A Halloween Tale
part 2

    "You know, it's going on 3 o'clock. I think I'm going to start recording now." Andrea said to me quietly, while she pulled her cell phone out of her pocket. I just nodded my head, not really wanting to think about the fact that she was trying to get in contact with ghosts. I heard her mumble random questions into the microphone, like "Is anyone there?" and, "how did you die?" I let out an exasperated sigh as her questions got sillier and sillier. I started to see a blue-white light out of the corner of my eye, but brushed it off, thinking it was just the cell phone. But it was getting brighter. I didn't think Andrea noticed, but I started searching for where the light was coming from. Then I realized something extremely peculiar. The crack I'd been touching was... Glowing? That wasn't even possible. Andrea still didn't notice, as it grew still more bright, and I sure didn't think of showing her. But something she did notice was when what felt like a pair of huge hands pushed us full-force off of the tombstone . We landed with heavy thuds side-by-side, and I was hearing an unfamiliar, extremely high pitched, shriek come from somewhere nearby. It took me a moment to realize the sound was coming from me. It didn't even sound remotely like me when I screamed. Beside me, Andrea was shaking from head-to-toe, gasping for breath. Her eyes were as wide as golf balls and her mouth was agape. If it hadn't been for just how terrified I now was, I probably would have laughed at her expression.
    "Is this place really awesome and worth it now? Is that what you were waiting for?" I said, my voice steadily rising as I stood on shaking legs. Andrea just shook her head frantically as she too slowly stood up.
    "I-I think I'm ready to get out of here. Like, right now. I wish Id never come. Lets go." I nodded my head in agreement and grabbed her hand. We sprinted to the gate at the front, not daring to look back. Never looking back, never going back. We reached the gate and tried to push it open, but it wouldn't budge.
Oh my gosh! Oh no, were going to be trapped here! Were going to be trapped here, with those... those things that were watching us! Were never going to get out of here, the gate wont open! Andrea started on, with tears pouring down her face. I couldn't believe it. We couldn't be trapped. We had to get out of here, we just had to. With all my might, I pushed on the gate as hard as I could. I wasn't going to stay in here any longer. I just couldn't take it. The door of the gate finally opened and we both ran out, not stopping until we were far enough that the cemetery was out of sight. I was never going back there, even if my life depended on it.

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    I was over at Andreas house, where Id slept instead of going all the way to my own house. It was around 1 in the afternoon and we finally gave up on sleeping, realizing that the shock was too great for us to get any sleep. Andrea had her phone out and we were getting ready to listen to what we recorded. Andreas thumb clicked the Play button, and for a moment, all I could hear was static. Then Andreas voice, her questions going unanswered. Figuring that maybe it was all just fake after all, Andrea prepared to close her phone. Then, it started out soft, but I heard other voices. They weren't exactly clear, it was as if they were talking from behind a thin glass wall, but there was talking. There was a little girl that was giggling and singing what sounded like 'Ring Around The Rosie' and another person. An older man. In his husky voice you could hear "Get out. Leave, now. Leave or die. Get out now, or face the consequences."