The Shade Man
I was walking home from school one rainy day. Just walking trying to avoid the average school bullies, so i took a side road. It was a dark,scarey,diserted ally way. I heard footsteps behind me so i turn and look, nothing there. So I start to sing, i sing when im panicing, and keep walking. I hear it again so i turn to see if the bullies are following me, i see something move to the side. It was dark, darker then a typical shadow. I run as fast as my feet can carry me. Thud,Thud,Thud is what my heart is doing agents my ribs. I make it out of the ally and stop running trying to catch my breath. I walk the rest of the way home.
Its the next day, im walking with a girl that i have had a crush on sence like 3rd grade. Shes so pretty those midnight blue eyes looking at me, that chocolate brown hair flowing in the breeze, oh god she makes me sweat. She has the most coolest name to, Cherri, when mine is so...boring is a good word,Danny. well anyways im walking with her and i take the allyway again. Cherri and I walk down when i hear something so i turn,nothing there. Cherri asks if im ok and looks me strait in the eyes with her big midnight blue eyes. I say "yea, just thought i heard something." Trying to act cool and collected around her.
Cherri and I start to walk again. I know there is something behind us, I just know. "So Cherri wanna race me to the end of the ally way?" Cherri looks at me and says "Ya sure, but can I have a head start to warm up?" I laugh, "Ya I guess." Cherri starts to run, I wait till she gets half way to the finish line then I start. I wiz past her and reaches the end way before she does. I wait for her to show up, but she never did.
So i walk back into the dark allyway and call her name. There is no responce, I call it again. I hear a faint scream, It was so faint you could barley hear it. So i try to follow the scream and it was a success, but when i got there The figure I saw the day before, which i named the Shade Man, has Cherri! But Cherri is limp, no movement at all. The Shade Man lets out a hiss. I run, theres no point of trying to save Cherri. I keep running when i feel a sharp pain in my ankle.I look down a the dark shadow hand has it. I fall and Im draged into the darkest part of the ally. Then everything goes back.
No one ever saw me again. I have been dead for 4years now, my parents have not giving up to find me. I hope they know not to go into the allyway that i did, Shadyfaced Ally.
By
Hannah Compton
