All of a sudden, Andrew pointed ahead to some smoke coming through the trees. They ran towards it and came to a patch of grass with a house in the middle. The smoke they had seen was coming from the chimney and they stood for a while wondering whether they should ask for help. But because it was raining, they did not have another choice. They went nearer to the house and decided to get in. The door was ajar. They called out “Is there anybody here?’’ But nobody answered. So, they went in. As they got in, they looked around and noticed what a spooky house it was. They saw a large room that was the foyer. The room had a tile floor. There were two lights on either side of the staircase that led to the first floor. Off to the right of the large foyer was a door that led to the kitchen. The kitchen was old with a musty smelling. As they walked to the back of the kitchen, they noticed a door and stared at it. A second later it opened! They ran out of the kitchen as fast as they could and ran up the stairs.
Up stairs it was even darker. They saw a long narrow hallway with a lot of doors on both sides. They checked all the doors but all of them were locked apart from one which they opened and got inside. They walked into the room and heard someone yelling and pleading. They grew scared but then noticed it wasn't a person. It looked like a hologram, but you could see and hear him. He seemed to be pleading for his life. They could not see whom he was talking to, but they didn't think it was a person. The man was balding and
looked like he was in his upper forties. He was saying, "I am sorry for coming into your house. I thought it was empty. Please! Please! Let me go. I won't say anything; I didn't see you murder him. No! Don't! Ahhhhhhh! Stop..." Then he fell to the floor, and after they heard a sickening crack. They raced out of that room only to find themselves in the hallway again. They decided it was time for them to leave! They went quickly down stairs and ran towards the door that they got in. They turned the handle and nothing happened. They were locked in!
For the next 3 hours they were trying to find a way out. They walked up stairs for the third time since they found out they were locked in and there, on the top step was a note. It read, «I am sorry to inform you that you are held prisoners here. Have you ever heard of knocking! Ha! When the clock strikes eleven you shall end the same way you saw the man earlier. There is one way out but you have to find it yourselves. Ha!"
They stared at the note in amazement. It had a funny odour. It smelled like a medicine. John thought that they needed to find a way out, fast, since it was already 10:30!
John and Andrew checked all of the doors up stairs again and this time a new door opened. To their amazement it was a nursery. They wondered who the heck would want to raise children in this house. As they walked in it smelled exactly like the note. John and Andrew looked around and saw a pen. I picked it up and looked at it. John saw that it said "Chuck's Meat" on it and he told it to Andrew. They decided they needed to go down to the kitchen again. This time they got enough courage not to let themselves run away. Now the door that opened a little earlier was all the way open. The boys decided to go down and investigate. They walked down the pitch-black stone stairs and entered a room full of caskets and saw a note on the one closest to Andrew. This one read, "Hello again. They usually make it this far. You are not too lucky. Pick a casket but be careful, for only one holds the key you want! Ha!"
There were fifteen caskets in all. They each had a number on it. Andrew remembered something he saw on the inside of the door they came in. It was the number forty one. He looked down at his watch and saw it was two minutes till 11 o'clock. Because the caskets didn't have a number forty one on them he decided to reverse the numbers and make it fourteen. He shoved off the lid and there he saw a key and a note that said, "You now only have one minute to get out! Ha, not even I can do that!" They started running up the basement stairs to get to the front door in time. They got there, threw in the key, twisted it, and opened the door. As they were running away from that house they swore they heard footsteps behind them the whole way. They glanced back a couple of times but saw nothing.
When they got out of the house, they ran as fast as they could without knowing where they were going to. Luckily, they got to John’s house, threw the door open, went in and locked it! As they sat down, they heard a sickening low voice say, "You didn't make it out in time! Ha!"
