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A Narrative Essay On A Strange House

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(I just wanted to explore; I just wanted to know more; now let’s have a look at why it all almost ended for me.)

As I advanced towards the castle, I felt a sense of foreboding danger which seemed to resonate in every bone in my body. When I approached the doorway; I hesitated for a moment, as if this door was a crevice between life and death. As I sluggishly slumbered through the doorway the door creaked noisily shut behind me. Panicking I decided to bang on the door furiously in desperation to get it to open, but to no avail. The door stood still; refusing to move just like a ton of bricks. I gave up and proceeded to walk down the passageway towards the castle.
After walking for what seemed like an eternity, I stopped and stared at the warning sign which urged me to turn around as the house wasn’t safe. I ignored the sign and went closer towards …show more content…

I crept dangerously into the deep caverns of hell. Fearlessly I roamed deeper and deeper into unfamiliar origins. Everywhere I looked I could see shadows sliding over the wall like a slimy, slithering serpent. This was very frightening because it seemed that there were creatures all around and they were getting increasingly closer.

I stopped at a door labeled ‘games room’ which I entered. The titles I saw were very disturbing, as they were mostly horror games and movies until I looked and I saw a game titled ‘Princess Pony Dash’. I thought to myself, how peculiar, as all the other titles were violent. Nevertheless, I wasn’t going to stop and ponder in this house for very long; so I kept going and while I was walking I heard a condescending voice which shook my ears: ‘’Be gone! Who is it that disturbs my rest?’’ Another voice which seemed to be inferior to the first said ‘I’m sorry master I must have left the back gate open I think someone came in’.
The person with the condescending tone of voice said well what are you waiting for? Find him and kill him before he discovers what lies beneath the castle

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