Ghosts on the Ghost Train
Chapter 1- The Ghost Train
"C'mon Mel. Let's ride on the ghost train." Monique pulled Mel towards the ghostly ride.
"No. I don't want to. C'mon, you've heard about all the strange disappearances and deaths on this ride. I promise you, I won't feel safe." Mel explained.
"I'll be right there with you. I'll even hold your hand…" Monique was trying really hard to persuade her.
"Oh, alright. But if I die, I'm holding you completely responsible."
"Okay, great!" Monique pulled Mel into the carriage and the ride jolted as it began to start.
"Isn't this fun?" Monique asked looking around as Mel screamed as a giant spider fell from the roof.
"Yeah…fun…" Mel shuddered.
A skeleton leapt out from behind one of the walls and Mel grasped for Monique's hand. They looked at each other as their carriage plunged along the almost vertical track.
The girls screamed.
"You didn't tell me that it was a rollercoaster!" Mel screamed.
"I didn't know! It's not supposed to be!" Monique screamed back as the carriage swerved onto a straight track and stopped.
There were 3 other carriages behind them. There were 4 other people in them. The room sealed off. The safety bars lifted, and everyone stepped out. The dimmed lights became slightly brighter as they flickered.
There was a window on one of the walls which allowed them to see other people who didn't get separated and who remained on the correct track. It was obvious that it was a one way window.
"What happened?" asked a young woman.
"I don't know. How much air do you think is in here?" asked a middle aged man who, for some reason, was wearing a suit.
"Okay. Just stay calm. Look for a way out." Monique instructed. Everybody felt around the walls.
"I can feel a chill, but I don't know where it's coming from." Mel said shivering, as the lights began to flicker again. They went out completely and the girls screamed. Monique and Mel hugged each other as a young girl appeared.
She was a 16 year old teenager with beautiful features and shoulder length brown straight hair. She flickered and smirked then disappeared again. The lights came back on, and everybody's mobile's began to ring.
"Okay. Everybody, shhh. One person answer it." Monique instructed.
Mel reached for her phone.
"Hello?"
"It's me…"
"It's who?"
"It's me…"
"It's who!?"
"Harriet…………You want to leave don't you?"
"Y-yes, of course."
There was no answer.
"Hello? Are you there?" Mel turned her phone onto loud speaker.
"Let me tell you a story…"
Flashback:
"Let's ride the ghost train Harriet!"
"No, Liz. I don't want to…"
"Tickle torture!"
"No! Hahahah! No! Alright, alright!
"Yay!" Liz pulled Harriet towards the ghost train. They jumped in the carriage and the ride started with a loud screeching sound.
Harriet shuddered as the carriage jolted along the rickety track. They plunged down a dip and Harriet's safety bar unlocked with a click.
"Um, Liz? Is that supposed to happen?"
"What? Oh my god! Just up ahead is a loop the loop! Dare you to not hold on!" Liz shouted.
"I can't! My safety bar…" The girls sped around the loops and to the end of the ride.
The safety bars unlocked.
"Harriet. Wasn't that great? Har-…" Liz turned to notice that she was gone.
"Harriet? Harriet?!" Liz looked around frantically. She jumped out and ran to the guy in charge.
"Excuse me, but I think my friend Harriet is still in there."
"Listen girly, she probably chickened out before the ride started and ran off when you weren't looking."
"No. I was talking to her in the middle of the ride." Liz persisted.
"Which carriage were you in?"
"That one." Liz pointed to the carriage. The man's face turned white. Liz turned and noticed blood on the seat and safety bar.
"Oh my god." The man closed the ride and organised a group to look for her.
They found her bloody remains at the bottom of the ride, underneath the dip.
End Flashback:
"So you died on this ride?" Mel asked.
"Yes. And I hold Liz entirely responsible for pulling me onto the ride."
"Well why are you holding us hostage?" asked a woman.
"I watch. I'm trapped in this place. I take it as my responsibility to stop all those who force others to ride this ride and to prevent history from repeating itself." Harriet explained. Everybody looked at each other, confused.
"You." Harriet pointed at Monique.
"Me? I… Oh no. I'm so sorry Mel."
"It's okay."
"No it's not."
"Yes it is. Harriet. How do we get out of here?"
"There is a crystal in that compartment over there. Place it in the vase in the next room, and you are free to go." Everybody stared at her.
"What? Well I can't do it myself, can I? I'm a ghost."
"Well that sounds easy enough." Mel went over to the compartment which had revealed itself and picked up the crystal. A door opened and she started heading for the vase but stopped when she heard a banging noise on the one way window.
TBC…