[Her Odd “Dream”] S t a r
W i l s o n
The Basement’s Mystery Door Lacy had just gotten home after getting a book from the town’s local library with her early birthday money, Lacy’s fourteenth birthday was in two days! She was a very bubbly and entertaining girl, her hair was a bright orange like a soft sunset, her eyes green like emeralds, she had lots of friends and was top of her whole school. Now back to present time; Lacy had just entered her front door holding a small yellow bag, she was taking her matcha green sneakers off waiting for her small dog, Scout, to come running up to her with a small squeaking toy in his mouth ready to play fetch but no, no dog and no noise. This surprised Lacy because it was about 2:00 pm, Scout usually took a nap at 4:00. “Scout! Want a treat?” She yelled but no response at all. “Mom? Dad?” Lacy stood at the front doorway in confusion. She shut the door behind her, then went up stairs and looked in the living room, kitchen, bedrooms, and guest room, the whole time calling out to her parents, she stopped and got a glass and filled it with water and was about to take a sip when some big crash happened, sounding as if it was coming from the basement. Lacy opened the door and turned on the light, then slowly shut the door behind her. She looked around the basement in confusion then realized the small wooden door with a silver handle. The door was wide open and inside was pitch black, but the light was turned on. Suddenly when Lacy was about to get closer to the door it slammed shut and the light started flickering! Lacy looked up in shock at the light then heard a bunch of voices! Small and big, weak and strong, old and young, happy and scared! Lacy ran up the stairs and reached 40
