SHORT STORIES

Ominous night in May

It was an ominous night in May. Holly was gliding through the Duke Hilary graveyard. She was on her way to the Duke Hilary abandoned asylum. Holly had been dared by her adventurous friends to make the trip. To tell the complete truth, Holly was absolutely terrified. There was a reason why she didn't ever watch horror movies. I mean she even got scared watching Supernatural. Supernatural! Holly really didn't want to think that she was some kind of wimp but on the other hand she didn't want to die! Holly decided to just take the risk and go for it.

Holly reached the entrance and slowly opened the huge doors. It made a spine-chilling 'creak'. Holly shuddered before taking a step into the heavily vandalized place. There were rumors about Duke. Like if you spent the night then you would go insane or that there are still a couple patients still locked in the upper rooms. Holly believed every one and that is why she is going to do her task and hurry on out of that place. Holly took out her phone and pressed record.

"Ok, I'm here now, this is the main check in," Holly said in her shaking Irish accent. Holly had moved from Ireland a couple months ago. Holly stopped and put her phone back in her pocket and kept going.

Up the stairs or through the locked doors? Holly asked herself.

"Who am I kidding? Up the scary stairs it is," Holly muttered to herself, as she made her way up the stairs. Holly walked down the hall peering into each room as if she was looking for something.

"Beep," Holly's phone pinged. Holly was so startled that she screamed and threw the phone across the hall into one of the rooms. Holly also fell on the floor with a huge thud. Holly felt like crying now. She really didn't want to go into one of the rooms. What if someone died in there? What if someone gave birth in there? Holly shuddered for like the 100th time that night. Holly slowly crept towards the room that held her precious phone captive. Once Holly got to the opening Holly couldn't help but cover her mouth with her hand to prevent her from screaming until her jaw broke. There was a sleeping figure on the bed, AND HER PHONE WAS ON HIS LEG! Holly wanted to slowly back away, crawl into a corner, and die. Holly figured that it wasn't a ghost because of how tan he was but she didn't want to find out. Holly didn't want to get her phone but then again her mother had told her that if she lost her phone again she wasn't going to get a new one.

Suddenly Holly's phone started ringing the song 'Candyman' by Christina Agulera. That was the ringtone of her troublesome friends. The sleeping form slowly awakened and Holly was surprised at what she saw. She was expecting a full grown man with blood shot eyes, a bloody white hospital gown, and name like John or something. Instead she saw a boy about her age of 16. He had matted black hair, icy blue eyes, dirty blue jeans, and a ratty deep green shirt. Holly then felt guilty for assuming that he was a cold- hearted murderer. The boy was still stretching when he said something that scared Holly half to death like she had been most of that night.

"Hello Holly, I'm Nico," Nico said. Holly didn't know how he had known her name but then it hit her.

Nico Evangeline was the boy that went missing about a month after Holly moved to the city. Nico was the first friend that Holly had ever made in town. Holly was devastated. She never stopped wondering what happened to him. Holly's eyebrows slowly relaxed from the look of horror that crossed her face when Nico had spoken.

Holly ran to Nico and attacked him in a huge hug. Holly was usually a huge germaphobe but she didn't care about all the dirt because she was with her closest and realest friend.

"Why did you leave? Why didn't you say bye?" Holly started spouting out questions while tears were dripping from her clear blue eyes.

"Holly..." Nico trailed wiping a tear from Holly's cheek.

That night Nico explained everything and they became friends once again. Holly regularly visited him and brought him food. Let's just say that Holly wasn't a total scaredy cat anymore.