Scary Story (if I can think of one)

Ok, after some inspirational research, I got one. I just read some scary local legends, and then found a good one and made it into a story. So I didn't make up the idea for this, I just made it into a story.



Once upon a time there was a legend. It belonged to a small town in Connecticut called Thorn Creek. It took place in a graveyard. The legend said that in 1898 an little girl died, and was buried in the graveyard. People whispered that if you stood on the girl's grave at midnight and counted to 1,898, and then stabbed a knife into the ground on the grave, then the girl's hand would come out of the grave and pull yo in there with her.

Now our story jumps to the present day, to the live of three friends: two girls and a boy. The two girls' names were Jenny and Rachel, and the boy's name was Sam. One night, a couple of days from Halloween, something terrible happened. Upon discussing the legend among themselves, the three friends came up with an idea. They were all convinced that, of course, the legend wasn't true. But, being a teenager, and in need of a little thrill for Halloween, Sam dared Rachel to test the story. He promised her twenty dollars if she could do it without running away.

So, that night, a little before midnight, the three friends ventured to the graveyard. Rachel was nervous, but of course she wasn't that scared. She stepped carefully up to the grave, realizing with shiver of fear that the name on the grave was Rachel Franklin. Nonetheless, she started to count, pausing now and then to look back at her friends. Sam and Jenny were giggling a few feet behind her, Sam looking a little grim at the prospect of giving away twenty dollars.

When Rachel finally reached 1,898, she took a deep breath and stabbed the knife into the ground. Feeling a little relieved, she turned to go. All of a sudden she felt a tugging at her leg. She looked down to see what it was, but of course, at that moment the moon went behind a cloud and it was too dark to tell. Rachel tried again to leave, but she was held fast. She started to scream for help.

Unfortunately, her friends thought that she was joking around, and laughed. This only made Rachel get more frantic, and she began to breathe heavily, moaning and trying to pull free. Sam and Jenny laughed again, and turned to go, thinking that once Rachel had had her fun she would follow. Rachel breathed harder and harder, until she felt her breath catch in throat. She yelled and yelled for her friends, but they didn't come.

The next day, Sam and Jenny still hadn't heard from Rachel. They went back to the graveyard to see if maybe, possibly, but probably not, she was still there. When they got there they saw somthing at the base of the headstone of Rachel Franklin's grave. They ran forward, and upon closer inspection, saw that it was Rachel. Her face was blue. Horrified, they called the police. While they were waiting for the police to arrive, and after they had gotten over their initial shock the two friends concluded that she had hyperventilated and been, for lack of a better term, scared to death. Then they saw what had been holding her down. The knife was stabbed into the leg of her pants.

The police arrived, and could come to no better conclusion than Sam and Jenny. They did, however, find one thing: a twenty dollar bill lying next to Rachel. Sam confirmed that he still had is, and so that is the only thing that still remains a mystery.


Gosh I'm so bad at endings... anyway,
Here is the site that I got the idea from: http://www.halloween-website.com/scary_stories.htm
If you scroll all the way down it's the third one from the bottom. I added some stuff, obviously.