MidReal Story
Whispers of the Haunted Mother
Scenario: short story not long about 2 kid finding death while hanging nearby of a haunted house meeting a ghost mom
Create my version of this story
Jamie Collins
curious child, friends with Liam, short with curly brown hair, brave and inquisitive
Mrs. Eleanor Blackwood
ghostly figure of a mourning mother, mother of the deceased child, pale with flowing white gown, sorrowful and haunting
Liam Peterson
adventurous child, friends with Jamie, tall with messy blonde hair, reckless yet loyal
The Haunting of Blackwood House
“Are you sure you want to do this?”
Liam asked, his voice barely above a whisper.
I nodded, my heart pounding in my chest.
This was it.
The moment I’d been waiting for.
The moment I’d been preparing for.
For the past two years, I’d been studying the house from afar, watching it as closely as I could without being noticed.
I’d even gone so far as to sneak into the backyard a few times, but I’d never had the guts to go inside.
Until now, that is.
“Let’s go,” I said, and Liam nodded.
We made our way through the overgrown grass and up to the front porch of the abandoned house.
The wood was rotting and creaked beneath our feet as we stepped onto it, and I couldn’t help but wonder if it would collapse at any moment.
The door swung open with a loud creak, and I stepped inside.
My eyes went wide as I took in the interior of the house.
The walls were covered in peeling wallpaper, and there was a thick layer of dust covering everything.
It was like the place had been untouched for decades.
“Wow,” Liam said, his voice filled with awe.
I nodded, unable to tear my eyes away from the grand staircase that led up to the second floor.
I’d seen pictures of it, but they didn’t do it justice.
It was even more beautiful in person.
“Let’s go,” I said, and Liam nodded.
We made our way up the stairs, our footsteps echoing through the empty house.
I could feel the anticipation building inside me, and I couldn’t wait to see what secrets this place held.
As we reached the top of the stairs, I turned to Liam and gave him a smile before heading down the hallway.
I’d been waiting for this moment for so long, and now that it was finally here, I wasn’t going to let anything stand in my way.
As I stepped onto the porch of Blackwood House, a shiver ran down my spine.
The house had always been a part of my life, an ever-present reminder that some things were best left forgotten.
But as I stood on the threshold of the abandoned estate, I couldn’t help but wonder what secrets it held within its decaying walls.
I glanced over at my friend Liam, who stood beside me with a troubled expression on his face.
He’d been hesitant to come here with me, but he’d never been one to back down from a challenge, no matter how reckless or dangerous it might be.
And so he’d agreed to join me on this adventure, even though he had no idea why we were really here.
Or what we might find inside.
For over thirty years, Blackwood House had stood empty, its once grand facade now weathered and worn by the passage of time and the cruelty of neglect.
The townspeople had long since abandoned the house, choosing instead to keep their distance and focus on the future, rather than dwell on the past.
But for me, Blackwood House was more than just a relic of another time.
It was a reminder of everything that I’d lost, and everything that I could never have.
It was a prison of my own making, a place where I’d come to hide from the world and the pain that threatened to consume me.
But as I stood on the porch, staring up at the decaying mansion before me, I knew that I could hide no longer.
The time had come to face my demons, no matter how terrifying they might be.
I turned to Liam, who met my gaze with an encouraging smile, and took a deep breath before stepping through the front door and into the darkness beyond.
As I made my way up the front steps of Blackwood House, I couldn’t shake the feeling that we were being watched.
I glanced over at Jamie, who was standing beside me, her dark eyes wide with excitement.
I hesitated for a moment, wondering if we should really be doing this.
The house had a reputation for being haunted, and there were all sorts of stories about the strange things that went on inside its walls.
Most people thought it was just an old house that had fallen into disrepair over the years, but there were some who believed that there was something more sinister at play.
I’d heard all sorts of rumors about the place, everything from ghosts to demons to secret underground tunnels.
But as I stared up at the crumbling facade of the abandoned mansion before me, I knew that no matter what was waiting inside, I wouldn’t be going in alone.
