There's a famous uninhabited mansion in Lark Creek, Virginia where an accident occurred seven years ago. Mysteries surround it, and people say that you'll hear strange noises coming from the inside of the mansion. No one in Lark Creek has the courag...
"We can be the kings and queens of anything if we believe It's written in the stars that shine above A world where you and I belong Where faith and love will keep us strong Exactly who we are is just enough There's a place for us, there's a place for us." -There's a Place For Us by Carrie Underwood
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"I swear! I saw it with my own two eyes. It's real!" Janice shouted as she threw her hands in the air.
I flinched. "Well, yeah. You don't have to shout, Jan."
Janice huffed while crossing her arms on her chest. "It's because you two seem not to hear me. That's why I had to shout."
My one and only best friend in the world, Leslie Burke, leaned on the lunch table, her green eyes sparkling with amusement. "Sorry about that, Janice. So, when did you last go there?"
Janice Avery was an overweight girl who'd been a bully before. Ever since Leslie helped her with her family problem after the Williard-Hughes-note prank, they became friends. And us, too. Janice didn't bully anyone anymore. Even her friends stopped the bullying.
"Last two days," Janice said. "Even when it wasn't evening when I went there, the mansion was still spooky. I looked at the upper right window and immediately saw a white blur!"
"And you think this, er, white blur is an evil spirit?" Leslie asked for confirmation.
Janice nodded. "Yeah. But I'm not the only one who saw it. There are other people, too. And that's what they said: an evil spirit."
"I also heard that the owner's ghost is still lurking inside the mansion," I stated.
"Wallace Pitchford, a classmate of mine, said that he went there one night to know if the rumors were indeed true. Just as he was about to climb the gate, he heard a hideous scream from the mansion. Then he was off running back to the highway," Janice added.
"Why did you go there in the first place, anyway?" I asked her.
"I was just curious!" Janice defended herself.
I looked at Leslie to know her reaction. Her lips were in a tight line, meaning she was debating to herself whether to believe us or not. Well, this was new. I mean, she was the one who was more open-minded.
The first one to check the mansion after its abandoned was Old Man Chris. Everyone in Lark Creek calls him that. He and the owner had been, like, close friends or something. He'd gone there one day and had been startled to hear strange noises coming from the mansion. Curious, he'd checked the window and had been horrified to see something he wouldn't even tell the local people. Old Man Chris would only say, "It's so horrible that I want to forget what I saw inside. It's like a devil already started living there. I couldn't sleep for weeks! You lot shouldn't go there, or else you'll also experience what I experienced. Don't say you weren't warned!"
