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The only thing I own is Cora and family with plot.


They had just arrived at the new house. It was very different from the base house were they last lived and she hoped this time they would stay here. The house was big , white, with a cool front porch that came out round the front door, it also had a lot of windows and was located on the edge of a field that was littered with random trees. At the end of the field was a forest that she was already planning on exploring. But first the inside of house needed to be seen and there was sure to be a war on the rooming situation already between her four younger siblings. The youngest was Sally who was four, Nate who was six, Bella who was ten, Luke who was 13, and there older brother Matt who was 21 who no longer lived with them, he had joined the army like their dad. Right in the middle of all of the kids there she was Cora 17 years old and she was more lonely then ever. Her dad being in the army caused them to move a lot from base to base and it never really gave her time to make friends ,but sense he decided to give up the army career. This new house might really be they're home for good and she might make some friends finally.

Deciding it was time to stop staring up at the house with her bags in her hands ,pitying herself Cora finally went in. It was just as beautiful on the inside as the out. With sunny yellow walls and white trim this house was already home her. Cora made her way to the next floor via the strange staircase that stood in the corner of the front hall. On the second floor there was three white washed old doors with the old skeleton key locks. By the looks of it though all three rooms were already taken by Nate ,her parents ,and Sally. So Cora continued to make her way up the next flight of stairs. The third floor was strange in setup. All three doors to the rooms were located in one little alcove, with on door on left one door on the right and one in the middle. Leaving the rest of the floor space taken up by the landing for the stairs, that she could look down from and see all the way to the first floor.

Cora was about to walk into the door on the right when it swung open from the inside. Jumping back in surprise she bumped into the door on her left. Her brother Luke laughed his head off from the doorway on the right. "Rooms been claimed sis, sorry........ oh and Bella's got the one in the middle so looks like you got the left," with one final laugh at her still stunned face he slammed the door. Letting out a frustrated sigh Cora blew her brown curly hair out of her face and opened the left side door. Apparently the family had already decided that was her room and hadn't let her know because all her stuff was sitting in the middle of the dusty floor. Quickly shutting the door and finding that it locked from the inside and out with a small shiny skeleton key , Cora smiled for the first time all day." Thank god for small miracles..." she mumbled to herself. Putting the key in her pocket and walking over to the large windows, that only stopped a few inches above the floor, she opened them hoping to get some fresh air in the room. It was a pretty view of the woods on the left and there was lake thing off to the right of the house with houses across the way from hers. Cora counted at least four other houses. Looking back at the lake more like swamp thing she noticed that they had a small dock as did the rest of the neighbors. She really hoped they didn't expect her to swim in that gross looking water she would need at least six showers after if she did. Speaking of showers were was the bathroom? Looking around the room again she found another door. Opening it she found of nice bathroom with shower that was a lot cleaner then the main room. No sharing with annoying little kids in the morning, this house was getting better by the minute.

After a few hours of cleaning and organizing Cora's room was to her likening. The walls of the room were already a pale aqua color that wasn't bad at all. After taking a shower in her OWN bathroom she put on some of her favorite jean shorts and white tank top. Sliding on her bright blue keds. Cora made her way down stairs following the smell of pizza to the kitchen. The kitchen was white and light orange. Cora loved it and prayed her mother didn't want to paint over it. "I like it here," her dad said looking over at Cora smiling. "Me too lets stay here for good okay.....,taking a piece of pizza Cora made her way to the back door, I'm going for a walk I'll be back later." "Be careful please!" her mom yelled after her. "Where's the fun in being careful?" Cora mumbled to herself finishing off her pizza and tossing the crust in the field as she made her way toward the woods.

It was instantly cooler under the shade of the trees and moss. There seemed to be a natural path already so Cora simply followed it. "This place is way to quiet ." Cora was fond of talking to herself sometimes , it went with territory of having really no friends to talk too. She continued to walk on till the path turned to what seemed the edge of swamp lake thing in her backyard. Turning around she tried to find another option." Where to go.... Where to go......" Cora was on her second turn around when she spotted something move from the bushes, getting over the shock, Cora walked towards the bushes. Nothing seemed to be there yet she continued through the bushes finding a very over grown path. "Well that's strange" Most people would turn at this point and go back to the safe path ,but Cora wasn't most people. The path went on for a few minutes it was hard to follow because it was so over grown. Cora was starting to think it wasn't a path at all. When suddenly the what seemed to be a path forked." This way or That way" she mumbled and decided to go left through some smaller bushes. After a few more minutes of walking a very large old tree came into view.

Cora seemed almost drawn to it. Letting her fingers run across the bark she walked around the tree a few times. On the third or fourth pass she noticed there seemed to be a large hole under one of the roots." When did that get there?" Kneeling down she took a closer looker the hole that only seemed to go a foot in the ground. Looking at the root Cora noticed it said something she ran her fingers over the words "Take me.... Take me... out of here...... "Cora said the words to herself then there was the sound of dirt moving and realized the hole was sinking. Jumping out of the hole and back in surprise Cora looked on shocked as the hole got deeper. Looking in she noticed light coming from the inside. Trying to get a better look Cora stuck her head deeper into the large hole that now was sitting next to root. Suddenly the ground seemed to give way. Cora toppled into the rabbit hole while a loud scream. She watched the dirt above her cover the lid of hole. "way to go Cora...,she said to herself, only you would find a giant rabbit hole to fall into."

The fall was slow giving her enough time to look around and notice the many strange objects around her. Just as she was starting to think the fall would never end it did and she fell on to her butt in the middle of a black and white tiled hallway that was lined with doors. Now standing Cora walked towards one of the doors she turned the knob and found it locked. So she tried the next one and it seemed that all of the doors were locked."Aww come on who locks a hallway full of doors and puts no keyholes on them..........better yet who makes a hallway full of doors with no way out in the first place" Cora exclaimed putting her hands on her hips. She walked back towards the first door and noticed that there was now a silver name placket on the door. This doors placket read The House of Cards, while the door next to its placket read Time and that's it. She continued down the hall again reading the new plackets till she came across the door that read The Houses of the Mad Hatter and Mad March. Now this door had a keyhole. Cora kneeled down to see if she could see through it and was surprised to find she could. What surprised her more was the fact that behind the door seemed to be another woods with the sound of distant chatter. Cora wanted in, she stared at the lock trying to come up with some sort of idea. When she remember her bedroom key in her pocket. Figuring it was worth a shot she tried it. The door swung open and she was faced with the woods she had just seen through the keyhole. Pocketing the key Cora shut the door and made her way towards the voices she had just heard moments before.


So this is the first chapter of my new story I just started writing chapter two tell me what you think