chapter 1
This take place 1 week after the prologue.
Brandon was pacing back and forth in the hallway that contained his bedroom that he shares with his brother, and his sister's room. He was thinking about a few things, like the fact he always felt like he was being watched. And that a few strange things have been happening.
For example he woke up and saw that some of his stuff was missing, some of Ritchie's stuff was destroyed (luckily it wasn't anything important), and Ash's hair was tied tightly to her bed frame.
He was so deep in thought that he didn't hear Ritchie walk up to him.
''Hey Brandon.'' Brandon jumped and turned towards his younger brother.
''Hey Ritchie.'' Brandon smiled at him a little.
''What were you doing?'' Beandon sighed before answering.
''I was trying to figure out what could have caused all those things to happen.'' Ritchie nodded, knowing that was something Brandon would have done.
Brandon noticed that Ritchie had a small frown on his face.
''What's wrong?'' Ritchie realized that Brandon must have noticed the frown on his face.
''Did you open Jeffrey and Lemondrop's cage?'' Brandon was confused as to why Ritchie was asking this.
''Your mice?'' Ritchie nodded sadly
''Yeah, they're missing! Their cage was open this morning and I can't find them. And I'm worried because of what had been happening lately.'' Brandon sighed, hating seeing Ritchie like this.
''Sorry Ritchie, but I don't know what happened. But I'm sure that creature wouldn't hurt them, the most aggressive thing that happened was tying Ash's hair to her bed.'' Ritchie seemed to have brightened up a little.
''Really?'' Brandon nodded with a smile.
''Really.'' Ritchie smiled before speaking.
''I'm going to go look for them outside. If you find them could you put them back in their cage?'' Brandon nodded
''Of course.'' Ritchie smiled even more than he was earlier.
''Thanks.'' And with that, Ritchie walked towards the front door.
Brandon was walking along the wall, listening to see if the mice could have gotten in there. But he stopped when his sister walked up to him.
''Hey Brandon?'' He turned to look at her as to not be rude.
''Yeah?'' Ash looked curious and slightly worried about something.
''Did you figure out what might have caused all of that weird stuff to happen?'' Brandon was confused as to why she was asking, since he didn't tell her what he was doing.
''How did you know? Also, no I haven't yet, why?'' Ash gave a light smile before responding.
''Ritchie told me, and for all we know, whatever did all that stuff could have take Ritchie's mice'' Brandon nodding, seeing the logic behind her answer.
''Yeah yeah, whatever you say. I'm going to start looking for Ritchie's mice.'' Ash smiled fondly at him before turning to leave, stopping to say one sentence before actually leaving.
''I'll hang out near the front door and let you know if mom is coming.'' Brandon nodded, not knowing if Ritchie told their mom about having the mice with him.
''Sounds good.'' She walked off, leaving Brandon to look around for any clues.
After a minute or two, he heard some scuttling in the floor, and quickly realized it must have been Ritchie's mice. He followed the noise down to the livingroom, than to the front door where he saw Ash. She sent him a questioning look, to which he answered quickly.
''I hear something in the floor and I think it's them.'' Before she could respond, he turned and walked into the room where his mom kept a piano.
He than continued going straight and ended up in the kitchen. He followed the sound and ended up facing a damaged wall that could be broken down if it was hit with something. He looked around for anything he could use before his eyes landed on a baseball bat that he used to play with.
He picked it up and hit the wall a few times before it finally broke. He was surprised as he noticed there was a dumbwaiter behind it. He climbed in, seeing as he was small enough, before pulling himself up into whatever room the dumbwaiter was connected to.
He found himself in some sort of attic, before his eyes landed on Ritchie's mice. He picked them up gently before he heard another scuttling sound, causing him to freeze.
''If you two didn't make that sound... than what did?'' He shook his head before putting the mice in his pocket.
He looked back at the way he came, deciding not to go down there incase Ash yelled at him for putting a hole in the wall. He walked further into the attic before spotting a chest. He went to investigate what was inside, only to discover that it was locked. He let out a sigh and scanned the room, before his eyes landed on something shiny on a desk.
He walked towards the desk and saw a key with a note attached to it. He picked up the key before reading the note out loud.
''In a man's torso you will find, my secret to all mankind.'' Brandon was silent for a moment before he had a look of realization on his face and walked towards the chest from earlier.
He got closer and saw a note that wasn't there earlier. He was confused as to how it could have gotten there, and picked it up before reading it in his head. As he read it, he became scared. He scanned over it again to make sure it wasn't his imagination.
Brandon Grace,
Leave this place.
The thing he found scary, other than the fact is that this note is a threat, is the fact that whatever left this note knew his name. He shook it off before opening the chest and picking up the book that was inside. He scanned the cover, which read ''Arthur Spiderwick's field guide to the fantastical world around you''.
Brandon blink before putting the book in his backpack which he always carries with him. He looked around for a way out before noticing a door next to the desk. He opened it and saw that there was a cracked wall behind it, so he did what any logical person would do.
Hit it repeatedly with a metal object until it breaks.
As he did that, it broke away to reveal the hall where Ritchie had asked him about his mice. He went down the stairs so that he could go outside and tell Ritchie that he found his mice.
He entered the livingroom but yelped when he got hit with a vase that came flying off of the bookshelf with no one to throw it.
''What the hell!?!''
Remember to always try and have a good day/night. Bye wolf pups!!
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