his house, but the ghost was following Brendan. 

Brendan saw his friend Tommy’s house and ran up to the  front door of Tommy’s house and banged on the door.  Tommy opened the door and said, “What’s wrong?” 

Brendan yelled, “There is a ghost chasing me!”

Tommy said, “Let's go in the basement!” Tommy locked the door and the boys ran to the basement, but the ghost did not give up. The ghost banged on the door. The boys were quiet in the basement. They put special glue on the door so that the ghost would not get in. The ghost said, “Whoooooooo!” The ghost left.

Later that night when Brendan went to sleep, he heard some knocking on the front door.  Brendan was scared and went to Tommy’s room and said, “There is something knocking on the door!”

Tommy whispered, “Maybe we should trick the ghost!” “We should turn on the security video and record the ghost!”

Brendan said, “Okay.”

The boys recorded the ghost and went to sleep. Brendan was sleeping in Tommy’s room now. Then they heard the knock again. Brendan and Tommy headed downstairs. They opened the door, but nothing was there. Then they saw a ghost outside the window! Brendan heard some knock on the room door and they checked, but no one was there. Then they heard something, then they saw the ghost. The boys ran away. Brendan said, “What should we do?”

 Tommy said, “We should hide behind the house!” 

Brendan and Tommy went behind the house, but the ghost didn’t give up. The ghost found them behind the house and they ran away.

“Maybe we should drive somewhere where the ghost can’t find 

us,” said Brendan. They drove to a hotel and stayed there to sleep. The ghost was still in their house and looked for them. The ghost looked in the forest but nothing was there. Brendan decided to give the video of the ghost to the museum. The ghost decided to give up. 

Trick or Treating

By: Jenna A.

Once upon a time there was a zombie. The zombie’s name was Creepy Carol. It was Halloween and Creepy Carol was hungry! She wanted something to eat. She decided to go hunting for her next meal. 

It was Halloween night and Molly was getting ready to go trick or treating. She loves Halloween night. Molly's friend Sophia came over to her house to get ready for trick or treating. Sophia was wearing her costume. Her costume was a dragon pretending to blow red fire and the people were scared. Molly's costume was a black cat. 

Molly and Sophia went out to go trick or treating. Molly and Sophia went to ten houses and they got a lot of candy. Molly asked Sophia, “What kind of candy is your favorite?” 

Sophia replied, “My favorite is Reese peanut butter cups.” 

“Molly, what is your favorite candy?” 

“My favorite candy is a Hershey’s bar and an Almond Joy,” said Molly. Sophia and Molly had so much fun trick or treating that they did not notice Creepy Carol. She was following them from house to house.

Creepy Carol wanted to eat candy with Molly and Sophia. Molly and Sophia decided to share their candy with Creepy Carol. Creepy Carol, the zombie, ate so much candy that she ended up in the hospital with a horrible stomach ache. Molly and Sophia went home and shared their candy with their family.

The Most Scariest Ghost Hunt Ever

By: Aiden R.

On Halloween morning I heard three knocks on my door. I opened the door and it was Frederick.  I said, “Hey! How are you doing?”

Frederick said, “ I’m doing good. Wanna go ghost hunting?”

I yelled, “Sure!”

Then me and Frederick went in the car and drove one hour away from my house. Then we saw a line of trees and it was the Forest of Doom.  Fredrick said, ‘’I think we found the place.”

I said it with a frightened tone of voice, “I’m scared!”

Then we got out of the car and walked on the old porch and Fredrick pulled out his ghost detector and turned it on. ‘’This is a ghost detector,” he said,“I used to hunt ghosts to detect ghosts.” 

I said, “Wow. That’s cool.”

Fredrick said, ‘’ When the light turns green, that means no ghosts inside the house. When it turns red, that means there are ghosts inside the house.”

I said,‘’Ok’’ then we went into the haunted house that was built in 1780 and walked around the house. The ghost detector was lit green. Then we walked past the hallway and I heard the door slammed loudly. BAM!!!!!!! and the security alarm started blaring loudly. Fredrick screamed, ‘’RUNAWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!”. Then we scrambled out of the haunted house. And then we waited outside for an hour. 

