The Forbidden Tower

• Sierra Stanley, Grade 7
• Short Story
• 2022

The tower stood in front of them, its demanding presence was almost too inviting to Tom. The tower was tall and dark.
“I’m going in,” he said to Evie.
She shuddered at the thought. It was named the forbidden tower for a reason! The stories that were told about the place haunted her dreams, yet here they were, standing in front of the door, waiting to enter to create their own story about the tower.
All of a sudden the door shuts behind them
They go upstairs, there's so many doors. They go down to the last door and it creeps open.
There were food, tables, and suitcases but there was no one there. They thought to leave so they started going down the hallway, they try to leave but the door won’t open.
They start checking all the doors and windows but it’s no use!
“We are stuck here!!” yelled Evie
“We didn't look in all the rooms, we still have a chance to escape!”
They both started looking in every single door, “Tom!! I found a door in the back of this room”....
“Tom!!!”
“Evie! I can’t !!!” Tom says as a tear goes down his face, Evie starts sprinting down the stairs
“Tom, are you okay!!!”
“Yes I’m ok, my leg really hurts though.”
“Sorry about that!” Said a voice.
“Who’s there?” Evie said scaredly.
“It’s Zoey.” A ghost popped out of the wall,
“Do you know how to get out of here?” said Evie.
“Yeah, through this wall”
“Um we can’t go through walls” shouted Tom.
“Oh yeah that’s right! Follow me,” quietly said Zoey
They go back upstairs and reach the last door of the hallway.
They moved almost everything until they saw a painting of a family….
“OMG!! That’s our Mum and Dad!!!” Screamed Tom,
“How come they are in this picture?” said Tom curiously.
“The night they disappeared they went to a place near here, Zoey, what address is this house?”
“117 Swirly St” said Zoey
“That's where Mum and Dad went, that night they disappeared.”
I wonder what happened?.......
“How is there a picture of them in this tower?” said Evie.
“I got an idea what if we do a seance?”
“What’s your parents' full names?” asked Zoey.
“It’s Rob and Martha Houseland” quietly said Evie
“Help us find what happened to Rob and Martha Houseland” yelled Zoey.
All of a sudden someone said “try a different way”
''Who was that?” Said Tom.
Zoey knew exactly what to say “doonkaalagazamhusssh bring back Rob and Martha Houseland”.
All of a sudden two people appeared
“Mum!! Dad!!!”
“Where were you guys!!!” Shouted Tom and Evie.
“We were stuck in the painting”.
“Some old witch trapped us in there,” said Martha.
“It's a g-ghost!!!” screamed Martha.
“Don’t worry she has been helping us”.
“Through this window and then you're out,” said Zoey.