Night Fright

• Kade Adam, Grade 5
• Short Story
• 2015

Night Fright

I had just left the Moscow circus and I had a headache, I felt so dizzy and tired. I was walking down the block until I came across a strange house.

I went up to the house and climbed the stairs and pressed the doorbell. The door slowly opened, a old lady came out of no where she looked at me. She went through the wall, I wondered what the HECK just happened. She had left the door unlocked so I let myself in.

CREAK the stairs looked like they were about to snap. I got to the top, but the door slammed. I bolted back down to the door but it was locked.

A map appeared, on it in printed letters were, ‘MAP OF HOUSE’ I picked it up and followed the directions on the map. I found a door with the words ‘Do not enter’ but the directions had told me to go through the door.

I slowly opened the door, I peeked through it and saw a cauldron full of acid. I walked in. ‘Clonk’ I fell to the ground unconscious. I woke up hanging from the roof above the acid.

The rope started to fray. I looked up and saw a skeleton cutting the rope. I remembered I had a torch in my bag, I grabbed the torch and shone it on the skeleton. It blinded it and it fell into the acid. I swung myself over to a ledge and grabbed it.

The rope snapped and I got down safely. I looked at the map and it said there was a secret passage somewhere around here. I found a loose brick, I pulled it out and a door appeared. Feeling relief I went through it.

I walked down into the basement and turned on my torch. All I could see was explosives. I knew I had to blow up this house so I lit it up and I ran out ducking down behind cover. 'BOOM!!'

Fire fighters arrived to put out the fire. After they put it out I walked home.

THE END By Kade Adam