Spooky Sagas: By: The Young Authors of Mr. Francis' Homeroom - tales of fifth grade! - Rolling Hills Local School District

a collection of the spookiest
Spooky Sagas:                     tales of fifth grade!

  By: The Young Authors of Mr. Francis’ Homeroom

Dear Readers,

    These stories have been created by
    our wonderful fifth grade students
    during our participation in the Young
    Writers 2019 Spooky Saga contest.

    During the writing process, we
    learned about plot structure and
    narrative writing.

    We hope you enjoy our stories, but…

                WARNING:
      Reading at night may cause
      nightmares amongst other
          sleep complications.

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The Abandoned Kitty Cat Hotel
                                                   Abby

Bob and his girlfriend are going on a walk in the woods and they find an abandoned hotel. It was
boarded up, and the windows had broken glass. They went to room 14 and stayed the night. At 1:00 AM
weird stuff happened.They started hearing creepy “meows”.He got scared and ran into the closet. Bob’s
girlfriend fell to her knees and said “The poor kitty!”The demon cat was very nice, the cat became the
girls pet. The cats favorite foods is broccoli , pop tarts and paper.

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Spooky Circus
                                             Aubri

My mom drops me off at the town circus. When I step out of the car I notice that the circus looks a
little eerie. I go into the tent to watch the performance and I get called down to play ring toss. A
terrifying clown with scars all over his face tells me to go backstage to get the rings. When I go
backstage an acrobat was twisting and turning alI over the hallway. I get lost by all of the fake doors,
but one finally opens... I step inside and the door shuts behind me.

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Zombie Apocalypse
                                                 Avery

    It was October 31, 1954 and my friends and I went to school. We had to take a spelling test. All of
    the sudden it started storming and the power went out. The storm got so bad that our parents had
    to pick us up, but they never came. Out of nowhere, zombies broke in. They got into the classroom
    so we ran outside and we were surrounded. We tried to run, but we couldn’t. Then we realized the
    zombies were our parents. We were scared, Our lives were changed forever.

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The Shadow
                                                   Benjamin

    On a dark night, John was walking home from work and heard footsteps behind him. He saw a
    shadowy figure in front of him. He ran, but it was like he was not running at all. Eventually, he realized
    that the figure appeared in front of him. It slowly inched towards him, engulfing him in darkness. As
    soon as he got a few feet away, he noticed that he was being devoured by the concrete sidewalk.
    When it was up to his neck the monster said, ”Soon, you will join all of my victims”, and John was
    never seen again.

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The Scary Sewer
                                          Braxtan

Me and my friend are going to an abandoned sewer. We started walking, then a rock
went past us like someone threw it at us. We finally reach it then we start walking a
long time. We found a lot of stuff. We see this small figure. It started running at us. We
ran out of the sewer, then we looked back. That black figure was a little doggy that ran
after us. Then we took it home and cleaned it up.

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The Haunted Hospital
                                               Breann

One day I was in a hospital visiting my grandma. There was a thunderstorm. The rain sounded like hail
on the roof . The lights started to flicker. My grandma told me to go talk to the doctor. The doctor said
the hospital was haunted! I went back to the room. I told my grandma that we need to leave! She
asked, “Why?” The hospital is haunted! We start walking out and the lights go out! We start running.
We go outside and we run home. No one was home! We check other houses nobody was
home…

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The Haunted House
                                          Chandler

    Me and a friend went to a haunted house. A guy popped out and chased us with a chainsaw
    and almost cut my friends arm off. Then we ran outside with him still chasing us. We were
    scared for our lives!!! Another guy came out from the same woods we were running to
    escape. We barely escaped Later, we were walking down the road and this guy picks us up
    and takes us to his house for shelter. When we’re get to his house he throws us Downstairs
    into his basement and locks us there. They were never see again.

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The Return
                                              Chase

Once upon a time, there was a monster that was so ferocious that he could tear apart anybody.
Then one day a scientist finally captured him. He tried and tried to get out of his cell. Little did
he know the monster had friends… the monster and his friends were working together to try to
escape, but one day, the alarm went off. On the announcements it said, “Subject B has escaped,
Subject B has escaped!!” Everyone was panicking. Some ran, some of them fought and some of
them even died. The Monster was back for his return. To be continued...

