Ghost town: Chapter 4

I stare at the creature staring at me. Why won’t it just END this? I murmur in my head. I’ve been sitting here, terrified for nearly an hour. I think. Then I realise. Its vision is based around movement.

I sat in the hall, listening to our principal call out names for awards or something. They do it every month, though I never pay attention. I just find it boring. An hour later, I was sitting in the lunch room. I stared out at the schools three statues. I always wondered what they meant. Out from behind, a semi-transparent figure appeared. I gazed, mouth open, taking in what I was seeing. That was my first brush with the supernatural. But it wasn’t my last…