The Haunting

Chapter 5: Mystery

I sat on my bed starring at the wall......thinking.

I can't get the horrible experience out of my head. The voice of the angry soul kept repeating in my head over and over again.....

"GEEEETTTT OOUUUUTTT !!!"

Usually, it takes a lot to get me scared of something or someone. But this experience scared me so bad, I'm afraid to sleep at night.

*knock knock*

Now, who could be knocking on my door at a time like this ?

"Meriiiidddaaaa..........I need to talk to yoooouuuu......."

It was my little brother john. I could tell something was bothering him, so I said...

"Come in."

As john entered my room, I saw tears running down his face. He looked so.......afraid, and he looks like he haven't slept in days.

"John, are you okay ? What's wrong ?" I said, very concerned.

"Meridaaaaa....." He said crying.

"Something evil is around us.......I don't know what to doooo.....please Merida.......please help me."

I ran to john and hugged him tightly. "John, take a deep breath and calm down okay ? Calm down......"

"Okay.............Okayy" he said, sniffing.

"Now, john. I NEED you to tell me what's going on."

Soon, I got john to stop sniffing and crying. Finally, he answered my question...

"Me and my friends was playing football...and um....I threw the ball to my friend Joey.....and he was running further and further, so you know, that way he can catch the ball. While the ball was still in the air, Joey ran up these stairs of this house that looked so frightening and strange......." Joey said with a worried facial expression.

"Okay, what happened after that ?" I said looking out the window at the house.

"........Joey caught the ball....but he leaned on the front door of the house.......and.....and....all of a sudden, the door opened really slowly. And this angry, evil sounding, voice appeared telling us to get out. Joey was in shocked, so he didn't move a muscle. Then the voice became angrier and angrier,......but Joey still wouldn't move .....so it dragged Joey inside the house ! I could hear Joey screaming for his life really loud.....Merida......we have to save him ! We have to go back and save him Merida. He could be killed.....Merida please help......"

I couldn't believe my ears. What am I suppose to do ? There was no going to get help from the police, because they would think I'm crazy. I couldn't go to mom for help because she doesn't believe me. The only person who could do something about this was me.

"John. I want you to calm down, and listen to me very carefully....." I said with my hands on johns shoulder.

"Okay" he said.

"John, I want you to leave this up to me. I'm going to go back and get your friend Joey, he can probably still be alive as I speak. I'll head over to the house tomorrow and-"

John interrupted.

"Merida NO !.......I already lost my best friend......I can't lose you too. I mean,..I know I can Irritate you a lot and pretend like I don't care,..but I do care about u Merida...I DO."

Hearing john admit that he cared about me was breath taking. But I had no choice but to go and save that sweet innocent kid. Knowing that I'm alone in this is really scary for me. But I have to be brave and face my fear.

"John. Everything will be fine. I'll come up with a fast and safe plan to get Joey out of the house. Please don't worry. Everything will be fine." I said looking into his eyes.

"Okay, so what's the plan ?" John said curiously.

"I haven't thought of one yet. So I want you to go back downstairs and relax while I think of a master plan. Okay ?"

"Okay." He said.

"But Merida, please....be Safe......"