The Old House.
“Come on, James! Don’t be a chicken.” Peter started to do a clucking sound and moved his arms up and down like some mad, demented chicken.
“No! You know mum said not to go near that house. She said bad things have happened in there.”
“Don’t be daft. All mums say that stuff. No one’s lived there in years. It will be an adventure, James. We might even find some gold coins and become millionaires,” Peter boasted. James pondered this for a while and changed his mind at the thought of becoming rich. Reluctantly he joined Peter in the front garden and the two boys crept up to the front door. The door was ajar and Peter pushed it further open. They silently walked inside..
.and there was a black haired woman with a white dress and no eyes sitting in the corner of the room weeping. James instantly regretted listening to his brother and in a concerned voice said “I think we should probably go!”.
As soon as they were about to walk out the door the door closed and the women stood up. All the lights remaining lights went out and in a deep,blood curling voice said “Hello little children, at last I finally have some company”.
Peter was too shocked to speak. And suddenly he started being dragged into the darkness. He screamed “H-h-HELP ME JAMES!”. And then he heard chewing. He knew what had happened. His brother had been being eaten! He ran to the kitchen and peeked through a little crack in the door. His brother was being eaten. How could he save him? He scanned the area around him and saw a hammer. He also found a wrench and a key. He was planning to smash the door with the hammer. Suddenly there was a loud slam of a door and the sound of a door being locked and James ran to the kitchen. He used the key and to his surprise the key fit in perfectly. He had the wrench in his right hand (his strong hand) and was ready to attack. As soon as the door opened he saw the woman and ran after her. CRACK! That was the sound of bones breaking. James had hit the women in the head with a wrench! His brother was hurt and he was bleeding. He rushed him to the hospital and he survived. James said “Thank god you’re okay, we are never doing that again.”
Peter said “how’d you save me?”.
James said “I kinda uhh had to use some self-defence and hit the lady in the head with a wrench.
Peter said, “You did that for me after I nearly got us killed?”.
“Of course I would, you’re my brother”
The doctor walked in and said “You’re brother can go home now”. And they went home and lived their normal life again.
by Anis