Childhood Traumas

Story 1

This story is not as funny as the second one but please read it anyway. It's quite a long one.

THE RED EYED DOLL

Chapter 1:

The 14 year old Mary went to bed as she missed her parents' ride off on their 7 day tropical vacation. She was pretty mad that she never got to come with them but unfortunately she had school. Her parents had told her that school is more important than vacation. Arguing back, Mary said that her English teacher , Miss Brickleworth, was a cruel old hag that shouts at her every time she ask a question and her math teacher, 'sir' Leopold was such a snob that he thought he didn't need to explain equations because he was so posh. He always said 'you should know how to work these out.'

As she got into bed she brought her doll, Delilah, closer to her. She closed her eyes and suddenly she found herself awake. The ray of sunshine shone on her eyes, blinding her. She quickly got out of bed in eager to close the curtains. As she turned around, Delilah was stood on a stool observing her movements and words. Mary stood there jaw dropped as Delilah started moving her head. Mary started to question herself, 'Am I ill? Is this a dream?'. She walked backwards towards the door, keeping an eye on the doll. She thought it was a dream so she just headed down to the kitchen to get some breakfast.

Suddenly, Delilah appeared out of nowhere while singing a high pitched creepy lullaby which her mum normally sings to Mary as she goes to sleep. 'Has she been listening to me all this time?'

She then got up and ran up the shiny slippery stairs hoping that she wouldn't fall. She went up to her aunts room to wake her up but she was not there. Mary wondered, 'Where is she? She can't be missing, I just saw her yesterday.' Mary's second thoughts were if she was slowly losing her memory of what happened or if Delilah was getting in her head.

Delilah appeared out of know where, still singing that creepy lullaby. Mary screamed, 'STOP!' so Delilah did so. But then that creepy disturbing doll started to whisper, 'Who are you looking for? I am right here aren't I?' Mary stood there in absolute shock wanting to let her squeaky scream get out of her darkened soul. So she did. She hoped it wouldn't disturb the neighbours but instead the whole house shook. She wondered how this was possible. Was it the dolls doing or was it just hard to explain.

Mary quickly shoved the doll in the bathroom cabinet while she got changed into suitable clothes. She walked in the bathroom, finding herself looking in the mirror wearing her pyjama's. For a second she thought she had gone mad and thought she changed but then she heard a strange noise coming from the cabinet. She assumed it was nothing because she couldn't remember putting Delilah in there so she opened the door and nothing was there. She turned back to the mirror and stood there was Delilah saying, 'Do you believe me now? Do you now believe I am real?'

Mary let out a shocking scream and once again the whole house shook. Her mothers antique vase fell and shattered into a million pieces. Mary was traumatised when she saw her mums precious vase was crushed into tiny pieces. She immediately picked up the pieces and took it too her study room. As soon as she ripped a piece of tape from a draw to shut Delilah's mouth Delilah said, " Wait." Mary froze as she heard Delilah's shaking voice,

"I will never bother you again if u complete these five tasks which are:

-find a five leaf clover in you back garden underground

-find the rarest bird (ragamuffin) in any tree in this city

-get a pint of Annabelle's blood from her eyes

-steal Selina Gomez's favourite diamond ring locked in the world best safe, guarded by guards and lasers

-find a black ant in your school grounds.

If you complete these 5 tasks you will never be bothered again and I will return your parents." Mary raised her voice saying, "Why do you need these 5 things?"

Delilah replied with a deep yet sweet voice, " You will see, my dear, you will see!"

Mary sighed as she wondered how she was going to complete these errands when she had school going on.

The next day Mary got up, got ready in her school uniform which uses a combination of dark grey, grey and icky green which are all dull colours. Mary completely forgot Delilah but when she washed her face she realised a sky-blue dress followed by a pearly pink necklace followed by a petite lip with s blood red outline followed by blue eyes widely staring at you from afar. Mary suddenly remembered quicker than a lightening bolt, quicker than a bullet shot from the gun hole. She picked Delilah up and tossed Delilah in her ruck sack.

The bus driver, Bob demanded for Mary to give him £1.20 as Bob always does on Mondays. As she handed him the money, she heard a slight muffle coming from behind her. At first she thought it was these annoying boys that bother her everyday on the bus but when she realised something kicking her when she sat down, she immediately thought of Delilah. She removed her bag from her back and roughly opened it and found Delilah standing as still as a statue with her eyes shut. Mary thought she was getting ill but she wanted to go to school because she had to get one of Delilah's requested ingredients which was to find a black ant on the school grounds.
Along the way the school she found her friend boarding the bus. She quickly zipped her bag and patted a seat next to her as a sign that her friend can sit there.

As Mary and Lily (Marys friend) settled down and the bus started moving, Lily had asked if Mary was ok as she was shivering. Mary answered back with a nod and turned to look out of the window.

At last they have arrived to their school, Lady Wickets School For Girls. Lily and Mary got out of the bus and breathed in and then started coughing, then they looked at each other and started laughing. Mary started looking around for the black ant when immediately Lily asked what she was doing in a confused tone. Mary answered back, "Nothing. By the way if you see a black ant please put it in this bag." Mary gave her the bag and Lily took the bag of her and asked, " Why do you need a black ant for?" Mary grew nervous but then she answered back, "Ummm........ no reason! Just for experiments." " Then why not get some from your back garden?" "Because it is said that a black ant from school is an educated ant." "Oooooohhhhhh, I never knew that was true."
so Lily and Mary started searching for the ant when they came across a lady with the darkest grey shoes ever seen to man, with the lightest shade of grey on her dress, followed by pale wrinkly skin, and pale pink dried lips, then came the eyes that follow you everywhere, and the tied up white hair that strangles you when you have been bad. Then came the screaming words out of her mouth, "WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE? YOU SHOULD BE IN CLASS BY NOW. DETENTION FOR BOTH OF YOU, IN MY OFFICE." "But-" Lily started. "NO BUTS, IFS OR ANDS. IF YOU SAY ONE MORE WORD I WILL GIVE YOU DETENTION FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK!" Lily and Mary did not say anything. Lily waited for her to go and finally whispered, "Lady Snodgrass is so mean. I hate her!" "I agree. More like lady Snotgrass though!"

Lily and Mary then headed to the vast hall where there were crowded groups of people, all of which they did not know. Most groups were staring at the huge globe that stood in the middle of the hall like it was alive. All of a sudden, the bell rang like someone was creeping up on them. They scurried through the huge corridor while others where pushing and shoving them.

In the corner of Mary's eye she had seen a black ant scampering through a crack in the stair case. This was strange as the cleaners are here 24/7, all day and night, cleaning the school halls after young children and patching up all the cracks. Mary had thought that the ant was mocking her but of course that was impossible as ants do not mock or tease.

At the top of the stairs, they saw lady Snodgrass peering down on them, hands on hips with a stern look on her face. They quickly snapped their heads down (synchronised, of course) like the mouth of a crocodile. Did not they dare to look in her eyes as she might turn them into stone structures like Medusa would!

They ran into their class room finding themselves to be late. Mr Watts was handing them a late detention and a referral followed by a great big shout that nearly deafened them. His enthusiasm was dull and bland like Mary's mums porridge. Mr Watts class was so boring that, once, they had nearly fallen asleep until the ruler had hit down with a big bang on his desk which has barely any decorations on it like the rest of the school.