Here is an other chapter of me and my only sister. Chapter XIII: The leader Oh! said Ashleigh. Yes it is sad, said the demon. Not that, that! Ashleigh said. They all looked up to see the biggest Man they ever seen. Please tell me that is just a puppet, said Ashleigh scared as ever. I'm sorry to say that is my leader, said the demon.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Screamed Ashleigh hiding behind Maddie and Seth. The demon, Maddie and Seth gulped. I going to run, Ashleigh whispered. They Maddie, Ashleigh and Seth started to run to a door with a lever near it. The demon stayed with the man and yelled at each over. To be continued tomorrow...
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Here is an other chapter about me and my sister Maddie. I added more to the last chapter if you haven't seen it yet. Chapter IX: The Hidden Room... No one leaves when they enter! The demon says in a lower voice. I'm not the one who eats things. What do you mean? asked Ashleigh. I mean, my master eats things, like people that are silly enough to come into this place.
Where is he right now? asked Maddie. Looking for food, such as rats, bugs, or people, said the demon. EW! Ashleigh said. Oh and how DO we get out of this place? Asked Seth. Well, I should not tell, but there is a ghost wall that brings you to a room with doors that lets you out of here. Though guards wait by the doors. The only way to leave is to distract the guards, get the key and get out of here. The only person who can go past those doors is the master. The others, not so much, lets just say, they didn't make it. To be continued tomorrow... Now that the plan was set, the prisoners were anxious to put it into action. A pick head was taken off of one of the tools and hidden in a bucket of ore. Weinmar chose to bring the bucket over to the machine, since it was normal for the older elves to carry the buckets, since they did not have the strength to wield the picks and shovels for any great length of time. The buckets were placed in a long line to be thrown into the machine, so he would have lots of time to get back to the group before the machine jammed. Meanwhile, Zaxi sauntered over to the nearest pillar to begin his climb, while Errol prepared to take his shot.
Not long after Weinmar returned to the group, there was a loud screeching sound, and the grinding machine at the center of the cavern came to a halt. All of the goblins became agitated, and Zaxi used this as his signal to begin to climb the pillar. Once he neared the height of the catwalk, Errol let loose his arrow. It was a direct hit! The goblin staggered back with an arrow in his throat. Zaxi quickly caught him and took its armor before it had a chance to get too blood soaked. When he was ready, he threw the goblins bow and quiver down to Errol who handed it back to another elf. Daddy and Dagmar quickly moved to the left side of the stair case nearest Ashleigh, while Cydonia and Elongil took up position on the right-hand side. Slowly, groups of prisoners started walking towards the staircase. The first prisoners were just starting to make their way down the stair case when an alarm was sounded. A particularly ugly goblin had seen what was happening and began to blow on a warning horn. Errol quickly put an arrow through his chest but the damage was already done. Swarms of elves and dwarfs who were only moments ago walking slowly towards the stair case, began screaming and running towards their goal. Hordes of goblins began swarming out of hidden alcoves and began slaughtering the nearest fleeing prisoners, while a second group ran towards the staircase to cut off their escape. As soon as the alarm was sounded, the goblins on the catwalks began raining down arrows on the escaping prisoners. Zaxi sprung into action running up and down the catwalk hewing down the goblin archers nearest the top of the stairs. The goblins were so focused on the fleeing prisoners, that they failed to notice that death had come home to roost among their ranks. As he ran, Zaxi would kick a stray bow or quiver over the side of the catwalk, hoping that one of the elves below would snatch up one of the falling weapons. The first group of goblins to meet Daddy and Dagmar near the top of the stairs nearly overwhelmed them. Outnumbered nearly five to one, Daddy and Dagmar did their best to stay alive. each had taken numerous cuts to their hands and arms, and Daddy had an arrow sticking out of the top of his shoulder. Dagmar had a shaft in his thigh, and another drooping from his arm. Ashleigh screamed and grabbed her sword to go help the pair, but Cydonia quickly grabbed her and said "You can't, your too little!" Ashleigh