Haunted House Maze

Dateline: It was prayer week and Jen and Sammi prayed for Ash and each other.

    “Bye poppy! I’m going to go play with Sammi!” Jen called as she was going out the front door. “That’s nice Jen!” said Ash as he did his homework. Then he paused and looked up. “Wait! I thought you hated her!!!!! What happened?!?” he asked Jen in shock. “She’s okay. She’s still a bit annoying but she’s winning me over.” Jen answered calmly. “Oh, okay.” said Ash. “Now can I go?” Jen asked. “Wha? Oh! Sure.” said he. Then she kissed him on the cheek and went out the door. “Glad to know Jen and Sammi are becoming friends.” he thought. Then Ash shut the door and went back to his homework.

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    “So where are we going today?” Sammi asked Jen once they got to the park. “I was planning on going to that house on Crow avenue.” Jen answered. “Isn’t that a haunted house?” Sammi asked in fear. “Of course not!” Jen answered. “All right….” Sammi said uncertainty. Her voice just trailed off. “Look. We’ll go and I’ll show you!” Jen replied. “Okay…” Sammi said nervously. “Well come let’s go!!!!!” Jen yelled eagerly. Then she marched away. Sammi just shook her head and inadequately followed Jen to Crow avenue.
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    “See? We’re standing on the veranda and nothing has happened yet!” Jen pointed out to a frightened Sammi. “Ifff…. If you sayayayay ….sooooo….” Sammi replied. “All we just have to knock on the door and someone will answer.” Jen continued. Sammi nodded weakly. “Right.” said Jen. Then she turned to the door and lightly on the door. But when she knocked, the brass doorknob fell through the wooden veranda and made a medium size hole. Jen leapt back in fright. Sammi just eyed her. “It’s just a…. a…. loose doorknob. *Sweat drop*” Jen explained fretfully. Sammi kept on looking at Jen. “Besides, I ….bet someone will….hear that. *Sweat drop*” Jen said. Then unexpectedly, the tall wooden opened without warning. The girls screamed in dread. Then they stopped and looked at the door. “Hey! Why are we screaming for?!? Someone may have just opened the door for us when we knocked.” Jen said neurotically. “Sooo….?” Sammi replied. “Let’s go in!” Jen screeched. But the young immortal of rain forests and friendship had to push the immortal of happiness into the open door.
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    “See? We’re in the house and nothing happened to us.” Jen clarified. Sammi was too busy trembling to answer. “Cannnn …..weeee ……gooooo …..now?” Sammi asked in horror. “No!” Jen answered. “Besides there’s nothing scary here!!!” Suddenly, like as if a powerful had blown into the room, the door quickly slammed shut. The girls screamed and turned round really fast. “Cool it! It’s only the wind!” Jen exclaimed. “I hope so.” Sammi whined in apprehension. “I want to go home!” “Not yet!!!!!” Jen yelled. “I want to explore.” Then the immortal of the rain forests and friendship walked father into the house. She glanced at the immortal of happiness who was horrified. “Well, come on!” Jen barked impatiently. Too scared to speak, Sammi her head imperceptibly. “Okay, suit yourself. But it wouldn’t be smart to stay with the ‘ghosts’” Jen said smartly. Then she walked off. Sammi trembled even more. “Jen you’re such a genus! Soon she’ll come running.” Jen thought. Sammi looked around nervously. “5, 4, 3, 2 1.” Jen counted softly. “Wait! I’m coming too!” Sammi wailed as she ran to catch up with Jen. “Why, what took ya?” the immortal of the rain forests and friendship asked sweetly. “I didn’t want to be left with the ghosts.” Sammi answered. “All right.” said Jen. Then the girls continued on until Sammi got her foot caught into the wooden floor. “Jen!” she yelled. The immortal of the rain forests and friendship turned to her. “Now what?” Jen asked with antagonism. “Help!” Sammi yelled as she tried to pull her foot out of the hole. “You can’t do anything with me! Can you?” Jen thought. Then she walked over to help her companion. But when she did, the floor broke and both girls fell screaming into the basement.
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    Jen got up on her knees, opened her eyes, and looked around. It was pitch black and dusty. Jen sneezed loudly. With that reaction, her jade began to glow bright. “That’s better.” Jen thought as she looked around. Jen looked and saw Sammi unconscious. She crawled over to the immortal of happiness and yelled: “Hey stupid! Get up!!!” Sammi woke up screaming! “What was that Mark?” a voice asked. Sammi stopped screaming and the girls looked down. They saw Marcus and his gang. Jen put her finger over her mouth and Sammi nodded. The girls listened closely. “All right, here’s the da plan: We’ll vandalize the church, steal the sweets from the candy store, T.P. the park, graffiti the bathrooms, and blame it on Ash.” Marcus said. “Great boss!” the boys agreed. Jen and Sammi looked at each other in worry. “What are we going to do Jen?” Sammi asked. “I don’t know.” Jen answered. Then she thought about in then said: “I don’t know, but I have a plan! Come on!” Then both girls got out of the basement quickly.
