Many years ago
A fire burned
Many children burned with it
The fire was so bright
Death itself was unable to claim the souls…
Eventually the fire subsided
However,
There was already something deep inside…
At this school
The souls of many children were sent to an early grave
Though that wasn’t the worst part of their fate
The worst part was what awaited them next
Eternally lost within the ash
Most were trapped in the basement level
It was here they were burned alive
Screaming, PLEADING for their pain to end…
Sadly, the fire consumed them
The fire was no ordinary one at that
The report reading it was an accident
An electrical fire started in the basement level of the school…
The souls in class given no chance of escape
The fire was actually started by something else entirely…
You see, the souls claimed didn’t just burn
They burned slowly…
Once the fire died down
It claimed them as its own…
Sometimes people claim
To see a specter roaming
Staring out the windows as they pass
Bringing terror upon any unlucky enough to see it
Many have claimed to see the thing
Only to die or vanish soon after…
Some say you can still hear the children’s cries of pain
Their unending misery…
Any who enter that school
Wishing to help
Perhaps hearing the screams of the children’s ghosts
…Are never seen again…
The school is of course, abandoned now
The citizens of Black Winter wished to tear it down
Sadly, that would not be the case
Any who attempted to destroy the burned out building
Never got the chance…
All dying in mysterious ways
First the mayor made a plan
To end the school
Permanently…
He never made it home that night
What happened to him?
No one knows…
He’s obviously not the first mayor to die
Under circumstances that didn’t seem quite right
The construction crew set to demolish the building the next day
All died in their sleep mysteriously…
The town finally agreed instead
To leave the building where it stood
A warning sign placed outside the school
Quickly caught fire…
At which point all vowed
Never to go near this place
For something twisted dwells within
Something malicious claimed the children’s lives
All 277 that were inside
It took hold of their souls
Tormenting them & keeping them for itself…
If you wander the streets at night
If you hear the children’s screams
Do not answer their pleas
For if you do
You’ll soon be claimed
By the mysterious entity
That dwells inside…
-The School-