punched her in the nose, used a quick wrist release she had learned in karate, and rushed to her Daddy's side. The first goblin she met made Ashleigh think that she may have bit off more than she could chew. It quickly knocked Ashleigh's smaller blade aside and smashed her in the ribs with a war hammer, which sent her flying back into the side of the staircase. Daddy heard her gasp and quickly turned and attacked the goblin who had struck Ashleigh. After regaining her breath, Ashleigh decided to sheath her sword and pull out her crossbow. She hid directly behind a pile of bodies directly behind Daddy and Dagmar, and began shooting approaching goblins before they could reach Errol who had fallen back to near the top of the staircase and was frantically shooting goblins who were trying to slay the fleeing prisoners. Meanwhile, Cydonia had taken a position to the left of Ashleigh, and was doing her best to protect the young warrior princess. Cydonia looked upon Ashleigh as a warrior princess because she had learned earlier that while Ashleigh was small and demure, she could use her martial arts training and an element of surprise to keep herself safe. By this time, Daddy and Dagmar were now fighting back to back. There were large piles of goblin bodies laying around them, which new goblins had to climb over to reach them. About two thirds of the prisoners had now rushed past on the staircase and Daddy was beginning to think that the rest of them were either dead or wouldn't make it. He yelled to Dagmar: "we have to drop back and protect the ones that have already escaped or all of this will be for naught!" "Aye" said the dwarf as he screamed for the rest of his kind to fall back and protect the staircase. Cydonia yelled similar orders for the remaining fighting elves. Ashleigh continued to shoot, as the rest of them fell in around her position. She had noticed an interesting thing about her crossbow and quiver. No matter how many bolts she shot (and she had shot many), the amount of bolts in her quiver never diminished. In fact, she was beginning to suspect that she had a magic quiver! Bolt after bolt she shot into the shambling goblin lines, and not once did she run out of bolts! Not only that, but it seemed that the bolts she shot flew truer than she could likely make them do on her own. In fact, she rarely missed a shot... which also kept Cydonia in awe. Once the remainder of the fighting elves and dwarfs assembled into a tight-nit band, they slowly began fighting their way down the bloodied main staircase. Here is an other chapter about the two sisters. Hope you liked the last chapter. Chapter VI: Dark Magic As the three looked for a way out, Maddie noticed blood flooding through cracks in the walls and pooling on the floor. "Um guys", Maddie said as she pointed to the blood coming from the walls, "Is that a problem?" "I don't know", said Ashleigh "but something tells me we'd better get out of here!" They all ran through a big crack in the wall. On the other side, a river of lava with pieces of rock that made a trail to the over side waited for them.
"Come on!" shouted Ashleigh. "We can jump on the remaining pieces of rock and make it to the other side." They quickly jumped on the first rock, then the next, "Ahh!" shouted Maddie slipping on the crumbly rock. Seth reached out his hand and Maddie quickly grabbed it. "Thank you", Maddie said taking a breath. "No problem", said Seth. "Man", said Maddie when they made it to the other side "that blood was like dark magic". "You're not kidding!", said Ashleigh. "And I thought the skeletons were scary!" "Well lets keep going", said Ashleigh as they started to walk toward a door with a sigh that said: NO ENTERY! Since there was no where else to go, they entered the room and to there surprise was, a grouchy looking reskinned man on an old looking chair sleeping. Although his eyes where open, he didn't see them. He had black eyes with no pupils, and a black and red cape. "Is he a Devil or a Demon"? asked Ashleigh. "I don't know, but all I know is he's bad luck". Maddie said. WHO ARE YOU!? bellowed a voice. The Demon was awake! Why do you want to know? asked Ashleigh in a scared voice. I ASKED WHO ARE YOU!? The Demon said. No one Ashleigh said in a sweet voice, can you please sow us the way out? To be continued tomorrow... As they looked out above the top stair, they could see that the elves and dwarfs were being watched by a number of ugly, short, and muscly creatures. The things walked around and whipped people who did not work to their satisfaction. "That's not right!" said Ashleigh. "How can we save them?" Daddy said, "Stay here and stay low so they don't see you. I'll be right back."
