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Meh... bored.
They won't leave me alone.
No matter where I go, they follow. They laugh at me. Their eyes are empty except for fire glowing way back. They say mean things to me and make me cry.
The kids do.
I know who they are. They were in my class when I was a little kid in preschool. I'm a big kid now. I would be in kindergarden, but they keep me in this big white room. Not the kids, the adults. Can't they see the little kids who are following me? Why do leave me alone with them?
It was a field trip. We were all in a museum. All the boys were in their button-up shirts and nice pants and nice shoes. All the girls were in pretty dresses. My best friend in the whole world was Alice she was in a lacy ble dress with matching bows tieing her hair into braids and shiny black shoes with lacy socks and she looked like something out of a fairy tale. I was just in a plain pink dress, not as pretty.
We were walking around a room with a bunch of dinosaur bones that scared Fay so bad she started to cry. When Mrs. Jones was calming her a big man with angry eyes ran in he said get down on the ground. Mrs. Jones said why should we. The man took out a big silver thing and pointed at the museum policeman. He pressed something and it made a loud noise and the police man fell down like he was sleeping.
Mrs Jones said Oh my God run children so we all ran even though she said oh my God and your not supposed to say that. The angry man kept making the loud noise and soon all the kids and Mrs. Jones fell asleep like the policeman. Then the man pointed the big silver thing at me and made the loud noise. My arm really hurt and I guess I was tired because I fell asleep.
When I woke up I was in a room that was white like this one but instead of having cushy walls it had normal walls. A nice woman said hello Janie how are you feeling. I said I feel okay why. The woman said You were sleeping for a week. I didnt know what a week was but I guessed it was like a night and I said where is Alice and Fay and Mrs. Jones.
The woman frowned and said Janie I'm sorry but your class is dead. I knew what dead was and I started to cry. Then my mommy came up and said Why did you tell her that hasn't she been through enough. The women said she had to find out sometime.
Then I looked up and saw Alice. She looked the same except part of her dress was red like she was eating katsup and got some on herself. I waved and said Alice what did you get on your dress. My mom and the women looked at Alice and back at me. The woman said Janie there is no one there. My mommy said what did you do to my Janie why is she seeing things.
Alice waved and smiled and her mouth was full of bugs and I screamed. The woman poked something in my arm and I fell asleep again and then when I woke up I was here in this room. Thw nice woman and mommy were gone.
But Alice was still here.
All the other kids from school were with her. I tried to wave but I couldn't move my arms away from my side. A boy whose name was Ryan or Brian said Janie why didn't you come with us. Fay said Janie your mean. Alice said Janie why didn't you save me I was your best friend. I screamed at them to stop but they didn't.
Janie your mean Janie you're bad Janie why didn't you die with us Janie Janie Janie... I started to cry.
I've been here for a long time like maybe forever. Now Alice is walking up to me and everyone else is quiet. Alice says that she is sorry she scared meshe didn't want to. I said then why did you and she said because I had to but now you can come with us do you want to.
I was happy and said yes Alice yes I do how can I come. Alice opened my door and said come. She took my hand and put something long and sharp and silver into it. Then she said I'm going to help you with this part. She pushed me toward a man and took my hand and put the silver thing in him. Red stuff like on Alice's dress got on my face and in my mouth and the man screamed and fell. Then Alice took me to everyone else and did the same thing.
Then she said okay now I'll take you to where you can come with us. She took me to a big cliff and all the other kids were there aand she said jump Janie. I said I'm scared. Davie said come on Janie don't be chicken. I said okay but only if you all come with me.
So they all stood in a line and Alice was next to me and we all held hands and jumped. When I jumped I felt something brush my back. Jumping felt good and I started to laugh. All the other kids laughed with me. We hit the water and I went with them.
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One of the people that Janie had stabbed was not completely dead when she jumped. He tried to crawl aafter her.
When he got outside he saw her. Her thin frame was covered by a blood-spattered white nightgown. She was shivering in the wind and her black hair whipped around her head. She said something but the man couln't hear what.
She put her hands out on either side of her and she bent her knees. Realizing what she was about to do, the man made one last desprate leap toward her. His hand brushed her back as she fell.
He collapsed, his head lolling off the side of the cliff. As he died, he seemed to hear at least a dozen children laughing.
When he looked down, he saw a line off children, all holding hands, hit the water. It was the last thing he ever saw.
Grammer mistakes are on purpose. R&R!