THE ORPHANAGE

Chapter Eight

“That silly little board game has killed a lot of people, it’s on the internet babe” Clarisse crossed her legs, “that’s just the internet, anybody can put anything there. Just stop being fun suckers and let’s play” Candice groaned

“I’m not too sure about it but a little fun won’t hurt” I shrugged and turned to Clarisse who was still clearly not in approval of what is going on here

“okay fine” Clarisse groaned, “whose spirit are we talking to anyway?” she asked and we turned to Candice

“doesn’t matter, with this board we can talk to anything” Candice placed the board on the table and the planchette on the board, “do you have any candles?” she asked and I quickly got up and rushed into the kitchen, I swiped the three candles off the shelf along with a lighter and rushed back into the living room.

“The curtains” she pointed to them and I dropped them all and turned off the tv, “now let’s seat and place one finger on the planchette” she said and I sat on the floor beside her as we sat round the table, placing our hands on the Planchette

I inhaled deeply and she looked at me and nodded reassuringly, hopefully we’ll be fine at the end.

“spirits we invite you in” she said and Clarisse gave her a sharp look and swallowed uncomfortably “say it after me” she whispered to us

“Spirits we invite you in” we all said and quickly looked around hoping something would drop or happen as a sign but there was nothing.

“Is there anyone with us now?” She asked, the planchette moved to yes and I quickly removed my finger from the planchette

“what the f**k?” I cussed, “shh, don’t panic” she said. “it f*****g moved” I whispered in surprise and quickly turned to Clarisse who’s hands were starting to shake on the planchette

“put your hand back” She said and I put it back shakily, “what is your name?” she asked the unknown entity

The planchette started to move and it spelt, “A.b.a.d.d.o.n” and we looked at each other

“Are you the only one here?” She asked again and the planchette moved to no, her eyes widened

“h-how many are you?” she started to stammer and I turned to Clarisse as I could hear her heart almost beating out of her chest.

The planchette moved and spelt “M.a.n.y” and we all removed our fingers from the planchette. A heavy wind blew in, raising all the curtains and blowing out all the candles.

It started to blow around us, our hairs blowing over our head. It raised the Ouija board and threw it on the wall, it fell and smashed into many pieces.

We started to scream and eventually the wind stopped and we sighed in relief, Clarisse was picking the hair off her face when we heard screaming from one of the kids outside, I rushed out and met Ashley crying as her leg was dislocated from the knee.

“No no, no no no. mom and dad would kill me” I dashed towards her, I tried to touch her leg but she cried even more. “everyone get back inside” I yelled and they all ran in except for Cameron who couldn’t see.

“Oh my God” Candice gasped as she walked outside, “this is bad juniper” she said faintly as she moved towards Ashley

“I was supposed to be watching them” tears dropped from my eyes, “can we do anything to help?” Clarisse asked with a concerned look plastered on her face.

“we can’t, it’s not broken. It’s dislocated” I sighed heavily and I turned to Ashley who was aching badly. “we have to get her to the hospital now” Candice walked towards the road hoping to get a taxi or anything.

Just then my parent’s car parked in front of the house and my dad dashed towards where I was holding Ashley

“what happened here?” he moved towards me and his mouth fell open, “she dislocated her knee” I sniffled, “w-what, you were supposed to be watching the kids!” he yelled, “I know, i..” he cut me off

“let’s just get her to the hospital, we can talk about your incompetence later” he swooped Ashley off her feet and placed her in the back seat of the car.

I could see mom by the passenger seat, still fast asleep. “go in and watch the rest of the kids and make sure they don’t lose a head this time” he glared at me before getting in the car and driving off.

He is so mad right now.

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