When the nearest guards had their backs turned, Daddy rolled over the top step and crawled towards the nearest group of prisoners. The first person to see him was a small elf woman with a pickax. She waved him into the middle of the group and then stood in front of him so that the nearest guards would not be able to see him. She looked at him closely and said "why you're human! I never thought I'd ever see one of you! What are you doing here?" Daddy was amazed by the beauty of the young elf. Not just her either... all of the elves were either pretty or handsome, depending on their gender. He said, "I came looking for the elves and dwarfs from the castle. I guess I found you!" "My name is Cydonia the elf said. "Now that you have found us what can you really do? The goblins will kill you quickly if you attack without an army." Well, my idea isn't to attack them really" Daddy said. "Instead, I want to divert their attention and get as many of you away as possible." "To do that, we need a diversion, and possibly, more of you to be armed." It was at this point that a goblin shoved Cydonia out of the way and said "Ah ha! An intruder!" Before the goblin could raise the alarm, Daddy lopped off his head with a quick draw and swipe with his left katana. The prisoners stood in stony silence. The slash was so quick, that none of them had expected it. Daddy pointed at the goblin's weapons and said "You, take the sword." as he pointed to a particularly burly dwarf. "Cydonia take his dagger." The dwarf's name was Dagmar, and Daddy had him take up position on his right side. Meanwhile, he told Cydonia that once they reached the stairs, he wanted her to stay close to Ashleigh and help protect her. The elf was surprised that Daddy had brought his young daughter with him on such a dangerous excursion. In hindsight, so was Daddy! Since Daddy had extra weapons with him, he quickly passed a few around so that more of the band was armed. He gave his second katana to an elf named Elongil, and his broad sword to a dwarf named Zaxi. His long bow and quiver were lent to a particularly tall elf named Errol. Errol had trained with a bow for most of his life, and he was extremely happy to get the weapon. Now, all the group needed was a diversion! An ancient elf named Weinmar provided the answer. Weinmar noted that when the large noisy machine had a problem, nearly all of the goblins stopped to watch it get fixed. While the prisoners were still under watch, he noted that they could move around a bit more than usual without being beaten. Weinmar proposed hiding the head of a pick in one of the buckets of ore that the group sent to the machine periodically. When the pick head was thrown into the machine, it would likely jam the machine and provide the distraction the band needed. Word was quickly sent to other groups of prisoners telling them what was about to happen. Prior to the pick head being sent into the machine, Errol was to shoot the nearest goblin who was perched on the catwalk above. Zaxi would climb the pillar nearest the goblin, and rush to take his place so that he wouldn't be missed. He was the dwarf closest in size to the goblin that was targeted, and could easily fit into its armor. He would then pass the goblin's bow down to Errol to pass on to another elf. Dad and Dagmar would rush to the left side of the stairs, nearest to Ashleigh, while Elongil and Cydonia would stand at the other side of the stairs. Once everyone was in position, the rest of the dwarfs and the elves would run to the staircase. I hope you liked the last chapter. If you did, here is an other. Chapter V: Their New FriendThat way easy, said Ashleigh. Then a scream came from a cell in the corner of the room. The scream surprised Ashleigh so much that she jumped 5 feet in the air. They both went to the cell and looked in. A boy lay on the floor.
The two sisters opened the cell and the boy crawled out. I'm Seth, said the boy. I'm Ashleigh, said Ashleigh and this is my sister Maddie. Nice to meet you, said Seth. How did you get here? asked Ashleigh. I don't know, said Seth. I woke up from something that fell in my house, and in a flash of lightning. I was here. We found a door into this place, though it locked when we got inside, said Ashleigh. Then Ashleigh whispered to Maddie, should we help him? I think he's trustworthy. Maddie whispered back. To be continued tomorrow... I hope you liked the last chapter. If you did here is another. Chapter IV: Fighting for victory!Can you still walk? asked Maddie. Ashleigh tried, nope she said after trying to walk. Maddie looked around the room. She found a walking stick and gave it to her little sister. Thank you, said Ashleigh.
No problem said Maddie. Come on, said Ashleigh. They walked to a wall that was lighter in color then the rest. They started to touch the wall for hidden doors. Then Ashleigh pushed a brick and the wall slowly came down like a drawbridge. I the room was more skeletons. This time, one moved then another and another, soon the skeletons got up and started to go towered the sisters. Ashleigh pulled out her sword, and Maddie pulled out her boomerangs. Ashleigh and Maddie beat up one after one taking them to the ground. Soon all of the skeletons were laying on the floor. To be continued tomorrow... The four friends reached the castle shortly. It was a large edifice, with walls that were easily over forty feet high. It was surrounded by a moat, but the drawbridge was down. Upon entering the grounds, Ashleigh noted that the place was eerily quiet. "Where is everybody?" she asked. "We don't know," said Grunge. "This castle used to hold hundreds of people," said Grunge. "Then Morlock and I went away for a trade mission, and when we came back, most of the people were gone, including our families." "The rest disappeared over the past two months. Now there is only Grunge and I left," said Morlock. " What makes it worse, said Morlock is that the last to disappear were all locked in their rooms when they disappeared, and their was no sign of forced entry." "That is weird!" said Daddy, "Can we see the rooms?"
