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The Hidden Room
Sarah was frozen in shock. Now she knew the cat wasn't a figment of her imagination. What would be in the room, Sarah thought. Did Aunt Amelia know, Sarah thought. Could the cat be bad and want to hurt me, Sarah thought.
"Are you going to go in or stay behind?" asked the cat with a grin. Sarah slowly walked to the door while the cat waited for her. As soon as Sarah got to the door, she could hear Amelia coming up the steps in her black pumps. "Hurry into the room." whispered the cat. Sarah and Salem bolted into the secret room and shut the door, with the knob that was in the inside.
Sarah looked at her surroundings. The room was small in height but great in width. Sarah could barely stand up all the way and it seemed that the room went on forever. It seemed that no one had been in this room for a long time, for there were cobb webs on the doorknob and the old paintings that filled the room. Salem left the door and went to the center of the room. "How did you know this room was here?" asked Sarah.
"Didn't I make it obvious? I have been here before with one of your old relatives." said Salem bobbing his tail a little. "Why did you even bring me here?" asked Sarah.
"I have explained this before. You need to find your parents. In here is something that will help you." said the cat. Sarah looked around the room and found a chest that sparked her attention. She opened it up and found old things, like necklaces and other jewelry. Sarah then went to look at the paintings.
She pulled the cobb webs off one painting and was surprised at what she saw. The painting was of the Old Wild West. She saw two young looking ladies that resembled Sarah's mother and Aunt Amelia! The lady on the right had the long black hair and the purple eyes, like Amelia. While the lady on the left had the long brown hair and silver eyes.
"Salem, what is this?" asked Sarah surprised. Salem trotted over to the far left side of the room where Sarah was. He examined the photo for a while and said, "I don't know who they are." Sarah could hear a hint of a lie in his voice. Salem walked away while bobbing his tail, which caused the painting to be knocked over.
Sarah was about to pick up the painting when she noticed something. There were people's names on the back of the painting! Sarah read it out loud, "Amelia & Barbara"
Sarah was shocked. How could that be her mother and her aunt? They are way younger than the people from the Old Wild West. Salem had seen Sarah do this and said, "I know what you are wondering. Look at the other paintings to find out."
Sarah went to the other paintings and were even more surprised. All of the paintings were of Amelia and Barbara, but from different times. There were ones with them in Ancient Times, Renaissance, etc. The only one that didn't show both Barbara and Amelia was a painting of The Witch Trials. It was a painting of Barbara running from something in the woods, while holding the hand of some guy.
There was only one explanation for all of this. Sarah's mother and aunt are...are...witches!!! Pure terror went through Sarah's body, which caused her to faint. Salem had wanted Sarah to find out this secret, but he didn't know that Sarah would respond in such a way. Salem ran as fast as he could to Sarah's side.
When Sarah woke up, she was no longer in the secret room. She was in her bedroom in her bed. "Could it all have been a dream?" thought Sarah. Next to Sarah's bed was a stand that had a tray of tea and crumpets. It had been a long time since Sarah had these and ate greedily. After eating Sarah wondered, "Who could have placed these treats?" For no one knew that Sarah was born in Whales.
Sarah pulled the covers back and got out of the bed. She walked down the hall to where the secret room was. She needed to know if it all was a dream. Sarah got onto her knees and knocked three times, nothing happened. Sarah was about to leave when she heard the noise of a boulder moving. The wall had opened. So it wasn't a dream. But where was Salem? Then Sarah remembered that he only came to give her a push, which he did. He helped her uncover the mystery. But how was Sarah going to face her aunt with this information?
Sarah was about to go into her room, when she heard her stomach growl. Sarah looked at her watch and realized it was 6pm which was dinner time. "Sarah, dinner!" screamed Amelia. Sarah went down the steps at a steady pace, in no hurry. She arrived at the dinner table just in time. Both she and Sarah sat down to a meal of spaghetti.
"Where were you?" asked Amelia. Sarah seemed to be lost in thought, so Amelia repeated herself. Sarah looked at Amelia shaken and said, "I...uh...was looking at what kind of school I am going to tomorrow."
"Oh. Don't worry its a good school." said Amelia forking the spaghetti. "A matter of fact, your mother would have approved. Its' the same school she went to when she was your age." Amelia then put the spaghetti in her mouth and chewed delightfully.
Sarah was very uncomfortable during this time. She didn't know if she should eat the food or not. Amelia could have known she found out her secret and poisoned it. "Why aren't you eating?" asked Amelia noticing Sarah. Sarah scratched the back of her neck and said, "I'm just not hungry."
"Can you at least take a bite? It took me a long time to prepare the food." said Amelia innocently. Sarah gulped and forked up some of the spaghetti. Slowly, Sarah put into her mouth. Sarah chewed for a while then swallowed. Sarah opened her eyes and to her surprise she wasn't dead. Sarah continued to eat. "See was it that bad?" asked Amelia.
The rest of the meal was in silence. Occasionally, Sarah would look to Amelia but then look quickly at her plate for Amelia would look back. They both could feel the tension in the air. After eating, Sarah rushed to her room. What am I going to do? Thought Sarah. Sarah cant act like she didn't know what Amelia was forever. She needed to tell her, but how? I'm going to think about this later. Thought Sarah. She put on her girly pajama onesies and went to sleep. 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6E618ZxFDL
But, Sarah couldn't sleep. She could hear something scratching the floor downstairs. Sarah got up quietly. Sarah got to the steps and looked around for the person making the noise. Wait. What am I doing? Thought Sarah. It could just be Aunt Amelia. Sarah went down the steps, but wasn't quiet this time. "Aunt Amelia?" asked Sarah loudly. "What are you doing so late?" 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ugrKKhBjG
Sarah went to the source of the noise, the kitchen. Sarah face went blank when she looked into the kitchen. There was a black shadowy figure looking around the kitchen with it's back to Sarah. Sarah tried to hold her tongue to save her life, but instead let out a yell of terror. The figure turned around and looked at Sarah with it's fiery red eyes. Sarah was frozen in place, nothing this action packed ever happened to her before. The figure began to float, then sped over to Sarah. This was sure to be the end of Sarah's life. 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXB4jSEjPBH
Luckily for Sarah, Amelia had heard Sarah scream. She ran down the steps as quickly as she could. The figure went over to Sarah and was about to grab her by the neck. Sarah finally got her senses and ran to the living room, which was next to the kitchen. She was about to get to the other room, when she slipped on the hard floor. She had forgotten that running with her onesies on would cause her to slip. When Sarah slipped, Amelia ran to Sarah's aid. She got in front of Sarah and put her palms out to the figure. "Asmerath-metron-ventos!" screamed Amelia at the figure. The outlines of her palms began to glow purple. A shot of purple flames came out of Amelia's hands and hit the eyes of the figure. The figure covered its eyes with its hands and walked backwards. 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUYuF0Fao0
"Parisan-se-ah-mera" screamed Amelia again causing red flames to ignite from her hands. This hit the heart of the figure, causing him to explode. The pieces of this explosion splattered everywhere, then faded away. Amelia then turned back to Sarah with a frown on her face. 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkrLO3SqWA
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