A tear dripped down her cheek as she walked under the dark sky, naked with no clue of where she was, moonlight passed through the cracks in the clouds enough to see shadows of people masquerading around her in unison with no sense of self or identity, their eyes seemed hollowed with darkness. Scared to death and unable to speak she just kept on walking, her heart beating rapidly. No one looked or glanced as she walked amongst them, her pale naked body shimmering under the moonlight, as she looked around she could see people dancing but there was no music, no sound, dead silence but they danced as if someone, some spirit controlled them, they danced like puppets, all around her she could see people dancing, though she did not see them she could sense, they danced with no emotions, no expressions, she felt that she was amongst dancing mannequins. Scared she continued walking and suddenly there was a sharp creaking sound behind her, she gasped as she turned around, two of the couples fell down stone dead, just like mannequins they fell and crumbled. She screamed though no sound came out of her mouth, no one moved a muscle, every one kept on dancing as if nothing had happened. Shocked and scared, fear gripped her heart, she slowly started backing off, two more fell and crumbled, still no one moved, they just kept dancing. The clouds cleared, and she nearly fainted, the sight in front of her was horrifying, there were no people dancing, all around her creatures with dark clothes, empty eye sockets, faces covered with blood and broken bones poking out of their skeletal body, they danced and kept on dancing as one by one they slowly fell and crumbled to dust. The horrifying sight made her unable to speak, unable to scream, unable to move, more tears dripped down her cheeks, she was completely shell shocked, the creatures kept on dancing and falling to the ground. After a couple of minutes of dead silence, all creatures around her fell and crumbled to dust. Shocked and scared to death she remained still on the spot, after what felt like an eternity, she slowly started to get up. No sooner had she regained her sense, she heard something, Some noise coming from far away, a distant humming was all she could hear, but it was enough to get her back to her senses, she was relieved to hear something after what felt like an eternity of silence. Her heart kept beating fast at the sight she had witnessed, she could not get it out of her head. She looked around and suddenly the distant noise she heard, it grew louder and now she could hear what it was, it was no noise, it was music, a sound of a piano, the music grew louder and louder and she heard another creaking below her, she screamed as she looked down, the things that were supposed to be her legs were broken bones, she looked at her hands, they too were nothing but broken bloodied bones, she screamed and screamed, the music grew louder and louder and suddenly her skeletal arms were up in the air and she moved around back and forth slowly, her now, broken and bloodied body was out of her control, arms in the air she moved back and forth, all the while her screams and the music grew louder as she realized what had happened and where she was, it was too late.
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