The Hanging Tree

Hey the names Zoey and I want to tell you about this large tree in my home town in a dead medow.

It's no normal tree you see, it has a history to it like no other, the tree was here before the town.

Its bark is as dark as night, nothing grows from the tree but only a little blossom flower on the lowest branch. No one dare to touch the flower let alone the tree.

The towns folk nicknamed the tree 'The Hanging Tree' and its being around since the Salem times. Over 660 people accuse of being witches where hung and burned on that tree.

When I was six years old about ten years ago, I remember when a cult came to town, no one thought of anything of it.

The cult kidnapped 6 people including my beloved mother and father those who were known for having no faith so the cult wanted to punish them by  hanging them from the tree and forced me to watch the massacre.

They hung the six people exactly when midnight hit.

When those poor souls took their last breath. The total of deaths became 666 people. The tree burst into flames all of a sudden.

The flames consumed the tree and in a few moments it became obvious that the tree wasn't burning as the flames slowly dispersed. The cult was soon found and arrested. I was taken in by my neighbour Jane.

Over the years people gave their lives to the tree and the town's folk had a meeting yesterday with the mayor about it.

The town's folk were tired of losing lives to the tree it's was now a total of 678 deaths now lost to that tree and they wanted it gone.

The mayor agree and I had a bad feeling about this so as an obnoxious eleven year old, I stood up on my chair and said aloud for all to hear "Go on I dare you but it's a bad idea and you will all come to regret it." I then walk out of the meeting.

On Halloween morning everyone gathered to watch four axe men to cut down the tree. Jane placed a blanket down on the dark green so we could sit and watch the axe men try to cut down the tree.

The bright sunny morning started to grow dark as one man started the hit the axe at the tree and when all four started going at the tree with their axes a storm started to brew in the sky.

Suddenly red dark goo started to poor from the tree. The men stopped their work.

Sam, Jane's husband scooped up some of the red goo. 

In said in a quiet voice "its blood." The children where then taken home quikly by their parents and only around twenty people remained.

All of sudden lighting hit the tree and the flower fell and I ran and caught it.

The beautiful flower was not touched by the lightening. Another stronger lightening hit the tree blinding everyone and there were screams of terrir.

When we could see clearly again we saw 6 people were hanging from the tree. I laughed and walked away playing with the flower "I told you all, it was a bad idea."