I woke up where I always do...
"Fiona, morning" Alex said walking into my room with Ella and James following him.
"Morning guys- I had a kinda creepy dream I took us to the drowned lake and-" I was cut off by Alex making a small mouse-like noise,
After a long moments of silence.
"It wasn't a dream"Alex said
"What?"
He reminded me of last night and I realized... It wasn't a dream.
"we're going back tonight!"
"OK!" they said in unison.
We walk into the silent forest until we find the black pool... Once again we see the ghostly figure but suddenly- she reaches out grabbing Alex and Ella by the throat choking them pulling them down. James screamed and then got pulled in by his foot... "NO!" I screamed.
Something suddenly wrapped around my foot dragging me under the water.
I thrashed and kicked in the pitch black water. Drowner let go of me on accident and I swam up to the surface and out of the pond.
"No no no!!!" I cried .. I had left my siblings to die...
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Drowner
Short StoryA short story of a myth where "there is this small pitch black pool of water and if people come near the edge of the water or if they try to wish with a coin ... A quick thing happens and then the person is missing gone and the only trace is -if the...
