The Chronicles of Biggs, Part 1
Blue Myst Road
(The following story is based on true events that actually happened; however, the author has stretched the truth a bit…well to the extreme. But it is based on true event…we just like to play it up a bit.)
Amanda, Meredith and Jacquie were in Jacquie's mom's car, driving to the supposedly haunted road of Hampton Township, their school district. Their English teacher, Mrs. Cole, had told them the legend of the road in English class one day. From what she told them, there was a tree on this road. A very large, mangled tree. There was also a house, at least it used to be there. In this house lived a man and his family. Somehow or another, the man's wife and children died, causing the man to go insane. He hung himself on the tree that still stands on Blue Myst Road, or more commonly known as Irwin Road.
Now, if you drive down this haunted road, and park your car under the tree that the crazed man supposedly hung himself from, and beep your horn three times, you will not be able to restart your car, and blue mist will arise from the ground, and the man will emerge from the mist and kill everyone in the car.
Since the girls were only in eighth grade at the time, they of course, could not drive. So they improvised. Meredith had with her in her purse a kazoo that she planned to blow under the haunted tree. The trio also had with them a can of mace and a pocketknife, just in case.
Jacquie's mom pulled up to the road called Irwin and let the three girls out of the car. After telling them to meet her back at the car when they were done, the trio ventured down the road.
"Ok…now where's this tree that we're supposed to find?" Amanda thought out loud.
Meredith shrugged. Jacquie walked with her video camera, filming the other two girls as they described the legend and whatnot.
The girls stopped as they heard rustling in the nearby bushes. They turned to see a figure climbing out; it was their gym teacher, Mrs. Gray.
"C'mon, girls! Only three more laps to go!" Mrs. Gray said, before doing an odd looking dance and vanishing into thin air.
"Well that was weird," Meredith said.
"Yeah," Jacquie agreed, and they continued down the path.
After walking for what seemed like forever…there it was. The tree. The three girls stopped in their tracks as they looked upon it. It was huge, and its branches and limbs were mangled and twisted in the most awkward ways. They stood there in awe at the sight.
"This-this must be it," Meredith said, sounding certain. Amanda nodded in agreement, as Meredith pulled the kazoo out of her purse.
"W-wait. You sure you want to do this?" Jacquie said, sounding concerned. Meredith laughed.
"Calm down, it's just a myth," she told her. Jacquie still looked uncertain about the whole thing. Meredith reached in her purse and tossed Jacquie the can of mace. "Happy now?" Jacquie shook her head.
"C'mon guys…let's just go," Jacquie suggested.
"No way. We walked for like an hour, we're not going back now. Besides, I have to write a paper on this," Amanda said.
"Me too," Meredith added, walking towards the tree, kazoo in hand.
Meredith took a deep breath as she looked up at the tree, standing under it. She put the kazoo to her mouth and blew it three times, as the legend suggested. The other two held their breath as Meredith did this.
"Hmmm…nothing's happening," Meredith said. Amanda had a look of disappointment on her face. Jacquie still stood there with the can of mace in one hand and the pocketknife in the other, looking about alertly.
Meredith shrugged and tried to walk back to the other girls. She blinked, and tried again.
"Guys…I can't move," Meredith said, sounding scared.
"Meredith, cut it out! It's not funny!" Jacquie said. Meredith hyperventilated slightly, and tried to move again.
"I'm not kidding!" Meredith yelled back. Amanda spun around to see if there was anything behind there. There wasn't, and she turned back around to look at Meredith standing under the tree, still struggling to move. Jacquie gasped as she looked at the ground.
And just like the legend said, a pale blanket of blue mist arose from the ground surrounding their feet.
"No…not cool. Meredith stop it!" Jacquie yelled.
"I'm not doing this!" Meredith yelled back.
"Both of you cut it out it's not funny," Amanda said, calmer than the other two. Meredith screamed suddenly and pointed in-between Jacquie and Amanda. The two spun around quickly to see a dark figure coming out of the fog. Jacquie shook her head.
"Not. Happening," she said quietly. "NOT HAPPENING! THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT HAPPENING! OH MY GOD MEREDITH QUIT IT!" she yelled the last part. The figure came closer, and as it approached them they could see that it was in fact a man, carrying a gruesome looking ax, and wore a vicious expression on his scarred face. Jacquie screamed very high pitched. Meredith laughed.
"Jacquie, what the hell?" she laughed.
"Meredith, uh, not a good time to laugh," Amanda said.
