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Into the Shadows

Forget the Unknown

By yana reguliPublished 4 years ago 6 min read
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A long time ago in a town called Hollow Creek, there lived a family of three. There was a husband, wife and their teenager Bell. Bell and her family just moved to Hollow Creek to start a new life. The town was small but it felt as though a presence was there. The town had their own theatre, town hall ,a high school and couple grocery markets. Her parents were always working and hardly at home. Her father worked in construction while her mother was a teacher. Bell always read her books and never had time to hang out with other teens especially at school. But things were about to change when she attends Hollow Creek High. To some it was an ordinary school but to others there was somethings that aren't meant to be spoken of. On Monday August 1, 1912 Bell had woken and got ready for school. She went downstairs and fixed herself some breakfast. It was a typical morning. Bell was used to the fact of waking up and her parents not being there. Her mother Clarice had left her note saying, "My darling, your lunch is in frig. Have fun on your first day of school but be careful. There are secrets that you do not need to know." Bell had open the frig and she was happy her mother packed her favorite lunch. She had left her house and went to school. When Bell got to school, she began to feel nervous. She was beginning to wonder how is she going to make friends in a new town. The school bell rang and it was time for her to get to her first class. On the way to her class, she had ran into a strange pale teen. She wasn't dressed like normal but she wasn't scary either. Bell wondered if that was her style but she stopped and said to herself..."I shouldn't judge already. Let them judge me. Give people a chance." When she did get to her class, her teacher came to her and told her she was running a little late to class. Bell had a sense there was something not right in this town and high school. Eight hours later the school bell had rang and she was headed home. As she was walking home, the same girl she ran into school came across her again. In a froggy voice, she said "be warned...the school is not a school. It's a trap full with secrets and lies." Bell felt a little weird around her but she also felt she was telling the truth. When Bell got home, her parents was waiting for her at the table. They both had asked how her day was. Bell said, "I ran into a girl I go to class with and told me something. She told me to be careful and that the school is nothing but lies and secrets. " Her parents both looked at her with worried look. Her mother, Beth, said "Just please be careful. She might be trying to scare you darling. " Bell said "I hope so. I just want to make sure that we are starting our life over and fresh. I just want to be able to live somewhere without worrying. " The next day, Bell decided to do some investigation at the school library. She had asked the librarian, "Excuse me, but where can i find the historical book of the school?" The librarian said " There are things you don't want to know. If i were you I'd stop looking for answers you don't want. Trust me ...some kids have tried to look but never came back. " Bell asked " Why? what happened to those kids? Where'd they go?" Librarian told Bell "If you must know the answer then look in the archive in the old library in the basement. A cautionary tale...once you seek the answer it may come back and haunt you. Please don't seek the answer you want. " "I thank you for your warning but I need to know. One teenager with dark long black hair and pale face and body had approached me yesterday and told me to leave while I can and don't find the truth" Beth told the Librarian. "There is no child of that description that attends here. But if you want to know or curious you can look in old archives. " Librarian said to Bell. Three days later had passed, and as soon as Bell thought things went back to normal, it took a wrong turn and strange things began to happen at school. Two kids went missing and no one seen them since yesterday at school. Bell had arrived at school and overheard their parents and sheriff talking. She couldn't help but wonder what was going on. Bell had no choice but to go to the old archives. As soon as she began to go to basement and into the old library, she saw some one standing in the shadow looking at her. The light began to flicker and she got a little scared but she kept going. Whatever or whoever was there that was looking at her followed her. As soon as the light went out and back on the shadow figure screamed "GET OUT!" Bell had ran out of there and back outside. The parents of missing kids and the sheriff had looked at Bell and wondered what happened. They had never seen Bell or anyone ran out scared like that before. Bell had went home and locked the door. "Maybe librarian was right. Maybe I shouldn't have went into the old archives." Bell wondered. She didn't know that the moment she said that her parents were standing behind her. Beth said, " Please tell me you didn't go into the old archives. " Bell told her mother "I had to. I had no choice . Kids were disappearing and no where to be found. I got curious and ....I ....I saw a dark shadow figure told me to get out. I feel as though something or someone had been woken." Beth explained, "Look honey..I did some digging earlier at work. This whole town was built on old native grounds and strange things began happening in 1890. They believed that particular that the high school was built on top of a strange burial that one woman died on that she haunts those that trespass her path. It also says that if kids began to be too curious they go missing and don't come back. They are not dead but they are not there either. If you keep looking for the answer you seek...i don't want you disappearing like they did. " It finally began to make sense to Bell. That's what Beth saw. She saw the same spirit twice trying to warn her not to venture into the unknown. The spirit wanted to rest in peace and not talked about. Two weeks later had passed and Bell has not explored the old archives. She felt as though that she knew it was best to stay out of there and never venture down into the old library. "To those that seek the unknow, be prepared to not come back. It is not the place of the people but it is the resting place of the old natives." Quote from the old text of the Ancients.

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