Hope

Basement

After that night, I didn't go to school the next. I told him to stay home and call in sick, he had some many vacation and sick days open. The rest of the week wouldn't hurt. I woke up at 9:00am and ran downstairs.

"I made breakfast Sarah, you want some before we go down?" I miss her. "Yeah" I looked down about to tear up. I wipe my eyes before they got a chance to drip down my face. He came closer and hugged me. James is a little tougher on his body. A lot taller than me.

We sat down and eat breakfast. There's a chair where mom used to sit. If you've ever lose someone you never sit in the place they did, or if a spouse lose their love they never sleep on the side they were once on. Something like that.

We got a bag of supplies just in case we get stuck in the basement, trust me most scary movies happen in a basement and it's really scary going down there. "Stay behind me, ok Sarah" he made sure I was close behind. We got down there 5 minutes later.

"Turn on the light James" I was so scared, it was so dark. The lights are on. Feel so much better. I see mostly boxes and they say my mother's name on most of them. One is hidden in the corner that says something in slanted writing:

My box, no one in here except me. That means you, Bastard.

Who the heck is Bastard? Is it our father or someone she once new as a bad person? I looked at James and he looked back at me. We grabbed the box and pulled it in the middle of the floor. "Wait!, I remember this box for some reason James." "How? Did mom ever show you what's inside?"

**Flashback**

"Mommy can I play in the basement with you!" I yelled down in the basement where my mother was. She yelled back "Sure honey." I ran downstairs. My mother James was doing some kind of program or something. My mother was moving some boxes around and sorting everything out. I loved the basement when I was little b/c mom was always there with me. Most of the boxes had her name on it.

"What are theses boxes with your name on it mommy?" she looked at me and picked me up. "Their my things from my past and things me and your father did as kids. Things we used to do and I missed them."

I looked at her and hugged her. She was about to tear up. I saw a box with the same words:

My box, no one in here except me. That means you, Bastard.

"Mommy, what's that? I can play with that?" I jumped down and ran toward the box. Mom flash before me and stopped me from touching it. "No, honey it's not." She grabbed me and went up stairs. I obviously made her mad b/c she didn't go down in the basement when I was around.

The night after I woke up like at 12:00am. I was getting water from the kitchen and I heard crying from the basement. It was mom. I tiptoed down the stairs. Good thing our stairs were new, it didn't creak. I didn't get caught watching.

The box I saw earlier was tipped over and mom was crying. I wanted to comfort her, but I knew she was still mad. I looked at the floor where the rest of the stuff was spilled from the box. The bracelet, it was glowing. The one I have now.

Then, the bracelet glowed brighter and floated up. Mom said some words aloud and it opened a portal. She went inside it and I followed behind. The place was just a room.

"Come Now!" She yelled in a crying voice.

Dad appeared and hugged her. It wasn't real, but it showed why father left. And then, she left I left before it closed.

The same words she said to open, closes.

"Charm of the new world close" what the heck...

Mom saw me, I ran up the stairs.

She's faster than usual.

She runs like the flash and catches me.

The bracelet is on her arm and brother comes down stairs.

"What are you guys doing?"

I looked at mom and say "nothing."

I love her to much and I get up. Bro goes back to sleep.

Mom does some kind of spell and my memory leaves my brain temporarily.

**End Flashback**

"Sarah!" James is shaking me and I snap out of it. I figured it out. The words, the portal will tell us what to do next.

"I'm fine. I figured it out James"...