500 word story

1. Hallowed Ground – 500 word story.

Father Hope is walking down the lane near the town play park, whistling to himself. All of a sudden
he hears a faint scream in the distance. He turns to face the path at once, to look for any danger. He
sees nothing. He then runs down the old railway line. There he sees two people. One struggling, the
other is calm. The calm girl turns at the sound of Father Hope, her hair is tangled, her face is pale,
her hands are blood soaked and cut. She drops Fred. While Father Hope drops to the floor in shock.
Her eyes are as black as the eyes of the devil. She resumes strangling the weak, vulnerable girl.
Taking all her life away in a grasp of his neck. The boy hits his head on the floor, silent, dead. Father
Hope runs back down the path, and towards the church door at once. He is followed by Cecelia, who
then gets distracted and walks off. He retires to his office in the church and drifts off to sleep.
The next morning Father Hope is awoken by a loud repetitive knocking on the door. He panics and
runs to the door. It is only Mrs Higgles. He opens the door, his nerves getting the better of him. The
woman walks into the hallow church, she greets Father Hope, and questions him of his whereabouts
of the previous night, as he had missed a fundraising event at the town hall. Father Hope begins to
feel faint. He then collapses.
Later that morning, Father Hope awakes again, this time in his bed in the vicarage across the street
from the churchyard. He no longer feels the safety of the church grasping onto him. He looks
outside, there’s nothing to be seen. A crash echoes through the house, Father Hope jumps to his
feet. Fully dressed, he prances down the old wooden stairs, he sees Mrs Higgles washing the pots
from the previous morning. She greets him, asks of his wellbeing, then leaves the vicarage for her
noon stroll down the old railway line. Mrs Higgles is gone an awfully long time. Father Hope worries
for her safety so he takes a walk down the old railway line. As he was walking, a twig snapped
behind him, some leaves rustled, and out crawled Mrs Higgles, her long, grey hair is tangled and
stained with blood. Father Hope runs frantically to her rescue. He sees a figure standing in the trees
behind her.
The following day, Father Hope is in the church hall, sat at the back, near the window. He is
mortified about the death of dear Mrs Higgles. A few hours had passed; Father Hope remained in
the same position, at the back, near the window. A group of people, all in black, gathered out in the
churchyard. They said their farewells to dear Mrs Higgles. They then turned to Father Hope, who
recited the Lord’s Prayer as the coffin lowered into the cold, soggy ground on which she died. In the
afternoon, Father Hope took a stroll, in commemoration of dear Mrs Higgles. He took her usual
route, down the old railway line, until he reached a bench. Hardly aware of this he looked to the
ground, the exact spot where the poor, young, unknown man lost his innocent life. The body was
gone. The blood remained.
Father Hope carries on with his stroll, but the night is creeping behind him. The trees are getting
restless and the spirit responsible for all the tragedies is awoken. Father Hope calls his colleague
from the next village, alerts him of the tragedies that have taken place. Father McFlyn comes down
to the village immediately. The two priests make their way to the railway line, they sit on the
ground. Father McFlyn opens a bible and performs an exorcism as the demonic spirit appears

2. through the trees. After a long battle with the demon, the girl falls. Her face turns pink and her scars
leave. She does not return from the dead.