The Other Winchester [ON HIATUS]

Bloody Mary

*Third Person*

Three girls are laughing, gathered around a table with candles. The candlelight is the only light.

"Okay, your turn, truth or dare?" One asks.

"Truth." Lily, the youngest daughter, responds.

"Do you want to make out with Benji Swartz?"

The other girl laughs.

"Dare." Lily switches quickly.

"Okay, lame. You have to...say "Bloody Mary" in the bathroom."

"Is that the best you can come up with?" Lily challenges.

"Who's Bloody Mary?" The third girl questions.

"She's this witch."

"I heard she was a lady killed in a car crash." Lily says.

"It doesn't matter who she is. Point is, if you say her name three times in the bathroom mirror she appears...and scratches your eyes out!"

Lily and the second girl jump.

"So why would anyone say it?"

"Because it isn't real."

Lily gets up, and first girl hands her a candle.

"No turning on the lights, and remember...three times."

Lily opens the bathroom door. She looks at the shadows on the wall, then closes the door and puts the candle down in front of the mirror.

"Bloody Mary. This is so stupid. Bloody Mary."

The candle flickers. Lily looks at it. A long pause.

"Bloody Mary." She breathes.

A pause. A loud noise. Lily shrieks. Pounding on the door.

Lily opens the door to find the girls laughing.

"Scared ya." One taunts.

"You guys are jerks."

"Lily."

Lily looks up to the top of the stairs, where she sees her father, Steven Shoemaker.

"Do you mind keeping it down?" He asks.

"Sorry, Daddy."

"Sorry, Mr. Shoemaker."

Steven heads upstairs. He passes several mirrors; each has Bloody Mary.

~

Steven takes some pills out of the bathroom medicine cabinet and closes the cabinet, revealing another mirror. He pops the pills in his mouth, then looks closer at the mirror, noticing some scratches under his eye.

~

Lily and both girls are giggling together.

"You so like him!"