The Castle of Spirits-Chapter – III

Chapter – III

We entered the old castle.  A living hall with a broken chandelier, half smeared with dry blood.   We walked up a curved staircase.  We saw two beds, and a photo of two girls, which is not clearly seen and broken.  Two boxes of bangles, pearls, clips and all sorts of fancies.  Two cupboards filled with old beautiful gowns.  And on a board which hung in the ceiling said ‘Jenny and Greese’.  Similar to our names. Someone tapped on my back.  It was Linny.  “We don’t know the way back.  The mouth of the forest is guarded by the spirit.  Let’s clean the castle and live here.  There are no demons here.  This place was just an old village.  Look through the window” Linny told me.  I looked.  It was a bright day.  Suddenly I became so happy.  People ! Villagers !  at last we are saved.  Linny took two brooms and gave me one.  We cleaned the bed rooms first, then the leaving room and slowly the whole castle.  (I meant very big house).  We swept the floor, cleaned the blood from the chandelier and using my craft talent, turned the half chandelier into a small one.  We did everything to make the castle look beautiful.  And finally I did look beautiful.  We wore night dresses, which was in the castle.  We earned our living by selling fruits.  We lived happily for two weeks.  One day I was in bed, looking a portrait hung in the room.  It’s  nose seemed to move.  I went and pressed the nose.  The picture slid down and broke into tiny pieces.  I saw a hole.  Linny came after me. “Cool”, she said slowly.  Steps formed in and out of the hole.  We entered the hole.

The Castle of Spirits-Chapter – II

Chapter – II

The cage was getting smaller.  We jumped and jumped, hopping to get out from the top.  But the cage grew taller and closer, ready to crush us.  An idea came to my mind.  I started climbing up the cage’s side. “Linny, do what I do.”  I asked her.  She repeated me.  The spirit shouted, “No; no, no, no.  You are my preys.  You should not get away.  Do you remember sommy, who bullied you every time? I was in his soul.  You too are brave, strong and clever young girls.  I want your life so that I can take over the world. You both should die.  You should be killed by me.”  “Oh, yes.” Linny shouted in reply.  We soon got out.  The leaves cage crushed and fell down into tiny bits.  The spirit melted down into a white leaf and many red leaves.  We ran and ran, trying to reach an old castle which we saw.  Now what’s going to happen??

The Castle of Spirits- Chapter – I

Chapter – I

My mommy had gone for vacation.   Father too.  Linny’s parents went with them.  Linny and I stayed in a body building children’s care center for two weeks.  It is so boring there; early to bed, early to school, lunch, study, dinner and tea.  Play is there only for kids.   Because it’s boring, we left the center in a sunny morning.  We said that our parents told us to stay in another place for a week of two or a month.  “Can we”? I asked the security.  “Sure, if you say so”.  The security said with a little hope.  We decided to explore the world.  I mean to explore the forbidden forest which was said that it was once surrounded by evil spirits.  We went there. There was a little fall.  Red leaves everywhere.  Linny kicked a leaf.  “I wonder why they are red” she sighed.  “What about you? What are you thinking?” she asked me.  “Same” I replied.  Suddenly the leaves started flying, making shapes. I soon realized that the figure showed a spirit; Red face, white gown, white eyes, black-red-white hair, long bloody nails and no legs.  Linny and I started screaming.  “Mummy, mummy” Linny shouted.  I laughed a bit.  The leaves around us started flying, making a cage.  “Come on, they are only leaves.  If we just touch it, we can break through” Said Linny with hope.   We ran, ran and ran.  Still we didn’t reach the side of the cage.  We soon realized that wherever we moved, the cage moved too.  Suddenly we reached the side, but can’t get out, too strong.  All the sides were moving towards us.  What is happening??