I walked down the deserted and dark halls, the graffiti on the walls morphing into unfamiliar and daunting things under the veil of darkness. I held my flashlight night in my hand, the light bouncing up and down with every twitch my hand made.
"Tommy!" I yelled, and a echoing laugh rang through the torn and broken halls. "Tommy this isn't a game! We have to go!" I screamed, fear forcing tears out of my eyes.
There was a movement in the corner of my eye, and I jumped, more than a slight scream escaping me. I flashed the light on the movement, but ran regardless, not bothering to examine it. It wasn't worth the risk.
A laugh of sickening amusement rang through the halls and I stopped in my tracks.
"You little piece of shit!" I yelled, hitting Tommy in the back of his head. "Ow!" I rolled my eyes in the darkness, but still holding my little brother close out of fear. I took a deep breath. "Lets get out of here."
"Scardy cat." He muttered under his breath, and I held him by his ear. We were getting out of here.
"Don't you ever do that again." I told him.
"But I just wanted to show you something! My friend showed it to me yesterday! Please!" He begged, but I shook my head, though not without a twinge of couriousity escaped me. Regardless, it wasn't worth it
"No, we're going home." I stated, and continued timidly walking down the halls of the barren asylum.
"Pleeeeeeeease its really cool." He said, but I shook my head.
"I promise we'll come tomorrow." I compromised, "During the day."
"Fiiiiiine." He said, and we walked out of the abandoned asylum that day without a scratch. It would be the first, and only time.
A/N: I'm not good with descriptions, so if anyone is interested in writing one please don't hesitate to send me a message.
Author's note: I unpublished for a while because I wanted to change the cover from a shitty Ai image to something genuine, but Canva won't open. So I just took it down... I've thought better of it and decided to put the story back up. It's the first one I've written to be read by other people and it would be a shame for it just to sit and be forgotten, even if my writings already improved a bunch.
Thanks bunches. Story description below.
How else to describe a child's view of the world than a wide-eyed innocence?
Follow Tommy as he attempts to return his library books. A simple task, yet one that goes terribly wrong. Watch as Tommy treads below the library, and what finds him below forces his little eyes even wider open.
Hear his Mother's anguish as the Academy comes knocking on her door. A sudden interest in her boy has sent them to collect, but he is all she has.
Innocence lost, a mind forever changed, and a body left behind in a musty tomb.
Enter the library and walk between the dark aisles. Follow the stairs down and through the rusted door. See what Tommy saw, and pray that is has no interest in you.
Unlike him.
Hey, this is the first story I've written to be read by anyone and I really appreciate you stopping by. Leave a like if you want, follow if you want to know when I write more :)
Thank you
Also please don't mind the shitty Ai generated cover, it was just a placeholder until I got an actual picture or cover but Canva won't open for me and now I can't change it :/