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The Ghostly Touch

A School Girl's Encounter with the Supernatural

By Sheela JohnPublished about a year ago 5 min read
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The Ghostly Touch

There once was a young girl named Emily who attended a small private school in the countryside. Despite the idyllic setting, there was something eerie about the place. The old brick buildings were adorned with ivy that seemed to cling to the walls, as if trying to escape. The students whispered about strange noises coming from the basement of the main building, and of the ghostly apparitions that were rumored to haunt the campus.

Emily was skeptical of the rumors. She was a practical girl and didn't believe in ghosts. But one evening, she found herself staying late at school to finish a project. She was working in a small classroom on the ground floor of the main building, and as the light faded outside, she started to feel a creeping sense of unease.

She tried to ignore it, but the creaking floorboards and flickering lights made it hard to concentrate. Just when she was about to pack up and head home, she heard a faint whisper coming from the hallway. She stood up to investigate, but the sound seemed to be coming from nowhere and everywhere at the same time. Suddenly, she felt a chill run down her spine, as if someone was breathing down her neck.

She turned around, but there was no one there. The whisper grew louder, until it was a full-blown scream. She ran out of the classroom and into the hall, but the scream was getting louder and closer. She could hear footsteps pounding the floorboards, coming closer and closer.

She turned to run the other way, but her path was blocked by a ghostly figure. It was a young girl, no more than ten years old, with long hair and a pale face. She was dressed in a torn, old-fashioned dress and had an expression of pure terror on her face.

Emily tried to scream, but no sound would come out. The ghostly figure reached out and touched her, and Emily felt a cold, icy hand close around her wrist. Suddenly, she was transported to another place and time.

She was in a dark, creepy basement, and she could hear the sound of children crying. She looked around and saw that she was surrounded by ghostly figures, all of them young children dressed in tattered clothing. They were all screaming and reaching out to her, as if they were trying to escape from something.

Emily was paralyzed with fear, but she could hear a voice in her head, telling her to run. She started to back away, but the ghostly children were closing in on her, their hands reaching out. She turned and ran, dodging between the ghostly figures, and finally she burst through a door and into the sunlight.

She was back in the present day, standing in the hallway of the main building. The ghostly figure was gone, and she was alone. She rubbed her wrist, where she could still feel the chill of the ghostly touch. She looked around and saw that everything was normal. The hallway was empty, and the only sound was the sound of her own breathing.

She stumbled back to her classroom, her mind racing. She couldn't explain what had just happened. Had she really been transported to another place and time? Or had it all been a hallucination?

She tried to shake off the fear and focus on her project, but she couldn't concentrate. Every time she heard a creak or a whisper, she felt the ghostly touch on her wrist. She finally gave up and headed home, her mind full of questions.

Over the next few weeks, she tried to make sense of what had happened that night in the school. She did some research and found out that the building had a dark history. Decades ago a young girl had died in the basement, and her ghost was rumored to still haunt the school. The other students confirmed that they had heard the ghostly screams and footsteps, and that they had seen the ghostly figure of the young girl.

Emily was horrified by what she had discovered. She had never believed in ghosts before, but now she was faced with the possibility that they were real. She tried to ignore the fear and focus on her studies, but she couldn't shake the feeling that she was being watched.

One night, as she was walking home from school, she heard a whisper behind her. She turned around, but there was no one there. The whisper grew louder, until it was a full-blown scream. She started to run, but the scream was getting closer and closer.

She could feel the ghostly hand on her wrist, pulling her back to the basement. She fought against it, but she was powerless. She was transported back to the dark, creepy basement, and she was surrounded by the ghostly children.

This time, however, she was not alone. The ghostly figure of the young girl was there, and she reached out to Emily. "Please help us," she whispered. "We are trapped here, and we can't escape."

Emily didn't know what to do, but she felt a sense of compassion for the ghostly children. She reached out to the young girl, and suddenly, she was transported back to the present day. She was standing in the middle of the street, and the ghostly figures were gone.

She knew what she had to do. She went back to the school and found the entrance to the basement. She descended the steps, and she found the ghostly children, still trapped and screaming. She reached out to the young girl, and this time, the ghostly touch was warm and comforting.

The ghostly children faded away, and Emily was alone in the basement. She knew that she had helped them escape their captivity, and she felt a sense of peace. She went back to her life, but she would never forget the ghostly touch, and the encounter that changed her life forever.

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