59 - the Haunted School
“I followed him, landing on my feet on soft grass.
The night sky spread overhead, a solid black. No stars. No moon.
Seth and the others appeared at the window, shouting and signaling for us to come back. But we both took off, jogging over the dark grass.
We crossed the street and saw low, dark houses set far back on gray lawns. No lights shone in the windows. No cars came by. No one was out walking.
“Is this Bell Valley?” Ben asked as we crossed another street and kept jogging. “Why doesn’t it l...ook familiar?”
“These aren’t the same houses across from the school,” I said.
A chill of fear made me stop running.
How could there be a whole different town out here? And where were the people who lived here?
Was it deserted? Was it like a movie set? I suddenly wondered. Not a real neighborhood at all?
The kids’ warnings repeated in my ears. Maybe Ben and I made a mistake, I thought. Maybe we should have listened to them.
I turned back toward the school. Wisps of fog came floating up from the ground.MoreLess
The night sky spread overhead, a solid black. No stars. No moon.
Seth and the others appeared at the window, shouting and signaling for us to come back. But we both took off, jogging over the dark grass.
We crossed the street and saw low, dark houses set far back on gray lawns. No lights shone in the windows. No cars came by. No one was out walking.
“Is this Bell Valley?” Ben asked as we crossed another street and kept jogging. “Why doesn’t it l...ook familiar?”
“These aren’t the same houses across from the school,” I said.
A chill of fear made me stop running.
How could there be a whole different town out here? And where were the people who lived here?
Was it deserted? Was it like a movie set? I suddenly wondered. Not a real neighborhood at all?
The kids’ warnings repeated in my ears. Maybe Ben and I made a mistake, I thought. Maybe we should have listened to them.
I turned back toward the school. Wisps of fog came floating up from the ground.MoreLess
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