The Ghost of Emerson Campus by Emachinescat

A Nancy Drew Fan-Fiction

SUMMARY: Nancy, Bess, and George are planning on spending a weekend at Emerson College with their respective boyfriends, but after a tragic accident, a missing person, and a ghost light, they get more than they bargained for. Post-Mystery of the Glowing Eye

A/N: This is a story I wrote a while back, then kind of forgot about, then decided to post, LOL! My first Nancy Drew fan-fiction, please read and review. :) Oh, and just so you know, this is meant to be written in the style of the originals, true to yellow-spine form...the originals are the only Nancy Drew books I like. :)

The Ghost of Emerson Campus

Chapter One

Rain slashed violently against the windshields and lightning split the sky into. Eighteen-year-old Nancy Drew squinted and tried to see the road that seemed to stretch endlessly in front of her.

"Oh, Nancy!" squealed a blonde, plump girl sitting in the back seat of the red convertible. Luckily, the top was up and the passangers weren't soaked to the bone. "Oh, Nancy!" repeated the girl, whose name was Bess Marvin, utterly terrified.

"Don't be a baby, Bess," came another voice from the passenger seat of the vehicle. It was Bess's cousin, George Fayne. She had short black hair and dark eyes that were full of fun.

"I'm not a baby!" Bess protested.

"Bess, George-please," said Nancy. "I can't concentrate...this storm is getting really bad...hopefully we'll reach Emerson College soon."

The three girls were on their way to visit their boyfriends-Ned, Burt, and Dave-that went to Emerson College, when a gigantic storm had hit. Now Bess was frightened (although she refused to admit it), George was ticked off, and Nancy was struggling to stay on the road. The wind rattled fiercly through the trees, and Bess supressed a squeal. George rolled her , after what seemed like hours, the girls saw a sign through the heavy rain that read: Welcome to the Emerson College Campus. Guest parking to the left.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you..." muttered Bess, seemingly to nobody. Nancy and George exchanged amused glances. Of the three of them, Bess had always been a bit more frightened. George didn't exactly make it any easier, though, for she was constantly teasing her cousin about it.

Nancy turned left and they rode in silence for a while. Bess ws relieved to be on campus and so looked absent-mindedly out the window towards the dense woods that surrounded the campus. Suddenly she let out a shrill yelp. George jumped, and Nancy swerved sligtly, but quickly gained control of the car. "What is it, Bess? Are you alright?" Nancy asked, alarmed.

"N-no," whispered Bess. "In the woods, I saw..."

"Saw what?" snapped George impatiently."A light. Just floating. A big ball of light. Wandering through the woods. It was coming toward us. I think-I think it's a ghost!"

"Oh, honestly, Bess," said Nancy, laughing slightly. "You of all people should know that there are no such things as ghosts!"

"No, but I know what I saw..."

"Probably your imagination," said George. "You seem to think everything is-NANCY! LOOK OUT!" she screeched suddenly.

Nancy slammed on her brakes. Seemingly out of nowhere, a college-age boy had appeared in the middle of the road. Nancy rolled down her window and yelled into the rain and thunder, "SORRY!" But he was gone. Unable to believe that he could have hurried off that quickly, without someone seeing him, Nancy opened the door and got out of the car.

"Nancy, where are you going?" called Bess out of the window. Nancy, however, ignored her, and started looking around for the boy. He was nowhere to be found. "Hmm," said Nancy to herself, "that's odd. I guess he ran off so quickly that we didn't see-"

She was cut off by a shrill scream. "NANCY, LOOK OUT!" Nancy turned around to see a large blue car heading straight for her. She stood rooted to the spot, frozen with fear. The car swerved violently so as not to hit her...there was a squeal of tires, splash of water, and a loud crash...then everything was silent.

"Oh no!" breathed Nancy. She, in her foolishness, had caused a car accident. Why had she gotten so scared? Normally she kept a cool head in the face of danger...what was wrong with her?

Bess and George jumped out of the car and joined her on the side of the road. Nancy shook herself and then took control of the situation. "Bess, you drive up to the school. Tell them there has been an accident. George, you stay with me. We'll try to help the people inside as best we can." Both nodded, and Bess drove off toward Emerson College.

Nancy and George headed down the bank to where the car lay, steaming. It was upside down, and no sound came from inside. Nancy and George looked at each other nervously. They attempted to wrench the door of the car open, but it wouldn't budge. So they awaited the ambulence and police officers, panic rising in their hearts. Soon, after what seemed like an eternity, they heard the sound of wailing sirens.

"Where's the wreck?" a muscular police officer yelled over the rain, thunder, and sirens. Nancy pointed. Many men ran down the bank and opened the door to the car.

"Are the passengers okay?" Bess cried loudly.

"Just one...he's...unconcsious...he's alive...I think he may have a few broken bones, though..."A few minutes later, they came back up the hill with a stretcher. Nancy looked at the unconscious form laying upon it...and nearly fainted. It was Ned.

A/N: Please review, and I'll update soon! :D I've got the first 13 chapters written from a while back, but when I get to the later chapters, I'll have to actually write them still lol, but I've been itching to pick this story back up again anyway, LOL. :) I'll try to update this story once a week so that they'll be a steady posting until I get the story done, so be looking for a new chapter every Thursday. Again, please review, and I'll update soon! :D

~Emachinescat ^..^