After one hour we went back into the haunted house. Fredrick turned on his ghost detector. I said, ‘Let's hope this doesn’t happen again.”  The light was lit yellow. “Oh my god I think there’s a 95% chance that there might be a ghost,” said Fredrick. 

I yelled,  “No! I’m scared!!” Then the light was lit red and we both screamed, ‘’OH NO!!!!!!!!”” Then we saw a red glowing dot. ‘’What is that?”said Fredrick. 

I said, ‘’I don’t know Fredrick, what is it?’’

Fredrick said, ‘’It might be a ghost and it's getting bigger.’’ They watched the red glowing dot and kept going bigger every minute. Then the next minute the red glowing started moving and got bigger and turned into a red glowing blob. Their hearts started pounding hard and fast. I said, “I’m scared!’’

Fredrick said, “I know. I’m scared too.’’ Then the red glowing thing got bigger, had three black dots on it and the glowing got brightened up more like the sun and it kept on getting bigger, until something appeared. “It’s the rare red ghost that was around 1669. Don’t move,’’ said Fredrick.

 ‘’There's a ghost right in front of you!’’ We stayed still until it started coming close and circling around us. Fredrick said, ‘’I think we are in trouble!”

 I screamed like I’m melting, ‘’WERE BOTH GOING TO DIE!!!!! NO!!!!!’’ Then it got even closer, the brightness got brighter and it started to blind their eyes. We both yelled, ‘’Aaaah!!!!! my eyes!!!!!!!!!!!’’ Then it got to the point where the red ghost started killing them. A few minutes later they both died.

The Witch

By: Macayla G.

Once upon a time there was a witch.  The witch went to a party at a haunted house. The witch got scared. The witch made a potion. The witch was ok and had fun at the party. 

The Halloween Night

By: Stella C.

Four kids were drawn to a small town, where the train tracks rumbled, the wind howled, the air was crisp, and where everyone lived in their worst nightmares. Welcome to Raven’s Cliff.

Two hours earlier

“Can we please get some candy now? Please? I want some Butterfingers! I’ve literally been waiting all day,” asked Maggie.

“Yeah. Let’s go get some candy,” replied Cecilia. “Hey uwu Jack? We are going trick-or-treating. Wanna come with?”

“Sure! Hudson! Let’s go! Stop slackin’ and get movin’. We don’t have time to waste,” Jack shouted.

What was better than trick-or-treating with their best friends on a Halloween night? No parents, no rules, no bedtime. There was nothing to hold them back.

Cecilia had decided what they wanted to do for trick-or-treating. They didn’t want to trick-or-treat at one of their neighborhoods since they have done that four years in a row. They wanted to go somewhere new. Somewhere that had a lot of candy.

“There is a neighborhood that I saw when I was on my bike. I think it's new. It has a lot of big houses,” said Hudson. “It’s called Raven’s Cliff. Does anyone want to go there?”

“That sounds cool! How far away is it?” asked Maggie.

“Just a twenty minute bike ride. It’s right by the Eureka River,” replied Hudson.

Twenty minutes later

“This is it guys. What do you guys think?” Hudson questioned with a hopeful tone.

All of them looked at each other, thinking the exact same thing: what is this place? The neighborhood was dead silent. All the houses had no lights on. Cobblestone road, Juliet balconies on the houses, iron gates at the entrance. The air smelled of metal as the cold breeze went by.

“Seriously, did you find this on Zillow or something? How is this here?”  said Jack.

“Jack, just shut up. We’re just here for the candy and that’s it! Now how do we get in?” Maggie replied.

Hudson was usually the brains of the group, making smart plays and winning chess matches. In this case, he screwed up. There was a giant gate blocking the way in.

“Why don't we just see if it's open?” asked Cecilia.

