The+Haunted+Basement

Anna Rummel 3/4B Short Story 2nd draft The Haunted Basement

I walked down the hallway, my hair in a sleek ponytail, and I’m dressed in sweat pants. "I hope Mrs. Rue will let me retake my test. I'm sure she will, I am one of her favorite students," I said reassuringly to myself. “Mrs. Rue?” I asked. I walked into the bright classroom with encouraging posters over the walls. “Yes Allie?” she replied. I hope she would let me retake my test. “I was wondering if I could retake my test.” “Well I suppose that would be okay, but you would have to retake it in the basement. All of the classrooms are booked for after school activities.” “Uh, okay, I guess I could do that.” Suddenly, I became terrified. “Thank you, Mrs. Rue.” I said as I walked swiftly to the door. “Just remember,” said Mrs. Rue, “You’ll have to come in after school today.” I walked into the hallway, trying to comprehend what just happened. Did she really say the basement? Well, this will be interesting. After school that day, I walked quickly to the basement. I was surprised not to find Mrs. Rue there. Instead, I saw a single beat up desk with writing on it and a single light bulb enveloping a small portion of the room in yellow light. In other parts of the room, there were shadows with figures that were hard to make out. “Wow, this really is creepy,” I thought to myself. As I walked closer to the desk, I saw a test with my name on the top with big, black letters, and after that it said “retake”. I sat down and began the test. I was working really hard on the test when I thought I heard a door open. I quickly turned my head only to see that it was closed. “Oh, it must have just been the chair squeaking,” I said as I tried to reassure myself. As I looked up to think, I saw a figure among the shadows. “Oh my gosh, this is creepy,” I said in my head. I didn’t dare speak. I wrote in my answers as quietly as possible, but I came to a problem when I had to think. I saw another figure in the darkness. The scariest part, it was walking towards me. “Stay calm, stay clam,” I told myself. As it came closer, I could hear my heart racing. When it came close enough to make out the person, I realized it was just Mrs. Rue. “Oh thank goodness!” “Allie, you look terrified. Is everything alright?” “Yeah, it was probably just paranoia. I thought I heard someone, but there was no one there. Sometimes you never know among these spooky shadows.” I told her, trying to catch my breath. “Yes, well, this basement is a little creepy,” “A little?” I thought to myself. “Yeah, well I better finish my test.” “Okay, well just tell me if you need anything, I’ll be right here.” I looked confused. “I’m not sitting alone in //this// basement.” The next day, when Allie walked in the classroom, she found her test with a perfect score on it.