I turned to Jamie, her gaze still fixed on the front door, and cleared my throat.
“Are you sure you want to do this?”
I asked, my voice barely above a whisper.
She turned to me with a frown, her dark eyes flashing with annoyance.
“Of course I do,” she said.
I just wanted to make sure you were ready.”
I hesitated for a moment, unsure how to respond.
I’d been friends with Jamie for as long as I could remember, and in all that time, there had never been a dull moment.
She was one of the most curious and adventurous people I’d ever met, always eager to explore the world and uncover its secrets.
And she had a knack for getting herself into all sorts of trouble.
But even though we’d been on countless adventures together, there was something different about this one.
Something that made me hesitant to take that first step over the threshold.
“I just don’t want you to get hurt,” I said finally, my voice barely more than a whisper.
Jamie’s eyes softened, and she reached out and placed a hand on my arm.
“I’ll be fine,” she said.
“I promise.” She gave me a reassuring smile.
“Are you ready?”
I hesitated for a moment, my gaze fixed on Jamie’s.
There was something in her eyes, something that told me she wouldn’t be swayed, no matter what I said.
I knew that look well.
I’d seen it countless times before, always just before we did something reckless or dangerous.
And it was almost always followed by trouble.
But as I stared into Jamie’s dark eyes, I knew there was no use trying to talk her out of this.
She’d made up her mind, and nothing I could say would change it.
I sighed and gave her a resigned smile, knowing that I didn’t really have a choice in the matter.
If she was going to do this, then I wasn’t about to let her go in there alone.
“Let’s go,” I said finally, my voice barely more than a whisper.
Jamie smiled and squeezed my arm before turning and stepping through the front door of the abandoned house.
I followed close behind, my heart pounding in my chest as we made our way down the dark hallway and into the unknown.
As I stepped onto the porch of Blackwood House, I felt a shiver run down my spine, but I ignored it and took a deep breath before stepping through the front door and into the darkness beyond.
I couldn’t see a thing, but I felt Liam’s presence beside me, and I knew that he would be there to light the way, just as he always had before.
But even though I couldn’t see or hear anything in the darkness, I knew that we were not alone.
The air was thick with the dust of forgotten years, and the silence was so profound that it seemed almost deafening.
No matter how hard I strained my ears, I couldn’t hear a single sound, not even the rustle of the wind through the overgrown trees outside the house.
It was as if the world itself held its breath, waiting to see what would happen next.
I took another deep breath, savoring the smell of decay and neglect that hung heavy in the air, and tried to ignore the way my heart was pounding in my chest.
This was it, I thought to myself.
This was what we’d been waiting for all these years.
And now that we were finally here, standing on the threshold of Blackwood House itself, I felt a surge of excitement rush through me, igniting a fire in my veins that refused to be extinguished.
I turned to Liam and took his hand in mine, squeezing it tightly for a moment before letting go.
We’ve come too far to turn back now,” I whispered.
I closed my eyes for a moment and said a silent prayer for protection, knowing even as I did so that in this place, prayers were as fragile as glass.
And then, without another word, I took a deep breath and stepped forward into the darkness beyond the threshold of Blackwood House.
There was a moment of weightlessness as my foot left solid ground before coming down on the dusty floor of the old house with a soft thud.
For a moment, the only sound was my own breathing as Liam stepped up beside me, his hand brushing against mine before falling away into the darkness.
“Are you ready?”
he asked, his voice barely more than a whisper.
I gave him a small smile before turning back to face him.
This was it, I thought to myself as I met his gaze in the darkness.
There was no turning back now.
“Are you?”
The words were barely out of my mouth when Liam's face fell, his eyes widening in shock as he stared at me in disbelief.“You can’t be serious,” he said at last.“We can’t go in there.”I could see the doubt in his eyes and hear it in his voice, but I refused to let it affect me.
I knew he would be afraid once we got inside, but he was my friend and he would follow me anywhere without question.
He always had, and he always would.“Why not?”
