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A Haunting Ride
By
Zanna G. Dobbs

The night was dark and dreary. The moon hiding behind the clouds that completely covering the sky. Afternoon was slowly changing into evening when my car choked its last gasp of gas. At least I hoped it was only out of gas. Not being mechanicly inclined I could not be sure. The rain began shortly after my car broke down. At first it was a slow steady drizzle. I thought I could wait it out and still have time to walk into the nearest town before full dark. According to the last sign the town couldn't be more than 5 miles away. Although I could see no lights indicating a dwelling anywhere in sight. After hours waiting for the rain to let up it began falling harder and soon I could not even see the tree that I had tried to pull off the road under. I had missed by about 50 feet. A dark as deep as any I had ever seen before surrounded me. Leaving me wondering if there was anyone left alive.
Suddenly the darkness behind me was lessened. There were two spots of light coming towards me. I thought it might be a car but it was moving way too slow. The slight rise I was sitting on seemed to slow it down even more. Chills ran down my back as every ghost story I had ever heard ran through my mind. The lights crept closer and closer. Then as they were nearly on me I could see that it was a car inching along. I stained to see the driver. The car was empty. No one was driving. How could this be? I had just a moment to think about what I should do stay here or take a ride in the only car I had seen since I had pulled over. I opened my door and jumped into the haunted car. My breath sounded loud in my ears as I searched the car. It was only going as fast as I could walk but it I would be dry. If only I could keep my mind off of the fact that there was no one driving. I kept looking around inside the car and there really did not seem to be anyone there.
Just then the car topped the rise and the faint lights of the promised town came into view. The downhill slope began pulling the car towards the lights I hoped spelled safety and a way to get my own car back. Soon we were doing a nice clip and I spotted an all-night store off on the right. I counted down and jumped from the moving vehicle just as we almost passed the store. I ran inside then looked back to see if the car had disappeared like in all the ghost car stories I had heard over the years. There running after the car were four teenage boys. The mystery of the locomotive power of the car was solved. Before they saw me I ran into the bathroom where I used the hand blower to dry off. After hiding for a good 30 minutes I emerged to an empty store. Dry and safe I laughed at my imagination and the night somehow seemed not so dark and dreary after all.