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2024-10-29 19:42:56Dead was trailing after her name.
It had been going around that she had jumped off the tallest building in the campus.
Some even said there was some burning. She died in the fire, down to her ashes, and that she was back for an unfinished work, as what other 'phantoms' did.
Others said she took a leap to the rail tracks, the four A.M. train catching her fragile body in a snap. It happened after her house burnt down to ashes. It was fair, though. She lived near the railroad, down to Quarry Street.
Whether they were hoaxes and made-up stories, news still spread like wildfire. It was a famous legend in the University of Penny Lane.
The circulating names were Selena, Sari, Sharlene, Sheena, Saoirse, and every single name that starts with the letter 'S'. 'Dead' was trailing after her name. She was dead. The girl was dead and she was out for revenge.
First, Danna, a blonde girl who wasn't really likeable and distinguishable in the crowd of blondes, saw. It was during P.E. class when she screamed, pointing towards the direction of the Academic building rooftop, where they said that she 'jumped' off from.
Red eyes, dark shaggy hair, pale and blue were the delineation.
Soon after Danna saw 'her', other people started claiming they had seen a girl with the same attributes. Only there were slight alterations with their claims. It was never the same.
Everyone thought back then that it wasn't anymore closer to the truth. That there wasn't a dead girl and Danna spoke all nonsense to have all the attention, for the attention-seeker that she was.
Then the tragedy happened. The poor girl's house burnt and as unlucky as she could be, she was not anywhere close to being recognizable soon after. There wasn't even a body to bury.
They called it The Dead Girl's wrath. They said once you see the girl with dead trailing after her name, you would be fed misfortunes and you would be unluckier than the dead.
Ergo, the birth of the infamous legend.
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