They pulled the large iron gate with all their might. With a single creek, the gates flew open with a huge gust of wind. Now they were able to go in. The sound of their shoes echoed through the whole neighborhood. Their costumes stood out against the dull, poorly painted houses. As they walked through, they approached the first house.

“Who’s gonna ring the doorbell?” Cecilia pondered.

“I think Hudson should since he’s the one who brought us to this neighborhood,” Maggie suggested.

“Yeah Harry Potter. Go do your magic,” Jack snickered.

Hudson gulped, Harry Potter was always the brave one. He must make him proud.  He brought out his wand from his cloak, faced it toward the doorbell, and rang it. *Ding dong.* They stood there in silence. Waiting for someone to open the door.

“Let’s just head back, it’s pointless,” sighed Cecilia. “Nobody is going to answer so let’s go back home and trick or treat at Maggie’s neighborhood.”

Jack and Hudson stared at each other with a look that read: let’s just wait one more minute. When Cecilia and Maggie start walking away, a light goes on inside the house.

“Guys! Wait! Somebody’s inside!” exclaimed Hudson.

“Sure somebody is inside,” said Maggie sarcastically.

“Yo’ guys get over here!” Jack shouted.

They both started to sprint to the house and look at the light.

“See?” said Hudson.

They could see the shadow of the footsteps grow larger. A conversation started. The voices are muffled. The doorknob rattled and opened to a humble elderly man and woman. All of them looked at the couple with wide eyes. They didn’t know what to say since they were all in shock. 

Maggie nudged Jack and all of them said “Trick or treat!”

“Happy Halloween kiddos!  Take as much candy as you would like. We don’t get lots of visitors. I love all of your costumes,” said the man.

“Thank you! I’m Princess Leia, Maggie is a cowgirl, Jack is Elvis Presley and Hudson is Harry Potter,” Cecilia said with a bright smile on her face.

“Can I ask you a question?” Jack asked while grabbing a handful of Snickers and Crunch bars.

“Of course! Ask us anything,” replied the woman

“What’s with the gate?” Jack finished.

“Oh that ol’ thing? That thing has been broken for years. Right, Elenor?” The man responded.

“Sure thing Thomas, I don't even remember the last time I saw it functionally working!” Elenor added, “how did you kids get in?”

“We pulled it open,” Hudson answered.

“Do you have any Butterfingers? I’ve literally been waiting all day,” chuckled Maggie.

The Thing

Leah T.

Amy glanced at the gas meter to see that she was almost out of gas. Then she saw a town entrance coming up on the road in front of her. Surely they’ll have a gas station! Amy thought as the town approached. She turned into the town slowly, as to preserve the little gas she had left. Which is strange to say the least, but that was how Amy was, strange. When she was In school, she never talked, didn’t pay attention in class, and during recess she ran laps around the courtyard. That was the one thing Amy was good at, running. This skill was never useful to her though. The town was quiet, but not a calming quiet, it was more like an eerie quiet, like the quiet that always occurs before something terrible happens.  

She found the gas station relatively quickly so she pulled up to an open pump and tried to pump gas, yet nothing was coming out. She went inside to ask the worker for help.

“Hi! Can you..….,” she said as walked in the door only to realize that the only person there was lying on the floor dead behind the cash register. Blood scattered across the floor. She was quite taken aback by this shocking discovery. She was about to scream, but then stopped herself due to the fear that the person or thing that did this was still in the gas station and that if she did scream, she would be next. She slowly backed away from the body and towards the door, every foot step seeming like the loudest thing in the world. When she was out of the gas station, she turned around and ran to her car to try to leave, but her car was out of gas. In a panic, she jumped out of her now useless car and sprinted towards the exit of this creepy town, yet when she got there, she tried to run out, but a force field trapped her in. At this point she was absolutely terrified. She kept charging at the force field hoping that it would slip up so she could leave, it didn’t. She soon realized that she had no chance of getting out, so she decided to try to find some sort of police station that she could report this to. No luck. She ran back to her car, as it was quite dark now, to try to get some sleep.

