Creative Writing: The Haunted House
Chapter One
We played in the woods until dark. The moon cast an eerie glow on the trees as we ran around. A bat flew overhead and I ducked. It was my turn to count for hide -n- seek.
“One, two, three four, fi- Aaaaahhhhh. What was that?” I asked myself outloud.
I began in the direction of the screams when I came upon a house. The front door was wide open. I saw someone dash across the opening. Then the screaming began again. “Aaaaahhhh! Help us Alex! We’re in here!” The sound was clearly coming from the house. I took a hesitant step forward. And another and another until I reached the house.
Almost all the windows were shattered and the shutters hung by a single hinge. The moon cast a frightening shadow on the house making it seem inhabited …show more content…
I walked into the kitchen and started looking for food.
"Grandma! I found your weird potion in the fridge! You know, the one you've been looking for! It's in a green bottle!" I said.
“Oh, thank you deary.” My grandmother said from behind the fridge door.
"Grandma, you scared me!"
“Okay. Well your mother is upstairs. Look in the tunnels. Okay?”
"Okay." I replied as I started up the stairs. When I reached the top, I made sure to listen to make sure Uncle didn't come home early. When I didn't hear any screams of fright from uncle’s victims, I started into the first room.
"Mom. Where are you? Uncle’s not here so we don't need to hide." I said as I went through all the passages, but no sign indicated mom was here. "Mom! Where are you!" I said as I made it to another living area.
“MO-”
"Shhh. Look over there."
Mom pointed to the far side of the living room to five bodies laying near the couch.
“What are they doing here, UNCONSCIOUS!”
"Apparently they were playing hide -n- seek and they decided to hide in our house."
I was at a loss of words. Once (if they ever were released) they went back into the outside world, they would discover our secret.
“We have to make sure Uncle doesn't find them!” I
We played in the woods until dark. The moon cast an eerie glow on the trees as we ran around. A bat flew overhead and I ducked. It was my turn to count for hide -n- seek.
“One, two, three four, fi- Aaaaahhhhh. What was that?” I asked myself outloud.
I began in the direction of the screams when I came upon a house. The front door was wide open. I saw someone dash across the opening. Then the screaming began again. “Aaaaahhhh! Help us Alex! We’re in here!” The sound was clearly coming from the house. I took a hesitant step forward. And another and another until I reached the house.
Almost all the windows were shattered and the shutters hung by a single hinge. The moon cast a frightening shadow on the house making it seem inhabited …show more content…
I walked into the kitchen and started looking for food.
"Grandma! I found your weird potion in the fridge! You know, the one you've been looking for! It's in a green bottle!" I said.
“Oh, thank you deary.” My grandmother said from behind the fridge door.
"Grandma, you scared me!"
“Okay. Well your mother is upstairs. Look in the tunnels. Okay?”
"Okay." I replied as I started up the stairs. When I reached the top, I made sure to listen to make sure Uncle didn't come home early. When I didn't hear any screams of fright from uncle’s victims, I started into the first room.
"Mom. Where are you? Uncle’s not here so we don't need to hide." I said as I went through all the passages, but no sign indicated mom was here. "Mom! Where are you!" I said as I made it to another living area.
“MO-”
"Shhh. Look over there."
Mom pointed to the far side of the living room to five bodies laying near the couch.
“What are they doing here, UNCONSCIOUS!”
"Apparently they were playing hide -n- seek and they decided to hide in our house."
I was at a loss of words. Once (if they ever were released) they went back into the outside world, they would discover our secret.
“We have to make sure Uncle doesn't find them!” I