Tale of the Prisoner

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She floated towards me. Her robe was shredded. Her skin was peeling off her old bones. Her face had no skin. Her eyes glowing green light radiant bulbs. I tried to scream but the fear within me froze me. "Help meee!" She screeched in a raspy voice. I ran from my room to my parents bedroom. "Mom the ghost is back!" I said shaking her as she lay in the bed. "There are no ghosts go back to sleep darling." She got up and walked with me to my bedroom. See nothing, it's just the breeze blowing your white drapes around." "But Mom i saw her again this is the third time!" "Goodnight dear" she said tucking me back into bed. The next night i was scared to sleep. I had my flashlight on reading Jane Eyre. Trying to block out the ghost I've been seeing. I read until my eyes lids got heavy. I lay there hiding under the covers. I heard a creaking noise. I started to shiver. The window blew open. The cold night air rushed in. "Please go away ghost!" I whispered. I pulled the cover down below my eyes and peeked into the dark cold bedroom. I stared at my window. The ghost floated through it. "No no no" i whimper. Her ripped and tattered body slowly hovering above my bed. Her presents chilled the room. She reached her boney hands out.  Down, down. She grabbed me. Lifted me into the air. Her hands froze me. "Come with me!" The ghost said carrying me through the window. She carries me across the yard and over houses. We hovered over a graveyard. "Please let me go" i asked with fear in my voice. We continued on. Floated to a big mansion. The mansion was burnt down. Charcoal black. "Help me" the ghost ordered. She floated us down through the walls and into the cellar. "What is going on? Are you going to kill me?" I asked as we stood in the dark cold cellar. "Key" the ghost whispered. "Key? I don't understand" i replied. I looked around for a flashlight. Searching through cobwebs and dust. I found an old lantern. I turned the knob and a flame grew. Lighting up the dark cellar. "It looks like a spiders cave or something" i whispered. Thick webs of all kinds wrapped the walls from ceiling to floor. Spiders were crawling running from the lights. The ghost lady disappeared. "Huh where did she go" i mumbled. She said key? Maybe there is a key i have to find. I ransacked through an old toolbox. I scrambled through a drawer. I found the key. A long golden key. "I found your key can i please go now?" I shouted. The ghost wasn't there. "Okay I'm alone in a creepy cellar in my pajamas how awesome." I muttered as i pulled cobwebs out of my long red hair. "If there is a key than there is a door somewhere here, maybe i can get out through it" i thought. I scanned around. "Wait what's that?" I said clearing cobwebs. A hidden door behind a shelf. I moved the shelf with all my strength. I cleared the webs. "Hopefully this key works" i said sticking the key into the keyhole. It fits. I turned the key. It made a popping and clicking sound. It's unlocked now. The door opened by itself. I picked up the lantern and walked in. What i saw made me scream! "Ahhh" I covered my mouth. I saw shakles and chains. Then i saw a body. The prisoner. Shakled to the wall. A woman in a robe. A ripped up robe. "The woman was the ghost!" I said aloud. She wanted my help to find her body! "I understand now ghost!" I yelled with empathy. I had tears in my eyes as the ghostly woman appeared before me. "My body has been down here for a long time, I've been searching for someone who could help put me to rest!" The ghost mentioned. "How long have you been trying?" I asked. "Twenty five years, i can finally be at rest now and be put into a grave thanks to you" the ghost replied and vanished before my eyes. The next night i lay in bed. I was woke by a squeaking sound. "No not again!" I said rubbing my eyes. I felt something jump onto my bed.  "Oh whiskers it's just you" i mumbled petting my cat. "Well no more ghost i can finally rest in peace."

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