The Curse of The Trees-Eden

It was just an ordinary day at the Enchantia Mall in Poughkeepsie. Zola, Lilly and I were walking around when a hair clip caught my eye in Zandle, the accessories store. It was made of ancient wood and covered in gemstones that sparkled like the stars. It was so beautiful that I had to stop. So I walked in and bought it. The moment I got home I put it on and showed my mom. She adored it. I went to my room so I could look into the mirror but something wasn’t right. My hair almost looked like wood and I could barely see the clip.

 That night at around 10:30, I knew something was terribly wrong. I was typing on my computer but I could not really think. I wrote a note to my mom saying that I thought the hair clip was slowly changing me into a tree. As I was typing the last word, I looked down and saw that my knee looked wooden. I needed to get rid of the hair clip before I turned into a tree, and this was my last chance.

 I ran as fast as I could towards the Hudson River to throw the clip away, and so no one would ever find it again. I could feel myself getting stiffer and stiffer, slowly turning into wood as I got closer and closer to the Hudson River. As I got there, I knew I was almost fully a tree. I couldn’t walk anymore. My feet turned to roots. I threw the hair clip into the water and as I let go of the clip, my arm sprouted into a branch and my fingers into leaves. With my last breath, I thought of everything I was leaving behind and became a tree with a soul.

 

Scary Story – by Shane

It was a dark, stormy foggy night and I decided to take a walk over to my friend’s house when suddenly I fell into a big dark scary hole. I was in some sort of a catacomb with blood all over the walls. Then I heard creepy laughing. I followed the laughing and came up on a women all dressed in black. t looked like the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen with warts on her face and on her legs. She had red eyes and she looked white as a ghost.

The woman looked up at me with a grey face and said, “They’re coming!”

“Who,” I said.

“The catacomb guards, if they find you before you can get out, they will kill you.”

“How do I get out?” I asked.

She said, “The keys – you need to find two keys to unlock the door and get out.”

I said, “Thank you.” She just sat there and laughed and then I heard people coming.

She said, “Go, you must go.” Then I ran as fast as I could. I took the nearest turn and hid behind the wall. Then I listened. I heard screaming then nothing…

I heard dragging on the ground. I see them dragging the women on the ground. I saw that they have killed her. I felt sad but I dare not speak or they would hear me. I went to sleep on the cold damp floor. When I woke up, I went back to where I fell in and looked up. Still dark I thought to myself. But another day is still to come…