Basement Surprise

By Neta Albek

The craziest thing happened to me last week when I was eating breakfast in my pajamas. Here's what happened: I was eating my pancakes. They were like soft sweet heaven. Then… it happened. WHIIIIIIIRRR! My mom and I looked all around but we….saw… NOTHING. Then we knew where it came from… my dad's top secret……LAB/the basement! Mom said not to be scared because it’s probably dad making a new invention.But I reminded her: DadIsn't home!It was so scary. My mom said she needed to go to the supermarket, but I knew she was scared. Then I realized I needed to do the LAUNDRY!!! AND THE LAUNDRY WAS NOT JUST DOWNSTAIRS BUT… THE BASEMENT!! My stomach dropped. I didn’t wanna, I really didn’t. BEEEEP!!! BEEEEP!!! “ Uh oh!” I said. “Mom’s calling! Beep. “Hey Mom!” I said finally answering the phone. “Hi honey bee! I hope you’re doing the laundry,” she said back in a high then low tone. “Yeah I was thinking, maybe I could skip it today?” I replied, greedily taking another pancake. “No! Your jersey is in there and your game is tomorrow!” She screamed so loud I had to take the phone away from my ear! I guess I have to, I thought. I went halfway down the stairs. No I can’t, mustn't, I wouldn't but…I had to… “One…Two…Three…Four…Five…Six…Seven…Eight…” I counted in my head as I held a sharp pencil in both hands, shaking as I went down. I opened the door that said: Restrictedarea!Nooneallowed, evenfamily!!!

“OH NO!!!” I said accidentally in a faint whisper, taking a step away. “It can’t be. It…It won’t be!” (GASP!) I said putting one foot on the stairs ready to run up them. If you’re wondering: Well what is it? What’s all the drama? Then here it is…The letters spelling Restricted area! Noone allowed, even family was written in what seemed to be blood It…was…horrible!!! Then I thought who would put laundry in here anyway…?” WHHHIIIIRRRRRR… I heard it again and looked around. Where did it come from? Then when I found out. I wished I didn’t. It came from…the lab! I was horrified! Then I found a little hole in the door. It fit my eye perfectly. I peeked right through it. I saw a lab, a lab with potions all smashed in different places. It was like sitting on a rainbow, yet very crrreeeeeeeeppppyy! I finally opened the door but it was locked. I remembered that in the movies people used bobby pins to open locked doors! “Yes! It’s genius!” I whispered as I took the bobby pin out of my hair and picked the lock. Finally the door opened. I looked around. It was a room big enough to fit a bunch of elephants! WHAM!! “Oof!” I said. Then I looked at what it was… “Fluffy!” I stared at my dog. He was wet but with green water. A potion maybe? Then he started flying! “ Did you roll in dad’s potions and get powers?” I asked him. He just stood there and stared. “I’m gonna take that as a yes.” I went to the door. I wiped the “blood” with my finger and then licked it. “Hey! This is Mom’s strawberry jam!” I said relieved. I went back upstairs just as Mom came home and so did Dad. We all sat down for dinner. We had McDonalds for dinner! Then Mom and Dad went downstairs. “YOU DIDN’T DO THE LAUNDRY!” Mom screamed so loudly that the whole neighborhood could hear. “Uh oh,” I said to Fluffy. “WHAT HAPPENED TO MY LAB?!” Dad shouted through the microphone. “Double uh oh!” I said.