Chapter one: The nightmare
It was a chilly December day. Everybody found something to distract each other during the night right before going to sleep at a very late hour. Although a long day was awaiting them, they stayed up until the sunburst, all of them except Brook and her brother. They were five relatives, Don, James, Glenn, Jean, Julian with Brook and her little brother Dale, they were all cousins and it had been a very long time since the last time they met, henceforth, they spent the entire night giggling and joking. They planned to celebrate Easter together and they wanted to make it very special and cozy that year. Don asked each one of his relatives to come up with an interesting suggestion to celebrate Easter. And Glenn’s idea seemed to be the best at least for the two brothers Jean and Julian. And everything had been set as they decided to spend the special occasion in a deserted castle in their city. The entire idea was to spend the night in the Stirling deserted castle in Scotland, on a dare. The winner would be the one who stays overnight inside that haunted mansion. But some rules were set; nobody was allowed to take his cell phone. There was a legend about that place, people said no one dared enter that place and even when some tourists would try their luck, no one was seen again. Some said they never came out while others believed that they were still there looking for an outlet. But the five relatives were not afraid apparently as they made their mind undergo that adventure and all that they were thinking of was enjoying differently. They even started gathering up the bet. But they decided to keep that idea from Brook, to surprise her even though they knew she didn’t like deserted castles. Meanwhile, Brook and Dale were together in their room, she had always been like a mother to him, ever since their parents passed away. Brook could never forget that horrible accident. It happened long years ago but she didn’t manage to get over it. They were both staying upstairs in their little cozy room; the latter was like an attic, stuffed with many toys. But there was something in common between all of them. All the toys were headless. Dale didn’t seem to like his toys to have any heads, he kept tear them before playing with them.
Dale was never able to sleep if his sister didn’t relate a story for him. And although Brook didn’t know many stories, she did her best to remember as many as she could to help her brother sleep every night. Dale started to have sleep troubles since the accident. And Brook couldn’t do much for him because she was jobless, and she couldn’t look for a job as well because she couldn’t trust anyone to leave her brother with. It was very hard for her to be the father, the mother and the sister at the same time. But she was doing okay, and pretending to be strong all the time. She was even starting to behave like her mother telling her brother not to eat right before going to sleep. And it was then when memories started to flow to her mind.
“Don't eat much before going to your bed Dale, you too Brook, you should learn how to look after your brother when we are not here as well.” Their mother used to tell them but she wasn’t there anymore to guide them or to tell them what to do and what not to do, she wasn’t there anymore to look after them like the rest of the ordinary families, neither was their father. They used to believe they were the happiest family in the entire world but that was before that cold winter day when they went to that circus. Everything changed starting from that horrible day.
Brook could never forgive herself because she believed it was all her fault, if she wasn’t driving that day, her parents would have been still alive but it was too late for regret, and she knew she couldn’t rewind time. Yet; the same nightmare chased her for over four years, every night without a stop. Whenever she would try to sleep, she would remember her mother’s
It was a chilly December day. Everybody found something to distract each other during the night right before going to sleep at a very late hour. Although a long day was awaiting them, they stayed up until the sunburst, all of them except Brook and her brother. They were five relatives, Don, James, Glenn, Jean, Julian with Brook and her little brother Dale, they were all cousins and it had been a very long time since the last time they met, henceforth, they spent the entire night giggling and joking. They planned to celebrate Easter together and they wanted to make it very special and cozy that year. Don asked each one of his relatives to come up with an interesting suggestion to celebrate Easter. And Glenn’s idea seemed to be the best at least for the two brothers Jean and Julian. And everything had been set as they decided to spend the special occasion in a deserted castle in their city. The entire idea was to spend the night in the Stirling deserted castle in Scotland, on a dare. The winner would be the one who stays overnight inside that haunted mansion. But some rules were set; nobody was allowed to take his cell phone. There was a legend about that place, people said no one dared enter that place and even when some tourists would try their luck, no one was seen again. Some said they never came out while others believed that they were still there looking for an outlet. But the five relatives were not afraid apparently as they made their mind undergo that adventure and all that they were thinking of was enjoying differently. They even started gathering up the bet. But they decided to keep that idea from Brook, to surprise her even though they knew she didn’t like deserted castles. Meanwhile, Brook and Dale were together in their room, she had always been like a mother to him, ever since their parents passed away. Brook could never forget that horrible accident. It happened long years ago but she didn’t manage to get over it. They were both staying upstairs in their little cozy room; the latter was like an attic, stuffed with many toys. But there was something in common between all of them. All the toys were headless. Dale didn’t seem to like his toys to have any heads, he kept tear them before playing with them.
Dale was never able to sleep if his sister didn’t relate a story for him. And although Brook didn’t know many stories, she did her best to remember as many as she could to help her brother sleep every night. Dale started to have sleep troubles since the accident. And Brook couldn’t do much for him because she was jobless, and she couldn’t look for a job as well because she couldn’t trust anyone to leave her brother with. It was very hard for her to be the father, the mother and the sister at the same time. But she was doing okay, and pretending to be strong all the time. She was even starting to behave like her mother telling her brother not to eat right before going to sleep. And it was then when memories started to flow to her mind.
“Don't eat much before going to your bed Dale, you too Brook, you should learn how to look after your brother when we are not here as well.” Their mother used to tell them but she wasn’t there anymore to guide them or to tell them what to do and what not to do, she wasn’t there anymore to look after them like the rest of the ordinary families, neither was their father. They used to believe they were the happiest family in the entire world but that was before that cold winter day when they went to that circus. Everything changed starting from that horrible day.
Brook could never forgive herself because she believed it was all her fault, if she wasn’t driving that day, her parents would have been still alive but it was too late for regret, and she knew she couldn’t rewind time. Yet; the same nightmare chased her for over four years, every night without a stop. Whenever she would try to sleep, she would remember her mother’s
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