Grunge let them down a corridor to a hallway with many doors. "Here is where the last of them lived before they went away." said Morlock. Daddy and Ashleigh went into a room. All was silent. Immediately, Daddy and Ashleigh began knocking on the walls. "What are you doing?" Grunge asked. "We are looking for hidden doors" said Ashleigh. "You're wasting your time," said Morlock, "We checked magically." Just then, Ashleigh sprang a lever and a door appeared in the wall. Morlock and Grunge looked stunned. "Of course! Someone has hidden the doors from magical interference! Why didn't we think of that!!" said Grunge. The door opened on a stairway heading down. Daddy closed it gently, and said "Let's check some of the other rooms." In all, they checked twenty five rooms. Each one had a hidden door. The next day, Daddy and Ashleigh decided to go through one of the hidden doors and follow the stairs down. The stairs circled down for more than five hundred feet and ended in a long hallway. Hundreds of doors led off of the hallway, and Ashleigh said "I bet all of the hidden doorways lead to this hallway." Daddy agreed, and they slowly began to walk up the hallway. After a while, there were no more doors, only the long hallway leading off into the darkness. The further they went, the louder it became. It started low, almost imperceptible; a low kachung! kachung! sound that got louder as they walked. Ashleigh began to get frightened, but Daddy consoled her. "We must go on to find out what happened to those people," he said. Soon, they reached the bottom of a grand staircase. The noise was coming from the top of the stairs. Slowly, Ashleigh and Daddy crept to the top of the stairs and peaked over the railing. In front of them were hundreds of elves and dwarfs, all swinging picks and hammers at the walls of a huge cavern. The loud noise was coming from a huge machine in the middle of the cavern that the dwarfs were feeding the rock from the walls into. They had found the missing population of the castle! After the battle, Ashleigh and Daddy stayed hunkered down in the crater, since they were worried that the battle could start again at any moment. There was no rhyme or reason to why the battle started or stopped. Soon, they heard the sound of heated discussion coming from in front of the crater in the direction they were heading before the battle started.
Daddy peaked his head over the top of the crater and took a look. What he saw made him scratch his head in puzzlement. Walking towards them down the middle of the battlefield were two strange-looking men. The first was Ashleigh's height, but was much broader and had a long beard. The second man was very skinny and short in stature. His most poignant feature were his ears, which were long and pointed. Ashleigh peaked over the top of the crater and jumped up quickly. "Get in a crater quickly", she yelled "These skeletons come alive and fight!" Both men stopped in their tracks as if struck. They both stared at Ashleigh until one finally said "A human child!" and took a step towards Ashleigh. Thats when Daddy pulled himself out of the crater and stood next to his daughter. "Aieee! A giant!" yelled the little man. Daddy said "No, I'm a human, but I don't think either of you are human, now that I get a closer look at you." Both men froze. With a wiggle of their fingers, ten skeletons got up and surrounded Daddy and Ashleigh. "Ah, treachery!" Daddy yelled as he pulled his broad sword. The little man yelled "drop your weapons! There are too many of my soldiers and you will surely die before you can slay all of them." Daddy said "but you will die first!" "How is that?" said the thin man, "we have you surrounded" With that, Daddy dropped his broad sword and fitted an arrow to his long bow. "My arrow will fly well before they strike me down, and you shall be dead." Daddy said calmly as he pulled back on the bow string. Ashleigh casually pointed her crossbow at the thin man. The skeletons quickly fell back to the ground, lifeless once more. "Let's start again" said the short man, "My name is Grundge, and I am a dwarf." "And I am Morlock, and I am an elf." said the wispy looking fellow. "What are you doing here in the eastern realm of the Middle Earth?" "A hidden door led us here." said Ashleigh. "I thought we hid all of the doors to our realm," said Morlock, "You must be very clever." Ashleigh smiled. "Our castle is just over that hill", said Grundge. "Why don't you join us?" "First, I'd like to know why you had those skeletons battling. "Those? They are our game pieces. We play Battle Chess" Morlock said. He wiggled his fingers to make a skeleton dance. "They are harmless if you don't get in their way, or if we don't direct them at you." With that, the four of them set out for the castle. I'm sorry that I didn't write the II chapter on time, I'll try to do better this time. Chapter III: Magical MemoryWell that was different, said Ashleigh as they walked up the staircase. At the top was a big snake. Smaller snakes were attached to its neck. Lucky for them it was sleeping. This is more creepy then the hand, said Ashleigh in a whisper.
