The Haunted House

I was awakened by the sound of loud noises coming from the hallway. I knew something was terribly wrong. I forgot to mention, my father died in this same house that noises are

coming from. He died of cancer. He was really sweet and kind. Why would he want to come back and haunt me? At least, I think he died of cancer. I was at my grandmother's house when it happened. I was completely devastated. We have never had any problems of strange noises before. As I lay in my bed trying to figure out what those noises are I begin to get thirsty. I started to walk slowly toward my bedroom door. Very quietly I opened it. I saw a shadow at the end of the hallway. I ran back to my bed forgetting to shut the door. Crud, I knew I was about to die! The human figure looked very tall and scary. I stared at the door and began to fall asleep. The next morning I went downstairs to eat breakfast and told mom what I saw last night, but she didn't believe me. I went to school that day and I told my friend Alyssa about what I saw because she was gonna spend the night with me that night. She was pretty frightened. We got on the bus and headed home. Mom wasn't home yet because she had an interview. As we entered the house we went straight to the kitchen because we were hungry. As we entered the kitchen we heard a noise! I grabbed a knife real fast! Alyssa grabbed an umbrella that was up against the counter! The noise sounded like foot steps running towards us! We panicked and ran upstairs. I thought it might have been that tall human like thing I saw last night. It banged on the door and yelled "Let me in." We hid in the closet. The door began to make cracking sounds. Sure enough the door fell. Alyssa and I tried to keep quiet but it was hard. I saw the human through a crack through the closet door and it looked like a ghost!! It was breathing heavily and mumbling something. It started to speak up. It said "Holly, don't you remember me. It's your father." I stood up and got out of the closet and cried out "Daddy!! I thought you were dead!" He said "I came to tell you I didn't die of cancer, someone killed me." A huge silence filled the air. I asked sadly "Who?" He replied "I have no idea but you need to tell your mom that ya'll need to leave because she said she's after ya'll next." I stood there and stared at him as he slowly vanished. I told Alyssa she should probably call her mom to come get her. I didn't want her to die. My mom pulled up the driveway and I told her about what dad said. She didn't believe me. That night I heard louder noises than the night before so I went to wake up mom. She wasn't to happy about that but what else was I suppose to do. I went back to my bedroom and sat there as I heard noises. I ran downstairs and ran out the door if mom wanted to die then she can but I ain't gonna sit there and suffer. I was outside looking at the house as I saw dad's face through mom's bedroom window. He looked at me and shook his head as if he was saying "No". I knew that wasn't good. I decided to go to the neighbors and stay there that night. I woke up the next morning and went to my house. I went inside and saw my mom lying on the floor with scratches on her. I called the cops. They came and pronounced her dead. Later that evening my dad found me and said to me "I tried to stop the ghost that was attacking your mom but I couldn't." I told him its not his fault. He said that the ghost was after me next so I decided to leave the state.