The Mongoose 

One quiet night there was a boy named Henry, who was about 12 years old. He was going to go get a birthday present for his mom. On the way there, there was an alleyway and Henry was always scared of it when he passed it. It was a dark and narrow alleyway like something you see out of a horror movie and it smelled like old beer. You couldn’t see what was in it, He imagined ghosts jumping from wall to wall. Goblins chasing all the mice, catching one and devouring it, bones and all. This time when he walked by he tried not to be intimidated by it. Then he heard something. Henry took a glimpse to the side to make sure there was nothing there, so he looked and it was just an A grey old fat cat. Henry hurried to the store, got his mom so makeup, and then ran home. When he got home, his dinner was waiting for him on the table. He had salmon and mac and cheese.  It was cold so he didn’t want to eat it so he put it at the bottom of the trash can. Lucky for him the next day they took the trash out, so he hid the present and then went straight to bed. 

Henry found himself right next to the alleyway. He felt like he had butterflies in his stomach and as if he was a wrecked ship sinking in the ocean but his shoes. There were two glowing yellow eyes as he passed he got closer and closer and closer to the eyes but couldn’t pull away. It was like his mind was telling him not to go to the yellow eyes but his body was telling him to go. He had a sluggish feeling then he suddenly woke up. It was exactly 2:37 when he was woken. The next day he walked to school. At school, Henry went on a field trip to the same store last night. The class needed some new pencils and markers. Henry didn’t want to go so he faked that he was sick and had to go home. Henry pulled it off and got to go home. Later that night he told his mom how he faked being sick so he could come home. Henry got in trouble but his mom said she was all so afraid of the same alleyway.

The next day Henry didn’t have to pass the alleyway but the day after he did. After that dream with the eyes, he was more afraid than ever. This time he was also braver. This time he walked in the alleyway. He saw nothing but darkness. Suddenly he felt the same feeling he felt before the night he got the makeup for his mom. He wanted to turn back but he knew he couldn’t. He went further in but saw nothing. Then he left and went home. The next day he wanted to go look around in the alleyway but couldn’t decide if he wanted to or not. He finally decided he was going to go but at day time when the sun was out. So later that day he went to the Alleyway and looked around. There were a big wall and lots of empty boxes and also some broken glass bottles and a clothing line. Henry was very excited that nothing was in the alleyway to eat him or something like that. He went home and told his mom what happened and she was very proud of him. Henry was never scared of the alleyway again.