I forgot about the hand, said Maddie. Your Memory is like magic. Thank you, Ashleigh replied. Slowly they started to walk past the big snake. Then Ashleigh slipped on water and landed with a big thud. The snake woke up, Maddie and Ashleigh both grabbed their swords and started slashing at it. I'll get the big snake, you get the little ones, Maddie shouted to Ashleigh. Ashleigh began put the little snakes in knots. Then the last snake that wasn't knotted bit Ashleigh. OW! She cried. When Maddie her that, she got a running start, jumped on the big snakes head, did a flip onto the little snakes head, and landed near Ashleigh. Wow, Ashleigh mumbled. I didn't know I could do that said Maddie. Ashleigh sowed Maddie the bite on her arm. I looked infected. Am I going to be okay? asked Ashleigh. I don't know. said Maddie. To be continued tomorrow... If you read and liked the last chapter, here is a new one. I hope you enjoy it. Chapter II: The Unknown Ashleigh sighed and the sisters kept going. Stacks of weapons and skeletons lay on the floor. Maddie sorted through the weapons, while Ashleigh looked for armor. Lucky for them, Ashleigh found a box of armor that would fit them, and Maddie found weapons that would help them fight monsters. Maddie had a sword strapped to her back, she also had a boomerang strapped to her left and right hip.
A bow and 17 arrows were her backup weapon. Ashleigh had a sword strapped on her back, a pair of sais were strapped to her hips. Her backup weapons was two throwing knives. They kept walking until they got to what looked like a battlefield. In the middle of the battlefield was a wire that led to another door. This time, the door was locked! What now? asked Ashleigh. I don't know, said Maddie. When they turned around, something had changed. Instead of a battlefield, there was now a staircase leading up. To be continued tomorrow... Ashleigh and Daddy set off into the cave. The floor had a gradual drop so they were walking deeper into the earth with every step. The path seemed well worn and curved away to the right. After about forty-five minutes, the cave opened up into a large cavern which had an eery green glow. Ashleigh switched off the flashlight since they could see what lay about them clearly.
"What happened here?" Ashleigh asked in a whisper. "I don't know." Daddy said, "but it looks like it happened a long time ago." spread out in front of them for as far as the eye could see was the remains of an ancient battlefield. It was like a sea of bones! Skeletons in armor were were strewn about in the same positions as they fell, so long ago. What a battle it must have been! To the right were two skeletons that seemed to killed each other with their spears. Hands still wrapped around the hilt of their weapons, both were sagged forward on each other's weapons...as if their hatred was so great that they continued their struggles even in death.arms and legs were lying about as if they were lopped off in the heat of battle and forgotten. Acres and acres of bodies...and none of them buried. "Why didn't anyone bury these bodies?" Ashleigh asked. "The floor is made of stone." Daddy said, "And, maybe, there was no one left to bury them. This battle looked pretty brutal." "Let's see if we can find where both sides were camped." Daddy said. "We might be able to find out why they were fighting...or maybe even some treasure!" "Treasure! Yeah!" Ashleigh said, and they began to walk across the battlefield. A half hour passed and they were still no nearer the end of the battlefield. "There must have been thousands of them." said Ashleigh in a hushed tone. The further they went into the battlefield, the more craters they saw as if something stronger than the stone had come down crashing on the floor. In these areas, there were no bones; as if whatever had struck had hit with such force that the bones were turned to dust. Suddenly, there was a blast of trumpets coming from the right hand side of the battlefield. A second round of trumpeting was heard from the left. On either side of them, the skeletons slowly started to get up and gather their armor, missing appendages and weapons. Some ran to the left while others ran to the right. Presently, two armies formed and faced each other. Ashleigh and Daddy seemed to be caught in the middle, so they quickly jumped down into one of the craters. They poked their heads up and watched as the two armies faced off. The army on the right began to bang their swords and spears against their shields. Meanwhile the army on the left began to stamp their feet. Both sides seemed to be trying to psyche the other side out with their banging and stamping. Suddenly a flight of thousands of arrows was loosed from the army on the left. Although the army on the right raised their shields, some of the arrows still struck home. With a final bang of their swords on shield, the army on the right started to move forward. The battle was truly