Haunted House

• Evie Roiniotis, Grade 5
• Short Story
• 2014

“Hi my name is Max.” I was on my way to school when I saw a haunted house. I have never seen this house before, but I didn’t have time so I just walked off.
When I got to school it was just like any other ordinary day at school. So when it was time for lunch, I talked to my friends about the haunted house I saw on my way to school. After I told my friends they were saying it was just my imagination and that I was crazy, but I didn’t care so I just walked off.
After that, when it was the end of the day I went home and told my parents, they didn’t believe me, so I went to bed.
The next morning I walked to school again and when I was walking I passed the house again, I stopped and stared at the house, it changed colour from brown to red then blue, pink, yellow then green. I must be dreaming this but I knew it was real so I ran to school and told my friends, this time they said I was out of my mind, the teachers thought I was sick so they sent me home.
When I got home I told my parents they thought I was losing it so they sent me to bed.
Today’s the weekend I said I know what I’m going to do, I went to the haunted house. This was the scary bit... I was going inside the house I was very terrified but I went in anyway. It looked like a normal house, no one lived here, so I was just walking around the house it had a kitchen, a bathroom and even a laundry everything you need in a house. I went up stairs there was a bedroom so I went in, it had red curtains pink and red covers, and it also had a makeup table. On the mirror of the makeup table it had some photos of a lady I couldn’t figure out who it was but then I checked the time it was 5:00 I had to go so I left. The next day when I was walking to school the house wasn’t there anymore, but I swear it was real, but it wasn’t my friends were right my parents were right even my teachers, they were all right I was acting crazy so I just went home. Then all of a sudden my alarm clock went off it was all a dream I was so happy I said, I am never going down there again.