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Madeline

December 11, 2014
By Bamlak Haile BRONZE, Stone Mountain, Georgia
Bamlak Haile BRONZE, Stone Mountain, Georgia
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The tale of Madeline, a tale dark and luminous.

Terror creeps upon her as she sleeps, her dreams always the same.
Tick Tock. Tick Tock. It’s always at midnight.
The nameless figures. The unidentified sounds.

It started a year ago
Madeline had decided to buy a new house.
3 days before she’s ready to move, her dreams were unsettling.
Don’t move, stay here.”
The angels in her dream begged her, but Madeline was confused.
They kept chanting louder and louder.
Madeline had woke up with a start. “It’s only a nightmare,” Madeline thought.


But until her last day, Madeline had the same nightmare.
On the last day before she left, the dream came back again.
The angels had changed, their halos had changed black, looming over their heads.
Their teeth,tainted with blood.
Their eyes filled with horror, as they go on with their horrible transformation.
Their skin had turned a pale purple, their veins bulging out of their smooth skin.
Help us, Madeline,” the angels pleaded

Don’t leave, you help us live. STAY!
Madeline screamed, as her visions of these terrible creatures vanished.


‘‘I’ve had enough,’’ Madeline mumbled. It’s 11:55.
11:56 Madeline gets dressed
11:58 Madeline heads toward the door
It’s midnight. The once delicate, cozy little house had turned into a safe haven for demons.
As soon as Madeline put her hand on the door knob,
The door itself opened, and by now, Madeline, completely filled with shock, couldn’t move.
But there was no one there
Madeline breathed a sigh of relief, just as a hand grabbed her arm.
A faceless monster had grabbed onto the sleeve of her cardigan,
But as soon as this creature touched Madeline’s skin, its face contorted with pain.

“Ah. So you are the one, I believe?”
Madeline screamed as a devil appeared in her doorway
But this devil was special, as he clearly demonstrated a certain air of intelligence than those of his species.
His hand flourished as he lowered himself into a deep bow
“Allow me to introduce myself,”
Suddenly, an adrenaline rush overpowered Madeline
“I am Lucifer, the king of all evil, and you are threatening my position.
Your ancestors were once priests, which gives you the power of changing my former demons into angels. Take her away.”
The demons from her dreams had appeared.
We asked you, but you decided to leave,
We asked you, but now us angels have turned into filthy demons.
“Now you have to pay.”


3 days later, Madeline was missing.
Red spots were on her door, and her house sat in ruins,
But no one remembers her, as if she had never existed
Meanwhile, her dead body lies in the depths of the dungeons
Side by side with the many dead bodies that Lucifer owns.
The tale of Madeline, a tale dark and luminous
Terror creeps upon her as she sleeps forever.



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