“On a dark, dark night, in a dark, dark house,
in a dark, dark room, in a black, black coffin —”“Eh! Your story is too boring that makes me sick.”
“So, you can tell us something different, huh?”
She paused, looked down, closed her green eyes, and then immediately opened them widely, having turned the white flashlight on her and looking directly at us. “Okay! Listen to the scariest story ever!!! But it is not imagined like yours. Unfortunately, it is a real one my brother told me. Do you remember little Susie always in a white dress with two ponytails with white silk bows on them?”
“Hm, not really. Does she live nearby or go to school with us?”
“She was our neighbour a not long time ago, but now the house where she lived is on a sale, as you could see.”
“Yes, yes! I saw it when we were going to your house. I thought that it is quite mysterious, and no one has lived here for ages. Who would live in this yellowish-brownish house? Maybe, the ghosts, but it doesn`t matter because still, I can`t resemble any little Susie with ponytails.”
“I saw someone similar to your description, but I`m not sure that it was her, sorry.”
“Oh, you guys are so inattentive. But, sure, Susie wasn`t really communicative, and I don`t think she had friends there.”
“If so, how did your brother find out about the story you want to scare us with?”
“Good question, Tom. He said our dog Yuki found her diary buried behind our fence. But my brother burnt it because it scared him, eh. I could show it to you all now!!! Stupid wimp.”
“Why has he done it??? Did he explain, at least, why it frightened him?”
“Okay, he said that first, it looked innocent to him, that`s why he took it. The diary seemed to be an ordinary girl`s diary. It was white with laces, pink bows, flowers, and a small heart-shaped mirror. He thought, ‘Now, I`ll know what the girls think about it.’ The brother opened it and skipped the first pages, where she has written information about her, to get quickly to something more fascinating. The further pages were about how her family moved here and her first days in this old house nearby. But that is not so interesting as what she was doing the next days,” she went catatonic.
“What was she doing, Jane?”
“I don’t know why she couldn`t be friends with us but she knows everything about us! Even about your favourite sweets, Kate, and about your coins collection, Tom, about every day we met with you together!”
“Oh, that`s great that she left our city. I don`t like weirdos. And that`s scared your brother? Ha! Real wimp.”
“Tom! Of course, it would be great. I don`t want to upset or scare you two now but let me finish. My brother read next and next, and he noticed that the pages are becoming darker and darker. He found out that her parents decided to move to another house, and she was against it. Her handwriting became as though a devil has written it all but not a Susie with two white bows. Turning the next pages, they became as black as ash. It was warmer and warmer in his hands and even burning that he threw away the book. The black diary closed and the bloody red message in the mirror burnt ‘I`LL BE BACK.’ Although my brother says the book started to burn itself, I don`t believe him. He was so afraid that he burnt it!”
“Kids! Jane, why are you so reddish? Kate and Tom, what happened to you? You look white. Tom, why do you shake like a leaf? Oh, do you have a night of scary stories today? I`m really sorry to interrupt you but it`s time to sleep.”
Jane`s mum went out and we started to go to our beds. I was lying and thinking about Susie, it couldn`t get out of my mind.
***
Hm, I wonder how I`ve managed to fall asleep. I open my eyes but it`s still dark outside. I turn to the left and do not see girls, only the empty uncovered bed. Where are they?! There is only darkness and me. Oh, yes! They are knocking at the door.
“Come in dumpy girls! You have scared me! Where did you go without me?”
The dark door opens creaking while I am taking more of our blanket to cover. I turn right and see a girl. A girl in a white dress, with two ponytails and white bows on them. It is Susie! I can`t scream, I`ve lost my voice. I hide in the blanket with the hope that it`s a dream.
“Oh. Tom, do you want to play hide and seek? I wanted to introduce myself first. My name is Susie, I`m your new neighbour and classmate. Haven`t Jane and Kate already told you?”
I heard the girls laughing behind the door. I can`t imagine how red I turned!
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