• Chapter 1:
    a boring day
    I could see it from here, through my window lurked the Manson manor. Terrifying rumors took place in that colossal monster of a manor, evil and diabolical actions were executed there. I was about half done my dreaming of what lurked inside the manor when my mom called, “Rob, Come down and eat your supper!”
    My house was rather large, it was a three story house and my bedroom was at the top floor so it took a while to get down to the kitchen which was at the first floor. By time I had gotten down to the kitchen my mom had a strange smile on her face. “I made your favorite, mashed potatoes and meatloaf.”
    “Thanks mom.” I replied with a smile on my face.”
    I ate quickly and returned to my bedroom. “So fascinating…so fascinating” I repeated over and over. The Manson manor was so interesting to me. I gazed over at the highest part of the manor almost in a trance. It was getting late so I decided to call it a night.
    The next day I got up and solemnly walked over to my dresser. After I was changed I walked out the door and headed off toward school. “How boring,” I thought to myself. When the bell wrung for recess, during recess I stood there by the wall talking with my best friend “Alice”
    “Hey umm, so what are you doing after school?” I asked wondrously.
    “Nothing, why?” she replied.
    “Just wondering, because I wanted to know if you would want to come hang out after school?”
    “Well okay. “She added
    After the school bell wrung I swiftly headed over towards my house that was just at the outskirts of my town home I noticed a note on the refrigerator that read;
    I just ran to the grocery store to pick up supper for today, ill be back soon.
    Love, Mom    I ran upstairs to my room and sat down. “So boring,” I thought to myself, soon after the doorbell wrung.
    Chapter 2:
    Enter The Strange
    I answered the door and there stood Alice. We walked upstairs and sat down. “So…,”I said quietly.
    I got nervous and got up and walked over to the window and that’s when I saw it…a face staring back at me. This was no normal human face, it had glowing red eyes and pale white skin and small fangs, the face stared at me with an eerie grin. I was shocked and couldn’t move, a few seconds later I fell backwards and landed right on Alice, “what’s there” she asked in a frightened tone.
    “I…I…don’t know” I answered not knowing what else to say, I just remembered I had fallen onto Alice’s lap so I got up and sat down on my bed. “There is something out there” I whispered.
    “What do you mean?” Alice asked curiously, “you mean something or someone?” I glanced around frightened, and I slowly got up and walked to the window. “Forget it.” Alice exclaimed in a bored voice, “I’ll go look myself.” And I was going to say something but when I turned around Alice had already gone down the stairs. I chased after her and repeated “Alice!” “Alice!”
    By time I had gotten to the front door I could see Alice staring at the open door of the Manson manor. “Alice!” I called. Alice just turned and stared at me for a moment, but suddenly she walked into the manor. “No!” I yelled. No use, my yelling was ignored so I ran after her into the dark…dark house.

    Chapter ~/3~
    House of the strange
    I glanced around terrified. I looked around the musty room.
    A dusty looking chandelier, furniture covered in sheets that were worn with age, and a dirty carpet but no Alice. “Maybe she got scared and ran out without me looking.” I said to myself. It made me feel better saying this, but inside I knew that she didn’t leave.
    I turned around and reached for the door knob but there was nothing there, just a solid wall, no door. I started to panic and
    I banged on the wall franticly, “Help!” I screamed, no use, no one could hear me not even Alice wherever she is. When I finally gave up I fell to the ground and stared at the staircase. It was big, tall and wide and it had nicely decorated railings at the sides and a red carpet trailing down the center. “Well maybe there is another way out…” I thought, “Yes, a window, if I can find a window than I may be able to climb down off the roof and onto a tree.”
    I hurried up the staircase and peeked around the corner. Suddenly my mind was filled with the image of the face. I shivered and shuck the picture out of my mind, I continued through the hallway on the 2nd level and passed a few rooms. And then I came to the end of the hallway and the last room, I stood there staring at a door, it was the only door that I had come across in the house that was shut. I opened the door slowly being careful not to make a sound. It was then that I saw a dark shadow on the wall of the room right beside a window. I moved closer to the window and moved inch by inch. I ignored the shadow and quickly put my foot on the window sill, and that’s when all of the sudden razor sharp nails or spikes of some sort appeared on the window, and it came crashing down on my foot. “Ahh!” I screamed, for a nail was caught in my foot. Suddenly a dark and demonic figure came creeping up behind me bearing an axe and slashed at my caught leg, I managed to rip the nail out of my foot just in time to dodge the unknown attacker. As I was flying through the air and landed on the bed, I had time to catch a glimpse of the strange beings face. It had a pale face and glowing red eyes and an evil smirk, it was the face I had seen outside my window! And it was staring right at me with its eerie grin and rusty axe in hand. Suddenly the creature began to speak, “…what’s the matter...it’s me, Alice…” the creature choked out in an eerie echoing voice.