The Haunted House III

Chapter 1

“Aaaaaaaargh!” I shrieked, as I heard a loud bang, “What was that?”

I was watching a horror movie, when I heard that sound. “Annie?” I called, “Was that you?”

No reply. I crept up the stairs, as they creaked beneath me. I didn’t hear a sound and there were no lights on in Annie’s room. “Boo!” Annie shouted, as I stumbled back, “Gotcha Jackie!”

By the way, my name is Jackie Caldwell and I have a little sister called Annie. I’m 12 and Annie’s just a few months younger than me. We also have a pet dog called Buster. He’s a big and friendly German Shepherd. He likes to bark a lot, but he never bites.

Now back to the story. After a while, we decided to go to bed since it was late. Mum and dad weren’t back yet so we had stayed up late. I was really excited that Halloween was tomorrow. Every Halloween, I go trick-or-treating around the block, with my friends. We always come back with bags full of lollies. So I decided to get a good night’s sleep, to be ready for Halloween!

Chapter 2

“Aaaaaaah!” I yawned, as I warily got out of bed.

It was a bright sunny day and the sunlight was pouring in through the curtains. I decided to go down for breakfast. For breakfast, I had some cereal. Since Annie wasn’t up yet, I decided to keep working on my costume. This Halloween, I was dressing up as a witch. I think one of my friends, is also dressing up as a witch.

Half a day later…

I was adding the finishing touches to my costume, when my friends turned up. My friends names are: Marley, Lucy and Kathie. “Hi guys!” I exclaimed, as I worked carefully with the costume.

“Sup Jackie!” Marley exclaimed, “You ready to go?”

“Yeah,” I replied.

We walked along the neighbourhood streets, like we always do, but then Lucy suggested that we should go to the next block. “Let’s go to the next block guys!” Lucy suggested as she looked through her candy, “We always trick-or-treat on this block!”

“Yeah,” Kathie agreed, “I agree.”

It was then that the trouble started…

Chapter 3

We started walk through the streets of the other block, when we noticed something very odd about it. The neighbourhood seemed to be quite dark and the only thing that lit it up was the pale orange glow of the Jack O’ Lanterns. There were hundreds of Jack O’ Lanterns and the neighbourhood seemed to go on forever.

After a while, our bags were full and we became really tired. The people here seemed to give a lot more candy than the people in our neighbourhood. We didn’t feel like we wanted to stop, but then we hit this strange house, which was hidden away by the trees and shrubs that were leaning over the house.

We slowly walked up to the door and knocked. We waited for a while, but no one came. We knocked again and a strange woman opened the door. “Trick-or-treat!” I exclaimed, as the woman gave us candy.

“Now you must come inside!” she exclaimed as she held the door open for us, “I have a quest for you!”

“Who are you?” Lucy asked curiously, “What do you want?”

“You are my guests,” she replied pleasantly, “I have been waiting for you to come!”

Now I was confused, how could she be waiting for us to come? Anyway, we decided to go inside, since she seemed like a kind woman. “Come sit down,” she stated, “I have some cookies and a cup of tea for all of you.”

She got us some cookies and a cup of tea for each of us, but when I looked back toward her, she had a strange, mean looking grin on her face.

Chapter 4

We had the food, but then she got us to come to a weird, tiny room, which was filled with books and bottles. She looked like she was about to do something quite nasty and evil. “Come sit down guys!” she exclaimed with the same evil grin on her face, “I have something to tell you!”

We sat down around the table, since there was nothing else we could do. Then she opened up a secret cabinet and pulled out a huge, heavy cauldron. She placed the heavy cauldron onto the stove and lit the fire. Uh-oh, I thought, I never should have trusted her!

“Mwahahahaha!” she yelled at the top of her lungs, “You should have never trusted me fools, I’m a witch! But now it’s too late for you!”

Chapter 5

At this stage, there was nothing we could do! We were trapped with an evil witch, who was ready to attack. I always thought witches were fantasy, but now I was face to face with a real one! “Help!” we cried helplessly, “Somebody help us please!”

It was no use. We were trapped and no one could hear us. I had to think of a way to get out of this and now! “I’m going to teleport all of you into a different world!” she shouted; “Now stay still, you’re going to have a great time with your friend Vipor!”

“Oh no!” Kathie yelled, “Not Vipor!”

“Yes Vipor!” she boomed.

Before we knew it, we were somewhere else. It all looked the same, but it was a parallel universe. We were in the same neighbourhood back at my house, how strange. We knew that we would soon face the dreadful things Vipor had planned!

We all walked along the road until we reached of what seemed to be an abandoned cemetery. It was freezing cold outside and the fog clouds were beginning to roll in. It was then that we got separated from each other. “Hello?” I called, “Marley, Lucy, Kathie where are you?”

I was desperate to find them. How could we have gotten separated like that? I guess this cemetery must be enormous. It was so dark and gloomy, I couldn’t see a thing. From the stillness of the night, I heard some kind of weird voice and it seemed to be speaking to me! “Jackie!” the voice rasped, “Jackie I’m coming for you!”

