Clarkesville, Virgini A Short Story

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Clarkesville, Virginia. A beautiful place to vacation. The Richards family had bought a vacation house down there last month. They had decided to visit for the children's spring break. Dan, the father of the family, was really excited for this trip. Clarksville just happened to be full of historical civil war sites. Lana, Dan's wife was ready for the beautiful lake. However, the ten year old twins, Belle and Drew, were not quite as excited. You see, the scary part about this small unknown town... Is that there is no Wifi or cell Phone service. This place was eerie from the time you went through the borders. After that seven hour trip, everyone was exhausted. When they finally reached the little house, everyone dragged their suitcase inside. Drew trudged up the stairs. " Dad why do we have to come here there's absolutely nothing to do !" Dan laughed from his spot on the couch. " Let's see you could sweep for your mom, clean out the car,…" Drew sighed. " Geez I'll just play outside!" After he left Dan …show more content…
Instead was an agonizing pain through his abdomen. The Creature was stilling laughing its child like laughter as it tortured the young boy. "DREW!!!" Mr. And Mrs. Richards flew through the gates scaring the little phantom away. Drained of his energy, Drew fell to the ground.
Bella looked back at the tombstone she was studying. It started to... glow. Scrambling backwards she shouted for her parents to run. Out of the ground floated a beautiful bride. Her pale skin blue, and for a ghost, she seemed more sad than hostile or angry. That was until her mouth turned black and razor sharp teeth came out of her mouth. The family ran through the tall shrubs, bushes and trees narrowly escaping the sinister ghost. They were almost off the property when she took one last swipe at the little girl barely catching her jeans and shredding the bottoms to

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