The Curses of Calaman
Chapter 1-The Dare
Izzy
Hey, I'm Izzy. I'm a really shy 13-year-old kid, always keeping to myself. I'm really thin, kinda short, and always made fun of. I have bright orange hair, and horrible green eyes, I really hate the way I look. I'm always wearing this pair of black gloves. I don't really know why...just a habit I guess. But enough about me, lets get on with the tale.
It all started one Wednesday at school. Me and my best friend, Jake, were walking to algebra class just like every day first period. Jake's my age, but we're totally opposite. He is popular, athletic, and the real comedian. I guess the only reason Im really his friend is that I've know him since I was a baby, our mothers are best friends too. Anyway, we were walking to class when we ran into my least favorite person on Earth, Jake's girlfriend Cathy...she's super snobby, and rude. Though she is beautiful, her insides are hideous. She came up to us and began "Hey Jake, did you hear?" Of course...that's Cathy for you, always the center of gossip. "No, what's up?" responded Jake "Another kid disappeared into that Calaman haunted house place! They said he went in, and never came back...Lizzy told me, her cousin's stepbrother's nephew's stepsister saw it with her own eyes!" "I aint afraid of no haunted house" Of course...Jake had to be the hero for his darling girlfriend. Then, I saw Jenna coming up from behind Cathy...Jenna was the most beautiful girl in the school...she had sparkling blue eyes...beautiful wavy hair...she was also nice, smart and funny...I had had a crush on her since second grade...but never had the guts to ask her out. "Oh, do you really think you could brave the Calaman House?" she said as she came closer "prove it then!" "Errrrrr...uhhhhhhh...fine! Yeah...yeah! Ill go there today after school...but you have to come with me!" Jake replied a little shakily...and of course, I knew my angel would accept to go...did I forget to mention she was also brave? And then, my other friend Mike came along too...he was soooo lucky! He was Jenna's good friend...If only I could be him...of course, he wanted in too, and then, I had my say. "I'll go too" This was my big chance...to be somewhere with Jenna! So to cover it up, me, being the smartest and most logical person in the school, said "I want to prove that the house cannot possibly be haunted...its just not logical!" "Alright then," said Jenna "we'll all meet after school...see you at the Calaman House!"
I never should have agreed..none of us had any idea what we were getting ourselves into...
And so ends chapter 1! Not much, but chapter 2 will really start the story!