Friday, October 30, 2015

I took off my Halloween costume, washed the paint off my face, put on my pajamas, brushed my teeth, and went to bed. I was almost asleep when I first heard the sound of someone laughing. Everyone in my family was asleep, so I went upstairs to see what it was. When I got upstairs, I saw a few figures laughing in kitchen, so I called out "Mom? Dad?" One of the figures turned around and turned on the kitchen light. That's when I realized that the figures were vampires. I realized that one of them wasn't just an ordinary vampire though, she was the prettiest of them all. She had the most beautiful hair I have ever seen and was the average height of a human. She scanned me over a couple of times and then said “Are you Tayli?” “Uh, yeah” I said with some hesitation. “My name is Ophelia and I need you to come with my friends and I to our cave by the river”. As I thought this over I said “I don’t really have choice do I?” “No, not really” Ophelia said. When we got to the cave, she told me to sit down. I sat down on a rock near the entrance in case I needed to make a quick escape. One of the other vampires came and started talking to me for awhile. As we were talking, Ophelia came over to where we were sitting and I realized that she looked really familiar. As she sat down, I study her carefully and realized that it was my cousin! I looked around before I said anything and realized that all the vampires were my friends. Surely they were playing a prank on me. I must’ve had a look on my face because “Ophelia” said “Guys, she figured it out. She knows it’s us” We all started laughing and hung out until we got tired. 

2 comments:

  1. Creepy vampire cousin stories are great! I like the twist and you made vampires more relateable--this would be great as a start of a longer work. Did you know Opelia is also a famous character in "Hamlet", a Shakespeare play. Long story, but cool choice of a name. As you revise, add figurative language so your writing isn't dead (bad vampire joke)! Good work here Tayli!

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  2. I love your story! I wonder how it would look with a indent at the begining

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