macabre. The skeletons ran towards each other and began hacking at one another. Action only ceased when one received what would be a mortal blow, if the skeletons were actually alive. A stab to the chest would stop a skeleton, as would decapitation or the loss of a leg. The loss of an arm would not always stop a skeletal warrior though; only if it was high up near the shoulder blade. As scary as it was, none of the skeletons seemed to be able to see Ashleigh and Daddy. For the most part, they were safe in their crater. Only one time did two skeletons fall into the crater with them. Daddy quickly put an end to them with two strokes from his broadsword. "Aren't you glad we decided to wear this stuff?" he said to Ashleigh with a smile on his face. Ashleigh calmed down after seeing her father's nonchalant attitude towards the carnage. In fact, she even pulled her own sword, and slashed at the leg of a passing skeleton. The skeleton stumbled and was impaled on the spear of a skeleton from the other side. Daddy said "Let's not get too crazy!" as he gently pulled Ashleigh back into the safety of the crater. The battle went on for another hour, with skeletons dying on either side. Unexpectedly, trumpets once again blared from both sides, and the remaining skeletons once again fell to the ground lifeless. Well that's different Ashleigh thought as she looked into the inky blackness behind the book case. She could just see a stone staircase leading down, but it was much too dark to go down without some sort of light. Ashleigh left the aisle and walked up to Georgie the librarian to see if she had a flashlight. "Do you have a flashlight?" she said with a smile. "One of the bulbs is out in the aisle back there and I can't read the book titles." Georgie smiled and handed her a flashlight; she said "I have the same problem too!"
Next, Ashleigh went to get her Dad. If she was going to walk blindly into the unknown, there was no one better to go with than her Dad. He would protect her. She walked up to Daddy and whispered in his ear and told him the situation. Daddy's eyes sparkled as he heard what Ashleigh had in mind. "I always like to explore spooky places" he said as he grabbed Ashleigh's hand. "Let's go!" Soon, the two of them were standing in front of the opening in the wall. The stairs were dusty and unused by anything but small animals in a very long time. They started forward into the darkness. When they stepped onto the fourth step, one of the stones sank about three inches and the bookcase above slowly slid back into place. "No place to go but down" Daddy said and they continued down the stair case. At the bottom, they were in a roughly hewn chamber about 20 feet in diameter. In one corner was a pile of armor and ancient weapons. On the opposite wall was a cave entrance slanting downward. Although the room was filled with dust and cobwebs, the armor looked new, as if the dust and insects were afraid to touch it. Daddy thought the armor was cool, and immediately started sorting through it looking for stuff that would fit him and Ashleigh. Soon, each of them were decked out in armor. Daddy chose a lightweight chain mail that fit over his clothes like a slip. He buckled on a long razor-sharp broad sword which he wore on his right side, and two katana that he slung cross ways over each shoulder. The katana were light, and unbelievably sharp. To finish off his "look" Dad wore three sais, two in front and one behind his back. A long bow and a quiver of arrows were also thrown casually across his shoulder. Ashleigh was dressed as a warrior princess. Her armor was a light-weight scale mail, which moved with her body like a second skin. She carried a smaller sword on her left hip. and two throwing daggers strapped to each forearm. Not visible, but still there, was a third throwing dagger hidden behind the nape of her neck. For long distances, she carried a small crossbow and a quiver of bolts. If you were going to play a game, then you means well dress the part! And right now, Ashleigh and Daddy were playing a game. They were playing at being adventurous explorers and the "basement" of this old library was their playground. And besides, who knew what would be waiting for them at the end of the cave they were just about to explore? A good weapon might come in handy, if they had to fight a giant earthworm or a large vole. Neither knew just how wrong they would be! I'm going to write a story about my sister and me. I'm going to try to write a chapter a day so I hope you enjoy this chapter. Chapter I: The Mystery PlaceOne day in May, 8-year-old Ashleigh and her 16-year-old sister Maddie, went outside in the woods. They walked on a trail that led to the top of a mountain, and then went down again. There were more mountains not far from the one they were walking on. Everything was calm until Maddie said, "Look! A door in that mountain!" Not far from them was a door in one of the mountain peaks.
