The Golden Eyes

11. A Book

"It's really amazing." Slenderman said, the dagger in his hands. "How did you get it?" I thought for a moment. "Well, there was this strange string of blue light and I just followed it and find it..." "And where exactly did you find it?" "It was buried on a grave. It said Elizabeth W. in it, but I don't know who exactly she was..." I said, confused. "...Elizabeth, you said?" Slenderman looked at me. "Yeah, why?" "No, it's nothing" he said, turning around in his chair. "Okay, I should leave now. "I stood up, taking the wooden box with the dagger, suddenly suspecting something. Again, Slenderman was hiding me something.

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"Umm, Ben?" Ben and I were playing a video game. It was like the twentieth time I lost, but it was fun to play with him. "Yeah?" He asked, still playing. "Well, I know it will sound weird that I tell you this now but, sometimes I feel like I have been here before, and I'm telling you this because I trust you, and I think Slenderman is hiding me something. I have no idea why, and I feel like something in my mind is missing. I just don't know..." Ben was staring at me now, frowning. He looked suspicious but didn't say anything. "It's okay, forget it. I think is just me, sorry." I stood up heading to my room. I heard Ben say my name, but ignored him.

"What's happening to me!?" I said into my pillow. I hesitated, turning around in the bed. Sitting up in my bed I took the book and continued to read.

AFTER AN HOUR OR SO

With the book in my hands, opened in a page with a picture, I ran through the hallway with rooms searching for the place in the image. "I know it has to be somewhere here..." I whispered to myself. In the picture, there was a drawing of the key I had found before, and I knew the key will be used in this place. What place? I don't know, but I know it has to be somewhere in the mansion.

I kept whispering to myself a phrase from the book. While searching the rooms, I saw Toby standing in the middle of the way. He turned around. "Hey Blair, what are you do-" "Come help me!" I said as I grabbed him by his arm, walking with quick steps.

"What are we doing?" Toby said, as I suddenly stopped in front of a bookshelf some doors away from my room. I watched between the photo and the bookshelf, comparing. It was the same place, but I could see a door in the picture. I walked besides the bookshelf and started pushing it. Toby watched confused, making a sudden tic. "Um, can you help me? Please?" "Y-yeah" He came and helped me. It was heavy, but we finally moved it. A door was behind and taking the key, I placed it in the lock. It entered perfectly. Slowly, I opened the door, as if something will get out suddenly from the dark. Inside the room everything was dusty, spider webs were almost everywere, and it was dark, with just some light that came from the window almost covered with a curtain. I analyzed the room, with it's sepia tone, why would the key to this room be hidden in a place far away? Toby was behind me, looking through the things as if reminding something. "Have you been here before?" I asked, making him turn. "Well, not exactly. I never entered this room much. But this was a long time ago." He answered, looking to another direction. I nodded, and continued to look around. there was a desk, all dusty, and on top of it I founded a book, dusty too. But just when I took the book, something fell down. Shining on the floor was now a small silver ring; I picked it up from the floor and looked at it closely. I turned to see the book in my other hand. I blowed the dust away from it and engraved to it was a symbol very similar to my book (my great-grandmother's). Frowning, I thought, "another book?"