This is my 1st chapter of a book I did in note form as fun. Now it has escalated into a full 3 books. Please say if you want more chapters!
VALENTINE
Chapter 1
Living a normal life with a normal family is good. Many people strive for it, but me? I want adventure and thrills. I guess that's why I'm here, in Lewsthurst. A full 10 miles from my family, how fun. Not.
I arrived at my new house, Ivy Cottage. A tumble-down cottage next to the forest. It looked like something out of a horror film with the trees arching around it and little light coming through. Fortunately, it was cheap, too cheap. Something must be wrong to sell it for £50,000? But it didn't stop me spending my life savings on it. Ok, some of it. The rest was my family; I'm only 18 so I had only amassed very little money in my account. Still, I was here finally after months of preparation and help from various people. Unfortunately, not all were so keen. Particularly my neighbours. Pointing and staring at me as I walked around town on my first day. But 1 person had the guts to speak to me, Rosa McLowan spoke to me, but it was bad news....
"Hey, your that new girl who's just moved in, aren't you?" asked Rosa as I browsed her shop. I nodded and turned red as a boy stared at me. Jeez, news travels fast here. Rosa raised an eyebrow and the kid scuttled off. "Have you heard the stories about that place?" asked Rosa. I turned to her,
"No, should I of have?" I asked politely. She maybe the only person who would be willing to explain. She nodded and begun,
"It's cursed. Howling and screaming outside the doors. Often the tenants only last a night. Something odd goes on in that house." She jumped as the door to the shop opened. She went quite pale but still greeted the person with a kind "Good morning" The person didn't reply, but I felt their eyes boring into me. That was it; I snapped and wheeled around to give them a piece of my mind. When I clapped eyes on them, I almost fainted. Stood before me was a vision of perfection. A breath of fresh air in this stuffy town of blandness. He had raven black hair and skin that was so pale, like moonlight. My eyes were drawn to his face; it was perfect and almost symmetrical. But the thing that was most amazing was his eyes. They were emerald green and sparkled. I felt the blood drain from my face, I managed a half intelligible
"Err; hi I'm Lizzie, I jus..." But then he finished my sentence in a voice that had a velvety quality to it,
"Moved here? I know, I live on the other side of the forest, in Treran. It's a few miles from here and is pretty isolated. Anyway, I'm Laurent or Lauri for short." He held out his hand for me to shake, which I did and fireworks exploded in my head. I was giddy from the sensations it gave me. All tingly, like electricity. He smiled at me and turned to Rosa, he asked her a question. I can't remember what; it didn't matter at that point, as I was still floating on cloud nine. He left after a short while and Rosa came back over to me,
"Anyway, as he said, he's Lauri and he lives near you. Sort of. He's only been here 2 years, since the strange occurrences started. That is probably the most he has ever spoken to a girl in this town. He's very private; no one knows where he is from originally or his surname, come to that." This was the moment I knew Lewsthurst could be more exciting than I originally thought.