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    “So Jen, what’s the plan?” Sammi asked her companion when they got to the first floor. “I got a plan. Come here.” Jen answered. Sammi stepped over to Jen. “All right, we’ll scare them.” Jen whispered. Sammi nodded softly. “You take north, I take south.” Jen continued. “Got ya!” Sammi agreed. Then the girls went their separate ways to attack.
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    Marcus and his gang were still planning how to get Ash into trouble when they a female giggle. “What was that man?” asked Frank. “It’s only in your imagination!” Mark yelled. Then the guys went back to planning. A few minutes later they heard that female laugh again. “What it’s a ghost or a demon? A really awful demon!” Frank panicked. “There is no such thing!” Mark yelled. “I wouldn’t say all that now.” said John. They knew that this was the era that the supernatural was known, seen, heard, and real. They kept hearing this girl laugh until Marcus said: “Let’s go check it out.” The gang nodded nervously. They all got up and left the basement.
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    “All right, gang! Frank and John take north, Mark and I will take south. Got that?” Marcus barked. Frank and John nodded weakly and Mark nodded with self-possession. Then the boys split up and went to their destinations unacquainted what was ahead for them.
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    “This side of the house gives me creeps!” said Frank as he clung tight to John. “I know! I know but get off of me!!!!!” John hissed. Frank and John were big cowards when it came to the supernatural. “Here they come!” Sammi thought. Then she got to work making ghost that were every color of the rainbow and sent them down to the boys. Frank screamed in terror when he and John saw the little ghosts dance. John himself was scared stiff. Sammi played around with them for a bit until two pink ghosts kissed them on the lips. The boys screamed and ran out of the house to confess their plan. Sammi just laughed so hard that she rolled around in laughter.
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    “Well Sammi did her part now it’s my turn! Aw! Look at the two non-believers pacing into trap! This is perfect!” Jen thought evilly as she watched Mark and Marcus walk closer and closer to her trap. “I still don’t believe in the supernatural.” Mark said. “I don’t know about you but I seen it with my own two eyes.” Marcus argued back. He remembered one summer night when he eight years old, he and his family were near Firecracker Lake having a picnic. He was playing near the grass when he saw a firefly. He followed that pretty bug to the lake where he saw it go into this horse phantom. It was black as a night sky without a single star, its eyes were as hot and red as fire. It breathed out smoke of a volcano. Little Marcus was in terror. When the beast looked up and saw the little boy, it started to chase him. Marcus ran away in fear. The horse chased him until the boy’s family got ready to go. Then the horse burned up and broke into ash. Young Marcus had been scared to go there ever since. Jen saw that flashback and decided to use that. Jen cupped her hand and sprinkled some cinders and ash into hand. Then she said a chant and dropped them to the floor. The residue became fireflies. “Fireflies?” said Marcus as started to get that flashback again. “It’s only the afternoon, how could fireflies get in here?” Mark asked puzzled. While in a state of confusion, the boys watched them fly together into a phantom. The phantom was a horse. It was black as a night sky without a single star, its eyes were as hot and red as fire. It breathed out smoke of a volcano. “This is just a trick, right?” Mark asked in fear. The boys were horrified. When the beast looked up and saw the boys, it started to chase them. The two boys screamed and ran out of the house to confess their plan. Jen was laughing so hard, that tears streamed down her face.
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    “That worked nicely, I’d have to say!” Jen said in amusement once they got outside. Sammi just nodded. Then both girls just laughed as they walked home.
To Be Continued…