When she woke up the next morning she immediately ran to the exit and tried to see if the force field was down that day. No luck. Sadly, her phone was already dead when she found the body, so she couldn’t call for help. Remembering this fact, she ran to the closest house and knocked on the door, hoping they could help or at least let her use their phone. She  knocked on the door, but got no answer. She decided to barge in anyway. She opened the door slowly, just in case the person was sleeping. She walked in and quietly started to search for a phone when she heard that the tv was on, so she slowly walked to the living room only to see a man sitting on an armchair dead. His eyes ripped out of his eye socket and what seemed to be a stab wound and scratches on his chest. This time, she allowed herself to scream. She ran out of the house and broke down crying on the sidewalk. This was too much for her to handle. She just sat there and cried until her face was red and puffy. Then she stood up, pulled herself together, and continued looking for a phone. No matter how many houses she went to, everyone was dead, their eyes were pulled out. 

The next morning she woke up on the street and screamed. She saw the thing with bulging eyes,a small crooked smile filled with large sharp teeth and fingernails that looked like they hadn’t been cut in years.The next thing Amy saw was darkness. A quiet darkness. Then a bright light surrounded her. She had joined them.

The Electric Mystery

By: Eli C.

I arrived at school waiting for the bus with everyone on their very own trip. I was excited after months of waiting and hours packing. I hoped me and my best friend Bassy would have fun at a camp called Camp Wooden Tree. Bassy was the most goofiest friend I have ever had. We always send each other memes on youtube. If you're wondering, my name is Damien Fredwergen. I love video games and my favorite sport is soccer.My family has an unpredictable past. For example, my grandfather was a baseball player  .

 Let’s get on to the story. On the bus we drove all across the state of Michigan which is where I live. “All right kiddos time for a movie!” called out Mrs. Dan. They played the movie Hocus Pocus. The bus came near the stop while I was in the bathroom. Minutes after we brought our belongings to the boys dorm. A man named John was one of the college helpers of Camp Wooden trees. “Hello guys, I’m John. I’m going to guide you to where you're going in this. Right now we're going to the old house owned by a cowboy named Elistonein.'' Then we went to the really old and misty house.

 It was by a deserted town that had a sign saying The Wooden townhouses est 1873. Our group was looking at guns and Kitchen tools. John told the young twelve year olds, “This was in the decade when Thomas Edison invented the light bulb to the public. He also sold light to the public including this town.” 

“Really?”  Bassy questioned. 

“Kind of, the mayor agreed to Edison's coworkers that he would sell light bulbs in this town. I learned about it from a statue in the town,” explained John. “So anyways, what’s your twos name?”

 “I’m Damien.”

 “And I’m Bassy.” 

Later after everyone got their name, I accidentally tripped on some wood, but it wasn’t like any wood. “Ouch! man what is this wood?”I yelled. Everyone giggled and as embarrassing as it seemed I actually found that it wasn’t wood it was a hidden door! John asked, “Are you ok Damien?”

 “Yeah, I’m fine. It's just that I found a door on the ground.” We were curious so John and I both opened the dusty door slightly. We found a secret room that looked like a dark basement and It had stairs. The whole group gasped and since John didn’t want the kids to go down due to no oxygen there, he asked everyone of the adults to check on the mystery because John had no idea the room was under the house.

The teachers told the kids not to worry about it.

 In the evening, after exploring the camp, we went to our bunkers. Everyone was acting silly. Lukas and Riley and all the boys were having pillow fights. Me and Bassy laughed and we liked talking to them. Eventually we got ready and went to sleep. People were still thinking about the incident. Meanwhile the teachers, including Mrs. Dan, my math teacher, called the police to search the place. 

The cops with their oxygen masks found a hundred year old journal. It was from the great cowboy detector Elistone. An unknown wind flew and turned the pages. All of a sudden an electric ghost appeared and said, “DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH THAT!!!! “

He scared everyone until they fainted. “Well darn, I didn’t expect that,” said the ghost, Elistone, in an understanding voice. “I need to gather as much electricity as possible so I can have energy,” said Elistone. All the electricity around the camp all got sucked into his undead body. Then the boys and I woke up at a random time and one boy said, “Where’s all the lights?” We were confused and the teachers and the principal were all gone in the bunkers. Bassy said, “This is so weird Damien. Where are they?” 

