The Haunted Traveler Vol. 2 Issue 1

haunted? Don’t you know that for hundreds of years people
have disappeared in these woods, never to be heard from
again?”
Megan muttered just loud enough to be heard, “Well,
maybe we’ll get lucky today and you guys will just up and
vanish.”
The girls giggled again. “Seriously, Meg, you ought
to not walk home this way,” the short blond one, Rachel
added. “It’s true about the disappearances. Why, my mother’s
cousin vanished one Halloween when she was trick or treating.
My mother and all her cousins have told me about it.”
Megan rolled her eyes. “Oh just give me a break. I’m
not a stupid kid from the suburbs you know. I don’t fall for
any of that horror zombie-ghost garbage. Go find another
new kid to scare. I’m not afraid of anything, especially hick
stories from a town of losers.”
“Well we were just trying to be friendly,” Bethany
snapped. “Besides, you are the only new kid around.”
“Yeah,” the third girl, Sara piped in. “And you’re always acting
like such a bitch.
Bethany glared at Sara, “Look Megan, it’s Halloween
tonight and we though we’d give you one more chance. We
were going to ask you to join us for the Halloween Bonfire
Party at the lake.”
Megan turned to face the three girls. “Another
chance? For what, to be your friend? Look, no thanks, it just
isn’t worth my while at all to even talk to anyone around
here. Why don’t you leave me alone!”
The other girls stepped back a bit. They started to
turn away when Bethany signaled them to stop. “OK, you
think we are just a bunch of hicks who make up stories.
Why don’t you just prove how brave you are, I dare you to
come out to the dead place over there through the trees at
the stroke of midnight. We’ll meet you there and if you don’t
chicken out, we’ll never bother you again.”
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