Short Stories Competition

Someones in the house!

EEE! the swing outside maples bedroom groaned and sweaked in the wind. Ava, her freind, jumped.

"what was that?" she asked.

"dunno." maple said scouching away from the window to the edge of the bed.

"Maybe the swing?" maple said answering an question with a question.

ava peaked though the curtians and in the small light shining through the downstairs indow she saw a girl. no older than 10 in a ghost white sheet and jet black hair. the girl suddenly starred up at ava in a split second and smiled.

ava leaped backwards onto the bed and screamed.

"girl, swing, scary, smile, hide no!" she said panting. she tried getting of the bed and scurring but maple pinned her down and put her hand over her mouth.

she pressed her other hand over her own moth and said shussh.

"someones opened the front door." maple whispered. suddenly they heard large boots stomping slowly up the stairs. maple got up to leave but then realised they had no where to run.

"err?" ava whispered.

"window!" maple replied. she yanked open the window as a gush of fresh misty frozen midnight air flurried into her room, "come on."

maple climbed to the window and dangled her legs over the edge. jump. she jumped. she fell down to the pavemented head first and all ava saw was blood every where.

the door flung open as the ghost chil ran in sniffing. almost saying "blood". just in time ava was under the bed shaking and the ghost fair haired child had gone out the window onto the pateo.....

1 DAY LATER

police cars covered the house and abulances swammed the drive. a crime scene. one police man wrote:

dead body. girl age 14. suspect: ava towning. injuries: top of her skull smashed and brain destroyed. body suspected to be eaten away by wild animals.How: pushed out the window and attacked by animals.

young girl. age 7. ghost white skin. blue eyes. fair hair. black boots. cold and nervous but otherwise in good condition.