Chapter 3!


the strangling kept getting tighter and tighter.......the smell of sanitizors ,i realized,came from the hand...well,ghost don't use sanitizors.........i knew i had to do something....but what?my brain kept on commanding me to do something but my body wouldn't budge!finally gathering the last bit of courage i had,i used my torch to hit the hands.....it was my last ray of hope to survive.........

it worked,i realized.....the hand.......it was loosening!i uttered a cry of relief ,at the moment,i felt like jumping in the air ,as i kept my hands on my heart and thanked god for sparing my life...........but soon all my joy disappeared when................. when i realized what might have really happened!"ALEX,you moron,you could've killed me!"i cried at the top of my voice...a drop of tear ran down my cheeks....."what do you mean olive?i din't do anything..."he protested....but i was positive that it was him, the smell of chocolate.........those hands,oddly enough,smelled very much of sanitizors,as i said,and right after dad took us to the basement,alex had plopped a lot of sanitizors in his hand,and also brought a bottle to use on the way.....so it had to be him....the thought that it was all a prank ,made me want to tear him into a thousand pieces.........i would strangle him to dea.......my thoughts were cut off by harry,"but alex was right next to me the whole time!we were searching for our flashlights"he said.i was confused!then who was it...?it wouldn't be a ghost,considering the fact that ghosts don't use sanitizors!"what happened olive?"lin asked her flashlight shining bright......i said the whole thing to lin,and it just felt so much better to talk to her...."it's alright olive!you must have imagined it..."lin said.i knew she was just trying to console me,but i dint speak a word more.............


we walked through the hallway,spotting a few things,one appeared to be a skull......and there was also an ash tray........."do ghosts smoke too?"i asked out aloud,to which everyone started laughing...."sheeesh!don't make so much voice....the ghosts might know that we are here....."alex says grinning.........lin,who didn't get the humor of it said,"as if they don't already know..."she said rolling her eyes......i covered my mouth to hold back my laughter........lin was so silly at times,i forget she's 13!,last time when we we went for a picnic at the beach alex commented,''beach,here i come...."alex had said ,and lin was like,"whose beech?you don't mean bleach right?"
yup! that's lin for you...sometimes lin jus...........my thoughts were again cut off by alex's voice,"look!look a shadow!and it's moving......"he said in a terrified voice,i was alarmed....as i looked to where alex pointed...."your so easy scare..."he said sarcastically............"so....any problem?"i asked placing my hands on my hips......"nope nothin'...."he said,siting on a couch........


it had been hours since we'he been searching the hall and we've found nothing that's of help.......okay.it hadn't been hours,but it has been atleast 30 mins..............okay,it has been only five minutes,but to me it felt like hours!
"can we go...?"i asked in a bored manner...."not yet....scaredy cat!"alex said not even looking at me!i pouted,but stopped as soon as i figured out that it had no impact on him...i sighed and started walking to the kitchen......


on entering the kitchen i felt warmer.....somehow.....as i went closer,i saw a refrigerator, "wonder what ghosts eat!"i said to myself....but must have been my imagination,but i thought i heard a voice say,"do you really need to know that,olive?"a chill ran down my spine as i gulped and opened the refrigerator..........it was empty......hm.....i expected to see something like a finger or a glass of blood or something.......but,oh well!i did a bit more snooping before i heard harry's voice call out to me,"we are going upstairs olive...."i rushed to the stairs saying,"wait !i'm coming too...."i hurriedly climbed the stairs......but little did i notice the big hole in one of the stair.......i stepped right into it ,causing myself to lose balance as is rolled down the stairs landing with a thud......then everything started revolving around me as darkness spread my eyes.......i was fainting,i realised........the last thing i remember was the voice of alex calling from upstairs,"if your coming, be careful,there's a 'hole' in the stairs!".............with that i drifted into unconsciousness.............