I Manchester England 1994 a blustery, stormy night with the entire Tholdenbore family cooped up at home. Henry Tholdenbore, the head of the household, recently retired, with light gray hair and dull chestnut eyes, is rummaging through the first level of the home attempting to find the mobile phone that's ringing shrilly. The family has been expecting a visit from relatives this upcoming weekend ; although, they are stuck on the opposite side of the squall. “Amelia! Oliver! Poppy! Please come down and join me in the lounge!” Henry called out.
Almost immediately a quiet parade of footsteps is able to be heard advancing towards the living room. “Everyone, I’m afraid our family is unable to …show more content…
The twins had relished in the poem for a few more minutes before they snapped back into reality and remember the task at hand. They had concluded the search of their attic and were disappointed ,when suddenly Poppy had remembered the blue candles she had in the bedroom. “Oliver, let’s head to our room and see if we can find those candles from Boxing Day.” called Poppy.
The twins headed off into their bedroom, on the second floor, in order to seek for the candles, oddly not finding any. The room was pitch black and breezier than they had both remembered. Poppy turned around and had noticed their window is open, and hurriedly moved towards the window in order to close it, when she had heard a loud rumble of thunder followed by the lightning striking. Poppy turned around in order to make sure Oliver was okay, and found him lying face down by the bed, automatically rushed towards him, trying to see what happened. Abruptly she felt a pressure on her head and heard another strike of lightning and then her vision dissapeared into the darkness. It’s Raining It’s Pouring, the children are snoring, they went to bed bumped their heads and couldn’t get up in the