1 The Thing

"RUN!!!!" Shayla screamed with a cackling voice. "AHHH," Peter screamed, I look behind me and see that... that it got him, it dragged him away you can hear his screams getting quieter and quieter and then... silence. "LOOK! Over there's a house we can be safe there." Jennifer yells with a bit of relief. This house... it doesn't look right like it was supposed to look that creepy. We arrive at the gate and realize that there is a maze. "A maze?! What kind of house has a maze in front of it?" Jennifer yells. "I don't know but we need to go into that maze that could be our best bet at surviving... something tells me that that THING doesn't want to be our friend," I say. "OH REALLY!! Who would have thought." Freddie screams.

P2 We go through the maze going through twists and turns. The maze looks creepy, the leaves they have a certain... look nothing I've ever seen in my entire life. They aren't green they are grey, they also smell like... well I don't know I've never smelled that smell in my life, it doesn't smell bad but it certainly isn't good either. "We made it thank goodness I'm going to have a heart attack if I run one more meter," Xander exclaims. We walk to the door and the door just opens literally by itself. We walk in and out of nowhere. "Hello! We don't get many guests around here, my name is Reginald Jeeves. Nice to meet you." he says in an oddly happy voice. Let me explain to you this house, It's old so old that they still have little metal buttons for light switches. It smelled old and the air was crabby. It had striped walls which the color has faded from. And the floor was like everywhere you stepped all you hear is *Creak*. "Hello, my name is Tommy we need a place to stay we got chased by this thing and... it ate our friend," I said in a sad unnerved tone. "No problem, please wait here and I will ask the owner if it is ok for all of you guys to stay here." The butler said. "What is this place... it's so OLD" Shayla said in a disgusted voice. "Hey the most important thing is that we escaped from that thing," says Xander. "Good news the owner would be delighted to have you stay here." He said in a devilish tone.

P3 We walk down a narrow hallway and when I mean narrow I mean if I stretch both of my arms out I could touch both walls with me still bending my arms. "What is this place?" Jenner says confusedly. "Do you honestly think we know?" says Charles. By the way, Charles is here he's just really quiet. We arrive at this funkily shaped door, "This door looks like it could be in the Teletubbies." Jennifer says. We all giggle but we get cut off by the butler "You all will have to sleep in your own room." Says the butler. No questions asked we all get settled in our rooms for the night. I sit on my bed and it's was so squeaky and dusty it's like the owners died and no one knew until 20 years later. There's this shelf with like 5 porcelain dolls on it and they all look like they're staring at me... like they are alive. Anyways, I drift asleep and maybe 20 minutes later I hear a thump, I think that it's just Jennifer tricking me because she's such a jokester. "Jennifer?" I say. No answer. I get up and let my eyes adjust to the light and automatically see something in the corner of my eye and to my surprise, it was one of the dolls.

P4 I know me and without thinking I bolt out of there and go to Xander's room because he was the closest. *Knock Knock* "Xander you in there?" I say. The door opens and I walk in. I see his bed all messed up and a lump in the bed so I think it's Xander trying to hide from me. I pull the covers and what I saw... It's was horrible, there were two dead people, white as snow... What happened to Xander. "JENNIFER" I scream. She opens the door and walks out with a confused face. "Why do you look so confused," I say. "One of the porcelain dolls that were on the shelf they're gone," Jennifer says with a rattly voice. "We need to leave this house now," I say in a firm controlling voice. "What why? Jennifer says. Before I could say another word Shayla walks up with Charles and the butler. "It's time for dinner, Mr. Ichabod is eager to meet you."The butler says. We walk to the table and sit. "Mr. Ichabod will be right with you," Reginald Jeeves says. "Hey, where's Xander?" Jennifer says. "I don't know I walked in his room an-" I get cut off. "Welcome you all look delish- I mean Delightful," Ichabod says with a weird tone. "Was he about to say delicious," Jennifer says. Random people walk in with a curtain. They quickly show us what's under. It was horrifying... it was Xander... All beaten up, clothes ripped bleeding. "HMHMHMHMHM" Xander tries to speak but is stopped because of the cloth in his mouth. "WHAT THE HECK!!! WHAT DID YOU DO?" Charles screams. "XANDER ARE YOU OK? WHAT DID THEY DO TO YOU" I scream. "MMMMMMMMMMMM" he still can't talk. "Dinner is served," Ichabod says. The next thing that happens it's... unspeakable he slits his throat, there's blood everywhere. "XANDER NO WHY DID U DO THAT" Jennifer says balling her eyes out. I try and make a break for it but the people who walked in hold us down we can't get out of the chair. Ichabod takes a giant wine glass and drinks his blood. "Dude that's messed up," Charles says not trying to make Ichabod mad. "Ahhh that was delicious, would you guys like a try?" Ichabod says in an energetic up voice. Quietness falls in the room we all look at each other with a terrified face. I mouth out What do we do? I don't know they both mouth out swiftly. "Hey could you guys like not to try and talk quietly because it's not working." says a random person. We sat here for two hours while they drag knives across the table, around our necks... taunting us... while we are helpless.

P5 Me, Shayla, and Charles got escorted to our room locking us in with chains. I notice something that wasn't there before... All of the dolls on the bed, But wait it says something, P-A-I-N-T-I-N-G, it's spells painting... Painting? What? I realize there is one big painting I attempt to take it off the wall but it won't budge. "There has to be another painting" I mutter. I search around and after 10 minutes I see a gold lining behind the bed. I move the heavy bed and there it was a painting with a porcelain doll on it. I move it and there's a tunnel I go through and I come out to Shayla's room, she's sitting in a corner on her phone, *Bang Bang* I hit the gate, Shayla jumps, "Shayla! it's me" I whisper. "Tommy?" Shayla says in a confused but relieved voice. "Yea sup," I say making Shayla laugh. "What are you doing how did you ge-" Shayla gets cut off. The door opens and one of the servants walk in and take Shayla she screams and then there's silence. I quickly crawl back to my room, I just got back in time because the servants walk in as I just got done moving the bed back to where it originally was. "Get up, now," one of the servants said. "Why where are you taking me? I won't go unless you tell me," I say staggering screaming. "You don't really have a choice," The servant says. I hear Shayla in the distance, "WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME LET ME GO" She screams. I hope we are going to the same place I think. A couple of minutes later I'm sitting next to Shayla and Freddie. "Hello, my children... It's great to see you again." Mr. Ichabod says. "what the hell do you want," I say. "why so rude? I'm just trying to be your friend... Well until I eat you all, lucky for you guys I get hungry every few months so you guys are going to stay here and be my servants." Ichabod says. "so what? are you going to eat all of your servants? How do you guys still serve for him? You all are MURDERERS!!" Jennifer yells. "Frankly we don't care, we all love it here," One of the servants say. "OH!! How rude of me I forgot to tell you one of you will survive and become one of my beloved servants, It's going to be MARVELOUS!!" Ichabod says with a scratchy voice.