This is my first fanfic! Please give me feedback. I hope you enjoy it! :D
~Diamonds and Bones
Preface
Jessie woke up to a loud scream. She swung her legs over the bed and quickly put on her armadillo slippers and padded out of the room. Stupid kids, couldn't they let her have piece of mind! But when she looked down the corridor, where all of the kids slept, she saw the doors closed and the faint snores drifting from the four rooms. It was probably Bertram, she presumed, as she huffed over to the kitchen, were she thought she heard the scream come from.
At the top of the stairs, she could see a dim light glowing softly from the kitchen. The light looked weird like it was laying on its side or something, but there was enough light to see the shattered pieces of glass in front of the kitchen door. Jessie's heart raced and she ran down the stairs and into the kitchen.
What happened?
The kitchen was a mess… and at the same time wasn't. All of the doors were neatly ripped off their hinges and were placed on the floor. The knives, forks and spoons lay like soldiers in a row on the kitchen counter top, all carefully broken in half. On the glass chandelier, she could see the kitchen gloves placed over the light bulbs. The chandelier was slowly swinging back and forth as if somebody pushed it. That's why the light looked funny, she thought stunned, it was the only thing that made sense. In the middle of the dining table, where everybody ate she saw that it was now stacked with rows and rows of canned goods. And pretty much everything in the drawers, she thought. She couldn't even see the table's top. Shattered pieces of plate were carefully placed on the ground around the table, like confetti.
"Bertram…" She said to nobody, and that gave her the creeps.
This is not what I expected. She was completely stunned. Carefully walking across the kitchen floor she noticed that there wasn't a single object in sight, besides what she saw. The steel fridge was wide open and the refrigerator's door was still attached. She immediately closed it… like that was going to make a difference, she thought glumly.
She was still trying to process everything. The kitchen wasn't broken… normally, she thought. Tony could probably fix the cabinets, but what about the silverware and pretty much everything in the kitchen. And the plates… She heard a floorboard creak and her body became rigid with fright.
ARE THEY STILL HERE?!
Her heart beat like a drum, as she snapped out of her shock. The scream wasn't that long ago, she thought as she eyed the room suspiciously; but that just scared her even more. The shadows that the chandelier made were creeping her out, especially since the chandelier was softly swinging, making the shadows look like they were moving. It was defiantly not Bertram who did this; she knew that, but who? Her mind flashed back to all of the horror movies she saw: Paranormal Activity, Freddy Crouger, Chucky the doll… STOP IT! She mentally yelled and shoved the thought into the back of her head. Her hands were shaking so bad. Thinking about all of the horror movies made her realize how similar this situation was to one… Right now, the bad guy was going to pop out at any moment and kill the girl.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!
Jessie instantly reached out for the house phone that always sat on the small table next to the fridge and grabbed nothing. The table like the rest of the things in the kitchen was bare. Ok, don't panic, there are a lot of phones lying around. There's one in the living room.
Her mind closed down. She felt like she was being watched.
Any moment now… and than bang, you're dead.
She didn't want to turn around and see who it was. She slowly counted the seconds. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5… 100. It's nothing, just turn around. You're scaring yourself. Scaredy-cat…Than she heard the floorboard moan as somebody's foot leaned on it. CREEEAAAK. Oh God! She froze like a deer caught in headlights. The noise came right behind her, and she felt the unmistakable presence of a person in back of her… It was behind her. She regained control over her paralyzed body upon realizing this. She screamed before a delicate, moisturized hand wrapped around her face and than Jessie saw the world go black.