“BOO!!”
“AHHHHHHHH” Hope shrieked at the top of her lungs whilst
Tegan, Mona and Faye cried their eyes out with laughter. It was Halloween night
and the four girls were staying at Tegan’s house, alone.
“Girls, you’ll never guess what I brought for us to do” Mona
stated to the others with a mysterious grin. “I took my sisters Ouija board, we
have to do it!” All the girl’s faces showed a mixture of eager and anxious at
the same time.
“Isn’t it dangerous?” Faye hesitantly enquired.
“Na don’t be stupid, it’s a laugh! Come on, don’t be a bore”
Mona abruptly replied. She was the leader of the pack and it was common
knowledge that you don’t over power her; the girls knew this and so they set up
the board. The lights were dimmed and a candle was lit next to the board that
was positioned in the centre of the circle formed by their bodies with a glass
placed upside down upon it. Silence fell.
Mona led and asked “is anyone there?” Nothing happened. Faye
let out a deep breath displaying a sigh of relief. Mona’s head turned and she
looked with spite at her, it had to work
now she bitterly thought... come on take
two. “Is anyone there?!”
Movement. Sudden movement. Yes. The glass stirred creeping nearer to the “no”. Abruptly a
change of direction back towards “yes”. Eyes around the board widened. Closer
and closer to “yes” the glass went. A gust of wind swept through the room. The
glass then halted faster towards “no” again before swerving around it in a
perfect circle and finishing smoothly on the part of the wooden board with the
letters carved “Yes”. A timid gasp came out of Mona’s mouth; even she didn’t
really believe it would work. Now it had she had no choice but to carry on.
“How many people are there in this room?”
“No, no don’t ask that!!!” Faye let escape her mouth under
no control.
“I second that.”
Movement. Sudden movement. Once again it twitched away from
the “yes” carved on the board and second by second floated over to a “4” along
the bottom of the board. “Well that’s a relief” Oh.
She spoke too soon.
The glass continued, after resting over “4” for a few
seconds, along the bottom of the board. A sudden change of direction shook the
girls along with the window suddenly jolting open. They were all halted in
their positions holding hands for comfort with fear plastered over their faces.
How many really are in here?! I shouldn’t
have even asked. BANG. The living room door slammed open just as the glass
finished jolting around the board and sat on “1”. “There are 41 people in here?!”
Mona screamed.
The glass flew over to the “yes” on the board at the speed
of light. “HOW DO YOU STOP THE GLASS MOVING?!” The glass continued to dart
around spelling out the letters “Y O U C A N T” one by one. The doors and
windows in the room were as active as flames continuously slamming shut and
open.
Maybe we shouldn’t
have played.