"Oh right," Meredith said, and then screamed and jumped up in down. She then ran in circles, screaming like a lunatic. "Wait, I can move!" Meredith got a devious look on her face and rubbed her hands together, and then laughed maniacally for a few seconds. Jacquie, Amanda, and the mad ax man all gave her an odd look.
"Um…Er…sorry, that was the demon inside of me," Meredith said, blushing.
"Of course," Jacquie said. Amanda and the mad ax man nodded, and then the crazed man lifted his ax above Jacquie's head, about to slice it open with a single stroke. Jacquie screamed again, and Meredith tossed the kazoo, hitting the crazy man squarely in the forehead.
"Ow!" he said, as he dropped his ax on the ground and hopped around in pain. "Ow ow ow ow!" The three girls exchanged glances, and then Meredith pulled out a roll of duct tape from her purse. They snuck up on him and began to tie him up with the duct tape. When they were finished, the mad ax man lay on the ground, covered from head to toe in duct tape.
"I knew this roll of duct tape would come in handy," Meredith said, sounding proud of herself. She bent down next to the man, and ripped off the tape covering his mouth quickly.
"Ow!" he said. "Why'd ya do that?"
"Why'd ya try to kill us!" Meredith demanded.
"Because…that's what I do…" the man said.
"Whatever. Listen, guys, we should go back. Jacquie's mom is probably getting worried," Meredith said. As she said this, she took no notice of the man hopping away, still tied up with duct tape.
"Ah he's getting away!" Amanda yelled, pointing at him.
"Oh well," Jacquie said quickly. "We need to go…now. Which way did we come in?"
"Uh, good question," Meredith responded. Jacquie glared at her. "My instincts say…go…uh…that…way." Meredith finished hesitantly. Amanda shrugged, and followed Meredith "that way" down the path. Jacquie sighed and followed the other two.
After walking for a while, Meredith spoke.
"Hey guys, if I tell you something, you promise not to get mad?" she asked.
"Yeah sure whatever," Jacquie said quickly.
"Uh, I have no idea where we are…" Meredith trailed off. Jacquie stopped in her tracks.
"What?"
"Heh heh…yeah," Meredith laughed, and continued to walk. Jacquie stomped on the ground angrily and followed Meredith. Suddenly, they heard another sound coming from the bushed. A small figure stumbled out that the girls recognized as their friend, Swati. Swati ran towards them full speed, yelling about something. She ran right past them into a tree, and then fell over.
"The guy…with the…ax…and the…CHEESE LOG!" Swati mumbled before passing out. They exchanged odd looks and walked over to the unconscious form of Swati.
"What do we do now?" Amanda asked. Meredith scratched her chin in thought.
"Wait! I've got an idea!" she exclaimed suddenly. Meredith cupped her hands around her mouth, and then made some odd clucking noised. Another noise came from the bushes, and a llama wearing a cape came running towards them.
"Ralph the Wonder Llama will protect her!" Meredith said, looking extremely proud of herself. Amanda rolled her eyes.
"Whatever," she said, continuing down the path. As they walked further, they heard yet another rustling noise coming from the bushes. A figure stumbled out very ungracefully, and fell over. The three girls screamed as they noticed that it was the mad ax man! They all screamed and ran around in circles for a bit until they realized that he was still tied up.
"He's still tied up," Amanda pointed out.
"Yes…yes he is. MWAHAHAHAHA!" Meredith said. Jacquie and Amanda gave her odd looks. "Er.."
"Was that the demon inside of you?" Amanda asked. Meredith nodded. Amanda suddenly walked over and kicked the mad ax man.
"Why'd ya do that?" Jacquie asked.
"I dunno…it seemed like a good idea," Amanda shrugged.
"Hokay," Meredith said. They then continued to venture down the path, leaving the mad ax man tied up on the ground, writhing in pain from Amanda kicking him.
4Eventually, they came to a dead end, and walked through the mass of trees that blocked them.
"Dude, Chinese people...we must be in China," Meredith said, pointing to the group of Chinese people waving at them.
"Definitely," Jacquie said.
Eventually, the trio made their way back to Hampton, AKA H-Towne. Meredith became President of the World; Jacquie married a hobo; Amanda adopted a family of squirrels and moved to Conneticut. As for Swati, she wound up marrying Ralph the wonder Llama, and they had two very strange looking children named Ralphina and Tucker. They all lived happily and strangely ever after.
THE END.