Tales of Samara
Disclaimer: same ritual.. let me take that back.. don't own anything.
Summary: Rachel talks to Ashley and she finds out something pretty disturbing.
*** Chapter 3 ***
She is shocked of the girl opening the door. She is very pale, too skinny and her hair is one big mess. When she looks in her eyes, Rachel sees something she can't describe. All she know is that she had seen it before. That same distant, faraway look. The girl steps aside to let her in.
"You must be Rachel", she says. "Once saw your picture. You haven't changed."
"Yes, I am. And your Ashley right?".
The girl doesn't answer her but walks slowly to the living room. Rachel silently follows her. When she reaches the living room, Rachel is surprised to see the beauty room. It is fully decorated, full of light. It seemed to be a happy place. There are a lot of flowers and plants around the room. Rachel looks around, while wondering how it is that there are no pictures around. She lives her all alone, without any family, maybe not even friends.
"Please sit down." Ashley tells her. Rachel does, while watching Ashley. There was something about that girl. Ashley sat down and looked at her. Suddenly she starts talking.
"You want to know about the tape, right?"
Rachel nods. "Did Noah tell you about it?"
"He wouldn't have to tell me. I already know. I told him about the tape."
"You told him? But I gave him the tape, I showed it to him, I made him believe.", Rachel tells her confused.
"I know you did and I thank you. But you're in this way deeper than you think."
"You thank me? For what? Noah is dead!", Rachel asks her.
"I thank you for showing him the tape, making him believe that what he saw was real. It's hard to believe it's real, when it looks like some weird student joke. But he believed it."
"Yeah he did. But why did he call you?"
"We were former classmates. We did the same study, followed the same lessons. We used to be top of the class. Always busy with other things. We used to work together a lot."
Ashley continues. "You want to know if I have seen this tape? Well I have. But not just a week ago. I have seen this tape a little over a year ago."
Rachel gasps. She tries to wrap her mind around the fact that Katie never was the first victim, that the tape existed longer than she thought. "What happened?"
"I'll tell you everything. I will." She takes a deep breath and starts talking.
"It all happened a few years ago. I've been raised by my mother. I never met my father, until that moment. After my mom died, I found this letter she had written me. It explained everything. She had also written down my father's name and address. So one day I decided to look him up. When I went over there I found out that he had a new wife, Anna, and a child."
"That would be Samara right? Have you met her?"
"Yes it was her. And yeah, I've met her. Unfortunately."
'So what happened? You've seen the tape?"
"I did. It scared me to death." She closed her eyes. When she opened them again she continued.
"I had rented a tape, thought it was a comedy, so I could laugh. Instead of comedy I get snow. Just the regular black and white snow. I figured either the tape or my VCR were broken. If I had just turned it off right then, but no, I waited to long. After a few seconds images started to appear." She sighs. "Weird images, different kind of images, flowing into each other into a not so coherent way. It didn't made sense to me. It sometimes still doesn't. I mean, chopped of fingers, dead horses, a ladder. What is it about? Where does it lead to? No-one knows. No-one ever will."
During Ashley's story, Rachel hadn't said a word. She feels like she's being hypnotized. She looks at Ashley, not sure what to say.
"What happened next?"
"Well, I think you know what happens next. Right after I turned off the VCR, my phone rang. There was this cracking, raw voice on the other side.
"Seven days. You'll die in seven days". She tried to make it sound as exact the same as possible.
Ashley smiles. "Well, as you see, I didn't die."
Rachel smiles back. It felt good to see her smile. She was much stronger than she had expected. "How'd you do it?"
Ashley sighs. "That was the hardest part. I didn't knew what I know now. All I knew is that I wasn't gonna sit at home, waiting for her to get to me. I decided to be out in the public. Watched every step so careful, it took me more than an hour to get to the other end of the city. A little later I passed by a television store, noticing that it was closed for the moment. While I walked by, I looked trough the window. The entire floor was wet. Right then it didn't seem too weird to me. So I walked on, meanwhile looking in every direction. It would have been easy if I had more eyes then just the two I have right now." She smiles again. "I suddenly felt a presence surrounding me, telling me to walk into some dark alley. And for some reason I did. When I walked trough the alley, I saw the ladder. The ladder of the tape. While I looked further into the distance, I could see the surroundings of a girl. Suddenly she staggered towards me. Came closer and closer. When she stepped into the light, I was shocked. She looked so fragile, but at the same time, so tough and independent. The look in her eyes, sent chills up and down my spine. I have never been so afraid of my life. She looked so young, but so old already. I walked backwards, till I hit the wall. She came closer, so close that she could almost touch me. And then she said the weirdest thing."
"What did she say?" Rachel asks.
"Why won't you die."
"Why won't you what?". Rachel suddenly understands. Katie had seen Samara and died of a heart attack. Cause that's what the doctors said. Noah was diagnosed with the same reason of death. He had also seen Samara. So everyone who had seen Samara, when she was coming for them, suffered a heart attack. They all had watched the television been turned on, seeing a new tape. Seeing the well, seeing Samara rising from it. After a few moments they had seen her crawling straight trough the TV, leaving wet marks all over. Right that moment they died.
Suddenly Ashley pulled down the collar of her jacket. Rachel gasps. Handprints are printed all over her neck, leaving marks of throttling.
"She tried. But she couldn't kill me".
"She couldn't? Why not?"
"Because Samara is my sister."
*** To be continued ***
Sorry, another cliffie... LOL. Now my introduction is done, let the real thing begin. From the next chapter on, things will get different. Things will get very evil. * laughs evil *
Disclaimer: same ritual.. let me take that back.. don't own anything.
