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 * Voices Of The Dead**

Our story begins on a dark and lonely night. You could hear a wolf howl to the moon in the distance. It was a night when you could feel like you were being watched, or like someone was following you. You could feel the deep loneliness of the night. It all took place in a small town where people say that a lot of weird, supernatural things happen. This town is called Tecuala, Nayarit. There were three kids: Pedro, Maria, and Santiago. Pedro was the bad boy, Maria was the outgoing one, and Santiago was the follower. They were all related to each other. One night all of their parents went to celebrate the Day Of The Dead. Pedro and Maria didn’t believe in ghosts, but Santiago did. On that same night the three of them were playing hide and seek. While playing, Pedro found a board that had numbers, letters, the words Hello, goodbye, bad, good, and a strange triangle. The board was called the Ouji Board. Pedro had heard of these, but had never seen one before. He never thought that he would be holding one. He told Maria and Santiago to play. Maria said, “Yes” but Santiago thought it was bad idea. Pedro started calling Santiago a Scaredy Cat, so did Maria. Santiago felt peer pressure, so he said yes. They turned off all the lights in the house. They made a circle with candles and put the Ouji board in the middle. The house felt so lonely, like it was abandoned. They sat in the middle of the circle of candles. You felt the heat of the candles touching your skin. Each person put three fingers in the triangle. The triangle started to move. The kids were in shock. They kept asking each other “ Did you move it?” and they all said no. They liked the feeling so they keep on going. They asked, “ Is there anyone here?” The triangle moved. It went to Yes. They asked, “What’s your name?” It spelled Guadalupe Sandoval. They smiled. “How did you die?” The triangle spelled “I died in a car crash. I was with my friend. We were coming from the beach when I went a little too fast, and hit a hole filled with water. My car flipped over and that’s all I can remember.” Saniago was shocked again. He could barley talk. He said trembling “She’s that nurse that was in a car crash and the people in the town say that she’s always on the road that goes to Acaponeta asking for a ride. They say that if you see her and stop, she gets in your car and tells you where she died, then you die in a car crash like her!” The triangle stared to move again without them asking a question. It spelled “stop playing this game, or one of you guys is going to die.” “Burn the board… hurry… he’s coming.” They looked at each other. Santiago got up without taking a second to think, and went outside to burn the Ouji board. Pedro and Maria went too. They saw the board burning and in less than five minutes the board turned into ashes. There was a full moon outside. They all went back into the house. But when they went inside, the board was there in the middle of the circle of the candles! They looked at each other!!!! “ We burned it, and we saw it turn into ashes!!” The door SLAMMED itself shut!! They could feel a presence that wasn’t human. The candlelights started to get bigger and bigger. Pedro said, “Lets play, I bet Guadalupe was lying.” This time Maria was scared, and so was Santiago, but they did anyway. Again they asked, “Guadalupe is it still you?” The triangle moved fast this time... it went to “No.” “Who are you then?” they asked. It spelled Damien. “Are you evil or good?” they asked scared. “EVIL” it spelled. “What do you want???” they asked. It spelled “to k_i_l_l_y_o_u.” The candle turned off, and it was all dark. Maria and Pedro heard Santiago screaming and screaming. They couldn’t do anything. The screaming started to fade. The candles turned back on. Santiago wasn’t there, and neither was the Ouji board. They looked all over the house. When their parents got home, they also helped to look for him all over the town. But the townspeople knew they would never find him. Santiago was never found, neither his body. They say that his spirit still roams around looking for his friends for revenge. Sometimes he confuses them with other children. Kids have been getting lost at night and never found. Are you going to be the next person that Santiago will take??