5 Gbosts!

5 Gbosts! “ AhHH! ” yelled Teddy. “ AHHH! ” yelled Jack. “ AHHH! ” yelled Annie. Still screaming, they all ran toward the door. The bone came after them. Teddy led the way as they tore through the archway and scrambled up the winding staircase. Jack looked behind them. “ It's still coming! " he shrieked. “ AHHH! ” they all screamed again.

On the next landing, Teddy charged into a nearby room. “ Make haste! " he yelled. He pulled Jack and Annie into the room and slammed the door behind them. Out of breath, they all leaned against the door, panting and trembling. “ Safe--" Teddy gasped. “ Safe from the bone! " Then he started laughing. Jack laughed, too. He laughed out of sheer terror. He couldn't stop. “ Listen, guys! Listen! ” said Annie. “ I hear a noise! " Teddy stopped laughing. Jack clapped his hand over his mouth. He listened. He heard a faint clicking sound, but he couldn't see anything. Teddy used the fire from his lantern to light torches near the door. Then they all looked about. “ Looks like a nursery, " said Teddy.

The torchlight showed a kids’room. The room had three small beds. Wooden toys were scattered across the floor. A long white curtain fluttered from an open window. The clicking noise seemed to be coming from a dark corner. “ What is that?” whispered Annie. She started toward the noise. Jack and Teddy followed her. Teddy held up his lantern. His light shone on a child-sized spinning wheel. It sat in the corner near a basket of wool and a tall, dusty mirror. The spinning wheel was spinning thread. But no one was touching it. It was spinning all by itself. “ Look! " whispered Annie. She pointed to a low table near the spinning wheel. On the table was a chessboard. Large wooden chess pieces sat on the squares of the board. But some of the pieces weren't just sitting!

As Jack, Annie, and Teddy watched, a horse piece slid slowly from one square to another. Then a queen piece did the same! “ Yikes! " said Annie. “ Ghosts! " said Teddy. “ Let's get out of here! " said Jack.