Grandfather on a hunt- by Gia

Alex stared out of the window in boredom. She couldn’t wait to get to her late grandfather’s house! “Mom!” she asked, “are we there yet?” Her mom smiled, “How about I tell you a story?” “There goes my boredom!” Alex said. “I am going to start!” her mom said, “My dead father was actually a pirate, and as you know pirates are scary and hate humanity. And when my father died, he swore to get revenge and kill all humans…”

Alex was getting bored with the story when she reached her grandfather’s house! “I will go down in ten minutes,” she said. Ten minutes later, she went downstairs. “I will have finished the summoning if Alex comes at 5 tomorrow,” Alex heard her mom say. She was very confused. What summoning was her mother talking about? Then, she remembered the book she found one month ago. It contained steps on how to summon a ghost and her mom had written a note in it. It said, ‘Summon father. Important. I’ve done it.’ Alex decided that tomorrow, she would summon her grandfather. The next day, when her mother was out, Laura set up the summoning equipment. She did as the book said and then, on a mirror, in blood, it was written, “I will kill you.” When Alex’s mother got home, she saw the message and screamed. She pulled Alex away from the house and started running. “I’ve been fearing this for 2 years,” she muttered. Alex’s mum was tired when she stopped running. Suddenly, a ghost appeared, surrounded by shadows. Alex’s mum said that she was done hiding. Then, she jumped into the cloud of shadows and disappeared. Forever. Alex stared at the ghost in horror. The ghost wrote in the mud, ‘I will not kill you… for now. My brother will. He… will be doing this later.’ Alex stared at the message in shock and disbelief … and ran away as fast as she could.

Years later, Alex was looking at a picture of her mum and recalling the crazy story of her grandfather. After her mother was “taken” by her grandfather, she and her father, who had not gone on vacation to her grandpa’s house, moved to New York. And, up till now, her great-uncle had not come after her. "Well," thought Alex, “I will have been surviving a ghost for 11 years in May.” And she set down the photo of her mother and walked away from her memories and fear of ghosts.

Written by:

Gia Velingkar