By the Fence, Submit it by Amber.

What's up, Edy and Nick and all the uglies?

Woo!

I have a story that I was trying to forget, but I can't.

The story happened when I was staying over at a friend's place.

She had a trampoline, which we would use at midnight because it was funner in the dark.

It was a normal night at first.

At around 11 p.m., while we were deciding if we wanted to go out, we started hearing noises.

She lived next to a road, so we rationalized that the noises were just cars passing by.

Boy, were we wrong. At midnight,

we were wide awake and full of energy. We decided to go out onto the trampoline. I was hesitant at

first, so she brought out the dog with us. She had a big dog, so that put me at ease for a while.

After half an hour of jumping about, we went to play a game. I was standing on the

trampoline facing the street. When I looked out, my heart stopped. Standing under a lamppost was a very

tall figure. It definitely wasn't human because it was too tall. I pointed it out to her, but she just

brushed it off as someone playing a prank on their neighbor. At about 1 a.m., she went inside to go to the toilet, so I jumped off the trampoline to pet her dog. When I was petting the dog, I noticed the dog staring at the fence. When I looked up, the tall figure that was under the lamp post was now standing behind the fence where her trampoline was. I was frozen in shock and I couldn't move. I just stared at this thing behind the fence.

It was tall, had piercing black eyes and a pale white face. It tilted its head and that's when I

snapped out of shock. I tried to pull the dog in but he wouldn't budge so I had to think quickly.

He was a great dane so I couldn't carry him in. He had a ball in his mouth so I grabbed it and chucked it into the house. He chased after it and I ran in after him. I locked

the door and ran upstairs with my confused friend. She asked why I came rushing in. I told

her about the thing at the fence. We looked out the window, and they had moved from her fence

to the grassy hill beside her house and the road.

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