The Calaman Curses
Chapter 2-A House, a Witch, and a Curse
Jake
Hey, I'm Jake, and now its my turn to tell the story. In my eyes, I'm a tall, sort of plump 13-year-old kid. Its true, I am popular, but its not all that great...Izzy always makes a big deal of it though. Well anyway, on with the story.
We all met outside of the old house. It was even creepier today than usual... we all walked up to the front door, pushed it open, and stepped inside. The inside of the house was no different from the outside, old, ugly, and deserted...deserted for a good reason. "Well...no witches here...so I guess we"ll be going..." I said with an uneasy grin. "Yeah right...we"ll split up and explore, I'll go with Mike, you go with Izzy," said Jenna. Mike didn't object...didn't even care...he doesn't talk very often...he's really shy, and I hardly know him. So me and Izzy went upstairs while Jenna and Mike went right. We walked up the old rickety steps, which ended in a short hallway. At the end of the hall was a single room. We entered. It was a large main-foyer type room. It was very large and spacious, there was a single set of double doors at the end, and we headed toward it. Upon further inspection, we noticed that the doors had an insignia sketched above them, and we called Jenna and Mike "Hey guys! I think we found something!" I yelled. We heard footsteps outside the room, and Mike bounded in, followed by Jenna. As soon as they both entered the room, the doors and windows all slammed shut. We all ran toward the exit, but couldn't get the door opened. When we turned around, I almost fainted. Standing at the opposite end of the room, in front of the double doors, was a woman. She was very, very old, and dressed in strange, long robes. She walked up to the group. "Who are you that dare disturb me!" Her voice echoed throughout the empty room. "We...we are" I managed to sputter out "Just exploring ma'am" Izzy covered for me. He seemed so collected, so unafraid. Of course, he probably thought this woman was just a woman, and clearly not a witch, which she clearly was. Izzy always had to think logically... "Politeness will get you nowhere now that you have disturbed me, YOU WILL ALL PAY!" Jake felt a chill go up his spine. The lady pointed at each of them once, first at Mike, and muttered a single word..."old". Next she pointed at Izzy, and muttered, "touch" next me, she muttered "fat" and then Jenna, for whom she spoke in such a quiet voice I couldn't hear her. What did that mean? Mike old, Izzy touch, me fat? Odd...was this lady out of her mind? I felt a strange chill come upon me, an odd tingling...almost pain...but no...it was really strange, and by the looks on their faces, I could tell the others were experiencing the same chill. And then, just as soon as it had come, the chill disappeared. The old lady then yelled "BEGONE!" and the door burst open. We all bounded out the door, down the steps, and out of the house. I ran straight for home, didn't stop to talk to anyone, just ran...and ran
Izzy
I got home and went straight up to my room...I didn't care how early it was, after today I was ready for bed. I tool off my gloves, put them on my night stand. I went and fed my cat, cupcake, pet her, then lay down for bed. Nothing happened at that old house...nothing. The chill was just a figure of my imagination...nothing more...and her word...touch...meant nothing. I went to bed with confidence in my head, but fear in my heart.
And so ends chapter 2. Better than chapter 1, but still not great. Just wanted to get the beginning over with so I could start the rest. Will get better, and until Chapter 3, cya!