Scare Academy(Salma Shahawy) Scare Academy

In the life we know, there is something that is called the “Academy” which teaches: dancing, science, singing, etc. But in the other life, if it exists, there will be academies as well. So, let us get out from this world for just one minute and imagine ourselves travelling to the other one where everything is fancifully possible.

Out of our normal world, a school teaches dead people, vampires, werewolves, or any other scary creatures, how to scare and kill humans. Shortly, let us talk about what the academy offers. The thing that attracted my attention was the advertisement of this academy: “Do you want to be an awful bloodthirsty creature in less than a month? So, don’t go to any other cemetery. Just register here at our Scaring Academy! For more information please kill: three women, two men, and a boy. Or visit our scary site: sss.screamoutloud.kill and you will find our representatives". Being curious, I joined this frightening academy. When I saw the place, I was not able to describe my feelings. It was hard to describe how to see lots of people, who already popped their clogs, surrounding you like they were booking a ticket for a Justin Bieber concert. They were normal to each other, but not to me!

I was staring at these horribly strange beings while I was in the queue to apply. Merely four meters away from the queue, at the canteen, there was a creepy family whose acts forced me to cast some glances at them. The mother, with long dark black hair which reached down her spine, was approximately two meters high, licking a rotten leg as if she was enjoying a chocolate ice-cream. Her son was less terrifying than her, but not too less. Shockingly, he had no body, just a skeleton with one breastbone – how with one breastbone? I have no idea! He was gratifyingly drinking a juice called “Saliva Cola“ that seemed to have an appetising taste. I nearly was about to look at the father, but it was my turn to apply.

Suddenly, I inhaled deeply and was about to bawl when I saw a one-eyed werewolf waiting for me at the desk. I could not stop myself from feeling a shiver all over my body, but I barely held my breath and tried to take it easily. I said slowly with fear, hoping that he would not butcher me to be his next yummy snack, “H-h-hello, s-s-sir, Is It possible to apply now?“. He turned his huge head towards me and looked angrily; I was shaking soberly like I had been rocked by an explosion. After a moment of staring, this terrorised creature stood up and lifted me up to his face shouting violently “I do not help anyone here; everyone has to do their own things“. Then, he unpredictably dropped me down. Because of his strong windy disgusting breath which was coming out from his jaws during our lovely conversation, I got a strong receding hairline and a pale face. Surely, I did not say anything, just took a running jump away from it. I was not courageous enough to join this horrendously terrible class.

Back to my real world, thinking about what happened. What really remains clearly, is the slogan of the academy: “The better you howl, the greater you will be“.

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