Midnight Heights - S.J (life changing books to read .txt) 📗

I was just a normal teenager like you, you know, the kind that likes to party, stay out late, and break the rules. I never thought that there was anything beyond that but there is. It was always easier for me to pretend like nothing really affected me as if I was this cold person who had no heart but little did I know that doing that only hurt me and that it would destroy me in the future. I wasn't prepared for anything like this to happen and I never thought that I would be here at this moment; hovering over a lifeless body, but here I was. Well, let me start from the beginning...

Me and Emily quietly opened the door to our home and tried to tip-toe up the stairs. We were just about half way up when we saw the lights suddenly turn on. I turned my head towards the living room to see both my parents sitting on the sofa with scowls plastered upon their faces. Emily snickered.


"Both of you over here now!" My dad called.


We walked back down the stairs and into the living room. We kept our distance by standing on the other side of the living room, so if it came to it, we could run.


My mother glanced at the clock. "It is one o'clock in the morning and you're just now coming home." she said in a non-question way.


We both glanced at each other and then nodded. It wasn't the first time we had stayed out late and got caught for it, so I knew it really wasn't that big of a deal. My parents already knew that no matter how many times they put on their angry faces and made their voices really loud, we were going to continue to break the rules anyway. I don't know why we do it but I guess it's just because that's the natural instinct of a teenager. Right?


I smiled. "We're really sorry mom, it won't happen again." I said as sincere as I could.


My dad stood to his feet. "Yeah, you're right, it won't happen again because we're sending the both of you away."


Emily laughed and then shook her head. "You're joking right?"


The look on both our parents’ faces clarified any signs of them joking.


"We can't handle the two of you anymore, you're becoming too much to deal with. You're going to Midnight Heights." Our dad said.


I glanced at my mom for a little help but she just looked away in disappointment.


"Mom, seriously?"


"I can't believe you would do something like this!" Emily yelled. She ran upstairs and headed to her room.


I stared at the both of them in disbelief; just waiting for one of them to smile and say "we're only kidding" but neither one of them did.


I folded my arms across my chest. "You know nothing about this place you're sending us to and you're just going to leave us there?"


"A friend of mine from work recommended this place and I think it's a great idea." My mom told me.


I rolled my eyes. "Oh great, that fixes everything." I muttered sarcastically. I turned away and ran up the stairs and into my room. I couldn't believe how selfish they were being. I mean, I know that Emily and I could be a lot to handle at times, but we were still good kids. There was no way I was going to this Midnight Heights place with a bunch of weird strangers. I jumped on to my bed and hid myself in my blankets. I was already having a nightmare and I wasn't even asleep yet. I took a deep breath and shut my eyes.


"Crystal, you awake?"

I opened my eyes to see Emily standing over me with an awkward smile on her face. I rubbed my eyes and sat up.

"What?" I wondered.


"So, I was thinking and I'm not all that mad about going to Midnight Heights anymore. In fact, I think it's going to be quite interesting." she beamed.

I was confused. "Emily, there's nothing fun about going away to this place, okay? It's a total nightmare."

She rolled her eyes. "Whatever you say. But you should get ready, mom said that we're leaving in a hour.” she said before leaving.


I glanced at my clock and noticed that it was 1:00 in the afternoon. I can't believe my parents just expect us to go away to this place we know nothing about and act like everything's okay. I was sure my life was going to end now. I stood to my feet and went to my closet. I pulled out my suitcase and began to pack my clothes and things that I was going to need. Once I was all packed, I headed into the bathroom to take a shower and get ready.


Once me and Emily's things were all packed into my dad's truck, we headed off to the stupid place that was going to ruin my life forever. Where ever this Midnight Heights place was, it was pretty far away. All my mother told us was that the location was really strange but she was sure that being away from home for a while would do more than help us… that it would redeem us or whatever the heck that was suppose to mean. Our Highway to hell road trip lasted for a total of six hours until we finally reached the location. Of course we didn't take any breaks between because then we would've arrived much later.


My father pulled up to the fancy gate that caved around the place and waited until it suddenly opened, letting him come through.

I glanced at Emily, who was grinning wildly, and rolled my eyes in an annoyed manner. Just great! We were actually here at this weird place that I was going to have to spend my whole summer. Not even to mention, where I would have to be around a bunch of weird freaks who were completely strangers to me. Just thinking about it caused me to slump down in my seat and shut my eyes.

I felt the car come to a stop and realized we were now parked in front of the school. My Parents opened their doors and then quickly got out, followed by my cheery sister. I, on the other hand, was in no hurry to go into that place. Just looking at it gave me the creeps. It looked as if it was some kind of haunted mansion from a children's story book or something. It definitely looked unsafe.

I climbed out of the car to take another look at it.

"Guys, this doesn't exactly look like a place that's supposed to help you." I said to no one in particular.

My mother sat my suitcase on the ground next to me and then laughed as if I had said something funny.


"Relax Crissy. I get that it looks a little creepy but it's dark outside so of course it's going to look that way. Just wait until morning, it won't be so bad." she explained and then walked back to the car to get the rest of our stuff.

I stood there, staring at the mansion. It was just so tall and big on the outside that I couldn't help but wonder how it looked on the inside. The sound of the trunk shutting made me suddenly jump and I looked around to see everyone staring at me.

"You could have helped with your things Criss." My dad pointed out.


"Sorry." I picked up my bag that was still lying on the ground beside me.


"Well, I guess we'll be seeing you guys. You can call us whenever you want to." My mother had said.

I was confused. "So wait, that's it? You're not even going to come inside with us and check out the place?"

My mother let out a breath and then walked over to hug me. Her hugs were so tight that I felt as if all the life had been sucked out of me. She drew back and then smiled at me.

"Sweetheart, you have really got to relax. This is a good thing that's happening, you'll see." She gave me one last hug before making her way over to Emily.

I glanced at my dad. "Can we please just go home? I promise I won't ever lie, or come home late, or whatever it is I do that makes you hate me so much." I pleaded.


"We don't hate you or your sister Crystal. We are doing this because we love you and because you guys need help." He told me.

I rolled my eyes and began to pace towards the school. I couldn't believe that they were going through with this. I didn't even care at this point if I never ever seen them again because obviously they didn't care about Emily and me. I started up the long steps that led to the door; not thinking twice about looking back.


"Wait up!" I heard Emily call from a distance, but I kept going.


Emily finally caught up with me after the long run up the steps. She was nearly out of breath; panting from running so fast. I finally reached the last step and walked to the door. Pushing the door open, I slowly walked inside; being cautious of my surroundings.


Emily laughed. "Seriously Criss, chill out. You act like we've been sent here to get murdered or something."


"Seems like it." I muttered.

We walked down the long, dark hallway until we reached a door that said "Study" on it, and went in. Inside, it was a huge space with all sorts of books as if it was a library or something. There were round tables plastered everywhere and a huge desk that sat on the far end of the room.


"Hello? Anyone here?" I called, looking around.


A guy appeared from behind a wall, who was wearing a gown that sort of looked like a graduation gown but a little more ancient.


I smiled. "Sorry to bother you but my sister