Graveyard Diaries #5: Vampires Are Not Your Friends
Chapter 1 The New Girl Mitch’s Notes Wednesday October 29 4 10 p m New girl in school today Amy says she looks like trouble I’ll have to see about that Mitch Morris named his new document Mitch’s Notes He stared at the screen for a moment Then he typed a few more words She just moved here She kept asking me about the graveyards 6
Mitch’s mother looked into the den I’ll need the computer in a few minutes she said Okay Mitch said I was going out anyway He typed one more line She said she liked getting scared sometimes Then he led the document and logged off Something about the new girl was odd She had told him her name twice But Mitch could not remember it Was it Mary No Mandy Something like that Why can’t I remember he wondered She had dark hair and her skin was pale When she smiled her dark brown eyes got wide Mitch left the house and walked right into Evergreen Cemetery There were four cemeteries in the town of Marsh eld 7
Mitch and his friends lived on the edges of each one Mitch liked autumn Many of the leaves had already fallen but there were a lot of reds and yellows on the trees Mitch kicked through some leaf piles on the dirt path He heard someone running through the leaves behind him He turned to look It was the new girl Hi Mitch she called Hi he said Um It’s Mercy she said Did you forget my name already No Mitch said I just couldn’t remember it Isn’t that the same as forgetting Mitch kicked at the leaves I guess Mercy laughed I was out running I love to run This cemetery seems like a good place to do it Yeah Mitch said It’s peaceful No cars Lots of birds and rabbits 8
Is it always peaceful she asked There must be ghosts Aren’t they in every graveyard Mitch nodded Of course he said Mitch had seen some strange things in this cemetery Ghosts and other spirits All four graveyards were haunted Mitch and his friends often got together to talk about scary things they’d come across They called their group the Zombie Hunters They’d had some battles with evil spirits Mitch pointed toward a group of old gravestones under a big dark tree See those he said One night I was coming through here on my bike It was about ten o’clock I looked over there and got the scare of my life Four ghosts were dancing on the graves I could see them clearly Did they see you I don’t think so Mitch said I was only eight and I’d never seen a ghost 9
