Ghostly Acquaintance

A week after my grandfather died I had moved all my stuff into the mansion, as the clock struck 12 it all started! I was fast asleep in the top room. I started to hear footsteps making the floor-boards creak, that’s what woke me up that night. The closer the footsteps came the louder the creaking got.

I got out of my bed to see if anyone was in the house, but no one was there. I turned around and right in front of my eyes the door slammed shut!

That’s when I knew I weren't alone.

I decided to leave it and investigate in the morning considering I only just moved in this week.

The next morning I decided to go down to the police station to look up on the house. It was said, that this mansion is one of the oldest mansions in the country. There were also a lot of complaints about the house, there were footsteps, soft whispers, window shutters opening un-expectedly and numerous more. The same things happening to myself.

I went back to the house to check on things, there is this one room that my grandfather used to say has never been opened since he moved in, which was over 43 years ago!

I think to myself ‘Should I go to the room, maybe it will tell me something else about this house’

The room is right next to the attic, I begin to walk up the creaky stairs. But before I could open the door it opened by itself!

Inside the room was just a bunch of furniture covered in white sheets, but there was this 1 item that wasn’t covered. It was a chest; it looked pretty old and it looks like it’s barely been touched.

As I open the chest all that's there is a scroll, it had a few creases and rips in it but it was still readable.

I take the scroll from the chest and open it up.

One thing stood out to me, ‘How to Call a Ghost’I think this might be a good way to see what is happening to this place.

The scroll says ‘To call a ghost you will need 9 candles placed in a circle and a bowl in the middle. In the bowl you need to place 1 rose, a drop of your own blood. Next you will need to light both the candals and the rose, then wait and see.’

I have all the things I need to call a ghost in the dining room.

Once I grab the supplies, I place all the candles in a circle around a bowl that has the rose. I prick my finger and a drop of blood falls onto the petals. Next I have to light the candles then the rose, as I light the rose with the candle smoke starts to rise from the bowl, the next thing I know a young boy floats up behind me from out of nowhere, he actually looks quite familiar, like I have seen him somewhere before, but who is he?

I start to speak “W-who are you? Why are you here?”

“I'm Blake, I passed away about a year ago, I got murdered right here in this mansion” The ghost replies

“Blake? As in my grandfather’s grandson Blake?”

“That's me. The police never caught my killer… So I haven’t moved on yet and that is why I am still here, would you be able to help me?”

“Sure, I guess.” I reply

It’s almost daylight, so I head outside where the vehicle is parked.

I hop inside and I start the engine while Blake sits in the passenger seat

We drive off to the killers house. I have an idea on how to catch the killer! I grab out a voice recorder and I explain everything to Blake.

We got to his house and Blake walks inside, as I stand outside his window to ready to record the killer admitting that he killed Blake..

The killer is in the dining room; Blake walks into the room and closes the door. The killer turns around quickly .

“Who’s there?” The killer asks

No one answers.

Blake notices a pin board filled with pictures of young kids about Blake’s age but one thing he realises is that one of the pictures was of him…..

He turns to look at me with an unreadable expression and then turns back.

The killer grabs out his gun. Blake dashes over the the pin board and grabs his own picture. Blake starts moving towards Blake.

“Wh-who is there?” The Killer yells

Blake pushes him to the ground and yells “It’s me! Remember the kid you killed!”

“I-I don’t know what you’re talking about!” 

I press record on the voice recorder and think to myself "It's time"

“Liar!! Say it! Say you killed me!” Blake yells

“Alright! Alright, I-I killed you!” He screams with fright!

“Say my name!”

“I did it! I killed Blake Murphy, now please stop.” The Killer is shaking with fright; he doesn’t know that he just turned himself in!

I press stop on the voice recorder just as Blake comes out; we head over to the car so we can go to the police station and hand over the evidence that will put him in prison.

At the police station I gave the tape to the inspector, he drove to the killers place and arrested him; he will be in prison for almost 25 years for all his murder vitctims.

 “Thank you! Thank you for helping me and everyone else he murdered!” Black says with a grin

“It’s my pleasure! I’m glad I could help” I reply

“I think it’s time”

Right in front of my eyes Blake has vanished. Now it’s time to move on with my life, and I will always remember that one special friend that might have just changed my life!

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