'What was that' Alfie shouted in a terrified voice.
'Don't worry, its probably just someone who lives here' Dad said
We all went to have a look, as we walked from the entrance hall to the kitchen it suddenly went very cold.
We searched in all the rooms downstairs but there was no one there. We decided to go upstairs to find a bedroom to go to sleep in, then in the morning when it was light we would have a proper look around. We started up the stairs for a second time and as we reached the top I looked around and it seemed as though this floor was just one very big lounge. In the far-left corner there was another flight of steps very similar to the ones we had just come up but these ones seemed slightly darker in colour. As we started up the second flight of steps a light flickered on.
'Hello, who's there' mum said
But there was no answer. We turned the light of and quickly continued up the stairs.
When we reached the next floor there was a long dark corridor with all doors along it. As we made our way up the corridor we looked in all the rooms to see if there were any bedrooms we could stay in. The first door we opened was obviously the bathroom, it had a big old tin bath with an old toilet. It was all covered in cobwebs and dust, just like downstairs had been. We looked in the next room along the corridor this one was a bedroom, but this bedroom seemed different to the rest of the house it seemed 'alive', there were no cobwebs or dust and there was clothes on the bed as though they were ready for someone to wear. There were also leftovers of food and a cup on the old fashioned coffee table in the corner. We decided that we didn't want to sleep in this room as it was obvious that someone had either recently lived here or does live here.
We looked in the next room which seemed more like the rest of the house more 'dead', this room was a bit smaller then the previous one we had looked in but it still had a king sized bed in the middle of the room with an old dresser in the corner. It seemed to me that it hadn't been used as a bedroom in a long-time. We decided that we would all sleep in the king-sized bed as it was big enough for us all and mum and dad wanted us all to sleep in the same room.
That night I barely slept and I don't think Alfie did either. I lay there with thoughts running through my head like 'What if it is haunted?' and 'What if someone does live here and they are annoyed when they see us?' All through the night I could hear loads of sounds like floorboards creeping but I put it down to the fact that it is a very old house. I eventually did get to sleep but I didn't sleep for long before the sun rose and our room was flooded with light from the huge window at the foot of our bed. Mum, dad and Alfie were still asleep, I was desperate for the toilet and didn't want to wake them so I crept out the room and went into the huge bathroom.
Just as I was about to use the toilet I heard a piercing scream, I ran to the door opened it and stood in front of me was a big, fat, ugly, giant. He stood towering over me, he must have been about three times my size. He had huge, evil looking eyes and was wearing a black pair of trousers and a dark jumper, he looked like he had just stepped out of a thriller. I stood there staring at him in horror.
Who was it that screamed, I thought to myself, it certainly wasn't him it was a female voice. Maybe it was mum, What if she had been hurt? I wanted to get back with my family but this giant was blocking my way, how would I escape?
'Who are y…y…you?' I asked in a shaky voice.
'Who am I, I am the head of this house, what do you think gives you a right to be here?' the thing replied in a loud, deep voice.
'We…we didn't mean to cause any harm, w…we just needed s…somewhere to stay f…for the n...night'
The thing leaned his hands towards me and as he did I ran to the other side of the bathroom. He came chasing after me. Each step he took made the floor shake. He was to big for me so he easily caught up with me and picked me up.
He carried me out the door and took me up the corridor looking in each door as we went. When we reached the room with mum, dad and Alfie in it I hoped that they would have hidden so this hideous creature wouldn't get them but as the door crashed open there was no one there. Thank goodness I thought. But if they aren't there where were they? The giant continued looking in all the rooms, he must have looked in about 10 of them before we went in a cold dark room with a couple of chairs in the middle of it. I noticed that there were some people there, I assumed that it was mum, dad and Alfie but I wasn't sure as it was really dark.
The giant sat me on the chair and tied me up to it. When he walked out the room I heard a familiar voice say,
'Is that you Crystal?'
'Yes!' I replied.
I recognised that voice, it was mum. I was so relieved.
'Dad, Alfie are you there?' I asked.
'Yes we are all here' replied dad.
'What are we going to do?' Asked Alfie in a terrified voice.
I tried to wriggle free form my chair but after a few minutes I gave up as it was pointless.
'Alfie wriggle about, see if you can loosen the rope a bit, so you can slip out' I suggested.
After a few minutes of anxiously waiting Alfie managed to free himself from the ropes and untie us all.
As we ran for the door I could hear the giant's footsteps and every step he made seemed to be getting louder.
'We don't have much time' I whispered to the others.
The door was slightly ajar, I poked my head out to see if I could see the giant and as I did his huge body came around the corner.
'Oh no, he is coming' I said.
I was convinced that we wouldn't get out of this castle alive. Just as the giant was approaching the door Dad said,
'Look over here, theres a trap door. Lets try it.'
So we all bundled into this trap door, unsure of where we would end up but surely anything is better then being out there.
As we entered the dark, dusty corridor we began making our way to the end. Feeling our way along. At the end of the door there was a door, we opened the door and the place flooded with light. We were back at the first flight of steps. Dad gave us the all clear to go down to the entrance hall as we did the footsteps faintly came back again.
'Quick!' mum said quietly.
As I reached for the huge metal handle on the big wooden door I breathed a sigh of relief. We had made it, and as mum, dad, Alfie and I made our way quickly back up the decaying brick path I had never been so happy in my life. We were out, alive and together.
By san
