Location:
Sleepy Hollow
Year: 2001
Once again the rains refused to fall upon the dry earth of
Sleepy Hollow. It was as if the very earth were soil with such evil that the
very rains feared to drop upon it. The sun too seemed to fear lingering too
long on this forsaken area. The streets had cleared long before dark. No one
dared to remain in the streets past sunset... Unless they had a rather unnerving
death wish. The only signs of life in the village came from the smoke rising
slowly from the chimneys and the lights shining like little yellow stars in the
night.
The wind screamed through the trees. Winter was coming
with a vengeance.
A small girl of about 12 stepped out of the door. It was obvious
her parents were not home. Another girl stepped out. She looked to be about 17.
She was obviously the first girls older sister. The older girl smiled and began
walking toward a bridge which sat at the end of the village. The younger girl
followed behind slowly. AS they approached the bridge the younger one became
more and more nervous.
"What's the matter, Jenny. You scared? Should we just
turn around and go home?" the older sister mocked.
"Of coarse not. Why would I be? Just keep
going." Jenny said to her sister.
"Well if you're scared? You think the headless
horseman is coming for you..."
"No, I don't! Let's just get it over with so we can
go home, Mia. It's cold out here." Mia only smiled and turned back to
cross the bridge.
Suddenly a low mumble echoed through the trees.
"What's that?" Jenny asked her sister.
"I don't know. Probably a car." She said, not
doing a good job of hiding her own panic. She kept going, hoping the noise
would go away. It didn't. They began to walk fast toward their destination.
Suddenly a bright flash of light blinded them. They left
off the small dirt road they had been following a ducked in the bushed.
"What are you doing out here?" Asked a female
voice. The two girls looked up to see a woman of about 19 on a motorcycle. She
was staring at them with dark gold eyes.
"None of your business!" Mia replied angrily.
"Well this is my property, I'd think it would be my
business."
"You don't live here do you?"
"Yes, I live right down the road, at that old cabin
in the woods."
"You can't. No one lives there."
"I don. I just moved in today. By the way, my name is
Tonya. Who are you?"
"None of your business. Come one lets go, sis."
Mia said grabbing her sister's hand and heading back towards town. Tonya smiled
as she revved the motor of the vehicle once more and sped off past them heading
into town. Mia stopped and turned back around. Jenny looked at her in fear.
"What's wrong?"
"You heard her. She lives there. It will be
trespassing."
"Come on you little twit! We have to get that skull,
whether she lives there or not. Do you want Jorge and Chad to think we're
chicken?"
"Well, what if we get caught?"
"We won't, now come on!" Mia dragged her sister
up the road, in the direction of the old cabin.
the cabin was amazingly preserved despite it's age. It
looked like someone had just built it. Mia did not stop when they approached.
There was a fire burning in one of the rooms.
"Come on, Mia, someone is there!"
"Shut up! There's no one here. She just left the fire
burning. It's probably dying right now. She probably went to town to get some
more wood."
"Why do we have-"
"Shut up! We have to get the damn skull or we'll be
laughed at!"
"Ok." Jenny was silent as her sister approached
the door furtively. She tested the door. It was still unlocked. She went
inside. Jenny followed.
Inside it was as if someone had lived there for years.
Everything was unpacked and nicely placed throughout the room. It was as if
someone had kept the house up for almost 50 years. Mia made her way through the
halls and rooms. She was hell bent on finding the skull. She finally entered a
room. It was the master bedroom. There wasn't much in the large room. There was
a very large bed with dark red and black satin sheets and a large dark red
comforter with black designs embroidered on it. to the side was a nightstand.
On the stand was a large bleached skull. The teeth of the skull seemed to have
been filed to points. Mia smiled and grabbed the skull. She ran back outside,
Jenny following close behind. They ran back down the road.
Neither of them noticed a dark figure watching them run
back into town...