My Digital Escape One Shots

Fright Tonight

A/N This one shot is depressing. If you love Jordan's song Fright Tonight, than I suggest you do not read this. It is taken from a very sad perspective and is told in Jordan's point of view. I am entirely aware of MDE Statistics posted it to her account. I gave her full permission to do so.

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I walked cautiously through the thickly wooded forest, glad that I chose to wear pants instead of shorts. It was dark, so dark that the light from my small lantern only illuminated about three feet in front of me. In my other hand, I clutched a bouquet of deep pink roses, held together by a sheet of black plastic and a ribbon.

I continued walking into the night, my legs burning with the exertion and my lungs feeling as though they were on fire. A sudden gust of wind blew and extinguished the candle in the lantern. I could hear a disembodied voice whisper in my ear, it's freezing cold breath sending shivers running down my spine and causing my hair to stand on end.

"Jordan," it's all too familiar voice spoke. My breath caught and I felt tears rise into my eyes as I kneeled down and set down my lantern the the bouquet, reaching into my back pocket and grabbing out a box of matches. I struck it, lighting the lantern with shaky hands. I wiped away my tears before grabbing the lantern and the bouquet and heading off again into the night.

I was close to the spot where it happened, the spot where I was careless and didn't pay attention. I was about a hundred yards or so away from the clearing that marked that I was most of the way there when I tripped on a rock. I fell to my knees dropping the bouquet and the lantern. The palm of my hands were skinned on the small patch of gravel that I didn't seem to notice, and the knees of my skinny jeans were ripped open. I wanted to scream, to just lie there and accept that I was never going to make it back there on my own. My legs burned and my lungs felt like they were collapsing. I had been walking since the sun went down, and I could see the earliest lights of the morning shining from the east horizon. I was exhausted, both physically and emotionally, but I could not give up. I walked this long and this far to pay tribute to her, to apologize for what I did.

I stood back up and picked up the lantern and the bouquet, continuing my trek. The walk through the clearing was easy, and the rest of the trip there was nearly just as easy. As I reached the peak of the hill, a large oak tree overlooking a large bunch of boulders was visible at the foot. I set the lantern down, the morning light making it so I didn't need it, and began to inch my way down the steep slope.

I made it down to the foot of the hill, placing the bouquet of flowers at the bottom of the trunk of the large tree. I looked over to one of the boulders. It was the largest one there, and it came to a decently sharp point. At that point was a large brownish-red stain, one that got there when she fell.

A glowing blue light appeared directly above the boulder, one that transformed into the apparition of her. I felt tears gather in my eyes as I stared at her ghost, her skinny jeans, ordinary tee shirt, ponytail, and the stream of blood dripping out of her forehead bringing back the horrible memories of that day. She looked down on me and smiled a sad smile as tears began to roll down my cheeks.

"Hi Jordan," she said sadly, her voice vibrating throughout my body. I reached out for her, my hand shaky and flecked with my own blood.

"Y/N," I said sadly. I covered my face with my hands and sank to my knees, sobbing into my scratched up palms. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." I could feel her approach me, her freezing cold aura chilling me to the bone.

"It isn't your fault, Jordan," she said, her voice soft and smooth. I could feel her ghostly arms hovering around me as if she were trying to hug me.

"Yes it was. Oh god, I'm so sorry. I-I wish I could just...c-come with you. I just-"

"Don't you even dare. You stay alive and live strong. For my sake."

"I...I will. For you."

"I need to go, Jordan. Stay strong." I looked up at her, a desperate look on my face.

"Don't leave me, please," I begged. "Please."

"I'm sorry, Jordan. I love you." She kissed my cheek and floated back to the boulder that killed her, smiling once before disapating, inevitably leaving me alone to mourn for the second time.

"Happy birthday," spoke her disembodied voice.

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JESUS CHRIST I am a horrible person. I got the inspiration for this after falling asleep listening to the song I named and based this after. The song caused me to have a dream, and I somehow managed to remember it well enough to write it down for you guys. Ugh, first I write something super fucking sexual and then I write something super cheesy (I'll post it tomorrow, or later if I feel like editing) and then I write this. I anger myself.

But yeah, I hope you guys liked this. Stay safe, stay strong, and stay beautiful my Lil bitchez.

Yours Truly,

Andromeda Leigh Barnett

P.S. if you see anyone who posted this to Twitter or Tumblr or something and you see that Jordan or the other MDE members found it and praised them, please please please make sure that they know that I was the one who wrote it. My friend Meghan doesn't seem to understand that some people will do anything to get noticed, even if it means copyrighting. Thank you.