The Spirits Within by Adrian Albite (top fiction books of all time .txt) 📕

 James full of adrenaline broke the door knob by twisting it rapidly.

They all ran through the pitch black corridor.

They were relieved to find the moonlight shining in one of the windows.

"James where's Zoe?" Jess asked looking around franatically

"ZOE?! ZOE it isn't funny anymore!"

 "BOO" said a voice

 James and Jess jumped in surprise

They turned around to see the curtains moving

"who's there?" James said with an echo

The curtain started moving around.  Like there was someone playing behind it.

Then it stopped.

Suddenly a figure was starting to show in the curtains.  It looked like it was reaching out for them.

"James" Jess whispered "i think we need to run now

but James was frozen in place.

The figure started walking towards them slowly.

By the hem of the curtains you could see the girl's feet covered in dirt and rotting.  You could see the white stained dress starting to show.

By the time that the curtain was about to reveal the girl it spoke...

"Help me please.." her voice sounded like she was choking.

"OMG! OMG! James we need to leave her! she's posessed!"

"But its Zoe! we can't just leave her!"

Zoe looked like one of the dead.  Her eyes were wide but has no pupils, her hair was tied in a medieval way, and she was dressed in a 1890's white night gown with dried blood and dirt.

And she was reaching out to them.

"that's not her is it?" james asked already heading towards the staircase

"nope" Jess said dragging along James "i think it's Millicent Windsor... that was the dress she wore the day she was found hanging in the chandelier"

And then Zoe's face changed to Millicent Windsor.  Her features grew wild like she was about to kill. Black liquid was dripping down her mouth as she ran towards them grinning like a lunatic.

Both friends ran towards the grand staircase hurrying down the stairs.

They finally reached the door.  When they got out Millicent came by their side with an axe in her hand.

"James don't look back she's got an axe!!"

"Keep running Jess! Run towards the barbwires i have an idea!" James shouted through the rain.

As soon as they reached the barbwires James looked franatically at the switch that'll power the electricity.

"Jess! i need you to go over the wires now! do you hear me?!"

"yeah i got ya! but what about you?!"

"don't worry about me ok?! just get over there!" James shouted over the thunder.

James saw Millicent holding the axe walking towards him slowly

"James.. just join me here at the mansion forever... you'd be a good addition to the dead bodies that lies on the grounds" Millicent said 

"nah i'm happier alive thank you very much... besides i don't plan on being ugly like you"

As soon as he said it Millicent ran almost pouncing at him, but James was faster.  He immediately stepped away, while Millicent got stuck by the wires, James grabbed the switch and electricuted Millicent. 

He soon put the power off and hoisted himself up the wires only to see Jess sitting and crying her face back at Millicent.

"hey it's ok its over now alright? i'm so sorry about all of this... This was a ..." but Jess cut him off

"it's not that James... look over your shoulder..." she said sobbing

when he did... he couldn't even stand the sight... Zoe was the one tied in the wires.  Her whole body hanging and burnt.  Her face was almost unrecognizable.

"i feel like we killed her James" Jess said crying

"come on Jess we need to go... we did what we had to do" 

"come on jess, lets go home and eat some apple jacks" james said to calm jess down

"Okay then, lets go, i need a long nap" jess answered

A few years has passed since the incident happened. every halloween james and jess go back in Gregory Hall and light candles in memory of their fallen friends. THE END

Publication Date: 12-07-2015

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