The Abandoned House

Hello, My name is Shane. My brother and I, Travis has got a new house with our family. I am 14 years old and Travis is 16. We both have cameras. My camera is an old Polaroid camera. When it takes a picture, it is in black and white. Travis's camera is a Minolta and the pictures out of that are perfect.

When we got to our new house, our parents started to put our items inside. Travis and I suggested we go around the neighborhood. We told our parents where we were going, got our cameras and then we took off. While walking we always passed an old house. We saw a really old house perhaps it was abandoned.

Half of the windows were shattered and there were vines growing on the side. I took a picture and then I asked 'Do you want to go inside?' 'Sure!' Travis said. We started to walk into the yard with chills running down my spine. As we got closer I got more nervous. Travis got to the door and tried to open it. It's locked. Travis said. Wait a second, let's check the back door! Travis also said.

We walked to the back yard of the house. While walking I started to get cold. We got to the back yard, the door was wide open but we couldn't see anything inside. All we could see was darkness. I took a picture and when the picture came out, I jumped back from horror. There is a masked figure in the picture trying to grab something on his shirt. I showed Travis the picture as he said. "What the hell is that thing? Let's go inside!"

I wanted to run home but i also didn't want to look like a chicken in front of my older brother. "Okay." I said. We both walked in at the same time. It smelled like mold inside. You can feel the dust in the air and the musty smell also.

Travis took a photo of the kitchen because it was the most cold part of the house. We walked into the hallway and then into the kids room. There was photos of blank pages of paper on the walls. I wanted to take a picture, but my mind told me there might be another appearance of that masked man in the picture again.

I went into the bathroom looking around. I found an flashlight. I picked up the flashlight and turned it on. Eureka! It works! I said. The door in the bathroom slammed. I looked at the door and tried to open it. It didn't open. I kicked it and it came down.

''Travis?! Travis?!'' I screamed. I ran into the kids room, he was not there. I looked in the kitchen, not there either. I ran into all the rooms downstairs. He wasn't anywhere. "Upstairs." I said to myself. I ran upstairs as I saw a man standing in the distance. It was the man with the mask. He was standing there with a black suit. He had blood on his suit with white gloves. He was holding a axe in his left hand.

I tripped on the stairs as I ran downstairs. I got up and ran outside. I saw Travis on the ground with blood on his shirt. I walked up to him and said 'Are you okay?' He didn't respond. I looked behind me and saw the Masked man. 'He's not here' The masked man said. His voice sounded like it was edited. It was deep and made an echo. I got Travis and picked him up. I ran to our house.

Travis woke up while I was running. We got home and I ran inside. I put him on the ground and asked 'Are you okay?' He said yes, as he started to cry.