Amber
A Texas Ghost Story
Excerpted from Spooky Texas
retold by S.E. Schlosser
Oh, you hear the stories about how dangerous Ouija boards are, but hey—it’s just a game. Mary waited until midnight to begin our little game, and the four of us—Sarah, Jessie, me, and, Mary, started by asking all kinds of silly questions.
It was a strange-looking board, covered with letters and symbols. There was a plastic pointer that was supposed to move across the board at the behest of the spirits. The instructions called it a planchette.
Around one thirty in the morning, the planchette suddenly froze in Mary’s hand. It wouldn’t move, no matter how much we pushed and pulled.
Mary turned her frightened blue eyes toward me. “I’m not doing it,” she said, lifting her hands. I grabbed the planchette myself and tried to push it around, but it was fixed to the board.
Suddenly, a kind of electric shock buzzed through my fingers. I gasped and tried to pull my fingers from the planchette, but they were stuck. Mary and Jessie both tried to pull my fingers away, nothing helped. The other girls stared with wide, round eyes, as the planchette came alive under my fingers—which were still fixed to its surface—and began to move.
“Help.” The words spelled out under my hand. “Help me. Help me.”
The planchette kept moving back and forth between the h – e – l – p continuously, until Sarah cried out: “Who are you?”
“Amber.” The board spelled. “My name is Amber. I am eight years old.”
“What’s wrong?” Mary asked. Her face was so white all the freckles stood out like darkened age spots.
“Water. Danger. Help. Scared.” The words spelled out as fast as my hand could move.
“Call 9-1-1,” Mary cried suddenly. “Quick. Amber is in danger.”
By this time, Sarah was gasping into the phone. Then she hung up the phone. “They wouldn’t listen to me,” she told us, almost in tears.
At that instant, my hand was suddenly free from the planchette.
“She’s gone,” I gasped,
“See if you can contact her again,” Mary said urgently. “We need to know if she’s okay!”
I picked up the plastic planchette again. “Amber, are you there?” I asked softly, afraid of what might happen.
After a long pause, it moved slowly across the board and spelled out the words: “Too late.” And after another long pause. “Water. Flood. Drowned. Mobile. Alabama.” The planchette stopped.
I knew that Amber was gone.
None of us got much sleep that night. In the morning, we rushed through breakfast and then looked up the Alabama news on the Internet. None of us were surprised to read that there had been flash floods the night before. I read the names of those who had died in the flood. One of the victims was an eight-year-old girl named Amber.
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creepy :/
Posted by: ilvecheer | June 16, 2011 05:58 PM
Awwww that's really sad about Amber!!!!!! Kinda freaky ho she was alive when th board called her I thought they were supposed to be spirits..... Not scary kinda freaky and sad.
Posted by: Emily | June 17, 2011 11:15 AM
wow that is soo creepy
Posted by: ELLA | June 17, 2011 08:35 PM
I LOVE IT :D
Posted by: Repa (: | June 18, 2011 05:22 PM
wow
Posted by: Anonymous | June 20, 2011 08:47 PM
When was this? I live in Mobile, Alabama........
Posted by: Angie Howard | June 21, 2011 10:34 AM
Omg that's freaky they say it's the devils game
Posted by: Why do yOu care | June 29, 2011 02:28 PM
wow awesome i like this story
Posted by: maricela | July 4, 2011 01:19 AM
this story was pretty good, it gave an aura of mystery and suspense in the minds of such little kids, and it relates to actuality, such as flash floods. very nice :)
Posted by: Danni | July 5, 2011 06:34 PM
i love this story
Posted by: ndghh | July 8, 2011 11:25 AM
this good
Posted by: maliyah | July 10, 2011 02:09 PM
wow!!!! is that true??????
Posted by: slklklklklklk | July 12, 2011 01:53 PM
freeky
Posted by: asha | July 14, 2011 10:45 PM
wow that is a sad storey
Posted by: Anonymous | July 16, 2011 07:03 PM
it was scary n sad
Posted by: jenna | July 16, 2011 07:48 PM
Sad... I thought it was good though. It was spooky!
Posted by: asandyboy | July 16, 2011 09:25 PM
poor little girl
Posted by: Charlotte | July 17, 2011 12:49 AM
holy crap! that's scary!
Posted by: Anonymous | July 17, 2011 09:59 PM
i wonder who Amber really was... was she a ghost? or a person??
Posted by: annie | July 19, 2011 04:18 AM
Omg, I'm never buying an ouija board
Posted by: Anonymous | July 20, 2011 12:00 PM
omg i almost started cry after reading it water from the bathroom was running and my mom screamed for my dad i rushed in there teriffied.............i didnt know to laugh or cry when i saw a mouse
Posted by: liz | July 20, 2011 09:48 PM
This story is so sad.
Posted by: Samantha | July 21, 2011 03:23 PM
this is a werid scary not to scary of a story but i liked it
Posted by: rye | July 22, 2011 09:34 AM
EPIC FORESHADOWING!...sorry...
Posted by: Tyler | July 25, 2011 05:32 PM
wow! its nice
Posted by: ryan | July 26, 2011 09:40 PM
eeek i hav a frend named amber!!!
Posted by: Anonymous | July 30, 2011 12:36 PM
sadly spine chilling story....disturbed my soul though,!!!
Posted by: dash | July 31, 2011 11:01 AM
wow spooky i live in alabama you dont know how many times ive heard this but amber is real ive heard and seen her i live in her house.
Posted by: Anonymous | August 1, 2011 02:35 PM
i like ur story it was good :)
Posted by: makala | August 1, 2011 06:12 PM
Holy Man! not scary though... Sad
Posted by: Anonymous | August 1, 2011 06:47 PM
Awsome Story
Posted by: Amaiya Scott | August 2, 2011 06:52 PM
That is some creepy stuff right there dude!
Posted by: Anonymous | August 2, 2011 08:46 PM
nice story
Posted by: priti | August 5, 2011 12:47 PM
omg!!!! this is soooo sad
Posted by: shellisa | August 6, 2011 02:43 PM
The sadest thing out of that whole story is even if the 9-1-1 people would have believed Mary it would have still have been too late. Nothing could have been done for that little girl sadly so!
Posted by: Kirsten | August 7, 2011 01:51 PM
omy that is verry weird but truly amazing and tragic icant believe that could hapen i blame the the comps for that not listen
Posted by: Anonymous | August 8, 2011 07:45 PM
this story is very intresting i really like this story.......and very very creepy good job to whoever wrote it .....give you props!
Posted by: olive | August 10, 2011 09:28 PM
you never know if its true but i beleive it.
Posted by: taylor | August 16, 2011 03:41 PM
How sad.
Posted by: kayako | August 18, 2011 09:16 PM
Creepy.
Posted by: Lucas | August 19, 2011 07:14 PM
omg my fingers got stuck on the ouija when i finally pulled them off all bloody it was sooo scary
Posted by: someone | October 31, 2011 10:45 AM
i am scard of my oija board now owell i love oija
Posted by: someone | October 31, 2011 10:46 AM
i wrote this storie for an asighntment and they loved it, but i changed up most of the stuff it said i got an A+ thanxx writer
Posted by: lizie | October 2, 2012 12:32 AM