We all stared at the old house. We were scared stiff. The cold wind cut
through us like ice, making the window shutters rattle. The moon cast an eerie
glow over the abandoned huge house, but other than that, the sky was dark.
“Please remind me why we agreed to do this?” Maria asked, pushing her long
black hair out of her eyes. “Because we were dared to. And we’ve been terrified
of this house since we were seven so its time we found out what is actually
behind the doors of Oak Tree House,” I reminded her. “Well. Yes, that’s fine.
But why do we have to do it on Halloween?!” Suzy demanded, hands on her hips. I
sighed. Why didn’t they understand? Wasn’t it obvious? I thought it would be
fun, and I decided to bring my two best friends with me because we’re always
together. Also, I was scared too, but I wasn’t going to admit that! We shuffled
up to the house, our footsteps barely audible above the rustle of the trees.
The floor boards creaked as we stepped onto the wooden porch and froze, staring
at the door. “Did you hear the?” Maria asked, frantically grabbing my arm. “It
sounds like a drip drip drip,” I agreed. We slowly crept towards the dusty,
blue door. I crouched down low, took a deep breath and looked through the
letter box. The drip drip drip noise was a runny liquid running down the
stairs, only visible from the moonlight shining through the sky light. I stood
back up and opened the door…
We were engulfed in
darkness as we stepped inside and the door banged shut behind us. The darkness
was suffocating until our eyes adjusted and we could see we were standing in a
small hallway with the stairs right in front of us. The liquid was still
running down the stairs, creating a pool at our feet. “Let’s see what the
liquid is. Let’s go upstairs”, I whispered, as if whatever doom awaited us
could somehow be prevented by how much noise we made. Gripping each other’s
hands, we ascended the stairs, Suzy and Maria in front and me behind. The silence
was deafening as we reached the top but the dripping noise could still be
heard. Suddenly, Suzy and Maria fell out of my grasp, screaming. Standing at
the top of the stairs, I frantically shoved my hand in my pocket and grabbed my
phone. Clicking random buttons, I held my phone at arms length. Through the
tunnel of light my phone had created, I could see Maria and Suzy were sprawled
out on the floor, a look of horror on their faces. I pulled them back up and
observed the liquid. It was clear and freezing. “It’s just water,” I told them.
It covered the whole landing. But where was it coming from?
“Look!” Suzy shouted, pointing to a door on our right. The water had
seeped through the gap under the door where light could be seen. Maria tip toed
forward, turned the door knob and peered inside. She retreated suddenly, as
pale as a ghost and weak at the knees. She collapsed on the floor, shaking like
a leaf. Suzy and I hastily dropped to the floor, shaking her, willing her to
tell us what she had seen. But her eyes remained closed, her face
expressionless. “Oh My God”, I screamed. “Don’t worry. She’s just fainted,”
Suzy reassured me, “We need to go and see what’s behind the door. It’s ok.
Let’s do this together.” I grabbed Suzy’s hand with such a force, she gave a
quiet groan. I smiled apologetically and squeezed her hand. We opened the door
and looked inside. It was a blue bathroom. The tiles were crumbling and dirty,
the mirror unreflectable form the thick layer of dust and several spiders hung
off the ceiling. The floor was ankle deep in water. The bath was full. As we
moved closer, we could see the water wasn’t the only thing in the bath. It was
a body.
The woman who lay in the bath was wearing a V necked jumper
and faded jeans. Her eyes were open, the whites were blood shot and the iris’
were blue. Her long blonde hair swam around her like a mermaids’. Her skin was
alarmingly white, as though the blood had been sucked out of her. But what was
most shocking was that her neck was swung back, the two bloody holes clearly
visible. We ran out of the room and made an even more gruesome discovery. Maria
was gone.
My heart was beating uncontrollably, I couldn’t see, hear,
breathe. Maria was gone, Maria was gone. We looked down at the floor. There was
a clearing in the water, as thought a body had been dragged through it...
Maria! We sprinted down the hall and into a room. Maria was lying on the floor,
the vampire sucking from her neck. From the colour of her skin, we could
already tell we were too late. He glanced back and spotted us. He was wearing a
long black cape, his face not visible with the hood draped over him. We both
ran into separate rooms. I banged the door shut and crouched down in a corner
of the room. It was pitch black. I imagined Suzy next door, scared and alone.
Suddenly my heart skipped a beat. Her screaming had already started.
It stopped soon
after. The silence was even more unbearable. I knew he was after me next,
hungry for more. His footsteps could be heard outside the door. I held my
breath. The door creaked open, letting the moonlight seep in. He spotted me
immediately and moved over. He removed his hood. He had a mass of red curls, an
alarming contrast to his chalk white skin. His eyes were black and his mouth
opened, revealing his fangs. “Please. No,” I begged, as he pushed my hair
aside. “You have no idea how lucky I was tonight,” his voice was croaky; “I
never expected to get more than one victim. But then you three idiots walked
in. you didn’t even make it hard. You were so easy. You’re going to get what
you deserve”. He leaned further over.
My scream was soon stopped as his teeth sank into my neck…
I awoke on the
cold hard floor. A wave of hunger washed over me. It wasn’t surprising as I
could have been there for days. Suddenly, I remembered the vampire. It must
have been a dream. I thought I was fine. But then I felt the sharp pointy teeth
against my lip. They were mine…
