The Times...We Live

 

 The year is 1975, my name is David...this is my story.

I grew up in a very old beautiful home right across the street from Franklin Park. It is very picturesque. Everyone referred to our house as the small castle.

In my bedroom sat a very large armoire, very old, very mysterious. I never used it growing up, it had been locked up tight since i could remember...

Many times growing up i tried to gain access into the old armoire, but each attempt was a failure...

Many nights growing up i heard what sounded like a voice from far away coming from the old armoire, but i could never make out the words being said...

After awhile i never paid any attention to the big old armoire, it held no interest for me...

One day while i was studying, i heard a sharp clicking sound, it was strange, i had my back to the armoire, but i knew the noise was coming from it...

I was too scared to turn around at first, but when i gained enough courage...i did so, what i saw stunned me...

The two drawers at the bottom were fully pulled out, and both doors were fully open, inside i could see clothes and belongings from a far older time...

I was intrigued...in one of the bottom drawers i found the photo of a young man, he looked about my age, in fact what i noticed next...almost floored me, the young man looked exactly like me, not a little like me...just like me...

The only difference was the clothing, he was wearing clothes from the 1800s...

I turned the picture over, it said...David...1887.

I was scared beyond belief, i didn't know what to do...so i quickly put the picture back in the drawer...

I went back to my desk...in a few short minutes...i heard creaking sounds, then the clicking sounds of old locks...

I put this experience out of my mind...it truly terrified me...

That night, i awoke suddenly to a small tapping noise, then i heard a girl softly weeping...in the small light of the moon illuminating my room...i could see a young women by the armoire...softly tapping on the door...and saying over and over...

"David Please Come Back???

"David Please Come Back???

"David Please Come Back???

For weeks after this...the same scene would play out each night...it would only last a few minutes...then it would be over...

I spent those weeks in total fear and despair, i never told anyone about what was happening...although i wanted too...

My girlfriend of two years, Kelly could tell something was bothering me, but i couldn't even tell her...

Finally one weekend my parents had decided to go out town for a short vacation, my two younger siblings would be staying with my grandparents across town...i was 18 now, a senior in high school, so my parents trusted me to spend the weekend alone...

That Friday night i invited Kelly over, i decided to tell her what was happening...i had to tell someone...and i felt the urge to do it soon...

We started out the night with a few alcohol beverages, then i decided to tell her...at first she looked skeptical...but then a look of worry crossed her face...

In those seconds i could hear loud sounds coming from upstairs, in fact coming from my bedroom...

Both me and Kelly ran up the stairs to my bedroom...i bravely open my door...instantly the sounds stopped...

I turn on the lamp...that's when we saw the armoire doors were open...

Being teenagers we laugh off the scare, and start drinking more...by midnight Kelly and me were pretty tipsy...I look at her and propose a game...a silly game...

Kelly helps me find the perfect clothes to dress in from the armoire...

The game was simple, yet brilliant...i would dress in the old clothes that belonged to the David from long ago, then i would hide in the armoire...Kelly was going to turn out all the lights, and hide in the corner by the light switch, with the camera...

It was a flawless plan...the ghost girl that tapped on the armoire every night would appear...Kelly would flip the light on, and take a quick picture of the ghost...a flawless plan indeed...

Before i got in the armoire, Kelly had me pose for a picture....in that second...i saw the ghost girl behind Kelly...before i could speak...Kelly yelled behind you David"....

Kelly snapped the polaroid picture in that second...but she saw two invisible arms grab David from behind...pulling him into the Armoire...then Kelly was pulled from behind and was flung across the room...

In those last seconds Kelly saw the ghost girl that had flung her across the room...float towards the struggling David who was being pulled into the armoire...but the ghost girl was not fast enough...the doors of the armoire closed shut...and its locks sprung into place...

Before Kelly lost consciences...the ghost girl turned towards her...tears streaming down her face...then she slowly disappeared into the wall by the armoire...

David has been missing since that night in 1975...

Kelly has frequently walked by this old house over the years, she sees the shadow of the ghost girl each time she passes...

Kelly every time says these words...

"DAVID PLEASE COME BACK???