sweet Revenge

Suspense Stories | Mar 3, 2012 | 6 min read
84 Votes, average: 4 out of 5
It all started out as what would seem like a normal day for most people. I woke up to my dad's music blasting away outside. "Back in Black" from the band AC/DC. My brother and sister were chasing each other around the house, I heard them running up and down the stairs. My Mom was cooking breakfast getting it ready for the family. Like I said, a normal day.

I still had a throbbing headache from last nights dream. I couldn't remember why it hurt so much. But it was probably my anxiety acting up just giving me another headache.

In the dream I had, it started off that I was running through a cemetery from somebody or something. Maybe it could have been nothing. I wasn't sure. I was already tired from running through woods, for what seemed to be at least an hour. Finally I decided to stop running mainly because I had no idea why I was running away in the first place.  I couldn't figure out why I stopped in a cemetery of all places, but for some reason it feels like I was drawn here.

It was early in the morning, maybe 2 or 3 AM. The moon was out but it was almost blood red. Most of the trees were dead with no leaves on them. The grass was overgrown everywhere except where the graves were. This seemed strange to me because it actually looked like every single person here was just buried because all the dirt was loose. But I knew they werent just buried. This is the "Serna Family Cemetary". This cemetary was made for a deceased wealthy family. The Serna's. This cemetary is over 100 years old.

The Serna's Were a family in the 18th century. They were tortured than murdered by the townfolk when the family was accused of being witches. How they were tortured, still remains a mystery to this day. Some folk say that that they were cut, sliced, stabbed, than burned till they had just an inch of life left. After that they hung them. People say that the mom was screaming her lungs out when she was burned. Rumor has it that she was screaming so loud that she busted almost all the windows in the town when they burned her.

After the townfolk Burned them they left them in a barn while they got the ropes ready so the family could be hung. Later that night, the family was hung. Afterwards they were buried in the middle of the woods and nobody spoke of them ever again.

It doesn't make sense to me though. Why would these grave be dug up? Were they still alive? Did someone want there bodies for a ritual? The possibilities were endless.

As I was thinking of questions in my head I walked through the cemetary. Just reading the names on the gravestones. William the eldest son. Jacob the younger son. Sindy the daughter. Shannah the mother. Micheal the father. as I was reading these I thought to myself  "These names sound familiar".

Suddenly I heard a screaching roar in the surrounding woods. I couldn't tell were it came from because the noise was echoing and it sounded like it was coming from everywhere. It was so loud that I actually thought my ears were going to bleed. I had no idea what to do, or where to go.

As I was looking around I noticed Williams grave was dug up. So I jumped in the hole, opened the coffin, scooted the body over a little, than closed the coffin door and sat still.

A few moments passed by and nothing happened. But out of no where, in the most beautiful voice ive ever heard I hear "Come on out honey, your safe with me I promise." Just like the scream it was coming from everywhere. But it sounded... like my mothers voice. I considered opening the door to tell my mom to run so she wont get hurt, when suddenly it yelled "COME OUT NOW! WHEN I FIND YOU IM GOING TO BITE YOUR GUTS OUT!"

When hearing that I did nothing, I just sat there and prayed to god nothing would happen to me.

A few more moments passed and I decided it was gone so I decided to run. I opened the coffin door and slowly got up. Suddenly an arm grabbed my foot and yelled "Got him Mother! Hahaha!"

I felt a bite in my leg so I turned and looked down. IT WAS WILLIAM BITING ME! "This makes no sense! He's dead!" I thought. I tried to free my leg from his biting grasp but I couldn't. So I kicked him in the head a couple of times till he let go.

I quickly got out of the hole but stopped immediately when I saw this. The entire family was around the hole just staring at me. None of them had normal eyes. They were all pitch black dark holes. The clothes looked like they havent been changed in years. Alot of their skin is gone, and almost all of their bones were showing.

William Crawled out of the hole and joined the circle surrounding me.

They told me that they were going to take revenge on the town for taking their lives away and that I was the first to die. Before I could say anything The entire family was on me. Biting me eating me alive. Drinking my blood and crunching my bones. Within seconds I was no more.

That was my dream.

As I got out of bead I yelled downstairs to let my mom know that I was up. No response. "She must be outside" I thought. I went to use the restroom, took my anxiety pills, than went back to my room to lay down for a little longer.

After a few minutes of laying down I didnt hear anything going on in the house. Not even my dads music. I went to my little brother and sister's room. Nobody was there either. I went downstairs to my parents room. The bed wasnt made and the room was a mess. "This is weird, my parents are the tidiest people you would ever know" I thought. "Hopefully they didnt start the day without me" We were going on a family trip today. I was starting to think they forgot me.

Suddenly I heard screaming from our barn outside. It sounded just like the scream in my dream. I suddenly was filled with fear, got selfish and wanted to save my own life and not my families. So I ran through the front door and went down the street trying to get into town before the screaming lady could get to me.

We live at least 5 miles away from anyone so I knew I had a long time to go.

I safely got into the town, And I went straight to my friend John's house. He that one really brave and courages guy you will meet in your life. I told him about my dream, about my family being gone, and about the scream in the barn.

For some reason I thought he wasnt going to believe me. But he believed every word I said. He told me that him and I needed to go back to my house and save my family. He said that he would risk his life for us.

After a while i eventually came around to it and told him that i'd do it.

After his parents went to bed him and I left back to my house. We got there and we scouted the area from a distance. "Nobodies outside" I said. So with that we rushed to the front door, still opened from when I ran away selfishly.

We went in the house and stuck together. We literally searched every room in the house. Nothing. I than reminded him about the barn, and the scream I heard earlier.

So with that we slowly made our way to the barn. John and I Checked it. Nothing.

"Where is everyone?" He asked.

" I dont know man. Hey what is that? in the middle of the barn?" I said "Go check it out and ill stay here and keep watch"

"Okay" John said.

John made his way to this object in the center of the barn.

I was watching John the entire time. Not once did I look at the door. I slowly started moving torwards him. But silently.

As he picked the object up it started vibrating than suddenly he fell to the ground. Paralyzed.

"Help me" he said as I walked up to him. I said nothing and rolled him over on his back. I told him That I did this to him and I paralyzed him. His eyes met mine than without hesitation i started ripping his flesh out of his neck. Biting him, eating the bloody skin, and scrathing him up until he was dead.

After I killed him I got up and looked at my dead friend John, dead. On the floor in a pile of blood.

Than I heard footsteps coming from the barn door. I heard Someone walk in and say "William! Where were you? Why did you start without us?"

I turned around with a smile, and blood dripping from my mouth, I said " Sorry mom I just needed practice"

After that was said my family walked into the barn smiling. They were so proud of me. They looked at John and finished him off.

"Fire cant kill us, And we'll never die. Nothing can kill us right mom?"

"Right. Now go get ready honey" she said

Later that night we decided the time had come, It was time for revenge.

Sweet, sweet revenge.

Sweet Revenge By Zachary T. Lee

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Unseenplaque Apr 8, 2012

I don'tget the ending, but it was a phenomenal story tho

Ponykisses Mar 17, 2012

Thanks! Sorry for such a late response! Lol And yea it's my first. I wrote it in like 3 1/2 hours! But yea ill be writing again soon!

Shaun Adams Mar 8, 2012

Hello Ponykisses That was a dark tale indeed. I am impressed that it is your first. Much better than my first story. I hope to read more. :-)

Amit Mar 6, 2012

one of the best story i have ever read

Ponykisses Mar 6, 2012

Thanks Amit. It was my first one I have ever wrote lol

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