The Ghost Girl of Menglait School

A regular school day, on a day in
September 2007, I walked down the
corridor of my high school to a class at
the other end. I was hoping to find my
cousin still in class. I popped my head
in a little.

“Grea t, she's still here.” I said under
breath.

I had hoped not to see her teacher, and
I was lucky, she wasn't in the class.
Most of the students have left but there
were a few of them still in the class,
chatting.<>
“Pssst. Ruby.” I tried getting her
attention, as her back was facing me.
Not only did Ruby turn, some other
students did too. Among them was a
beautiful girl seated at the corner,
beside a girl. My cousin came over and
we talked at the door. “My class is
over, and if yours is too, wanna walk
home together?”

“Y eah, I'll see you in a while. We're
just discussing something now. I'll be
out in five minutes.” Ruby said.

I couldn't help noticing the beautiful
girl staring at me. My eyes met her eyes
and we locked for a couple of seconds,
and I began to feel excited. My cousin
noticed the slight smile on my face and
turned back to see who it was that I was
amused by. When turned back to me she
frowned. We didn't talk about it then.

“Well, see ya' later.” I said, and made
my way downstairs to wait for her.

My cousin came down with another
classmate , and we walked together. I was
at the rim of my patience to ask her
about the beautiful classmate of hers,
and when we parted ways with other girl,
I asked excitedly. “Who's the hot
looking girl seated at the back row?”

Ruby frowned. “Which hot looking girl?
All the girls in my class are...” Ruby
pouted her lips and frowned even more as
she shook her head. “There's no
beautiful girl in my class.”

“Tst. ..she was seated at the forth row,
beside a girl and another girl. The girl
wore a red ribbon in her hair. I can't
remember her name.” I said, a little
frustrated .

“You mean, Zana?” Ruby said.

“Yeah, I think so.” I replied. “So,
who's the girl sitting beside them?”

“There 's only Lin seated beside Zana.
And she's not hot looking, not at all.”
Ruby said, rolling her eyes to the ceiling.

I glared at Ruby. “I know Lin, and I
don't mean Lin. The other girl, Ruby!” I
was already to the point of giving up
with trying. “She was wearing a white
tee and blue pants. Her skin is white,
very white.” I said, in a last breath
and walked on.

Ruby looked at me suspiciously. “There's
no one in my class by that description,
Ziq. ”

I glared at Ruby. “Oh, forget it.”

“Rina?” Ruby said, feeling guilty.

I shook my head.

“Mirah? ”

Ruby went on mentioning other names but
they were all names I was familiar with.
I was really frustrated and angry with
Ruby was missing what I considered
stunni ngly attractive. Ruby and I
normally had the same taste, but she had
let me down that time and by the way
Ruby is a bit lesbian. I walked on and
we never spoke of the beautiful girl again.

Feelin g guilty, Ruby spoke to Lin and
Zana about the mysterious beautiful girl
when she was back in class the next day.
Both Lin and Zana were surprised that I
had seen another girl with them. They
clearly remembered there was no one else
apart from themselves. The queries had
left Lin, Zana, and as well as Ruby,
quite spooked.

Soon the entire class had heard about
the beautiful girl, and since then, many
of our schoolmates had come out saying
things that they had not dared to speak
out before, fearing embarrassment. The
stories went around, and even the
teachers who had worked there for many
years, shared their experiences. They
said they heard some teachers had on
occasion seen a floating lady in white
gown, a young girl hanging by the neck
from a rope tied to a tree branch, and
young girl high-pinched scream.

The school I'm talking about is Menglait
School, located at Jalan Menglait. There
has been lot's of rumours about this
school being haunted and as for me I
still keep on searching for the
mysterious ghost girl even if I graduate.