The Girl In The White Dress

Chapter One

I had stould in the foyer for two hours before the doctor would see me. I had come here almost every day since the beginning of summer. Every morning I would wake with a jolt after seeing a demon sitting on the edge of my bed. I swore upon my own life I was telling the truth. When the doctor finally came to get me, I wondered about what my mother had been like. She died a few minutes after I was born. Father worked in a morgue where most every person he saw was young. But he never told me how they died. I am ten years old and my name is Eliza Petters.

I then went into the doctor's office. There was a new man inside, he wore a white coat so I assumed he was a doctor. "This is Dr. Schmidt. He has a place for you to go." I did not say anything. But looked at Dr. Schmidt. And nodded yes. Although I had no idea what he meant by "a place for you to go". I thought I would be going to another office. Boy was I wrong.

The doctors took me to a car and told me not to worry, which only made me worry more. But I wasn't about to ask where we were going. I was wearing a backpack with pop tarts and some candy. I was wearing a pink shirt and a pair of blue jean shorts that reached my knees. We pulled up to an old white building. It was run down and scary-looking. The new doctor told me to give him my backpack, he said I wouldn't need it there. He went to unlock the door and I took my stuff out and hid it in my pockets. I walked to the door and handed him my empty bag. He pulled me inside, where there were other children, looking fearful. I had no idea where I was.

I went up to a girl who looked to be about my age. "Hello... I am Zophie." she said. "Hi, my name is Eliza Petters. Where are we?" I asked her. She looked stunned. "I speak not mush english... sorry. We are in what is called Asylum. We never again see the light outside." she told me. I wondered what she meant. Surly I would only be there a few hours, at most. The man took me into an old white room where I stood wondering what was going on.

Then the girl named Zofie came in and said we had to share a room. I then realized that there was an old wooden bunk bed and two wood dining room chairs. I didn't mind. She said we would not eat until next week. I took a bag of candy's out of my pocket and handed it to her. "Sank you" she said. She ate three and hid them under the bed. I did the same for the rest of the snacks. Then we heard a pounding on the door.

Chapter Two

The man pushed a white dress into my face and told to change into it. The dress was two sizes too big and reached to my ankles. I pulled my wavy blonde hair into two ponytails with two of my scrunchies that I keep on my wrists. I had a total of four. I handed Zofie two and she smiled and pulled her curly dark brown hair into a messy bun. The man knocked on the door and told us we would have to go to the common room. When we got there, there was one large chair. It had straps that looked like very old seat belts. Dr. Schmidt took me there and told me to sit down, so I did. He told Zofie to go wait in the other room. She left, but looked fearful.

After I was seated and Zofie had left, he buckled all the straps. Then proceeded to push a few buttons. A shock went through me followed by harsh pain. This went on for an hour. I was extremely sore when I came back out. I walked with Zofie back to our little room. We were both silent. I fell to the floor as soon as I walked in.

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