Chapter 1: A new home

A big pink house stood on the hill, this is where we will live, a sign at the front said 'Pink palace'. My sister and I jumping with excitement the horse and carriage takes us up to the house. The back of the carriage is filled with our luggage and goods. The horses come to a halt and we hop down and run over to open the door. It's sparkly and new looking which I'm surprised at and tell my sister this too.

"This house is quite the thing isn't it?" Sandra says

"You mean it really is quite boring looking?" I say

"Yep that's exactly what I meant." Sandra laughs

I looked around and I could tell that this wasn't going to be a fun place at all. After we unpacked it was well into the evening and father suggested that Sandra and I should sit by the fire, it was a cold evening. Sandra sat beside me and we sat there for a few minutes watching the flames dance, till Sandra turned to me and said

"Linda, this place gives me the creeps." She whispered

I looked around and even though the place isn't very old you could tell there was something about it that wasn't right. I looked at her and nodded, she was right, but I didn't want to admit because it seemed so nice at first. So we sat and stared at the flames dancing before our eyes and then something caught my eye. A beautiful trunk sat in the corner of the room, it had been beautifully carved in on the top and I had to open it. I stood up and walked over to it.

"Where are you going?" asked Sandra

I didn't answer and stood over it casting my shadow over the trunk and then opened up the lock. At this point Sandra had come and knelt down next to me to see what I was looking at. I lifted up the lid and found a beautiful doll.

"Hey that doll looks like you!" Sandra exclaimed

I picked up the doll and examined it, looking at its clothing, its face and its creepy button eyes. It was wearing the same thing I was wearing and I have to admit it was pretty creepy. And yes it looked exactly like me.