The Green Book

The Green Book (Chapter 2)

Gavin and I headed towards the house with our gloves and our boxes, ready to find and keep anything that fate will give us. When we arrived we were shocked, it was freaks house, everybody at school says that the house is haunted but we are the only ones that think it is not. At first, we thought somebody from school called us and was pranking us but we decided to do it just in case it wasn't somebody from school. We entered the house and it was all dusty, but the good thing was that we could take whatever we wanted from the trash.

We started working, we put everything we didn't want in garbage bags and what we wanted inside our boxes. We were almost done when I tripped with one of Gavin's boxes and fell backward. I tried to stop myself from falling pulling the bookshelf, I still fell down but I pulled the bookshelf so hard that it moved it. Gavin was on the other side and he was shocked at what was in there.

"You've got to see this bro, we just found ourselves a treasure!" Gavin shouted I was very sure he was joking because the years we have done this job we have not found something that was so shocking. I walked towards him not surprised at all, "I know its a joke dude." I responded, but when I turned to see it literally was a treasure! I could not believe what I was watching. Let me describe it better, it was a very small room, with one light on the top and just enough to fit a small wooden chest in the middle of it.

Gavin pulled the wooden chest carefully towards him. When he finally pulled it out we found out that the chest had a lock on it, we were destined to find the key because we have not found anything like this ever and just seeing it unopened and us not knowing what's inside is just a bad story ending. We put the house upside-down looking for that key. Finally, we gave up and we went home, but we hid it on our backyard tree house, I'm sure no-one will find it there.

The very next day, when Gavin and I were heading towards the house to fix all the mess we did last day, we bumped into some kids in school. I didn't know what to say but I figured that I might as well keep it silence so nothing about the chest comes out. "What you hiding boys!", Santiago said. "I don't think it matters, it's not like its a treasure!", he then added. Gavin and I looked at each other shocked, I did not know if its coincidence or they know. "Come on, spit it out!", Manuel said, punching Gavin in the head and this time blood actually poured from his mouth. I was so scared that they were going to kill us that I had to say it, "Ok, we found a treasure while picking up trash in the creep house!", "Where is it?", Santiago replied. I pointed at our backyard while watching my best friend getting punched again in the face.

"I had to tell them bro, they were going to kill you", I said after the bullies left running towards my backyard. "We don't even know what could be inside that thing, it could just be more junk anyway." The bullies came back with the chest, shouting at us and asking where the key was, "We don't know where the key is either, we searched for it all over creeps house but we didn't find anything.", Gavin said.

That night after I came out of the shower I saw that there was a key in my desktop, I was so tired but I had to tell Gavin. I put my clothes on, grabbed my backpack and put the key inside it, took out my bicycle and I was ready to go. When I finally got there I knocked but nobody answered, there was a note on the floor. "Don't worry about your buddy, he's safe with me. Just go back home and stand next to the phone, I will call you.", at that moment I didn't know if I should find Gavin or do as the note says. I decided to do as the note says because maybe it had something to do with the treasure.

When I got home I ran towards my room and waited. It was not even 5 seconds before the phone started ringing. I hesitated before picking it up because it could be a supernatural creature or just some creep that is watching me, anyways I picked it up. "Hello, do not say anything, just listen. I see that you did what I told you to, assuming you did that because you want to know more about the treasure. Well, I put it in your closet, go get it, open it, and then come back. I will call you after you do that."

I do not know what to do and my mind is going crazy, I really think is a supernatural creature instead of a creep now. But anyways, I walk toward my closet, open it and as crazy as it is, is there in between all my clothes. I pull it out and open it, inside all I could find is a book, its called "The Green Book". I do as the thing says and go stand next to the phone again.

It rings..."That book has supernatural powers and if it's not under good hands there could be a lot of death. You can only tell one person that you have this, so go tell them and then come stand next to the phone again with the person you chose. Choose carefully." It is morning already and I can see that today is Sunday, I don't know what to do but he only person I can trust is Gavin and he is the only one I found the chest with so I grab my bicycle and the book and headed to his house.