One?afternoon?at?summer?camp,?we?went?hiking?up?Lonesome?Ridge?with?scraggly?trees?everywhere?in?the?dark,?dark?forest.

My?wacky?counselor?made?us?sit?down?in?the?clearing.

She?pulled?out?a?book?called?Scary?Stories?to?Tell?Young?Children?and?began?to?read.

There?were?three?sisters,?two?older?twins?who?were?having?a?birthday?party?and?one?younger?left?out?sibling.

Now?this?sibling?was?very?kind?and?sweet?and?her?sisters?were?mean?and?wouldn't?let?her?join?their?birthday?party.

She?was?very?sad.

Oh!

They?said,?you?can?join?us?only?if?we?do?Bloody?Mary.

You're?the?first?to?go,?sis,?they?said.

They?told?her?what?to?do,?then?shoved?her?into?the?dark?candlelit?bathroom?and?closed?the?door.

The?little?sister?did?as?they?said.

She?flushed?the?toilet,?spun?two?times,?and?then?looked?into?the?mirror?and?said,?Bloody?Mary,?Bloody?Mary,?Bloody?Mary.

Suddenly?a?bloody?witch?appeared?in?the?mirror.

The?two?sisters?who?were?standing?outside?the?door?heard?their?sister?screaming?and?pounding?on?the?door,?but?they?wouldn't?open?it.

They?didn't?believe?in?the?legend?of?Bloody?Mary.

It?was?just?a?game?to?them.

When?they?finally?opened?door?they?realized?they?were?wrong.

Their?sister?was?dead.

My?counselor?closed?the?book?and?said,?like?you?guys?look?totally?freaked?out?but?don't?worry?like?just?make?sure?you?don't?have?to?go?to?the?bathroom?tonight.

I?was?so?afraid.

When?it?was?time?for?me?to?go?to?bed?I?lay?awake?with?the?covers?wrenched?over?my?head.

I?I?could?see?the?bathroom?door?open?to?crack.

I?had?to?go?so?badly,?but?I?couldn't.

Bloody?Mary?would?kill?me?if?I?went?in?there!

I?kept?telling?myself,?it?wasn't?real,?it?wasn't?real,?but?how?was?I?to?know?if?it?was?real?or?not?

Then?I?thought?back?to?library?class.

Now?class,?when?needing?to?find?out?whether?a?book?is?fiction,?non-fiction,?historical?fiction,?or?fantasy,?you?simply?check?under?the?copyright?date?in?the?beginning?of?the?book.

I?had?an?idea.

I?tiptoed?over?to?where?my?counselor?was?sleeping.

There?was?the?book.

I?grabbed?it?and?flipped?it?open?to?the?copyright?page.

Stories,?fiction.

It?was?completely?fake.

Bloody?Mary?wasn't?real.

I?was?so?relieved.