Ghostly Adventures

The adventures of Mary and Giana

Chapter one

There’s a ghost in my house!

One day to friends Mary and Giana were having a sleep over. Giana was staying at Mary house because her parents were out of town. It was nine o’clock at night. Mary and Giana are nine. Mary has blonde hair and brown eyes. She has been on crutches her whole life and she is rich. Giana has blonde hair and green eyes. She’s a tomboy since she was eleven months.


"Mary lets tell scary stories" Giana said "ok. I’ll go first" Mary replied "since this is your house" Giana explained "Bloody Mary told by me. She lived deep in the forest in a tiny cottage and sold herbal remedies for a living. Folks living in the town nearby called her Bloody Mary, and said she was a witch. None dared cross the old crone for fear that their cows would go dry, their food-stores rot away before winter, their children take sick of fever, or any number of terrible things that an angry witch could do to her neighbors.

Then the little girls in the village began to disappear, one by one. No one could find out where they had gone. Grief-stricken families searched the woods, the local buildings, and all the houses and barns, but there was no sign of the missing girls. A few brave souls even went to Bloody Mary's home in the woods to see if the witch had taken the girls, but she denied any knowledge of the disappearances. Still, it was noted that her haggard appearance had changed. She looked younger, more attractive. The neighbors were suspicious, but they could find no proof that the witch had taken their young ones.

Then came the night when the daughter of the miller rose from her bed and walked outside, following an enchanted sound no one else could hear. The miller's wife had a toothache and was sitting up in the kitchen treating the tooth with an herbal remedy when her daughter left the house. She screamed for her husband and followed the girl out of the door. The miller came running in his nightshirt. Together, they tried to restrain the girl, but she kept breaking away from them and heading out of town.

The desperate cries of the miller and his wife woke the neighbors. They came to assist the frantic couple. Suddenly, a sharp-eyed farmer gave a shout and pointed towards a strange light at the edge of the woods. A few townsmen followed him out into the field and saw Bloody Mary standing beside a large oak tree, holding a magic wand that was pointed towards the miller's house. She was glowing with an unearthly light as she set her evil spell upon the miller's daughter. The townsmen grabbed their guns and their pitchforks and ran toward the witch. When she heard the commotion, Bloody Mary broke off her spell and fled back into the woods. The far-sighted farmer had loaded his gun with silver bullets in case the witch ever came after his daughter. Now he took aim and shot at her. The bullet hit Bloody Mary in the hip and she fell to the ground. The angry townsmen leapt upon her and carried her back into the field, where they built a huge bonfire and burned her at the stake. As she burned, Bloody Mary screamed a curse at the villagers. If anyone mentioned her name aloud before a mirror, she would send her spirit to revenge herself upon them for her terrible death. When she was dead, the villagers went to the house in the wood and found the unmarked graves of the little girl’s the evil witch had murdered. She had used their blood to make her young again. From that day to this, anyone foolish enough to chant Bloody Mary's name three times before a darkened mirror will summon the vengeful spirit of the witch. It is said that she will tear their bodies to pieces and rip their souls from their mutilated bodies. The souls of these unfortunate ones will burn in torment as Bloody Mary once was burned, and they will be trapped forever in the mirror." "Wow" Giana said after the story was over "let’s chant bloody Mary three times in a dark room" "no" Mary replied "the only mirror is in my parent’s room. And besides my crutches make noise when I use them and we have wooden floors" "oh yeah" Giana replied. CLANK! CLANK! CLANK! "Did you hear that Giana?" Mary asked "come on" Giana replied. Mary got her crutches and followed Giana up the stairs. "Look" Giana whispered "my sister’s room is right there come on" Mary whispered. They crossed the hallway to a white door Giana opened it. Mary followed by Giana went in to her sisters room "Kayla. Wake up" Mary said "what now Mary" Kayla asked. She sat up in her bed Kayla is about fifteen. "We heard something" Giana explained "and I care why?" Kayla asked rubbing her eye "because you will help us" Mary replied "fine. But if I see nothing you are dead" Kayla explained. Kayla, Giana and Mary went down stairs. "Where did you hear the noise?" Kayla asked "the kitchen. We were on the floor and we heard a noise" Mary replied "we were telling stories about" "B-L-O-O-D-Y Mary" Giana finished "bloody Mary you’ve got to being kidding" Kayla said opening a cabinet in the kitchen "I don’t see anything squirt. Don’t bother me." Kayla went back to her room. BOOM! CLANK! RATTLE! "There it is again" Giana said "it’s coming from the attic. Come on" Mary said. They went up six flights of stairs and when they got there the door was open. "I was the last one up here and I closed the door" Mary explained "maybe it was the wind" Giana suggested. BOOM! The girls let out a gasp "look a mirror. Come on Mayor" Giana said. They went over to the mirror. "Say it" Giana said Mary nodded her head and faced the mirror "Bloody Mary. Bloody Mary. Bloody Mary." Mary chanted. A white figure showed black eyes and a bloody dress. "AH!" Giana and Mary screamed "here" Giana said quickly. She handed Mary a bat and Mary hit the mirror with the bat. Mary let out a sigh "now my house is hunted" Mary started. Matthew (her twelve year old brother), Clara (her three year old sister) and Kayla ran in to the attic. "Kayla we saw her we saw Bloody Mary" Giana explained out of breath. Kayla let out a devil smile and called "Mom Mary is hurting me." Mrs. Jones came up to the attic and saw the shattered mirror. "Mary are you ok?" Mrs. Jones asked "I’m fine" Mary replied.

Chapter two

Plans

The next day Mary and Giana were the last ones up. Mary put on a sad fire skirt, a blue shirt with a sad fire sweater. Giana put on clean boxers, a boy’s ringer tee and boys jeans. Kayla and Matthew had school Clara, Mary and Giana were home schooled. "Ok now that it’s quite" Mary started "let’s see what we are goanna do about you know who" "ok. So let’s sleep in your room tonight" Giana suggested.