Mary Cherry Chua

This story is posted by DasmaCalubayan under Philippine Urban Legends in pinoyexchange website.

I just happen to be into reading a lot lately.

This is a very popular urban legend here in the Philippines. This was made even more popular when the book, True Philippine Ghost Stories, published the story. Now whether you believe the story or not, is up to you.

Mary Cherry Chua was a young high school student in a prestigious all-girls school here in Manila. She was very well-known in her school because she was not only pretty, she was also very smart and kind. She also came from a rich family. In short, she was Miss Popular in her school. In the stories, she was described as a young girl with long black hair, creamy white skin, chinky black eyes, and was always smiling.

One day, Mary Cherry had to stay late in school because of an activity. It was near dusk already when she said goodbye to her classmates. Later that night, the frantic parents of Mary Cherry called her classmates one by one asking if they had seen their daughter, since the girl has not arrived home yet and this was very unusual since Mary Cherry diligently goes home after school. However, not one of Mary Cherry's classmates were able to say where she was.

The following morning, Mary Cherry's body was found behind a shrubbery in the school's spacious yard. She was strangled to death with her own necktie, her skirt all the way up to her chest and her panty was found below her ankles: clear indication that she was raped. Her mouth was still open, evidently she struggled for breath as her assailant choked her. Her grieving, outraged parents of course cried justice for their daughter. It was a huge scandal at that time. The school had to do damage control because what happened would not only put a black mark on the name of the school, if they wanted to keep their students (which I mentioned were all girls), they have to catch the culprit and they have to do it fast.

It was the school's good luck that the rapist went forward on his own accord. It turned out to be the school janitor who was recently fired because of being caught sleeping on the job. He decided to rape a student because he knew that it will reflect negatively on the school and he just chose Mary Cherry because she was the one of the most popular girls there. He felt really guilty after doing his crime and since his conscience continued to plagued him, he decided to surrender. The janitor was put into prison and to serve as a token to Mary Cherry's memory, the school administration erected a stone bench on the exact spot where she her body was found with the words "In Memory of Mary Cherry Chua" engraved on it.

However, the story doesn't end there. According to the students of that school, those who dared to sit on that bench will be possessed by Mary Cherry Chua. She will be made to feel how Mary Cherry felt during her last minutes in the world. Some of those who happens to pass that stone bench during dusk sometimes sees a figure of a young girl, crying nearby, perhaps crying because her bright future was taken away from her.

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chapter 1:


Sa Manila University, 1984...

May hinding inaasahang bagyong dumating. Napakalak as ng buhos ng ulan. Biglang lumiliwanag
ang paligid dahil sa mabilis na kurap ng kidlat kasabay nun ang malakas na kulog at
malakas ang bagyo.

Dahil dito,nasuspende lahat ng antas sa nasabing unibersidad. Lahat na ng highschool ay nakauwi na. Maliban lang sa 3 studyante na hindi pa nakakauwi. Dumidilim na ang paligid dahil mag-gagabi na. Malakas parin ang buhos ng ulan. Parang walang katapusan. Nandun sa classroom parin ang 3 studyante, hinihintay tumila ang ulan.

"Nakakainis. Kanina pa itong ulan. Nalimutan ko kasi ang payong ko, hindi tuloy tayo maka-uwi.” wika ni Amy na hindi mapakali sa kinalalagyan. Panay ang silip nya sa bintana

“Amy, huminahon ka lang at titila lang yan sandali.” wika ng isang dalaga na may suot na salamin. Nagbabasa sya ng libro upang malibang. Sya si Mina.

"Kinakabahan na kasi ako. Gabi na oh. Iba na kasi kutob ko.” palakad-lakad si Amy, halatang kinakabahan.

“Nga pala si Ricardo, nakauwi na?”

“Oo. Kasama ni Carla kanina.” wika ni Mina.

“Naku, iba na kasi kutob ko. Paniguradong hinahanap na ako ni papa.” Palakadlakad parin si Amy. Lakad dito, lakad duon, sisilip sa bintana at maglalakad ulit. Hindi sya tulad ni Mina na tahimik lang na nagbabasa. Maya-maya pa ay biglang kumurap ang ilaw. Nabigla
ang dalawa at nagkatinginan. Dito na sila dinalaw ng takot at kaba.

“M-Mina, nasaan na pala si Mary?”

“Di ba sabi nya,mag-ccr lang sya.”

“Ang tagal naman,” nag-aalala na ang dalawa. Malakas parin ang bagyo. Gabi na. Napakadilim ng
kahabaan ng corridor. Binuksan nila ang switch ng ilaw sa corridor para makita ang dinadaan at upang mawala ang takot.

Tumatama ang lamig ng hangin sa kanilang makha. Magkahawak kamay sila mag-lakad. Dahan dahan sila kung maglakad. Nagtataka sila kung bakit nawala nalang ang kanilang kaibigan. Nasaan na kaya si Mary?

Habang sila ay umaakyat ng hagdan papuntang 3rd floor...

“Mina ,ano yun oh—,”

“BOOOM!!!”

Isang malakas na kulog ang yumanig sa katahimikan. Kasaba'y nun ang kadiliman. Nag brown-out.

“EEEH!!” takot na napasigaw ang 2. Nagtatakbo sila hanggang narating ang girl’s cr. Napahinto sila na hingal na hingal. Dahan-dahan nilang binuksan ang pinto. Walang katao-tao sa loob. Napakadilim. Bukas ang gripo.

“Mary, Mary, Mary Chua? Nandyan ka ba? Ang tagal mo naman. May period ka ba?” nagawa pang magbiro ni Amy kahit halatang natatakot na.

“Wala dito si Mary, malamang naka-uwi na yun. Alam mo naman ang babaeng yun ang hilig mang iwan,” wika ni Mina habang pinapatay ang gripo.

Aalis na sana ang dalawa ng may nakita silang kakaiba

“Tignan mo may sariwang dugo dito!”

“Ano ka ba, syempre, natural lang yan sa girls cr. Malamang, kagagawan yan ng isang burarang babae. ”

“Papunta ang bakas ng dugo sa cubicle na yun.”

Sinundan nila ang bakas ng dugo....dahan-dahan nilang binuksan ang cubicle na yun.

“BOOOM!!” isa nanamang malakas na kulog. Dahil sa kurap ng kidlat, lumiwanag ang paligid. Dito nila nakita si Mary Chua na duguang nakabigti!

“EHHH MARY JUS KOH EHHH!!!!!!"

Kumalat sa buong Manila University ang balita. Ito na ang pinakamalaking pasabog na balita na gumimbal sa buong paaralan. Ang pagkamatay ni Mary Chua ay isang malaking misteryo.