“It must've been the hidden door that Damien found, ” mentioned Lucas. I was really embarrassed. 

Suddenly we found a blue figure who said, “WHO GOES THERE!!” He had bright eyes and he was made out of electricity. “ AHHH!!!” The group screamed and tried to run away, but then the ghost was calm and told them, ``Hey hey. I’m not going to kill ya.”  It scared the daylights out of me. With a shocked look on my face I wondered if he was Elistone because I saw a statue of him and they both looked the same. I kindly asked, “Are you Elistone?”

 “Well, of course I am, who wouldn't I be?” said Elistone with a grin. “Sorry to interrupt your night sleep. I should be solving a mystery of who this man is. I’ll be glad if guys help me,``said Elistone. 

After a lot of discussion me and Bassy agreed, but some of the boys were too scared. “Alright come along if there’s trouble I’m here,” said Elistone.

We exited  the dorm and I asked Elistone, “Who was that man you mentioned?”

 Elistone explained, “I don't know who he is, but it is a long story, so listen up. The year was 1876. I was just going from town to town to protect people from crime. But ever since Thomas Edison sold lightbulbs to this town I have been seeing a lot of missing people. One night I heard loud sounds in a weird house. I went in and something horrible happened. A creepy man was torturing people with electricity and he was laughing in disturbing way. And gosh darn I was traumatized! I tried to fight with him, but then we accidentally got both electrified by his Machines! And now I’m this undead ghost who has powers.”

“Wow, that's insane!” shivered Bassy.  “What is under that hidden room?” 

“You know it too?!!” said Elistone with a frustrated voice and he mentioned, “That’s where I keep my journals when I’m writing about clues.”  They walked through the woods. 

Later after hours of walking they stumbled across a weird looking house. “Thanks for showing me the way,” Elistone said. We thankfully got a map to show him because he had been dead for so long and his head was very fuzzy. Elistone wanted us to stay outside so we could be safe.

 Elistone bravely came to the odd house and saw the same guy but he was a ghost like Elistone. He even acted differently than before. “AlRIGHT WHO ARE YOU!!!”yelled Elistone.

“Huh,I’m sorry you got the wrong guy and how am I still alive? said the scared creepy man.  

“STOP LYING WHO ARE YOU!!!!?”

 “I’m Tim, please you don't understand, I WAS POSSESSED!!!! said Tim. In a moment of silence a much bigger ghost appeared. He laughed mischievously. “I have to give you a good job. You went all back from the dead to make this happen again!!! the ghost said.

 “You…you possessed him,” said Elistone. 

“YEEEEESSSSS FINALLY SOMEONE TO PLAY WITH!!!” He destroyed the house. 

Elistone ran as fast as could. Me and Bassy saw the whole thing in the window of the house with binoculars and ran! “BOYS GET OUT OF HERE!!!!” screamed Elistone on the top of his undead lungs. 

“HMmmm CHILDREN YOU MUST BE FUN TO PLAY WITH!!!”

Me and Bassy hearts pounded faster than the speed of light. By that moment Elistone wanted to reunite with his family. He wanted to save us, but he had no choice but to bring all his electric powers to vaporize the giant ghost. So he got 100% of his electricity power and ZAP!!! He destroyed the ghost into ashes and by then Elistone took his last breath, having his final death.

 In the morning, everything was nice and peaceful even though we hadn’t slept a lot. The teachers were awake and better. I felt really down that Elistone died but things still worked out and I had an amazing time hiking, eating with friends and with John, and having a slumber party. An unforgettable experience that was weird, but amazing at Camp Wooden Tree.

The Very Scary Mansion

Braden D.

