The Legend

Chapter 4

 I listened to attendance and when the teacher called Hope, the girl said here. So, her name is Hope. She was fumbling with something in her hands, but I couldn't see what it was. The morning went by in a blur. The bell rang for fifth period. Mmmm! Lunch! I could almost smell the pizza from down the hall. I walked into the lunchroom. I went through the line and got pizza. I came out and saw someone waving to me from the other side of the room. It was Quinn! I walked over to her. I sat down. "I never did catch your name." she said. "Oh...." I said. "My name is Nora." I replied. "Cool." she responded. "Want to hear an old legend that is famous around here?" she asked. "Sure!" I said. "Once upon a time...." she started. "There was a girl. Her name was Faith. She had black hair. She always carried around a locket with her. She went for a swim one day, and drowned in the ocean. She was never heard from again." she said. "When did this happen?" I asked. "Two or three years ago." Quinn replied. "If she was still alive, she'd be the same age as us. To be honest, I don't ever remember her ever going to this school." she said. "Oh." I said. But I was actually fascinated. The rest of lunch went by slowly. As did the rest of the day. When it was time to go home, Quinn and Harper said they'd walk me home. On the way home, I exchanged numbers with Harper and Quinn. As we walked we talked. "That Hope girl is so weird." I said. "She moved here two years ago." said Harper. "Oh." I said. There was something weird about that kid. I could feel it. We arrived at my house about three minutes later. "See you tomorrow!" Harper said."Ya..... see you." I said. I went inside and looked out the window. I watched my new friends walk away. I dashed up the stairs and jumped onto my bed. I grabbed my phone off the nightstand. I texted a quick "What's up?" text to my friend Ava from back home. I set my phone on the nightstand. I walked over to the door that leads out to the balcony. I opened it and stepped out. I closed the door behind me. I looked at the beach. That's when I noticed something weird. There was a light. It was coming from the under the water. And then, it disappeared. That's weird, I thought. I don't know why, but I think there is something weird going on it this town. I went back inside. I decided to unpack more of my things, since I didn't finish unpacking it yet. I unpacked a little more, and I heard the door open downstairs. I bolted down the stairs. "Mom!" I said happy to see her. "Hey, sweetie." she said. "How was your day?" "It was great. I made two friends. One is named Harper and the other is Quinn." I said. "That's good. I'm just about to cook dinner." "Ok," I said. "Let me go grab my phone." I walked up the stairs. I went into my room and over to my nightstand. I was just about to grab my phone when I heard a scream. I decided to leave my phone there. I spun around, ran out of the room, and down the stairs. What I saw shocked me. "Mom?" I screamed.