Run

• Khushali McLeay-Aggarwal, Grade 5
• Short Story
• 2022

Jayden had shortly arrived there after viciously traversing the wilderness. "The home is shown on the map!" She
proceeded onwards until she reached the first room. Cautious of her surroundings Jayden fastidiously opened the
door and ventured inside. She had a gut feeling that the treasure was someplace there. Jayden had hastily looked in
every drawer and the bathroom before stopping at the last possible location. The closet. She cautiously flung open
the doors and encountered a box. She then unveiled the note within the box, turned the letter over and began to read
the words..…“Run?” Inward wall collisions begin to occur. Jayden threw herself into the corridor from the room.
Hands exploded from the walls, groping at her. Picking herself up, She sprints.
She bashes down the door and begins to drop, clutching the ledge with success. Jayden heaves herself up and peered
at the former haunted house, which was now a room filled with dolls. The dolls turn to see as she screams. Then they
crowd together in an effort to be the first to latch on to her. She sprung sideways, clinging onto the door handle as
the dolls fell one by one into the desolate abyss below with a gut-turning clink. She flung herself off the door handle
and just made it onto the ledge. Rising up and proceeding through the entrance.