REVERIE

Chapter 5-Discoveries

I apologize for the chapters being so long but I don't know how else to tell the story in a way that even I can understand it. Also, please excuse any typographical errors- I'm sure they're a lot, and I'm dedicating this to everyone that commented, including me. Thanks for the encouragement. XO!

The darkness was consuming, but I pushed slightly on, encouraged by the ray of sunlight still shinning through the still slightly opened door. As my eyes adjusted to the darkness, I noticed a string dangling from what i assumed was a ceiling-it was too dark to see- with a knob attached to its tip.i pulled on it praying for it to be the light switch instead of a trap door that held snakes. Thankfully, soft , crimson light filled the room. I looked around and realized, it was actually just a storage unit. No decomposed human heads. I smiled in relief and rolled my eyes.

The Idea was crazy, although you couldn't blame them too much.the door was always locked and the school used to be a castle. It wouldn't have been too much of a shock. It wasn't a very large room. It had an irregular shape and was stacked with ceiling high book shelves. I could see cobwebs and dust had made themselves at home in every corner of the room. There were books everywhere, apparently the bookcases didn't cut it. Piles of books still lay scattered around the room. The grime and the lack of windows had made the room so stuffy, I could almost touch the dust in the air. it was agonizing to breath,I felt like I was being begged to collapse. I had had enough.

I turned around and headed towards the door. However, my foot caught on something, hard and solid like wood and i tripped. It was too late to stabilize my footing so I just fell head on into a pile of books in the corner. For a second I thought about staying there and never getting up. It seemed life wasn't tired of throwing impediments in my way today. I was definitely tired of trying to stay sane. I was so close to loosing it and killing somebody, or something, but i Wasn't ready to be killed yet, that was a surety so I pulled myself hastily for fear of being bitten or attacked my whatever could have been hiding In the shadows for the last couple of centuries.

I turned to examine what had fell me down and noticed a slight bulge protruding from underneath the worn out rug on the floor. I hadn't even noticed there was a a rug on the floor. It had turn to dust. As I bent down to examine it I noticed that once, a very, very long time ago, it had probably been a deep, and exquisite red with delicate gold embroidery but Now, it was drenched in dust.

Carefully, I tried pushing it aside but it was too heavy. I stood up and dropped my back pack. WIth both hands I grabbed the edges and pulled the rug away. Thankfully it complied. Alarm bells were already going off in my head, asking me what the hell I thought I was doing and why I wasn't running away from this place. I just wanted o see what was behind the rug. I promised myself I would leave instantly as soon as I discovered it, as I didn't think there was any wisdom in pushing my luck today, as I had tempted two hefty boys into beating me senseless today. Luckily for me one was restrained and the other resisted. As suspected, it was a trap door.

It was time to go, I knew it so completely as definitely as I knew that I wasn't going to go back. My curiosity wasn't going to let me. I ignored my inward struggle for reason and pressed on. Holding the latch attached to the door I pulled firmly but met with resistance. Pushing it down, it bulged and slapped down with a noisy croak. My breath caught in my throat. Now i was nervous. I couldn't see what was down there anyway, it was too dark but the mystery of It all was frightening.

I noticed a ladder leading downwards towards the unknown. I stared down into the darkness- i couldn't tell how long- but eventually sat back down and thought hard, about what I was about to do. It was a stupid idea, but I knew nothing was going to sop me from going down that hole. I Thought about returning to the dorm,and probably telling Kate, to come with me. I almost laughed at the ridiculousness of that thought. Kate was a wuss, and so was I, I realized if i didn't go down that hole and figured out what was there. I mean the school Had probably examined the whole castle before it was renovated to fit their use, and I'm sure they wouldn't have allowed anything to exist that could cause any potential damage or harm to the lives of their students.