The Cursed Treasure

 

It was a normal day in Hallowoods, the leaves in the tree swaying gently in the breeze, there was a big field blooming with flowers, beautiful horses grazing in the lush green grass and right in the middle of the field was a peaceful cottage and there lived Ava, a girl who  loves to go adventuring with her horse, Mystery who was a beautiful friesian with a silky black coat and with a long wavy mane. 

One day, Ava was bored so she decided to go on an adventure, so she saddled up Mystery and went for a ride through the forest behind her house. Her parents always tell her to never go there but it made her more curious to go check that place out. Today she went there because her parents were out for 4 days so she is home alone. Ava and Mystery kept going deeper and deeper and it got darker and darker and then suddenly she saw a shadow… A shadow of a lady with a hunched back holding a stick. “Mam.” she called out, as soon as she called out the woman turned to her and in a split second the woman was near her and Mystery! “Thank god you're here Ava. Please go straight ahead, here is a map, please follow it…” with that she shattered into pieces and faded away. “How did she know my name?” Ava muttered. Even though it seemed creepy Ava followed the map. She went on and on and on. Finally she and Mystery reached a mansion. It was huge and looked really old. She went to the door and knocked it. Without anyone at the door it creaked open on it’s own. Ava stepped in. Every step she made the floor creaked. The mansion was really old fashioned. There were pictures hanging in the walls, pictures of old people. The hallway led to a large place with stairs going up. Ava went up the stairs and suddenly a faint shape of a beautiful woman appeared

“Follow me Ava Wilson.” the woman said. Without any words, Ava followed the woman to a big grand bedroom. Ava looked around with awe, the woman pointed to the bed and vanished. Ava went closer to the bed and found a scroll. It said ‘Find the treasure and the curse will be broken’ “What! Treasure?” Ava asked herself. As she said that, words appeared on the scroll, it was a riddle to find the cursed treasure! It said ‘X marks the spot, Treasure safe and sound, Find a trapdoor that leads you to the treasure’ Without any second thoughts Ava started searching for a trapdoor. Hours passed Ava had looked in every corner of the mansion. “Ugh! It’s no use!” groaned Ava, she leaned against a wall and suddenly it swinged her over to the other side! “Ahhhh!” She screamed as she fell down. She got up and brushed the dust off her pants and there she saw it! “The trapdoor mentioned in the riddle! Yay!” She climbed down the trapdoor and saw an X mark “X Marks the spot that means the treasure should be here!” She dug down and found the cursed treasure! The woman appeared again “Thank you Ava Wilson for breaking the curse! By the way I am your great, great, great grandmother! Me and my husband own this treasure and the mansion. You can take the treasure! Remember to use it wisely!” With that the ghost disappeared in a cloud of smoke “Wow… Did I just meet my great, great, great, grandmother who owned a mansion and gold?! Wow!” So Ava happily took the treasure and safely returned home with Mystery.

                                             THE  END!