User blog comment:Witnessme/Creepypasta Short Story Contest/@comment-27074240-20151014034323

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"I hate watching movies on Halloween." Rachel lay on the floor, and reached forward to turn off the TV. "They can never meet your expectations." "Well, what can?" asked Sarah, sitting on the couch. The windows were dark, and the floor was strewn with candy wrappers and empty pizza boxes. "Nothing except a real monster." "There aren't any real monsters." She stood, stretched her arms and looked at the clock. "It's almost midnight." "You know what happens at midnight." "What?" Sarah laughed. "I don't know. Something." "I think you can invoke Bloody Mary or something." She pushed herself off the couch. "Have you ever done that?" "Done what?" "Stood in front of a mirror and...." "No," Rachel said. "It's dumb." "I dare you to." "Oh, if you dare me to...if you dare me to...." Sarah laughed. "Do it, then. Halloween comes but once a year." "Okay, whatever." Rachel walked down the hall and Sarah followed. They pushed open the bathroom door and Rachel stepped inside the dark room. "Look in the mirror," Sarah told her. "And say...'I don't believe in evil' three times." "Okay, close the door." Sarah stepped back and pulled closed the door. "I don't believe in evil," Rachel said loudly. "I don't believe in evil I don't believe in evil, nothing happened open the door." Sarah turned the knob. The door opened to an empty room. She flicked on the light. She took a step and looked into the mirror. Rachel's face looked back. "...nothing happened open the door." "Rachel!" Sarah shouted, and her fists hit the mirror. It shattered. "Oh my god," she heard. "The mirror just broke by itself." And then, her own voice, "Oh my god, that was weird.