    I enter into the mansion when I heard a scary hoot and a very scary skeleton was 5’11 and i was 4,2 I was very scared with my 3 small elephants and I was looking inside the mansion and I was very scared and afraid what was going to happen and another hoot and we fell into the maze if we fail we are teleport somewhere else in this 100 sq feet by 100 sq feet maze it was told to. Be haunted and impossible to escape this maze. And then this happened.  the maze and we were slowly coming out and another hoot came and we were finally looking behind us and the 5 foot skeleton and we ran as fast as we could. We were running through the corners and were coming toward the end of the we had a plan.  We would destroy the bones of the skeleton and leave the mansion forever and never go come return home we destroyed his legs which he slowed down by 1 mph. but we destroyed his head and his soul disappeared forever and we left we but we saw this one guy when I looked back and when I looked back he was not there weird but I just left and left and then we went back home.

The Wintresses

By Alex C.

“As me and my friends are playing outside. The air became as thick as gas and as black as the night. We hear howling and thunder. The cloud as start to murder. We rush to the house with nothing in sight, but all we can feel is fright. Something starts to arise. We prepare for our demise when we hear a slash we die. In our last couple seconds people hear us shout “Today we fall, tomorrow we refrain. Nevertheless we will be back someday.”

 “Well class as your favorite ELA teacher I assign you to write 5 possibilities for if the wintresses come back.  (Bell rings) Don’t forget to dress up for tomorrow.” Said Mrs Chain. She is the weirdest teacher I have ever had. She may be smart but all she talks about in class is myth’s. Thankfully our other teachers don’t give us a lot of homework. One class is different though. Science. I love science. It shows up in everything even if the thing is nothing. It is real unlike the wintresses.(3 hours later) On every Halloween my mom and I would go out and do mother daughter things. But now she’s married to Keith so now i have to take his kids Kylie and Kris trick or treating. Mom said she would at least pay me. 

Once we get outside and start trick or treating I hear a song. Not the monster mash like I usually hear. It’s some type of song which by the amount of horror movies I watch is not a good thing. Someone starts singing “Come little children I’ll take thee away to a house filled with magic.” I turn around to grab k&k (that’s what i call them) and they're gone. I start frantically looking around to spot them but I can’t. I start thinking “Moms gonna kill me moms gonna kill me.” I start thinking of places they like and then it hits me. “The wintresses house!” I yell. 

The Neverending Nightmare

Sidra Sharbaji

“Run, run,” Alex hears a voice whispering. Alex is having a nightmare so he tries to wake up but when he opens his eyes he's still in his nightmare. “I probably still haven’t fully woken up yet,” he says calmly. He tries pinching himself but it actually hurts. “Oh no, oh no, oh no!” he says while walking around frantically. He hears footsteps behind him and he remembers that someone was trying to kill him in his nightmare so he starts running. When he gets tired he starts to walk and as he’s walking he finds an old cabin so he goes inside. When he gets inside he finds a cabinet so he hides in there. A few minutes later Alex says, “I think I lost him.” As he’s about to get out of the cabinet he hears footsteps coming so he gets quiet.

 “I know you're in here,” the old man laughs laughes in a raspy voice.

 “Oh no,” Alex whispers as the footsteps are getting louder. 

Suddenly the cabinet door starts to open and Alex screams. Alex sees the man and notices that the man is holding a bloody axe so Alex starts to try and kick the man and the man falls onto the floor. Alex quickly grabs his axe and starts running as he’s running he starts to feel dizzy and he faints. When he gets up Alex is in his room on his bed. 

Suddenly his mom comes in and asks, “What happened to you, why are you so sweaty.”

“Nothing happened mom, I’m fine,” Alex sighs in relief.

 “Good, get ready for your life to end!” Soon his mom's face starts melting and as it's melting he’s seeing the face of the old man. He tries to get away but his hands and feet are tied together “ahhhhhh!” Alex screams. The ax suddenly hits Alex’s head and blood is pouring out. “Bye bye,” the old man laughs and he walks away while Alex is slowly dying.

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