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The Party Prank
                                       Christina

 Dan and Tommy were walking home from a party. We were going to stay at my house.
 But, he wanted to go to his house, so we did. We had to walk through the graveyard. We
 heard a noise from the grave yard. We went to go check it out. Crack! I stepped on a
 stick, then we saw a clown. We ran and ran, he chased us. Then, we found out it was my
 brother pranking us.

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The Haunted House
                                                   CJ

     John is walking home from school. He finds a haunted house and decides to go inside. He
     hears a loud bang so he goes into the basement to check it house out. He gets a creepy
     feeling, John hears something fall, and turns around. Then he sees a monster, so he runs up
     stairs screaming in terror. He barely escapes the house. After that John never walked that way
     again.

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The Bedroom
                                            Ethan S.

 On a dark stormy night David was touring an abandoned mansion. The previous owner a teacher
who went crazy. David was in the closet. Suddenly there was a crash ! David hid in the closet. Then
he decided to try to find the exit, but there was no exit. When he turned around a crazed teacher
was coming at him. A blood curdling scream came from David. he runs to the back. To be
continued.

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The Kid Who Was Never Found
                                             Greyson

     Alone in a creepy forest, I was taking a walk and found a creepy cabin. I went in the cabin, the
     door slammed scaring me. I see all kinds of old stuff and even cobwebs. I went upstairs and
     found a skeleton in a crib. In the creepy cabin I heard footsteps and whispering voices. I felt
     terrified. I went in the attic and found creepy dolls.I hear a cry and I went downstairs. I thought
     where is that coming from. I go to the basement and don’t see anything. It was very dark. I
     was never found again!!!!!!!

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The House.
                                             Hannah

It was a dark and chilly night when Ceilea and Maria were taking a walk in the woods, and it started
storming. The girls had no umbrellas. They got soaking wet. Finally, they found a creepy old house.
An old man named Max came out and asked if they would like to stay there for the night. The girls
accepted his offer. That night when the girls were getting ready for bed they heard weird noises
coming from Max’s room. They decided to investigate. They opened the door and saw a cat. The
room’s door closed and locked behind them.

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The Horrible Hospital
                                                           Jayla

OCTOBER 29, 2029- In my town there is a hospital that barely anyone visits.The people who go there either never come
back or go missing for a few days and then they are found dead. We don’t have a lot of visitors because of all the bad stuff
that happens here.

October 31, 2029- Today is Halloween, the day when all the kids disappear. Last year we had to go to that awful hospital
because I got really sick. I never came back out of that hospital.

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A Hotel With Creepy People
                                              Kyllie

 On a warm sunny day, I went to a hotel. When I got there, I paid for my room. On the way to
 my room, I think something was following me. I heard footsteps. I turned around and
 nobody was there. I got scared! I ran to my room, I shut the door, and I locked It. One hour
 later… I went to the front desk. I said, “Why did I hear footsteps?” They said, “This hotel is
 haunted and creepy.”

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The Witches House
                                            Myrissa

I was walking home from school and as I was walking I saw an abandoned house and I saw
someone on their porch. She was staring at me with her big red eyes. She was doing something,
but I could not see what. She left her house. I decided to go inside of the house to see what she
was doing. So I went in her house and I was upstairs. I heard a door open. I think she is in her
house. I need to get out... and fast. The legend says, Billy was never seen again.

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Monster
                                             Zannderr

     It was a rainy night when the monster came a crossed my house.My dad and I went outside dad
     forgot his wallet and phone.he told me to wait a minute I will be right back. Walking into the kitchen
     he saw the Monster. My dad was scared.He picked up the phone and called 911. The monster said
     wait a minute The monster told dad, “I was cold so I went in the house. I went into the basement so I
     could get warm.” The monster said, “I built stuff for you in the basement and I fixed the front door.”
     Dad said he could stay and help him.

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Haunted Abandoned House In The Forest
                                            Ethan F.

     I was walking and saw an abandoned house. I walked inside and the door shut. I looked
     at the door, turned around and saw a sheet. At first, I wasn’t scared. Then, I took off the
     sheet and saw nothing. I started walking around the house, and heard a BANG! I looked
     outside and it was storming. I saw a graveyard, and a SKELETON popped out. I ran
     outside as fast as I could and then stopped. Behind me I saw the GHOST and SKELETON
     chasing me. I finally got out of the forest. I was home safe and sound.

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