Authors Note: Sorry this ones a little short and choppy. Hope you like it
though.
The manor was silent and everyone was asleep, unable to detect anything going on. If anyone were to be awake they would have heard the window creak open. The shadow of a child crept through the parlor and hid in the darkness. The child sat down and gazed through the window and sat there waiting for dawn. Then it started to chant in a very low eerie whisper, "It's coming to get me, it's coming to get me."
Apparently someone was awake and he heard the window downstairs eerily open. Paden lay there in his bed shivering, with thoughts about what may be downstairs. Paden didn't know if he should get up and walk into his mommy and daddy's room, or if he should scream for one of them to come in to his bedroom. Either way the thing could catch him. Then again, he could be just paranoid and he was just over reacting. Maybe he was just freaked out about the story his mommy told to him, his five-year-old cousin Patience, and his little one and a half year old baby sister Petrina.
He decided he would be a big boy and not just a little four-year-old toddler like Patience called him. He was going to walk into his parent's bedroom, without making a sound and not get caught. And tell them what he heard and thought was downstairs. But what it they thought he was joking or thought he was just paranoid?
But even with those thoughts, he got out of his little bed and slid down the hall watching and being aware of any move or difference in the manor. Scared of what awaited him he kept going though the hall. He walked to the door of his parents' room and turned the knob silently.
Then he heard a noise coming from down in the parlor. It sounded like his little sisters whispers, but she couldn't get downstairs without someone helping her at this time of night could she? She barley could walk right? The whispers continued and Paden swung open the bedroom door afraid if he waited any longer it would come up and grab him.
Phoebe and Cole were sleeping peacefully and he didn't want to disturb their pleasant sleep. But he was really scared, and the whispering continued. Paden knew his parents wouldn't get really mad at him.
"Mommy? Daddy?" Paden whispered afraid that the thing downstairs would hear, and come up stairs and capture him. So he tried again a little louder, "Mommy, daddy, wake up."
This time Phoebe stirred and slowly opened her still dreaming eyes. Cole also did the same. Both of his parents turned towards Paden, both with the questioning gaze.
"Baby what's wrong?" Phoebe asked in both a sleepily and sincere voice. Cole just looked at him, meaning he would ask the same question.
Paden was starting to tremble, because he could still her the whisperings which were getting louder and louder. He didn't like standing there. All that was on his mind right now was to get out of the doorway.
Paden ran over and jumped onto the middle of his parents' bed. Phoebe wrapped her arms around her little sons fragile body, and asked again, "What's the matter? Did you have a nightmare?"
Cole turned over so he was now looking directly at the stairway. He felt something was wrong and different about the manor. He also thought he heard a little girls voice. He trembled quickly and asked, "Do you hear something?"
"Daddy, I can hear it. It sounds like Petrina," Paden answered. Cole then realized that it did sound like his little daughter's voice, at least on the rare occasions when she did speak.
Phoebe then asked, "Paden is that why you're up?" Paden nodded his head, and phoebe squeezed him tighter. She also recognized the voice to belong to her baby daughter. She then added, "Cole do you want to cheek on Petrina or should I?"
Cole responded right away with, "You can, I'll cheek downstairs if there's someone or something down there." He emphasized the word something, which made Paden tremble. Cole sounded worried and his eyes were full of fear.
Phoebe turned to Paden and said, "You want to stay in here or come with me or daddy?" Paden thought for a minute about the answer. He wanted to make sure nobody was downstairs playing with is toys, but he didn't want to go into the dark hallways down below. So being with his mommy made more since.
"You," Paden answered shyly. Phoebe picked him up gently, and walked after Cole who just walked out the door. She went one way while Cole went the other.
She hoped that it was just the wind or somehow that Petrina got downstairs. As long as it wasn't a demon she wouldn't be scared. She wasn't ready to fight or be a charmed one. All she wanted right now was to be a prefect, normal mother in a perfectly normal family. But that would never happen in this house, and not in this life.
Author's Note: Chapters already in the making. More action and fighting are coming up in a few more chapters. Please review with suggestions, requests, criticism, or anything.