By now I was shaking all over, partly from the creepy voice and partly from the coldness of the night. “Wh-who are y-you?” I stammered, staggering back in fear as the fog tightened around me.

“I am Simon!” the voice hissed.

Suddenly, an arrow hit the wall behind me and a nasty looking figure jumped out of nowhere. As I nimbly, staggered back, I turned around and started running as fast as I could. The figure started chasing me through the creepy, old cemetery. I thought I heard moaning sounds, rising up from the tilted gravestones, but I had no time to focus on that!

Before I knew it, I was falling down an enormous pit, falling down into the blackness of it. “Aaaaaaaaargh!” I wailed helplessly, as I tried to get hold of something.

Chapter 6

Luckily, I landed in some water and I pulled myself out. I saw an old, creepy tunnel leading into deep blackness. I searched my pocket and I found a small torch. Luckily, it had batteries in it. I walked through the tunnel and I saw some nice paintings on the stone walls as I passed.

10 minutes later…

The tunnel leads to a dead end! I was so shocked that I almost threw back my torch. I leaned against the wall in disappointment, but then a secret tunnel opened up.

At once, I thought I heard a voice calling for help. I listened again and I did hear someone calling for help, it was coming from deep inside the tunnel. “Help!” someone called, “Please save us now!”

“I’m coming!” I yelled, as I cupped my hands.

As I got closer, the voices seemed to sound familiar. Yes, they were my friend’s voices. When I saw what had been done to them, I was completely shocked.

Chapter 7

They were all tied up against a post, next to a cauldron of boiling water, which was still on the stove. “Help us!” they called desperately, “Please save us Jackie!”

“Mwahahahahaha!” an unfriendly voice boomed, “I was must destroy your friends Jackie!”

“Wh-who are y-you?” I stammered, as I stood, perfectly petrified in shock.

“I am Simon!” Simon boomed, “I am the minion of Vipor!”

“Oh no!” I yelled in panic, “Not Vipor!”

“Yes Vipor!” he shouted with an evil grin on his face, “I must destroy you all!”

He tried to grab us with his huge hand, but we ducked away. I swiftly untied Marley, Lucy and Kathie, since I was really good at untying knots. We started running down the empty tunnel, along the hard, stone floor as Simon chased us. My feet started throbbing, as we ran through the tunnel, but I saw some kind of portal as the tunnel was coming to an end. “We have to get through that portal!” Kathie yelled as she was gasping for breath, “It’s our only hope!”

As we neared the portal, we saw that there was an enormous hole between the portal and the tunnel ending. We jumped…

Chapter 8

I checked if everyone was here. Yes, we had all made it! Where were we? Everything looked the same as our neighbourhood and there were kids out playing on the streets as usual, so we were in the real world. I decided to go back home, since it was late afternoon and so did everyone else. Before we could leave, I heard a strange noise. “What was that?” I asked in a whisper.

“I don’t know,” Lucy answered, “What should we do?”

Before we could even move, a strange figure popped out of nowhere and blocked our path. “Mwahahahahaha!” a familiar voice laughed, “I see you have met my minion today!”

“You’re Simon!” I yelled angrily, “Aren’t you?”

“I’m Vipor and I’ve come to destroy you all!” he replied in his evil manner, “Since Simon couldn’t!”

This time, there was nothing we could do. No one else was around to help, so it was just us four and Vipor.

Just then, Simon appeared out of nowhere, carrying a huge blaster gun. “This blaster gun will make all four of you disappear forever!” Simon devilishly replied as he fired up the gun, “So you better watch out!”

Chapter 9

This was it; we were all about to be blasted away forever! As Simon pulled the trigger of the gun, he accidently blasted Vipor. He tripped and also got blasted by the gun. “Noooooooooo!” Vipor cried helplessly, “What have you done Simon?”

Vipor and Simon disappeared into thin air and the blaster gun was all that was left. “Hooray!” I yelled as I put my arms up in the air, “Vipor and Simon are both gone!”

“We need to take this blaster gun to a safe place,” Marley replied as she cautiously approached the gun, “If someone accidently presses a button, they could end up in big trouble.”

As Marley, Lucy and Kathie carried the blaster gun to a safe place, I walked home. “See ya’ guys!” I shouted, as I waved goodbye. “Bye Jackie!” they shouted, as they waved to me.

When I got back home, I opened the door and sat down on the couch. What a day it had been, I said to myself, as I was lying on the couch. Annie was in her bedroom and mum and dad weren’t back yet, so I turned on the TV.

“Jackie!” a familiar voice rasped, “Jackie!”

“Who was that?” I asked fearfully, turning off the TV.

“Welcome back Jackie!” the voice hissed, “I am coming for you!”

Blurb

Vipor is back again, but this time he has a special minion called Simon, working for him. Why is Simon stalking Jackie and her friends on Halloween night? Find out when you read about this exciting new adventure…