Twisted Fate - J. Busch (chapter books to read to 5 year olds .TXT) 📗

CHAPTER 1
The Cliffs and a Little Girl

The waters brushed against the shore underneath the cliff in which she stood on. The airy so salty yet pure. Jenna looked down at the jagged edge rocks and wander what would happen if today she decided to jump. She stared below for minutes pondering her fatal death. She could do it now. No one was around to stop her this time. She stuck her foot to the edge just enough to feel gravity pull her downward. As she looked up to see the sun one last time it gleamed off the ocean like the lights that swirled from the lighthouse just miles from her.
Jenna closed her eyes and begin to step forward when a hand from afar reached out and pulled her back. First the thought of anger rushed through her mind. Then a fear of strangeness came over her. As Jenna began to turn to see who this mystery shadow was, it had disappeared. Confused, Jenna begin to search for whom ever it was that pulled her away from her death. After a few minutes she gave up and told herself it was just a mind thing.
Later on that day Jenna begin to realize things in a different light. Not so dark and grim now. Things didn’t seem as bad. The words that she heard over and over again where silent and still. The world seemed happier than before and people more open to the uniqueness around them. Jenna was more confused than ever now. She didn’t know why everything seemed so different. Her first idea was that she really did jump and this was some after life world where everyone seemed to be high on drugs. Then from nowhere came a familiar voice.
“Jenna, over here” the stranger shouted.
Jenna turned around into the crowd of people searching for the voice. There behind a street sign was a girl no bigger than herself with dark brown hair and small rimmed glass.
“ Jenna, can you see me” the girl shouted once more.
Jenna begin to walk that way, and the closer and closer she got to the woman the more familiar this face seemed. Two more steps and Jenna was up close with this girl.
“ Hey, where have you been?” explained the girl
“ Why, was i suppose to be somewhere” asked Jenna
The girl gave Jenna and weird look as if there was something wrong. Jenna wasn’t sure how she knew this girl but for some reason she did.
“ Yea at the old oak tree.” “Don’t you remember?” explained the girl
Jenna thought to herself for a moment, but begin to get very confused. She didn’t know where she was, who she was talking to and why would she be meeting such a young girl anywhere.
“What old oak tree?” asked Jenna
With that same weird look the girl replied
“The one that you use to spend you days in when you were little”
Jenna didn’t have a clue as to what the girl was talking about. She looked at her one more time and then turned to walk away. She looked behind her and the girl was still behind her following her down every corner. Jenna begin to walk faster and faster. Almost to a small jog. Suddenly Jenna turned to confront her mysterious friend and she was not there. Jenna stopped, trying to catch her breathe. She looked around thinking maybe the girl was in hiding. Many people pass by but the brown haired girl was nowhere to be found.