The manor was silent and everyone was asleep, unable to detect anything going on. If anyone were to be awake they would have heard the window creak open. The shadow of a child crept through the parlor and hid in the darkness. The child sat down and gazed through the window and sat there waiting for dawn. Then it started to chant in a very low eerie whisper, "It's coming to get me, it's coming to get me."
Apparently someone was awake and he heard the window downstairs eerily open. Paden lay there in his bed shivering, with thoughts about what may be downstairs. Paden didn't know if he should get up and walk into his mommy and daddy's room, or if he should scream for one of them to come in to his bedroom. Either way the thing could catch him. Then again, he could be just paranoid and he was just over reacting. Maybe he was just freaked out about the story his mommy told to him, his five-year-old cousin Patience, and his little one and a half year old baby sister Petrina.
He decided he would be a big boy and not just a little four-year-old toddler like Patience called him. He was going to walk into his parent's bedroom, without making a sound and not get caught. And tell them what he heard and thought was downstairs. But what it they thought he was joking or thought he was just paranoid?
But even with those thoughts, he got out of his little bed and slid down the hall watching and being aware of any move or difference in the manor. Scared of what awaited him he kept going though the hall. He walked to the door of his parents' room and turned the knob silently.
Then he heard a noise coming from down in the parlor. It sounded like his little sisters whispers, but she couldn't get downstairs without someone helping her at this time of night could she? She barley could walk right? The whispers continued and Paden swung open the bedroom door afraid if he waited any longer it would come up and grab him.
Phoebe and Cole were sleeping peacefully and he didn't want to disturb their pleasant sleep. But he was really scared, and the whispering continued. Paden knew his parents wouldn't get really mad at him.
"Mommy? Daddy?" Paden whispered afraid that the thing downstairs would hear, and come up stairs and capture him. So he tried again a little louder, "Mommy, daddy, wake up."
This time Phoebe stirred and slowly opened her still dreaming eyes. Cole also did the same. Both of his parents turned towards Paden, both with the questioning gaze.
"Baby what's wrong?" Phoebe asked in both a sleepily and sincere voice. Cole just looked at him, meaning he would ask the same question.
Paden was starting to tremble, because he could still her the whisperings which were getting louder and louder. He didn't like standing there. All that was on his mind right now was to get out of the doorway.
Paden ran over and jumped onto the middle of his parents' bed. Phoebe wrapped her arms around her little sons fragile body, and asked again, "What's the matter? Did you have a nightmare?"
Cole turned over so he was now looking directly at the stairway. He felt something was wrong and different about the manor. He also thought he heard a little girls voice. He trembled quickly and asked, "Do you hear something?"
"Daddy, I can hear it. It sounds like Petrina," Paden answered. Cole then realized that it did sound like his little daughter's voice, at least on the rare occasions when she did speak.
Phoebe then asked, "Paden is that why you're up?" Paden nodded his head, and phoebe squeezed him tighter. She also recognized the voice to belong to her baby daughter. She then added, "Cole do you want to cheek on Petrina or should I?"
Cole responded right away with, "You can, I'll cheek downstairs if there's someone or something down there." He emphasized the word something, which made Paden tremble. Cole sounded worried and his eyes were full of fear.
Phoebe turned to Paden and said, "You want to stay in here or come with me or daddy?" Paden thought for a minute about the answer. He wanted to make sure nobody was downstairs playing with is toys, but he didn't want to go into the dark hallways down below. So being with his mommy made more since.
"You," Paden answered shyly. Phoebe picked him up gently, and walked after Cole who just walked out the door. She went one way while Cole went the other.
She hoped that it was just the wind or somehow that Petrina got downstairs. As long as it wasn't a demon she wouldn't be scared. She wasn't ready to fight or be a charmed one. All she wanted right now was to be a prefect, normal mother in a perfectly normal family. But that would never happen in this house, and not in this life.
Author's Note: Chapters already in the making. More action and fighting are coming up in a few more chapters. Please review with suggestions, requests, criticism, or anything.