Sixteen Shadows

I was walking in the forest with my brother, Joseph.

He's tall and lanky. His hair was bit spiky and it's black. He doesn't look like me. He's fairer than me and he has a great sense of humor. We love adventure together.

We decided to go camping together with his girlfriend, Veronika.

I envy her much. She got everything I want physically.

She has a model-esque stature. She got that brown, straight hair and she has the most beautiful tan skin ever. She's just simple and smart. I love her attitude.

"Hey are we there yet?" Veronika asked.

"I think so" I coughed.

The trees were towering and ravens were staring at us on the branches. The river was so calm and it's sushing as it flows. It seems scary but well, this is nature. The air was still and cold. My boots were covered with mud and my shorts was tattered. My shirt was dirty and I smell horrible. It's almost sunset.

We never expected to see a mansion in the middle of the forest.

It was scary.

The gates were rusty and seriously. There were ravens on the porch. The house was like made to scare.

The mansion was covered with branches and moss. I am expecting to see Dracula inside of that mansion. It looks like it was built in the late 19th century because of it's style. My brother was psyched to go inside.

"Are you insane Joe?!" Veronika shouted to my brother.

"Let's just go inside!" he smirked.

"I am scared, Joe!"

"Do you still believe in stupid ghost? Besides, i'm here for ya babe"

"If we get in trouble, I will break up with you"

"Deal"

I shrugged.

"I will kill you too brother if we get in trouble" I gave him a sharp look.

"Fine" he stuck a tongue out.

He should grow up. He's 18.

We went inside the mansion. It was covered with dry leaves and dust. There was a huge chandelier hanging on the center of the room. The floor was marbled and the staircase was very dusty. We went up to check rooms. There were 5 rooms in the mansion. We opned the first room and it was a small room. There was a tiny crib on the corner and scary baby pictures on the wall. I mean the baby's cute but it's scary. It was very old and that is why it's scary. The rocking chair was creaking as I tried to sit on it.

"Nursery room?" I smiled at my brother.

"There's a baby behind you" his face was blank.

I jumped in horror and he started laughing.

"Damn you!" I slapped him on his arm.

"I love you sis" he nudged me.

We went on the second room and it was huge. There was a piano in the middle and Veronika started playing a song.  It was like a ball room. I exited from it and went to the third room. Nothing was in the third room. On thr fourth room, it was still empty. I busted on the fifth room, it looks like a girl's room. There were torn dresses scattered on the floor. The bed was quite large. There's a bathroom inside the room. A rusty bath tub sat in the middle of the bathroom.

"A girl's room probably" Veronika crossed her arms.

"I think I can sleep here. I mean it doesn't look scary at all" I smiled.

"I wanna sleep on the 3rd room"

"Go!"

"You are such a brave girl, Elena"

"Just trying to be"

"Let's fix this room"

Veronika and I put all the dresses on the dusty closet. My brother tried to sweep the scary floor. We opned the lights and it has a poor luminiscence. It's okay. The pipes were still working. But the water coming in it was rusty so we let the water flow. The mansion looked alive now. I am not straving and kept inspecting the room. I saw a picture of a girl. She was curly head, her face was bit cherub but she looks like bit older than me. Maybe she has the same age with my brother. She looks pretty. I was scanning on the bokshelves and I saw an old Romeo and Juliet book. I tried to reach it but a small book fell and hit my head.