"Have
we reached the station?", asked Jenny, a fair girl to her brother Tim.
"We've almost reached the station'', replied Tim. "Oh!, Thomas would
be so happy to see us after so many years", said Tina, their cousin.
"I bet so!" said Tim. They arrived at a small station with a board
that said, "Carolinian station". They all rushed out of the train and
saw a tall boy shouting to them, "Hey, over here!". They all ran at
full speed to Thomas. "I thought your train was never going to come!''
said Thomas. "Our train was delayed by half an hour'', said the three
tired children. "Well, you all look really tired, so lets eat some
ice-cream before going home'', said Thomas. They sat in an ice-cream shop
nearby and had ice-cream. After finishing, they headed to Thomas's house where
uncle Joe and aunt Joanna welcomed them. They had dinner and went to sleep.
Next morning, they got up early as uncle Joe and Aunt Joanna were going for a
picnic out of station. "Take care of the house", said Aunt Joanna,
"And take care of you", said Uncle Joe and they left in a taxi.
"Well what shall we do?", asked Thomas. "I think we'll go to
that ancient castle you were talking about", said Tim. "I think you
should first see the castle with a binocular", said Thomas. "Why?"
asked Tim. But before he could see anything else, Thomas brought a binocular
and showed him the castle. "Whoa! That castle is really spooky! It looks
as if a ghost lives in it!", said Tim.
But just then Tim started
shivering. He gave the binocular to Thomas and he looked through it. "Oh!
My! God!" shouted Thomas. "What happened?" asked the girls.
"There was a...a face at the window in one of the towers of the
castle", replied the boys. "Really? Then we need to find who it is,
he may be in trouble", said Tina. "Well Thomas, you are the biggest
one here, so you tell, what should we do?", said Jenny. "I say we
fall into adventure!"
CHAPTER 2 : GOING TO THE TOWER
"Well Thomas,
you are the biggest one here, so you tell, what should we do?", said
Jenny. "I say we fall into adventure!", said Jenny. "You all are
right, we need to find who that person was", said Thomas. "We'll
start tomorrow at evening, so that we can reach there at night".
"Right now me and Tim will go to the shop to buy food for the
journey", said Thomas and he and Tim left hurriedly. Tina and Jenny played
cards until it started raining and suddenly the boys came running out of the
door, soaked with water. "Aaaacheee!! We brought the things", said
Tim, sneezing.They ate dinner and went to sleep. It rained heavily until 10:00 in the morning when the window made a large 'Thump!'
which woke up Tim. Not only Tim, but everyone in the house was awake then. They
hurried and directly had lunch as it was lunch time and started to get ready
for their journey. They packed the food for their trip and were ready very
soon. "We actually forgot to buy torches and maps last night as it was
raining", said Thomas,"So I'm going out to buy it now".
"One question, why do we need maps?", asked Jenny. At night there
will be no transportation", replied Thomas. He went out of the house
and soon came in no time. They were all ready and started their journey.
They reached the bus station and took a bus to the castle. They waited and
waited and also ate some of the snacks they brought. Then, finally they reached
their destination. The bus driver was pretty scared to see that place himself.
They got out of the bus and ran towards the castle and saw a tall thin man.
"10 dollars for all of you to go around the castle", he said. They
paid the money and entered the castle. An odd smell hit their noses with a lot
of strength. They didn't care going round the castle but that tower. They kept
on searching and finally found it. There was a rusty staircase to enter, but
they knew even
if a baby stepped on it it would brake.
They went around the tower and found a loose rock. They pulled it out and to
their surprise they saw.....
CHAPTER 3: THE SECRET PASSAGE
They went around the tower and found a loose rock. They pulled it out
and to their surprise they saw a secret passage! They looked at each other and
decided to go in. They went straight for some time then found a stone
staircase. It was surely stronger than the rusty one, even though the stone one
was older. They switched their torches on as it was pitch black. All was going
well until suddenly Jenny screamed. Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!", "What
happened?", the others shouted. "There was a small spider on the
wall", replied Jenny, frightened. Then the others shouted back at her,"You
screamed for THAT!!". "What? You know I'm scared of spiders",
said Jenny. Instead of fighting, they just continued their journey. "Hey
guys, I feel we're going really deep underground", said Thomas. Indeed
they were going deep underground. They felt as if they were walking for hours
and finally reached the flat ground. Then they saw it was not a straight road
but totally a confusing one. Because it had a left, a right in every direction
you can think of. They walked slowly when they heard a song, like a ghost
singing. "La..la.la........la..la.la......la..la.la.la..la..la". A
shiver ran down everyone's spine. Then, Thomas shouted, "Tim! Stop it! You
almost gave me a heart attack!". "Hee! Hee! Hee!",laughed Tim,
as he loved playing pranks."Its more like a maze here", said Tina who
is always very quiet."We need to split up into two groups, Jenny and me,
you and Tim.", said Thomas and they split up and went in different
directions. It was really dark and nobody could see where they were going.
Thomas and Tina found a room with something like a huge box with switches and
switched it on. The lights came on and Thomas and Tina smiled at each other and
went to search for Tim and Tina. Just then they heard someone
scream,AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
CHAPTER
4: EVERYBODY IS TRAPPED!
"What was that?", asked
Jenny to Thomas. "I don't know", replied Thomas. They continued
searching until they see Tim an Tina running at full speed. "Run!
Ruuuunnnn!!", shouted Tim. They saw something dark and big behind them. As
they come closer, they saw it was some kind of a creature and they started
running too. Soon all of them were running at full speed. "Whoa!
What on earth is that?", shouted Thomas. "I don't know, I think its
some kind of a monster". They kept running until they lost it. They saw
some kind of hiding place in a corner and hid there. "I don't think this
is a hiding place, but if we speak here I'm pretty sure no one would hear
us", said Tim. "Hey guys! Look here! You can block this place with
this stone by pushing it", said Tina. They pushed it and finally gave a
sigh of relief. They sat at a corner and waited. Then they start asking
questions. "First of all, what did you do for those things to come behind
you?", asked Thomas. "We didn't do anything! The moment the lights
got switched on, those things came out of nowhere", replied Tim and Tina.
"I think we'll name those monsters as 'The Crotons'", said Jenny
with a giggle. "It is a nice name but I don't think it is a good time to
laugh. Don't you all see? We're all TRAPPED!!!
To be continued......
~
K Mukunth Maithreyan
Grade 6
MCGS
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