The Strange Mansion

Chapter 5

The vase of roses on the table fell and shattered on the floor. Suddenly, a weird looking creature jumped out of the closet. It had no clothes on. Its limbs seemed fake and its eyes were black.

I jerked back and began running for my life. It let out a roar as it started chasing me. I stormed out the room and blocked the door right away. My heart was pounding hard. The thing was banging on the door, making a weird sound.

Finally, it stopped.

"Did it calm down...?" I asked myself.

Then I broke down on the floor as I was catching for air. If I wasn't fast enough, I'd die under that unknown creature's hands. I let out a sigh of relief and stood up. Now that I got this doll, I didn't really know what to do with it. Perhaps, I should go back to see where it went.

I slowly opened the door. The room seemed quiet once again, nothing dangerous was in sight. But then I saw a shiny little thing on the floor. I gently picked it up. It was a small key. In fact, it was smaller than my pinkie finger.

"I'm not sure where to use this though..." I mumbled.

Suddenly I discovered a big hole inside the closet. Probably that was where that monster came from. I wasn't brave enough to explore it, so I feigned ignorance as I continued moving on.

I realized I haven't checked the dollhouse yet. I walked closer the dollhouse, only to see a door was locked up by a tiny padlock. The padlock looked very similar to the key I just picked up. So, I attempted to give it a try.

As expected, the padlock unlocked and fell on the floor. Half of the house creaked opened. I could see all kind of things in here. The house was adorable.

"Oh...!"

I lifted up a small blanket of one of the beds, only to find out there were two silver coins lying under it. I grabbed them right away.

"These could be useful," I said.

After that, I searched the whole house, there was nothing but toys and dolls. I softly closed it. Then I heard an unlocking sound somewhere. It must be the very first room I tried to open. I stood up and left the room.

The hall was still quiet as always. I walked toward the first room I've seen and opened the door. A stairway led to the next floor of the house.

"Alright," I told myself, "I'm going up..."