"Hurry Bella!" my friend Lucinda yelled to me as we ran out of the gate of the manor.
I ran behind her as hard as my six year old legs could take me. I was already tired but it was worth it since there is nothing to do in Phoenix. The only thing that there is to do around here is getting into trouble. That's why Lucinda and I snuck into the old abandon manor to begin with.
There was a small window to the basement that was just big enough for us to slip into. We went upstairs to investigate but we didn't find much inside. There was an old ballroom covered in dust. The roof had large cracks in it, moss filling them. There were about twenty bedrooms, some whose beds were broken or balancing on one leg, some had no beds at all. There was a kitchen with cabinets hanging off its hinges. I opened one and the cabinet broke off. There were a lot of jars full of all kinds of strange things. We opened them, which let out a foul smell. We left the kitchen as soon I opened it.
We were about to leave hopelessly disappointed when I noticed a room we were passing. It had been cleaned out completely. In the middle of the room laid eleven chains that were stuck into the ground. I pulled on one to see if it would come loose. It didn't. I then noticed how new the chains were. That's strange. I thought to myself. Why are there new chains in a place like this? Why are they here at all?
"Hey!" I heard someone yell at us. I didn't look to see who it was. All I knew was Lucinda and I had to get out; now. We ran back into the basement and crawled out of the window.
We finally stopped outside of my house. "That was close huh Bella?!" Lucinda gasped.
"Yeah! Do you think that person knows who we are?" I asked. If' he did we could be in some big trouble.
"Why was that person even there?" I wondered to myself out loud. "It may have been the person who bought the manor." Lucinda responded.
I gaped at her. "What?"
"Didn't you know?" she asked. "The manor was bought off by some kind of scientist. I don't know much about it."
"Well it's no wonder why someone yelled at us!" I yelled. "We broke into their house!"
"Shh! Not so loud!" Lucinda said panicking. I sighed. This is bad. This is really bad. We shouldn't have gone in; but my curiosity got the better of me. It still is.
"I want to know what those chains are for." I said.
"No! No! No way!" Lucinda yelled. "We are not going back!" I knew she would refuse. Lucinda was a risk taker but not that much of a risk taker.
"Then I'll go by myself." I simply responded.
"No you are not!" Lucinda yelled.
"Either you come with me or I'm going to go by myself." Either way I was going.
"If you go I'll tell your mom what you're doing!" she threatened.
"If you do I'll tell your mom you snuck in with me today!" I knew she didn't want that. Her mom was scary. I didn't like threatening her but I couldn't let Lucinda get in my way.
"Fine! Do what you want! I'm going home!" Lucinda stormed off.
Alright then. I thought to myself. I'll go tonight. No one should be there and I'll be able to figure out what the chains are for.
I knew it was dangerous and that I shouldn't but my curiosity was beating those fears away and just made me excited.
"This is going to be fun."