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And Three More Were Gone

One day, when I awoke,

I remembered a nightmare I had that previous night.

 

I was at a school, a haunted school,

With a group of girls I didn't know.

They were there to release the spirits of three sisters

Who were trapped there by a mysterious phantom.

 

The first girl was named Clara,

She had hazelnut hair, hazelnut eyes,

A heart that could only be described as infinite.

She was the oldest of the three.

 

The second girl was named Nora,

She had a sense for adventure and heroics,

Her eyes only looked forward,

And would sacrifice herself to save her friends.

She was the middle of the three.

 

The third girl was named Mary,

She had a tame body and never really spoke up,

What she had in shyness she made up with her smile,

And she liked to sing and dance.

She was the youngest of the three.

 

We climbed up the fire escape behind the school,

The ladder was sticky,

We couldn't tell what it was because it was so dark

No one had thought to bring a flashlight.

We reached an unlocked door

That Nora keenly opened up.

Bella scolded her to be more careful,

But surprisingly Mary was the first to enter

And she hid behind the door to let us through.

It was me, then Nora, then Clara

As we entered a brightly lit hallway

With a door all the way at the end.

And so we walked.

 

Nora jumped ahead of me,

While Clara stayed behind with Mary

Who regretted her jump start.

So we walked down the hall quietly

With Nora making giggles here and there,

I would look over my shoulder every now and then

To make sure Mary and Clara were fine.

Mary held her hands behind her back

And was looking at her feet,

Clara was looking ahead with her hands together in front

She titled her head, and smiled.

For someone whose sister is lost

She seemed quite content with the people she was with.

 

Eventually, we reached the door

Which looked like a plain old door,

Nothing seemed out of the ordinary about it.

Nora haphazardly opened it only ajar

Because Mary shouted to stop.

Nora looked back with a questioned stare.

Clara took it upon herself to slowly open the door

And make sure everything was safe.

I just stood there breathless.

Clara called us over one by one

To the strangest wooded area.

A wooded area in a school

It was covered with black trees, dead orange grass,

And a purple sky with a yellow full moon.

There were no visible creatures,

Yet I felt like we were being watched.

 

We walked through the crusty grass

Whispering where we should go.

Nora pointed her finger to the distance.

Clara, Nora, and Mary marched ahead of me

All determined to move forward,

Although Mary let Nora and Clara walk in front of her.

 

At this point I realized

I was like a ghost to these girls,

I seemed more like a wish

And more and more

Like a wish to save them.

 

We entered a clearing

And saw the large faceless dark phantom

Breathing cold air.

The girls and I stood stiff

And the phantom took it upon himself

To come to us.

He stood in front of the girls,

All three of them were crying ****** tears.

The phantoms pat the girls on the head,

Comforting them genuinely.

He took them into his darkness,

And they disappeared from my sight.

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Jun 19, 2013
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