Summary: Rachel talks to Ashley and she finds out something pretty disturbing.
*** Chapter 3 ***
She is shocked of the girl opening the door. She is very pale, too skinny and her hair is one big mess. When she looks in her eyes, Rachel sees something she can't describe. All she know is that she had seen it before. That same distant, faraway look. The girl steps aside to let her in.
"You must be Rachel", she says. "Once saw your picture. You haven't changed."
"Yes, I am. And your Ashley right?".
The girl doesn't answer her but walks slowly to the living room. Rachel silently follows her. When she reaches the living room, Rachel is surprised to see the beauty room. It is fully decorated, full of light. It seemed to be a happy place. There are a lot of flowers and plants around the room. Rachel looks around, while wondering how it is that there are no pictures around. She lives her all alone, without any family, maybe not even friends.
"Please sit down." Ashley tells her. Rachel does, while watching Ashley. There was something about that girl. Ashley sat down and looked at her. Suddenly she starts talking.
"You want to know about the tape, right?"
Rachel nods. "Did Noah tell you about it?"
"He wouldn't have to tell me. I already know. I told him about the tape."
"You told him? But I gave him the tape, I showed it to him, I made him believe.", Rachel tells her confused.
"I know you did and I thank you. But you're in this way deeper than you think."
"You thank me? For what? Noah is dead!", Rachel asks her.
"I thank you for showing him the tape, making him believe that what he saw was real. It's hard to believe it's real, when it looks like some weird student joke. But he believed it."
"Yeah he did. But why did he call you?"
"We were former classmates. We did the same study, followed the same lessons. We used to be top of the class. Always busy with other things. We used to work together a lot."
Ashley continues. "You want to know if I have seen this tape? Well I have. But not just a week ago. I have seen this tape a little over a year ago."
Rachel gasps. She tries to wrap her mind around the fact that Katie never was the first victim, that the tape existed longer than she thought. "What happened?"
"I'll tell you everything. I will." She takes a deep breath and starts talking.
"It all happened a few years ago. I've been raised by my mother. I never met my father, until that moment. After my mom died, I found this letter she had written me. It explained everything. She had also written down my father's name and address. So one day I decided to look him up. When I went over there I found out that he had a new wife, Anna, and a child."
"That would be Samara right? Have you met her?"
"Yes it was her. And yeah, I've met her. Unfortunately."
'So what happened? You've seen the tape?"
"I did. It scared me to death." She closed her eyes. When she opened them again she continued.
"I had rented a tape, thought it was a comedy, so I could laugh. Instead of comedy I get snow. Just the regular black and white snow. I figured either the tape or my VCR were broken. If I had just turned it off right then, but no, I waited to long. After a few seconds images started to appear." She sighs. "Weird images, different kind of images, flowing into each other into a not so coherent way. It didn't made sense to me. It sometimes still doesn't. I mean, chopped of fingers, dead horses, a ladder. What is it about? Where does it lead to? No-one knows. No-one ever will."
During Ashley's story, Rachel hadn't said a word. She feels like she's being hypnotized. She looks at Ashley, not sure what to say.
"What happened next?"
"Well, I think you know what happens next. Right after I turned off the VCR, my phone rang. There was this cracking, raw voice on the other side.
"Seven days. You'll die in seven days". She tried to make it sound as exact the same as possible.
Ashley smiles. "Well, as you see, I didn't die."
Rachel smiles back. It felt good to see her smile. She was much stronger than she had expected. "How'd you do it?"
Ashley sighs. "That was the hardest part. I didn't knew what I know now. All I knew is that I wasn't gonna sit at home, waiting for her to get to me. I decided to be out in the public. Watched every step so careful, it took me more than an hour to get to the other end of the city. A little later I passed by a television store, noticing that it was closed for the moment. While I walked by, I looked trough the window. The entire floor was wet. Right then it didn't seem too weird to me. So I walked on, meanwhile looking in every direction. It would have been easy if I had more eyes then just the two I have right now." She smiles again. "I suddenly felt a presence surrounding me, telling me to walk into some dark alley. And for some reason I did. When I walked trough the alley, I saw the ladder. The ladder of the tape. While I looked further into the distance, I could see the surroundings of a girl. Suddenly she staggered towards me. Came closer and closer. When she stepped into the light, I was shocked. She looked so fragile, but at the same time, so tough and independent. The look in her eyes, sent chills up and down my spine. I have never been so afraid of my life. She looked so young, but so old already. I walked backwards, till I hit the wall. She came closer, so close that she could almost touch me. And then she said the weirdest thing."
"What did she say?" Rachel asks.
"Why won't you die."
"Why won't you what?". Rachel suddenly understands. Katie had seen Samara and died of a heart attack. Cause that's what the doctors said. Noah was diagnosed with the same reason of death. He had also seen Samara. So everyone who had seen Samara, when she was coming for them, suffered a heart attack. They all had watched the television been turned on, seeing a new tape. Seeing the well, seeing Samara rising from it. After a few moments they had seen her crawling straight trough the TV, leaving wet marks all over. Right that moment they died.
Suddenly Ashley pulled down the collar of her jacket. Rachel gasps. Handprints are printed all over her neck, leaving marks of throttling.
"She tried. But she couldn't kill me".
"She couldn't? Why not?"
"Because Samara is my sister."
*** To be continued ***
Sorry, another cliffie... LOL. Now my introduction is done, let the real thing begin. From the next chapter on, things will get different. Things will get very evil. * laughs evil *