Quick Stories! - The Spider

Oh no.

I couldn’t find the ring! My lucky charm that was supposed to keep me safe!1258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYUaUP5Cpu

My favourite TV show was The Truth about Magic. All other shows about magic were fake. Everything in The Truth about Magic was real. The show said so. 1258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYj9Hc4znjX

Mum bought me the ring for my 6th birthday, because I’d begged her so so much. The show said that without the ring, bad things happened to you.1258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0LP1yQC7x

I knew it worked because Billy broke his arm at the jungle gym when he wasn’t wearing the ring. I’d never broken an arm before. And I also knew it worked because I hadn't seen a spider since my 6th birthday. I was petrified of spiders. I got bitten by one when I was five, back when I didn’t have a ring. 1258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo66WUdNAmx

And I couldn’t find it. I’d searched everywhere.1258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76GNkcJjnq

I slumped down into my pink office chair. I started to cry. I’ll be killed tonight, because I’m not wearing a ring!1258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JoZt6xZR1

I heard a quiet noise behind me. 1258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTuXsZ3cl0g

I started crying more. A bad stranger just appeared in my room. He was going to kill me.1258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXbFGqcfBN

The show said that if you heard a noise behind you, someone was there. The show also said that if there’s someone behind you, you weren’t allowed to turn around and make eye contact with them. If you didn’t turn around for five minutes, they’d disappear.1258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwhT0C8UAu

I was facing a wall, staring at a The Truth about Magic poster. I didn’t have a clock, so I started to count to 50. There were 50 seconds in a minute.1258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8sr6u4M0g

That’s the last 50. I was really scared because maybe I counted too fast. But I really wanted the bad stranger to disappear.1258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zt6oRnG0w

I slowly turned around in my chair. Disappear. Disappear.1258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWOtiuMCYh

I screamed.1258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfH3vUXsyP

The spider didn’t disappear.

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