Legion of Dragons: Perilous Peril

Ch 4|Getting Out

Hey! So the other chapters are mainly details and not important stuff, so it might be quite boring. But I think the next chapter will start having interesting stuff in it.

Dedicated to @Bella_Oliver for helping me and giving me ideas.

Blazing Rain☆

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Katie

The cold swarmed around me like I was swallowing really cold water in a gulp. I sat on my bed chattering. Ella looked at me, her expression the same. She too was cold. We sat on our beds for a moment staring at each other. Then Ella started speaking.

"There's a fireplace in Arin's room. I heard the gang was there too. Want to join them?" Ella asked.

I nodded and we stood up and left. As we entered Arin's room, we were greeted with fire in our face. Ella blocked the attack with her water geyser just in time.

"HEY!" Ella shouted.

"Ahem...Sorry Ella, Katie. We need protection ya know? In case someone breaks in," Arin apologized. 

I nodded in agreement as we sat down. A mini campfire was in the center of us. Emma and Jill were chatting about stinky socks? And Bella and Arin were talking about old men. And at that point I was ready to leave, but Ella had different plans.

"It's so warm in here. Let's stay here until everyone leaves," Ella whispered.

"Yea sure," I said, "To tell you the truth, Ella, I'm actually getting tired."

Ella nodded and we both collapsed on the soft pink carpet. I breathed in the campfire smell and my eyes were threatening to close. But they immediately opened when Jill said the 2 words I was waiting for. Ghost story.

"I'll start!" I shouted, "Okay so this is a Korean ghost story that I picked up while I was in school..."

"It was probably around 11:20 at night. I was heading home after long, tiring night-study sessions. But I didn't see anybody around that day, which was weird, since the apartment complex is pretty big and I usually see a lot of people even at night.

Anyways, I was a little scared so I was just walking while looking down on the ground...

when I saw a shadow stretching towards me. Even though there had been no one around just a moment ago.

When I looked up...

I saw a woman walking in front of me. But she just didn't look right.

I could say she looked slightly indisposed. She was limping pretty hard.

She was walking very slow, and I soon caught up with her. I was able to see her even better up close.

She was wearing dirty pink pajamas, and it looked like every joint in her body was twisted. Her hair was a mess and sticking out in every direction.

It seemed really weird, so I stopped walking.

I felt like I shouldn't get any closer to her, and I didn't have the guts to pass by her.

[The ghost turns around.]

They say when you're really surprised, you can't even scream. I couldn't move, and just froze there.

"Where's my baby?"

Her question made my thoughts race..

I don't even know why I did it then.. And it still scares me.

I pointed as far as I could and answered.. "O... over there."

I just wanted her to get away from me.

She limped towards the direction I pointed...

And I couldn't see her anymore.

I didn't want to risk running into her again, so I tried to turn around quickly and leave the apartment complex.

I couldn't think of anything but to get to some place where there would be people around.

Then

"She is not there!" [The ghost runs towards you.]

I don't remember anything afterwards. I heard that my neighbor found me passed out on the ground and took me home.

In 2007, at an apartment in Boncheon-Dong, Gwna-Ak-Gu, Seoul, a 33-year-old woman jumped off the apartment and died on the spot. Jo, who was divorced due to her affair, had lost the custody of her daughter and decided to kill herself.

She was seen walking around the apartment complex many times after her suicide. She was barefoot and wore the pajamas she was wearing when she died; every joint in her body was twisted, and she was an awful sight."

(A/N: My friend showed me this story, so I decided to use it. If you search it on the internet, you might find this story with the pictures, the Korean story is called 'Where's my Baby?')

By the time I finished, everyone was huddled together. I wouldn't be surprised. I said it in an awfully creepy tone that actually scared myself a bit. After my story, nobody felt like listening to ghost stories anymore, so we all went back to our room.

"Katie...t-that was r-really scary," Ella stuttered.

I chuckled.

"You'll get over it," I said.

I got into my comfy covers and laid down, Ella did the same, but very slowly as if something would come out at her, I quietly snickered. Then my eyes shut.

I felt something wet on my face and I let out an ear piercing shriek. My eyes wide opened and I was on the ground breathing heavily. I looked up and saw the entire gang looking at me grinning.

"THAT'S FOR YESTERDAY!" They all shouted in unison, "WE DIDN'T GET ANY SLEEP!"

I sheepishly looked at them.

"Sorry," I said as I got up and wiped off the water on my face, "What time is it?"

"The flower is already opened," Emma said.

I nodded and we exited our campsite and swam to the surface. Everything was in scatters. I was horrified. The water was starting to turn purple and Ella shouted something I couldn't make out. Someone then grabbed my hand and pulled me to the surface.

"Katie. I said to go to the surface, the water is poisoned. Emma already made the flower go underground and will be up here in a couple of seconds with our belongings. Gosh, listen next time," Ella scolded.

I sighed and apologized. But only one thing was on my mind. Someone knew where we were and wanted to get rid of us. But who?

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EDITED. If there are mistakes please comment and tell me.