'the weirdo'

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 Scarlett is an everyday school girl with a few friends and a small house, you wouldn't think anything was suspicious about this girl, if anything you'd think she's damaged. There was this boy named Jack she was dating for 2 years and all of a sudden he stopped talking to her, after a week had past she hadn't heard from him so she decided to report him as missing. A week turned into a month and a month turned into six months by the seventh month, he was found dead. His death was no accident, the police saw it as a murder. For a month at least she didn't turn up to school, she couldn't deal with people asking what had happened or whether she was ok. 

The school was riddled with rumours about Jack's death, nothing added up that'd lead him to end up dead. Ever since he died, Scarlett had been hearing a strange voice which apparently nobody else could hear. She was convinced it was just the grief talking and that it'd disappear over time. 1 year later and it's still there. She then began to see a shadow with sprawled out limbs that crawled up the walls and ceiling like a spider escaping a hoover. There was one day where she woke up to find the face of a demented monster staring right in her face, she gave an almighty scream which alerted her parents that something was wrong. they burst through the door of her bedroom to find her kicking and screaming (fully awake) and there was nothing there. But what they didn't know was that this monster that Scarlett could see was trying to strangle her. " I know that you know what happened to Jack, it was your fault wasn't it Scarlett? You were the reason he went missing, You were the reason he ended up dead weren't you!?"  Scarlett didn't understand what was happening, she must still be dreaming because there was no way that a monster like that could be real. 

Everywhere she goes the monster follows, around the house, around school and in all of her classes as well as around in public. She'll never be able to escape it unless she 'confesses' the truth or she dies. She wish she knew what happened to Jack so she could get rid of it once and for all but how would she find this out. But what would hurt more, finding out who was responsible for her boyfriend's death or just for her to die and join her boyfriend in a new life where they can both be happy and together for the rest of eternity. She grabbed her folder and textbook off her desk and walked to school with her red headphones to school, playing music that nobody else would like, trying to ignore the fact that there is a monster that looks like every one of its limbs are broken and twisted backwards with its head upside down creepily running behind her. "Do you really have to follow me around all the time? It's really weird and can nobody else see you? Otherwise i'm gonna be called a weirdo for the rest of my life if anyone knew that you were following me." Scarlett whispered. "Oh no, nobody can see me but you for i am your nightmare and will follow you until you admit what you know about Jack's murder or you kill yourself then i'll disappear out of your way" the monster replied. Once she reached school she ran up to her friends; nearly tripping over her converse laces , no doubt that the monster had something to do with this. They all walked over to their first lesson, Scarlett sat down at her desk and got out her folder so she was ready for the class to begin. The 'popular' gang of teenagers thought it'd be a good idea to target her while she was on her own, making rumours and assumptions about Jack and why they haven't been invited to the funeral, the reason for that was because they were still using his body as evidence to try and figure out why he was killed, how he was killed and most importantly, who killed him. The monster was lurking in the corner of the ceiling, every now and then rotating its head 360 degrees, as the boys kept irritating her, Scarlett was starting to lose her temper which doesn't happen often or even ever. She stood up, knocked the table over and picked up her chair with the legs facing towards them, as if she was fighting against a lion. "GO AWAY AND LEAVE ME ALONE!" she screamed and threw the chair at the group in attempt to make them go away, but instead this backfired and gave them more ammunition towards her. "Awww guys look, she's getting irritated and sensitive, we must have touched a soft spot" one of them mimicked. Scarlett picked up her incredibly full, pink unicorn patterned folder and smashed it over the top of his head which caused him to start bleeding. "Go away! Stop following me! Stop making my life a misery! Don't you think I've lost enough lately?!" she started too wrap her long brown hair around her hands and pull a bit, to try and calm herself down.*evil chuckle* "My my my dear Scarlett, you know exactly why i'm always here, besides either when you tell the truth or when you die you'll no longer have me lurking around every corner and watching everything you do. This arrangement doesn't benefit me in the slightest, but i would most appreciate it if you were to hurry the hell up already!" The monster replied. "Fine, I'll die, I've got nothing left to lose anyway so what's the point in me being here and it's not like anyone will notice" and with that she picked up her blood covered folder and left.

She kept getting constant messages on her phone and to her social media accounts all along the lines of Are you a psycho? You're gonna pay for this. Psycho or  What the hell was that in the classroom? You're crazy, you need mental help Scar... 

Scarlett couldn't deal with this disgusting creature following her wherever she goes and the fact that she couldn't tell anyone about it because there is no way they'd believe her. She started to make a plan on how to die and where to do it. She gathered some of the equipment she had under her bed  ironically from a survival kit. She shoved it all into a bag and left a note on her bedroom door which read: 

Mum, Dad: I'm sorry but i had to do this i had no choice, you wouldn't understand. When it gets to 19:00 call the police and tell them to go to the park. Goodbye- Scar

The clock hit 19:00, her parents had called the police and they had reported her back dead. The monster crawled over to her body and said "By the way, the person who killed Jack was me. None of it was to do with you, it was a test to see how vulnerable and gullible you are, or should I say were. I guess you failed sweetheart" and he vaporised in to thin air while cackling and smiling a smile like the Cheshire cat .


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