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Mespelbrunn Castle: A Short Story

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T’was a heavy rain and the sky is as dark as the grave. A minivan approaching, its headlight shined a horizon of Germany's countryside. A group of teenagers travelled across the country for their holiday. Their next stop, the infamous Mespelbrunn Castle. Tales tell that Count Friedrich, the master of this Castle in the 18th century, was cursed for his notorious acts. But what is the curse about and how does it affect upon this Castle, no one knows. Despite the myths, Dennis, Ross, Lara and Emma decided to choose this place as their "hotel" for 2 nights, not knowing what's awaiting their destinies. As the minivan comes to a halt, the group rushed out of the van and start moving their packs as quickly as the lightning's flash. After they've …show more content…

And as fast as arrows flying through the air, Ross and Dennis streamed down to the bathroom as the screaming continues, louder and screechier than before. When the boys got there, the scene is immeasurably horrifying, the floor of the room is covered with blood, as the two girls' skin is scratched and damaged. Chasing the girls down are four horrible, limb-like creatures. Two of them look like the shape of a hand and the other two seem foot-like, with dark yellow skin, rotten meat and bone inside them. Their nails are long, nasty and as pointed as a knife head. At that brief moment, the group now realise, that the curse of the Mespelbrunn Castle, the curse of Count Friedrich, all of them, are real. And now they got to run away from it. "EMMA, LARA! QUICKLY!!" shouts Ross, "GET TO THE VAN!!!" Blood still coming out of the girls' body, their faces are as white as snow and filled with horror. As soon as the girls got away from the self-moving limbs, the group rushed straight for the entrance. But when they were so close to getting away, Emma slips, and the cursed hands captured her ankles, and drags her away. "HELP!!!" she shrieks. And as fast as a cheetah's reflexes, Ross grasps a torch and chase back. The rotten feet stop him, but he quickly uses the torch to scorch them. When he catches up with the hands, he uses the wooden end of the torch to stab both of

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