The Visitor. I had never believed in superstition; people tried to persuade me into believing it with many frightening incidents and stories, but to me they were all just coincidences.

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The visitor

I had never believed in superstition; people tried to persuade me into believing it with many frightening incidents and stories, but to me they were all just coincidences. They all were.

As I walked through the school gates I saw students from the youngest to the oldest gripping onto a small piece of A5 paper with their eyes locked down. I glanced around trying to find the culprit who was handing them out, little did I know beneath me was a pile of paper scattered on the ground. I quickly crouched down and took one , carefully unfolding it to reveal a list;

‘ Things to avoid on Friday 13th

  • Black cats
  • Walking under ladders
  • Lemona ‘
Join now!

Who created such a ridiculous  list and who was Lemona? I wondered to myself as I took  my final steps towards the changing rooms- PE was my first lesson.

As I walked in I scrunched up the piece of paper and placed it to the bottom of my bag. The room was far too small for  a group of 70 students who many had their belongings dumped on the wet,mud covered ground. Gum had been splattered across the cream, once white, walls. As I reached to hang my shirt on a peg a slimy substance clung to my fingers: chewing ...

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