A staircase led up to the door. "Should we go inside?" asked Ashleigh. "Okay", said Maddie, "but stay close and be careful". Slowly they started up the creepy wooden staircase. When they reached the top, Maddie opened the door into a big room with blood, dead bodies, and bones stacked to the ceiling. "Its a Mystery room!" said Ashleigh. They fearfully entered the room, and after four steps, the door closed and locked behind them. The two sisters began walking past bones and dead bodies. After 2 minutes of trying to get out of the mystery room, the ground shook, and a hand broke through the floor and grabbed Maddie's leg. Ashleigh screamed and started to look around the room for something to hit it with. Finally, she found a broom, and began swatting the hand with it. The hand finally let go and sank back into the ground. Maddie and Ashleigh found a pile of dirt and put it in the hole the hand had made. In a minute the door opened and they ran out. Although now, they were not outside the mountain. They were in another cave! To be continued tomorrow... Below is chapter one of a story I began writing for Ashleigh. I started to write the story in 2016, but I only finished five chapters before I put it aside. I returned to the story early last week and wrote chapters six and seven, and I thought maybe some of you would like to read it. All seven of the current chapters can be found under the button on the right hand side of the page above called Ashleigh's Adventures. If you would rather read the story in serial format, I will be posting the chapters once each day here until I have caught up to the current chapter. These stories got their start about 12 years ago, while we were still looking for a house in New Hampshire. During the long trips I would tell Maddie stories to keep her occupied while we were in the car. For Maddie, I told her stories about her Barbie dolls since she didn't like to be part of the adventures. Maddie had tons of dolls, and names for each of them. Unfortunately, I never wrote these stories down. They likely could have made an easy forty-chapter book. When Ashleigh heard about the stories I used to tell Maddie, she wanted me to tell her stories, as well. Ashleigh wanted to be part of the adventure, though, and she wanted me to join her in her journeys. Ashleigh's Adventures are the result. At this point, I am making the story up as we go along...similar as to what I did with Maddie. While you will see references to places you may know or heard of (The Rindge Public Library, and Middle Earth, for starters), I assure you that both the places and the characters are all a bit different than you may know in real life or fiction (For instance, who would guess that Ashleigh turns into a warrior princess? (Chapter Seven)). Looking ahead, these stories will go on until Ashleigh no longer has an interest in the stories. When that happens, we will just have to move on with our journeys in the real World. Chapter One: The Aisle Of FrightOne cold morning in February Ashleigh and Daddy decided to go to the library. Ashleigh liked the library because she always found nice books to read there. There was just one row in the library that Ashleigh was afraid of. Whenever she walked up that aisle, a cool breeze hit her, as if a ghost was embracing her heart.
"I'm going to do it this time", Ashleigh thought. I am going to walk up that aisle, and not get afraid...and I am going to find out why I get chilled whenever I go there. As soon as they got into the children's section, Daddy let go of her hand and went off to find books to use for Ashleigh's schoolwork. Ashleigh was home schooled, and all of her reading and writing assignments were based off of books that Daddy chose at the library on the weekend. Once she was alone, Ashleigh's sense of foreboding began to rise as she headed towards her aisle of fright. The aisle was dim, as usual, since there always seemed to be a bulb out somewhere along the length of the row. It seemed quieter in the aisle, too since many children seemed to avoid this part of the library. Ashleigh suspected she was not the only person who felt the cold grip of fear when they walked down that aisle. Slowly Ashleigh began to walk down the aisle. The cool breeze started about five feet from the beginning of the row. She steeled herself and kept walking. Slowly, she moved forward. By the time she reached the end of the row, she could actually feel her hair lifting on a breeze. In front of her was an old wooden bookshelf with musty looking books on it. She could feel the breeze on her face, and she started moving books on the shelf looking for where the breeze was coming from. On the fourth shelf, there was a slight hole in the back of the cabinet, and that is where the breeze was coming from. Ashleigh felt around on the back of the shelf and found a nail head that protruded from the back of the cabinet. When she pressed it, the cabinet trembled and noiselessly slid to the side exposing an inky black opening in the wall behind the cabinet. Today I read a new book called: Magic Tree House: Blizzard of the Blue Moon. One day Jack and Annie went to the tree house to do a mission for Merlin. They had to save a unicorn from a magic spell in New York City. When they get to New York, Jack and Annie are confused. They wondered where they will find a unicorn in a big city.
