The Symbol of [FEAR] - A Male OC Reader × School Bus Graveyard Story

Chapter 10

Text guide:
Narration
Thoughts
"Talking"
Action

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LOCATION:
HUMAN DIMENSION(REAL WORLD)
[SORREL WEED HOUSE - SAVANNAH, GEORGIA]

TIME:
[2 WEEKS BEFORE CURRENT TIME]

POV: CARTER

Logan: "Behind you..."

A scream was heard, and once I saw it grab Ashlyn's hand, I try to smack it away... only for it to use its other hand to grab onto mine. I think I see it as a tall, humanoid ghost-creature with a giant smile and white eyes.

Carter: Crap...

Without wasting time, we both forcefully pull our hands away, but due to how tight its grip was, it left us with some big scratch marks.

Once we did so, we both fell down.

Carter: What the hell was that-?

We tried to look for the "ghost", only to see nothing behind us.

Carter: Wh-What just happened...?

This makes everyone, especially me and Ashlyn, confused by this.

Carter: G-Ghosts are real?! I have no idea if I should celebrate or be scared... Wait, this doesnt seem right...

Aiden: "Where did it go?"

Logan: "I-I dont see it anywhere."

Taylor: "What was it?"

Aiden: "One of the ghosts maybe?"

Carter: Right, they saw it too... So it cant be a hallucination... Not only that, but it grabbed mine and Ashlyn's arm...

Tyler then tries to make sense of the situation.

Tyler: "Are you guys dumb?"

First, yes I am. Second, ouch, no need for that dude.

Tyler: "Ghosts arent real. This is just some stupid prank."

Taylor: "A prank?"

Tyler: "Obviously. A group conveniently cancels a reservation, and our guide just happens to have an excuse to leave?"

Well, it is true...

Tyler: "Then when we're all alone in a 'haunted' house we have a scary encounter. Immediately after said "scary encounter" the thing just disappears before we can confirm or touch it."

This does make sense, but why would anyone want to try and confirm, let alone touch it?

Everyone, aside from me and Ashlyn, seem to make sense of Tyler's explanation.

Tyler: "Yeah right. This is definitely a set up for some sort of reaction video to make money. They probably have cameras and a projector hidden somewhere."

I dont think we're at that level of technology for a real looking hologram projector, but whatever.

Tyler then screams, annoyed by this, and sending a message to the said "cameras".

Tyler: "SCREW YOU AND YOUR VIDEO! FOR THE RECORD, YOU DONT HAVE PERMISSION TO USE OUR REACTIONS!"

He then grabs Taylor by her arm, and drags her outside.

Tyler: "C'mon Tay. We're going back to the bus."

Logan: "A-Ah wait..."

Everyone else follows them.

Carter: They couldnt see it grab our arms? Damn, perspective really is needed after all. Well, the scratch mark isnt here, but...

I look at my arm, which somehow still hurts.

Carter: Why does it still hurt...?

I look at Ashlyn, who seems like she is also experiencing and thinking the same thing as me. Looks like only grew stronger, as we can now know what the other is thinking. For me, at least.

Aiden: "C? Ash? Ya two good?"

As soon as he said that, he pats our heads. This causes both me and Ashlyn to back away insanely fast, startled by hia action.

Ashlyn: "PLEASE STOP GETTING IN OUR FACE!"

Carter: "YEAH! LIKE, DUDE, WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS SO CLOSE?!"

Aiden: "I kep lt calling your names, but you weren't answering."

Well, I guess thats understandable. Also, hands down, you're just patting the air right now

Mine and Ashlyns hands throb in pain, but we just ignore it. It sort of feels like blood is coming out... weird...

Ashlyn: "I'm fine. Just somewhat spooked I guess."

Carter: "Yeah. Creepy figure just standing behind us? Not gonna recover from that quickly, is what I say."

Well, whatever. Its almost time, so we better get going.

Ashlyn: "Its almost 5:30, we should catch up with the others."

Carter: "They already left without us? Rude much."

TIMESKIP

LOCATION:
[BOYS ROOM]

Sir Thomas said that each room will get evenly paired by four people each, but since there is an extra student, one gets to have five.

So here I am now, sharing a room with the boys of the group: Tyler, Aiden, Ben, and Logan. It felt uncomfortable to be with other people in one room aside from Ashlyn though.

Carter: "I dont know about you guys, but I'm going to go to bed..."

As I was about to, Logan suddenly spoke up in a somewhat scared tone.

Logan: "...Um, guys... When we were in the Sorrel Weed House, I took a photo of the creature..."

...Better be something worth it, then.