CHAPTER 2
Halloween
by Ashlyn T.
It was a dare. I was dared to go into the “haunted house”. I took the dare. I was
going to prove that I was a dare devil.
As I drove up to the house on Weary Road, I could
already feel the air getting colder. As I stepped out of my car I could hear
the branches on the dead trees swaying back and forth, even though there was no
wind. As I stepped on the old steps the creaking made me flinch. I grasped the
cold, rusty railing. I started telling myself “go back now” but, I didn’t. I
slowly pulled myself up the stairs and took a hold of the icy doorknob. As I
opened the door slowly I heard the squeaking of the hinges. I stepped in. The
dusty air made me sneeze. I started walking in further but, was interrupted by
the door slamming shut. “Ok this is getting creepy, "I murmured to myself.
I looked into a room a my left. I saw broken
chairs and couches. The flickering lights from broken lamps startled me. As I
looked into the room on my left, I saw something different. Two , foggy, white
creatures were flying across the room. They bumped into some old boxes filled
with books and dust. I made my way over to the boxes, when the creatures popped
out at me. “Get out, get out” they said over and over. “Get out,” one yelled at
me. Frightened, I started running outside. When I reached my car I jumped in
and tried starting it but it wouldn’t start.
When I thought I was safe I got enough courage to go back inside.
Again, as I walked up the stairs. They seemed to be creaking saying “turn
around and leave when you have the chance” but, I wanted explore so I kept
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