Part 1

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I dashed home from school. It was a hot sunny afternoon and my back was blazing hot as it is on fire. When I reached outside my home I saw a box in the corner; the box was laying on the porch. At first glance I got shocked after seeing the box but still I grabbed the box and went upstairs; straight into my room.

When I was taking a look at the wooden box there were some sort of symbols carved on the bottom of the box. The symbols represented some other language most probably Greek.
"Are you home Jessica?" asked mom.
"Yes!mom" replied Jessica.
"Come downstairs for lunch and then you can do whatever you want to do" said mom.
Much time passed and I could hear mom's footsteps,she was climbing upstairs. I quickly hid the box and got out of the room for lunch.

After having lunch, I went upstairs and locked the room.
My room was the attic because we just shifted into the new house a few months ago and I have not explored this island yet.
Okay! Now coming back to the box. I opened the box and there was a paper inside; a map was sketched on it; a map leading to a cottage.

I decided to go out in the evening and follow the instructions on the map leading to the cottage and have a visit there, but before going I have to figure out about the symbol carved underneath the box. After a long research I got to knew what the symbol means. The symbol represented a broken a broken feather and it meant 'epsilon'.

When I reached beside the cottage after following the map I realized that the cottage was at a small distance from my house.

I made my spirits high and tried to gain enough confidence in my heart to dare myself to go in the cottage. As I placed my foot inside the cottage , I felt a cool breeze on my cheek. It was very dark in the cottage but still I moved further. I switched on the lights and looked around, I noticed that the house was dressed in an old way.

I was just looking around the house and all of a sudden I heard the creaking sound of the door and when I turned around to look what it is, it was dark shadow like a silhouetted figure with bright shiny eyes an no body at all, just a shadow, just like a person wrapped in a black robe. And I also most passed out.

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