Snow flakes pattered onto my window as i sat in my worn down dressing gown. Wrapping my hands around my cup of tea i stared at the individual snowflakes, each ending up melting on the windows as the heat engulfed them. As i turned to face the fireplace i hear a soft knock on the door. Shuffling my feet in my slippers as i stand i head towards the door. Before i get to the door it flies open with Faye standing within the door frame. Her eyes pierce through me as she examines me as she lifts an eyebrow. As i look down i realise why as i look at my dressing gown. "Whats going on Ell, you're not even dressed yet!" She starts walking to my room towards my wardrobe. "I-i wasn't sure if i was going to go today, i don't think i can do it" Slumping back on the couch i stare at the window again. "Come on Ell's look at you, you look like you've seen a ghost or something, i'm pretty sure Hannah wouldn't want seeing you like that" She starts going through my wardrobe picking an outfit for me. "What if...Hannah can't even see my right now. What if all of these things are just stupid assumpti-" "Stop saying stuff like that Elly, if she cant see you she can bloody hear you with that tone of voice! Here get dressed, this is a memorial for all of them including your sister, you have to come." Her words are like daggers digging into my heart, i recap what i said still staring at the window as she hands me an outfit she made for me. I grab the clothes and head for my room getting dressed, she has a point sadly enough. I hear another knock on the door as i finish putting my dress on. It was quite short, with black thick tights to keep me warm, Faye sure knows her fashion. I open the door and see everyone here with smiles on their faces. Faye hands me some knee length boots and puts a bobble hat on my head. "Come on girl, you're holding us all up!" Ashley says this as Sam looks sulky towards him. They all start heading at the door as i put my coat and scarf on. "Don't forget your speech!" I hear Sam shout this from down the corridor and quickly grab it from the coffee table. Today's the day for everyone, not just us to remember everyone who went missing those days, today is the remembrance day.
Half an hour into the ceremony the speeches started. As i listened to peoples speeches i look around to see who came along. Everyone is huddled together, not many of us, but there was a tall figure who stood behind everyone. As i began to wonder who it could be i heard my name being called. "And next we have Elly!" There was a small gentle applause as i walked towards the stand. "I would like to thank everyone for being here before i begin, it's a very hard day for all of us." As i began talking i met eye contact with the tall figure, they're eyes a dark misty blue. They're shoes shifted in the snow as they turned on there heel and started walking off. The figure became more distant in the fog of the snow, they're figure becoming engulfed in the snow. Before i could finish my sentence i ran. My feet just moved. I don't know why but i had a gut instinct he knew something. As i began running i could here the crowd muttering and people shouting my name, they're voices getting muffled through the crunching snow. I could hear peoples footprints behind me. I sighed in relief as i realised it was my friends, i think they had a feeling too. We all run after them, the snow getting deeper making it harder for us. As we all ran battling against the snow i see where running towards the forest which surrounds the school.
The person stops in a sudden as we stop, skidding in the snow. Our sharp breathes echo as the person raises their hand, pointing at me. "Elly, it's been a while since we've met, i hope Hannah is okay oh never mind shes dead." They calmly say this, with a deep husky voice as they take off their hood. His face was covered in scars his hair black, standing out against the snow. We all stared at him and that's when we realised... "C...Cameron?" Mack stepped forward as he started staring at him more closely. "I'm sorry i couldn't meet you all those years ago i-" "You dumb-ass! How come you never came back? What happened? I thought you where dead!" I looked towards Mack when he said these words, he looked like he was holding in his tears and covering it up with anger like a blanket. "That's no way to greet your old pal is it? Come on have a little fun I've come all this way" He stared at me as he walked towards us. I shuffled my feet back in the snow, Cameron has changed, hes...scary. Looking around i was trying to find an excuse to get out of here, but of course i couldn't think of anything. Cameron stopped when he got next to Mack, whispering him something. All was quiet. All was still. The only sound was the snow pattering onto the ground merging with the rest. Mack took steps back and stood with the rest of us as we all stared at Cameron. "I'm getting bad vibes from this" Ashley breaks the silence with the words everyone was thinking off. How come Cameron is alive? What's going on? As i got lost into my thoughts Faye grabs my shoulder pulling me back. "Let's go, he seems to have gotten a little crazy" she whispers this as she drags me away from the rest of them. Ashley and Sam nod their heads as if Faye told them what she was doing already. I couldn't hear but i could see Ashley's and Sam's mouths moving saying something to Cameron and then running to catch up with us. Mack caught up looking like he had seen a ghost. Faye kept dragging me, the last thing i saw...was Cameron's smile.
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Empty Hallways
Mystery / ThrillerThe story of young girl who disappeared with no traces left. Many more children went missing so the school was closed down; now people have returned wanting answers...
