The Day I Fell Into A Book

• Khishar Fatima, Grade 6
• Short Story
• 2019

It’s just a quiet Saturday evening. There’s nothing to do, so I made myself a hot chocolate and snuggled in my bed with my favourite book, "The Haunted House".

I felt something creeping .”What’s on my arm?”. Nothing there. Suddenly, things became blurry. I felt dizzy for a moment and then I felt like I was getting sucked into a vacuum! Soon, I start to float.
“Do you want to play hide and seek?” asked a faint voice. “Where are you?! Reveal yourself!”, I yelled. I landed with a thud in a dark forest with numerous trees and sticks.

I ambled carefully to see if I can find anything useful. I fumbled around and touched something metal and cold. A bunch of keys! Picking them up, I walked ahead and bumped into something hard and black. It was a gate. Well… more like an agitated looking gate to me. Although it didn’t look friendly, I thought maybe, just maybe I can find someone who can help.

Before I could open the doors, something hissed, ”I can see you!” It was the same voice as before!
“W-where are you? Anyone here?”. For a moment, I thought it was Pennywise from the movie It . I thought I was being a bit stupid.I tried to open the gate, but it wouldn’t budge, and that’s when I realised, “Oh! That’s what the keys are for!” After opening the gate, I saw a terrifying black mansion. It had gargoyles everywhere and quite suddenly, the main one looked at me! “Aaarrgghh!!!”

I screamed as the lightning struck beside me! The door of the mansion suddenly opened with a growl, and evil black bats started flying out and all over the place. “Hugh! Stupid bats!!” I thought.

I walked into the tall and terrifying house and looked for help. I saw a broken doll in the corner that was holding two broken doll heads and they started moaning as BLOOD covered them up. “Eeek!” I gulped, shaking and shivering.

“Do you need help?” asked the same voice as before. “S-stop giving me questions a-and give me answers!” I pleaded. The person slowly walked up to me and I froze like an ice block. He had a black coat and swirling tentacles behind his back... IT WAS SLENDER MAN!!”ARGH!
Stay away from me!” I shouted. “Why should I? Give me one reason why I should!” He asked in a creepy voice as he tangled me around with his tentacles and hung me upside down on the wall and grabbed a knife. “MU HA HA HA HA!!!” he laughed wickedly . I felt the knife jutting into my stomach. “Nooooo!”, I screamed.

I woke up screaming. I was in bed with my book’s corner jutting into my tummy. It was 3:00 AM in the morning! I quickly threw my book out of the bed and tried to sleep. I never wanted to get a book like that ever again!