The Asylum

The start

When I was young my mom told me stories of her brother, my uncle and his letters from the asylum. She says he was normal and something had done that to him but I think he just had schizophrenia. Ari told me that she had a distant cousin that worked at the asylum before the incident and said the same story my mom told me but to be honest it's hard to believe. All that was in that asylum was a ton of crazy people and people crazy enough to work there so i think one really strong guy got out and messed everyone up not like mama says or Ari, they think it was some monster or ghost but that's just in fairy tales and campfire stories but something about that place made me start to think otherwise. I always look for a logical reason for everything but this constant story started to intrigue me.

After my first class ended I met Ari and Jack in the cafeteria. Ari texted the group chat talking about some spooky places she found for us to explore for our next video and one name caught my eye: The Harrowmere Asylum.

Will: "Hey Ari, what about the asylum?"

Ari: "That's the only one I have not looked into yet but sure! What do you think is Jack? Wanna do the asylum?"

Ari liked Jack, when he was not around she went on and on about his hair and how much she liked him. Jack who did not even have to try all the girls would just flock to him like birds to seed. Jack was the Camera man. He did not get much screen time but was well known. I copied the VHS tapes and sold them and Ari was basically the director. She found the places for us to go, made sure they were safe and set everything up. Cam is rarely around during school time but she shows up for videos. She helps with props and ideas and helps me edit. She's Ari's best friend. I think they met in 3rd grade but I don't really remember.

Jack: "Sure sounds good to me"

Ari had a huge smile on her face, she was so happy that Jack agreed. I always felt like a third wheel around them.

Ari: "Then it's settled"

I left Jack and Ari and went to my locker. There was at least 20 minutes left in our break so I thought I'd take some of my homework and head to the library to study. When I got to the library I sat down and did some of my work. After a good 10 minutes I got bored and decided to look for some books about the asylum. I looked around and found an old ghost stories book and looked through it and I got to a section in the book called "Horrors of the 1960's" and well that obviously caught my eye. With the little time i had left i checked out the book and ran to my next class .

AFTER SCHOOL

I met up with the group after school behind the gym. That's where Ari hid all our stuff since our parents did not want all that ghost junk in the house. So far everything was going smoothly. No teachers found our stuff yet and nor did any students. Ari was very controlling when it came to the equipment but we all understood she had wasted all last summer working so we could get some actual quality stuff and bring in buyers but sometimes she took it way too seriously and made everything about selling more tapes.

Ari: "So check list... lets see, Cam do you have your props and snacks?"

Cam: "Check"

Ari: "Jack do you have the Camcorder and extra film?"

Jack: "Yup"

Ari: "And Will do you have the Nikon*?"

Will: "Mhm"

Ari: "Alight lets get going"