The night was pitch black, the moon was no comfort, the night seemed more scary with the moonlight casting eerie shadows on the night. Amy held on tight to my hand, as we hurried along the dark quite street. We had left the car, about a quarter mile back. We were meeting some friends at the old cemetery on Knowles road, my mom would kill me if she knew I was on my way here. I had heard evil stories about this place, walking dead, witches, vampires, you name it. I could hear noises up the road, as Amy and I reached the edge of the cemetery. A very large spider dropped out of a tree, landing in front of Amy's face, she let out a blood curdling scream, I grabbed her arm, and pulled her along, I'm so sorry Amy, do you want to go back to the car? nooo, she said, a tremble in her voice. Ok, I said, lets find the others. We could see lights flashing up ahead of us. Amy do you hear that, I asked? Yes, what do you think it is, she asked? I'm sure we will find out soon enough, do we even want to know, I asked? We kept walking, something large, with big spooky eyes ran across the road in front of us, damn, Amy what was that, I asked? I don't know, we must be crazy to be out her at night, she said. Come on Amy, lets find Sean and Terry, I'm getting more scared by the minute. The flashing light was getting closer. We could hear chanting and laughter. We walked a little faster. Amy are you ok, I asked? yes she said, just a bit frightened, then, something reached out of the dark shadows and grabbed Amy. I screamed loud enough to wake the dead. Amy, Amy, I kept calling, I did not hear a sound. I started running as fast as my legs would go, tears streaming down my face, I was more afraid than I had ever been in my life. I came to the end of the cemetery, I could see my car. I ran faster, finally, I reached the car, jumping inside, I started the car and drove myself home. I thought about Amy all the way. I went straight to my room. Mom and dad were sleeping. After I calmed down a bit, I called Terry's house, she picked up the phone, Terry, I said? Yes this is Terry. This is Jenna. Jenna, what are you doing, calling this late? Terry, did you go to the cemetery, I asked? She laughed nervously, no, she said, none of us went there, surely you didn't go there, she said. Yes, Amy and I did go there, I started crying, Terry, something awful happened, Amy has vanished. We were walking along Knowles road, something reached out and grabbed her, I kept calling her name, she never answered. Jenna, slow down, what are you saying? Amy is gone Terry, I said. Jenna, we will wait until morning, then we will go to the cemetery. Ok terry, but I don't think I can sleep. It was a long night. I met Terry first thing next morning. she had Sean with her, I guess you told Sean what happened I said. I cannot believe you went there last night, Sean said. You and Terry were supposed to be there also, we thought we could count on you, I said. It was a joke, Sean said, we thought Amy and you knew that. Well, we didn't I said. Just shut up, terry said. We reached the cemetery it sure looked different in the light, we got out of the car, calling Amy's name We searched for hours, not a peep was heard. We gave up and went to the car. We must not ever tell anyone about this, Terry said. What about her parents, I asked? They will search for her, who knows, maybe she will show up, Sean said. I took Sean and Terry home, All I wanted was to go home and be with my parents. Amy's parents searched for her For months, but Amy was never to be seen again. Never ever go to the cemetery, on a dark, dark night.

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