They got a train, and a girl gave them the rouge directions. When they head about a monster blizzard, they went to a library to get warm before looking again. To there surprise the unicorn was in a painting in the library. Though they didn't know that the unicorns real name was Dianthus. They also didn't know a girl named Grinda and a boy named Balor where following them. They tried to catch dianthus but jack and Annie stopped them. They stopped they by turning them into ducks with a rime. Then they went home. Ashleigh It is going to be my birthday soon. It is in 14 more days. I'm going to be 8 years old. My sister already calls me 8. My sister is going to make me a chocolate cake with vanilla frosting.
She can decorate it how ever she wants. I also want to play ESO or Minecraft with daddy and Maddie. I will also play with the dog a little. When I blow out the candle on the cake, my wish will be to never work. The good thing about having a birthday in January is I get gifts from Santa and for my birthday. I don't know what Maddie or daddy have got me for my birthday. Though I know I will like it, because they always get me things that make me happy. I'm exited for my birthday. If daddy lets me I will watch YouTube for a little. For lunch we are going to have mac and cheese at the mac and cheese shop. It is in a mall. After lunch, we are going to have frozen yogurt. I like frozen yogurt. Ashleigh Today I read a new book called: Magic Tree House: Season of the Sandstorm. One day, Jack and Annie went to the Tree house to do a mission for Merlin. They had to go to the Golden Age of Baghdad to help the caliph spread wisdom to the world. When they got to the Golden Age, they do not know where to go or where Baghdad was... So they use one of there magic rimes. They used, Make helpers appear out of no ware.
Then a sandstorm took them by surprise. A moment later, the sandstorm stopped. When they looked out the window, they saw some men. They went down the ladder, and talked to the leader which was named Mamoon. Annie though, told them there mission, when she did, the men laughed except Mamoon. When the men told them no children are going to see the caliph, Mamoom changed the subject. He asked them if they'd like to go to Baghdad with them. Yes please they answered. Annie rode a camel near Mamoon named Cutie, and Jack rode a camel near Mamoon named Beauty. When they stopped to rest, Mamoon told Jack and Annie more about him and his men. Though they were interrupted by bandits. Mamoon gave they a book and said to keep it safe. While running from bandits, they got mixed up in a sandstorm. Finally they gave up looking for Mamoon and went to Baghdad by themselves. When they got to Baghdad Jack left his bag near beauty, though beauty ate the book. They collected up the pieces of the torn book and used a rime. They used Mend what cannot be mended. It worked! In the throne room of the caliph, they kneeled at a throne. No people were there. Though in a moment a familiar voice said look up Jack and Annie. It was Mamoon! After giving him the book they headed home. Ashleigh Happy New Year! I hope you had a good new years, just like us. Though Daddy was playing ESO just the day before new years and I didn't have anyone to play Minecraft with. On new years night, we ate some crackers, cookies, Reuben dip and fudge while we played a game of Uno. We also went out to do some shopping. We only got towels and stuff like that.
After that we ate at Applebee's. I was stuffed when we got home! About 2 or 3 hours later, I ate the mac and cheese I could not eat at Applebee's. Then I watched YouTube. I also watched dad play ESO for a little. Then went back to YouTube. We went shopping on new years' day. It was followed by a big Applebee's dinner. I got mac and cheese. Daddy ate two plates of riblets and two plates of chicken tenders with a lot of fries. Maddie and Seth ate mac and cheese too. The thing I want to learn most this year is to type faster. Like Dad and Maddie. I type very slow, and most people can type faster than me. With practice, I hope to get better, though! Ashleigh |
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