CHAPTER 2
The House

Jenna slowly walks away from the city not really knowing where she was going but something felt right. Limping on one leg from more exercise than what she had planned for the day. Finally she comes to a sign that is marked but kind of faded. She got closer to the sign to see what is said. “Becker Road”. She thought to herself that the road sounded familiar. She decided to turn down and see what she might recognize. The house all looked the same. One on top of each other. Big white and blue houses with pillars, fences, and pools. Each house seemed bigger than the next. None to small of course. Jenna continued down the sidewalk taking in everything hoping something would jog her memory.
Finally, Jenna reaches a dirk road that leads up the side of a darken hill. Her heart begins to beat harder and faster. Her eyes are drawn to the big gray two story house at the top of the hill. Bushes surround the outside and there is a candle in all 18 windows. The rusty old gate swings back and forth into the wind. Smacking the stone pillars one either side. Jenna walks slowly up to the gate. A name plate hangs sideways and covered in dust off of the stone wall. Jenna wipes of the dust. “ Becker State” There seem to be a part of the sign missing. Jenna looks all around the ground trying to find the other half of the sign.
She looks up from the sign to this gorgeous yet spooky home. She know in her head that it is probably not a good idea to go in. Still she pushes open the creepy gate and proceeds on to the walk way that leads to the home. Two steps from the gate that same hand grabs Jenna that did on the cliffs that day. She turns quickly to see the brown haired girl standing outside the gates. This time her dress looked a little more faded and torn.
“ Oh, it’s just you” Jenna said
The little girl looked up and replied “where are you going?”
Jenna just ignored her and started for the door of this home.
“ Wait” shouted the girl “ You don’t want to go back there”
Jenna thought to herself what does she mean go back there. I haven’t seen this place in my entire life. Jenna stands there for a moment and thinks about what the girl said. She turns to speak back to the little girl but as she turns the girl is gone once more. More confused now, Jenna isn’t quite sure of what to do.
She begins to walk back to the front gate when a gust of wind picks up and wedges the gate’s door. Jenna pulled as hard as she could to get the gate door open but it wouldn’t budge. Jenna fell to her knees with exhaustion, curled into a ball and begin to cry. Her mind tried telling her one thing while her heart wanted another. Scared and confused Jenna didn’t know what to do. After a few minutes Jenna decided she couldn’t survive out there.
As the night grew darker and wind grew colder, Jenna rustled herself to her feet and begin to walk towards the front door. When she reached the front step a bolt of lighting flashed just inches away. Jenna slowly pushed the door bell. Jenna stood shaking not knowing what was going be on the other side of that door. Jenna reached for the door knob when finally the old wooden door creaked open.
Jenna slowly pushed open the door and hollered
“ Hello, is anyone here?”
Jenna proceeded into a dark and musty room. There was cobwebs and dust everywhere as if the place had been abandoned for years. She takes a few more steps and comes to a desk where the overhead light was flickering. Once again she hollered, but still no reply. Jenna’s eyes wandered around the room. Looking at all the 16th century paintings and portraits. Non of them looked familiar but still something seemed like she knew where she was.
Jenna moved on through the first door and into a hall way. Spiral steps that seemed to go one for miles stood in front of her. Jenna looked up them to see if anywhere was there. Nothing but dust and light from a window that was placed at the top. Jenna begin to follow the stairs to the next floor. Slowly creeping up them trying not to make too much noise. On the walls along the stairwell where newspaper clippings framed .
“BECKER GIRL ESCAPES FROM HOUSE AFTER 10 YEARS”
“ LEON BECKER CHARGED WITH ABUSE OF OWN DAUGHTER”
“BECKER GIRL MISSING AFTER LEAVING TERRIFYING HOME”
Jenna wasn’t for sure what all this was but she begin to get a strange feeling about this home and what might have taken place there. An open window slams shut inside a room with the door closed. Jenna jumps back for a moment not realizing what it was. After a moment Jenna proceeds on up the staircase to a old wooden door that has scratches on the frame as if someone dug there nails into the wood. She runs her hand across them before placing it on the old rusty door knob.

CHAPTER 3
THE ROOMS

Jenna begins to turn the handle but the door seems to be stuck. After a few shoves at the door it finally creeks open. Jenna peeks her head around to see if anyone is in there. All she can see is the shadows of the trees on the wall. She fumbles around for a light switch finally reaching one and turning it on. The light glows against the steel railing of a bed. Frilly white sheets lay untouched on the bed. Blood spots cover the pillow. A doll on the floor next to the bed. Broken into pieces. Jenna picks up the doll and begins piecing it back together. This looked familiar to Jenna. The doll, the bed, even the pink wallpaper that covered the entire room.
Jenna begins looking at the pictures on the walls. That little brown haired girl stood next to a very sophisticated man. A woman was never seen in any of the pictures. Jenna wanders around the room looking at all the old toys that lay about. Finding nothing that can answer her questions Jenna decides to see what else the house may hold. The secrets she may find and maybe some answers to her questions.
Jenna goes back out onto the stair case and up to the next floor. The wood seems to creek a lot more up here. Once she reaches the top of the stair case there are three doors. The first on to her left is locked with a pad lock and the other too look like the one she had entered previously. Not wanting to fuss with the trouble she goes to one of the wooden doors and begins to open it. Jenna’s heart begin to race once more. She wasn’t for sure what was to come. Her mind kept repeating itself.