I was walking home at around 1:00 in the morning. Suddenly I heard water dripping off of a gutter and smacking the ground and echoing through the dark creepy alley I was walking through. It started storming I pulled my hood up and pressed on. It took forever to get through this alley it felt like I was in the same spot the whole time but i know i was walking. I said to myself, “Maybe my mind is playing tricks on me, I did drink a lot tonight.”. I passed and window that had a dog looking out of it, as soon as the dog saw me he started barking loudly. I jumped because i didn't think the dog would bark. I kept walking and heard whispers but they sounded like it was right behind me. I turned around quickly. Then it sounded like a little girl skipping and humming a song that sounded familiar but I did not remember what song.
“ I am really drunk.” , I said in my head. This all seems so real though. I turned the corner to another alley. At the end of the alley i see a figure in a white gown. I took a couple steps forward. It appeared to be a little girl. I yelled, “Hello are you lost?” She disappeared. I rubbed my eyes. I yelled hello again, vaguely i hear a little girl say hello and then giggles that echoed through the whole alley. I looked around for her. I suddenly saw the girl again but once I blinked she was gone again. I heard something pouring very heavily behind me. I turned around very slowly scared for what I might see. The little girl had a big bottle of lighter fluid and was pouring it all over herself. I told her to stop over and over again. She didn't listen . I started sobbing and begged her to stop. She giggled loudly and said, “After me it’s your turn Donivine hahahaha.” She took a pack of matches out of her pocket and I looked with curiosity and she struck the match and she bursted into flames. I started running down the alley. Stumbling from wall to wall. I finally fell in a big pile of trash. The bags busted and I smelled horrible and was soaked in the disgusting, rotting meat. Looking back down the alley was the little girl, still in flames, walking towards me. “Awh come on Donivine you know you want to play, trust me its fun.” I got up and started running again. I was out of the alley. Finally, I looked back to see if the girl was still there. She wasn't. Where could she possibly be?
I was in the middle of the road catching my breath finally. The alley light was flickering on and off making a buzzing noise. I heard a scream of a little girl. There she was running after me. I tried to run but it seemed as if I wasn't moving, like I was still in the same spot but my legs are moving, I look back and she was standing right there. She lifted her hand as if she was trying to choke me, she was how in the world is this happening? My legs are dangling I'm holding my throat I'm being choked by a figure that isn’t even laying a hand on me. I was thrown on the ground and she was gone again. It went black. I woke up in my bed next to my wife I looked around and she was sleeping and nothing was disturbed. I went to the bathroom and looked in the mirror. There was a handprint and gouges in my neck. I thought was it really true? A second later I found a note in my pocket that said, “Thanks for playing last night Donivine hehehe.” I didn't know what to think at all, I was clueless. I had to go to the alley to see if it was true.
I was walking down the alley and trying to find clues to see if it was actually true. I hoped it was not. I found an empty bottle of lighter fluid and then a flashback hit me. A picture of the girl in my mind pouring the fluid all over herself. I kept it in my hand and walked farther down and found the trash pile I fell into everything came to me again. It was true…
DJ Moore
