The 7th day

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Adventure Horror Mystery

Chapter - 1


Once upon a  time there were five siblings called Mary, Lily , Rosie , Rohan and Chris . They always like to play in the park but, all of this changed when they grew up ,they got bored of the park and wanted to do something adventurous,  mystery type and even scary but the small kids Lily and Rosie like the park and were not intrested to join with their siblings, while they were discussing Rohan got an idea to explore the old house mostly called as the haunted house in the ancient times. Everyone liked the idea , expect Lily and Rosie as actually Lily is scared of anything and almost everything , but Rosie even though, she was a brave girl, she was scared as her aunt  told her a secret about the haunted house. Later when they were going to the haunted house they did not even inform the parents because they were so interested into it. Lily and Rosie had to join their  sisters and brothers without any choice as they don’t know the way back home , if they say anything to their  sibling they will not listen. Rosie tried to warn them , but they just ignored her.

The other children in the park noticed their conversation .Later the siblings reached the old house.

 The 3 children , without any fear knocked the house door that was creaking,  the windows were damaged. Suddenly the door opened by itself, when they entered in the house some pictures were looking at them and in a flash of second a hand came and got mary and went inside a room that was in the ground floor but Mary’s screaming voice was coming from the first floor. The door in the ground floor was open Rohan ran to that door , but it got shut. No one was brave to go to the first floor. After a while Rosie and Lily fainted in fear, Chris and Rohan started to cry, then Rohan’s glasses fell down so , he was not able to see properly , but he was able to see Mary clearly. Chris was not able to see Mary but heard Rohan saying that he can see Mary right in front, just then a gust of wind pulled both Chris and Rohan to the second floor.Still Rosie and Mary were fainted.

It become afternoon, it was the normal time when the kids will return home but, today they did not come back home, the kid’s parents and their aunt got worried and went to the park in search of them. No child was there in the park except one, the child told that they went to the old house, I was waiting for you as I knew that you will come in search of them.The mother , the father and aunt turned around and started searching the kids around the park but, no !! They’re not there, maybe the kid was right we they turned back the kid was with her mother going home.

Chapter - 2

Then they went to the Haunted house and saw the big door they opened it and when they went inside the hall and the door got shut . They saw Rosie and Lily lying down. Lily and Rosie they both woke up and started crying and said Rohan, Chris and Mary got caught by a ghost . A strange creaking sound was heard behind a opening door, later when it was fully open it made Mary‘s sound and when the father went inside the door he could not see anything except dark and Mary’s head, suddenly something shut the door and pulled Mary‘s father inside. The floor was full of blood. The mother died as she could not see anyone die. Now only the aunt, Lily and Rosie were left. The big door again opened and they ran outside, they went back sad and fear. When they entered their house this stairs was full of blood and then when they went upstairs they saw Rohan dead on the bed, everyone started to scream. Then they saw a just of wind appear in front of them and the aunt saw her grandmother who was already dead, The Aunt did not got scared, as it actually normal for her. She asked her grandma that why are you doing this, you are a very kind person ,the grandma said that you three have 7 more days to live that start from today night and within these days you have to find the reason, why I am doing this and if you solve my problem I will make everything back to normal or do you want me to kill you all right now. Everyone chose the first option and her grandmother left.

Chapter - 3

When the grandmother left , they were in the 1860 of the same house, this is were my grandmother lived when she was you and your mom’s grandmother lived in the haunted house, said the aunt to the two kids. Then the kids and the aunt were able to see their great-grandmother and the aunt’s grandmother in their house when they were kids and the aunt lives now in the present .They were talking and having a fight about their golden ring which was actually meant for the aunt’s grandmother but she shared it to the kids great-grandmother after that the kid’s great- grandmother said that if I live with you, you will kill me and moved to the haunted house .The aunt’s grandmother was so sad and then the aunt , Rosie and Lily noticed that the aunt’s grandmother heard them but cannot see them, she did not know whose voices were that and then the aunt said to her grandma that we are the sisters of the ring , you have to say me what is going on then the grandma said that “The ring was a magical source given to me since I was born, I don’t know how but, when my

younger sister was born, we grew together and I loved her like anything , I even shared the ring to her. One night when I was sleeping , I got a dream a out the ring , my great grandmother said that if you are blessed with this magic source make sure that you use it and of you want you can share , but it should be shared equally , the other hand who is not the keeper of the ring should not have the ring for herself. If it happens darkness will approach both you and the wrong hand user , but the keeper will also have goodness in it, and it should be broken once taken from the wrong hand. Now my sister has it. The aunt said do not worry we will take care of it.After a while when the aunt , Rosie and Lily were going to the old house the kids asked that “ Why did you say that we were the sisters of the ring ” the aunt said that “My grandmother said if any cases use the word sister of the ring. ”Then all 3 went took the ring and broke it .( That was a separate tough journey to take the ring and brake it readers, will say about it in the next book. ) When they broke the ring they fainted and woke up in their bed , it was a dream but only the 3 know the truth and there was no haunted house anymore it was a normal house. The 7th day was over again the aunt’s grandmother came and told 3 sentences “ Thank you , Sorry and this will be the last time you are going to see me.” The 3 said bye and the grandmother left. They again lived happily ever after.


The end



October 22, 2020 02:19

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Rasika T.H
02:37 Oct 25, 2020

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