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Last year, I was in my room, sitting on my bed and talking with my friend Noah on the phone. we were telling scary stories to each other. After a few hours of talking I hung up. one of my other friends named Jonah, messaged me. She said “you don’t want to see my dark side.” After I had left her on read the other day. All of a sudden I heard tapping coming from my window, I went to go check to see if it was a wild animal or a bird. Once I got to my window I opened my blinds to see. And there it was, a shadowy figure with dark red eyes. I froze in fear un able to move, but when I blinked it disappeared.

After all that had happened I questioned myself “what was that” was what just now happened real? I shook my head in disbelief. I was probably just imagining things, but then it happened again. This time I was walking home from school. I thought I heard someone following behind me but when I looked behind myself, there was no one there. When I turned back around I thought I saw something in the corner of my eye, I told myself it was nothing and just kept walking. But the further I walked the more I started to hear things. it sounded like voices or branches snapping every 2 minutes.

When I realized I had passed my house, I sighed and turned around to walk back. Once I got home I felt something Tap on my shoulder then after, i felt it breathing on my neck. I slowly turned around and it was just my friend Jonah I sighed in relief and said to Jonah “you scared me there for a second, I thought you were a ghost” but she didn’t reply. I turned to face her and her face was pale, I asked her what was wrong. “Can I talk with you inside for a minute?” Jonah asked. I nodded my head yes and she followed me inside I shut the door behind me then I went to make her some hot chocolate. Jonah went and sat down at the little bar I had in the kitchen. Once I got done making the hot chocolate I handed it to her smiling. But she didn’t smile back, I asked her what was wrong again and this time she answered “Did you know that there was a black figure following you?” She replied with a shaky voice. “A black figure?” I said.

I tried to think about what it could have been, maybe she misunderstood and saw something else? But then it hit me. “Jonah.” I said with a terrified tone. “What is it?” She asked. I was hesitant to ask but I had to. “Did the black figure have red eyes?” She didn’t answer. We were both sitting there in silence, sipping on our hot choco. My heart racing, once we finished our drinks, she sets her cup down on the counter. She sighs “I wasn’t paying attention. All I could see was a black figure” she exclaims. A wave of relief washes over me, I told myself it might have just been her imagination. But I couldn’t let her leave, something didn’t feel right I asked her if she could stay the night and she nodded her head yes. I put the dishes in the sink and washed them by hand. after, I went to go fetch some pillows and blankets so we could make a fort together. But she wasn’t in the mood because of what had happened earlier. Since I was also still creeped out, I asked if she wanted to watch movies instead, and she agreed. I went to the pantry to grab some snacks but I had forgotten that I needed to run to the store to stalk up on food. I told her that I was going to the gas station across the street and asked if she wanted to tag along, she didn’t answer but she got up and followed me out the door. At the time my car was in the shop getting fixed since there was something wrong with the air conditioning, I asked her if it was okay if we walked there. she said yes but she wanted to lead the way. When we got to the gas station it was already 9 since it was a 5 minute walk, I opened the door for her and we both went inside to find some snacks. I’ll just go grocery shopping after school tomorrow, we went to the checkout with our hands full of candy chips and drinks, she asked if I could pay since she forgot her wallet. I nodded yes and proceeded to pay with cash. Jonah bagged up all the stuff and we headed home. on our way there we almost got hit by a truck speeding down the road. Jonah asked if I saw anyone in the truck, I told her I didn’t know since I wasn’t paying attention. After we got home we took off our shoes and left them by the front door, i handed Jonah her snacks and she went to go sit down on the couch, I told her she could choose a movie while I get her some night clothes to change into. When I came back she wasn’t there, I tried calling out to her but no answer. I looked to see if she was in one of the bathrooms upstairs but she wasn’t. I checked every where in the house, except for one place. The back yard. When I started to approach the door that leads to the back yard, I started to get weird vibes. when I slid open the door I saw her sitting on the swing I had in my back yard. I sighed in relief I had finally found her, but something wasn’t right was there someone behind her? It looked like a tall black figure I couldn’t really see since I didn’t have my glasses on. I called out to her, “Jonah! Come inside it’s getting cold out.” But she didn’t respond. it looked like she was just sitting there staring at the ground. All of a sudden she slowly looks up at me, then she stands up and starts to slowly walk over to me but mid way she starts to run toured me, I slid the door closed as fast as I could and locked it. Jonah isn’t the running type so it caught me off guard at first, when I looked at her eyes, they looked unusual. Like she was possessed, but then I heard the toilet flush in the downstairs bathroom, I had forgotten to check that room. I froze when I heard Jonah call for me, I heard her walking toured me. “Are you alright Ava? I heard you calling for me earlier” she questioned. I didn’t reply. She noticed I was looking at something, she looked up and saw it too. I could feel her worried breathes on my shoulder while she was standing close behind me. the thing that was outside finally vanished. We were both frozen, I grabbed her hand and dragged her into the living room. We were standing in front of the back door for a while, I didn’t even realize what time it was. I took out my phone and checked the time, it was 12:50 AM. Me and Jonah sat down on the couch for 10 minutes trying to process things. Jonah mumbled something, I asked what she had said since I couldn’t hear her, “you need to move out of this house.” She said. I didn’t have a problem with what she had said since I was thinking about moving to France for a while. “Do you want to live with me? In France I mean.” Jonah nodded since she was in an abusive house hold. My house and school was her only escape.

A few months had passed, I bought the plane tickets to France, Jonah had helped me pack all my things the other day. I had to sell most of my stuff because I couldn’t bring it onboard the plane with us. When our flight was ready me and Jonah went to get on the plane. We found our seats and put our luggage above us and sat down, Jonah sat by the window And I sat beside her.

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