I asked him with a small shrug of my shoulders.“Because it’s Blackwood House!”
he said with a shake of his head.“Don’t you know what they say about this place?”
I knew exactly what they said about this place—everyone in town did.
Blackwood House had been abandoned for over thirty years, ever since little Tommy Blackwood had died under mysterious circumstances inside its walls.
Since then, the old mansion had become a magnet for all the ghost stories and urban legends that were born in small towns like ours, growing bigger and more terrifying with each passing year.
Most people were afraid to even walk by the property, let alone set foot inside the house itself.
And those who did were never seen again—at least, not the same way they had been before.
But I wasn’t most people.
I’d been preparing for this day for years, gathering information and studying the history of the house so that when the time came, I would know exactly what to do.
And that time was now.
I turned back to Liam and gave him a small smile, doing my best to reassure him even though my heart was pounding like a drum in my chest.
I could see the fear in his eyes, but there was also a glimmer of his usual self there, too, even in the dim light that seemed to be coming from somewhere inside the house.
He was afraid, yes, but he was also curious.
And that was the Liam I knew—the boy who would follow me anywhere, no matter how dangerous the path.
I took a step forward, my hand reaching out to grasp the doorknob.
The wood was cool beneath my fingers, the metal icy against my palm, but I ignored the shiver that ran down my spine as I turned it slowly, the hinges creaking in protest as I pushed the door open.
For a moment, the only sound was the rustle of the wind outside as it swept through the trees, sending clouds of dust spiraling into the air around us.
I took a deep breath, savoring the smell of decay one last time before stepping forward into the darkness that lay beyond.
This was it, I thought to myself with a sense of satisfaction that I couldn’t quite explain.
This was what we’d been waiting for all these years, and now that we were finally here, I felt a surge of excitement rush through me, pushing aside any lingering doubts or fears.
Because this was what I was born to do.
“Are you coming?”
I took a deep breath as my hand reached out into the darkness, fumbling in the black for something—anything—that would convince me I wasn’t alone.
My fingers brushed against the wall, sending a shiver down my spine as I stumbled forward into the darkness of Blackwood House.
The floor was cold beneath my bare feet, the wood dusty and rough against my skin as I took my first step through the doorway.
For a moment, the only sound was the pounding of my own heart in my ears as I waited for something terrible to happen.
But nothing did.
I was still alive.
Taking a deep breath, I moved a little farther into the darkness so that Liam could follow, the air thick in my lungs with the scent of neglect and decay as I searched for any sign of something—anything—that would help me make sense of what was happening around me.
But there was nothing.
The house lay silent around us as we stood there in the dark, waiting for something—anything—to happen.
For a moment, the only sound was the rustle of the trees outside as they swayed in the wind.
And then suddenly, I wasn’t alone anymore.
A beam of light cut through the darkness as Liam moved up behind me, his hand on my shoulder as he fumbled with his lighter, trying to get it to work.
The air smelled like it hadn’t been disturbed in years as we stood there in the dark, waiting for our eyes to adjust to the dim light so that we could see where we were going.
The floorboards groaned beneath our weight as we moved deeper into the house, our footsteps echoing through the empty corridors as we searched for something—anything—that would tell us where we were supposed to be going next.
We explored slowly at first, our eyes searching every room and hallway for any sign of life or movement so that we could be sure that no one else was there with us.
But after a while, we grew more confident, our curiosity driving us forward even as our minds told us to turn back before it was too late.
The rooms were all the same—cold and dusty and dark—yet somehow they were all different too.
Some of them had their doors closed while others had been left wide open, their contents exposed to our curious eyes for all to see.
There were a few pieces of furniture here and there—a chair in one room, a table in another—but most of the rooms were empty save for the peeling wallpaper that lined their walls like old skin that had been left out in the sun too long.
The air was thick with the smell of dust and neglect as we moved through the house, our footsteps echoing through the empty corridors like a ghost in the night that had come back to haunt us for all the things we’d done wrong in our lives.
It was eerie—and more than a little scary—but it was also thrilling in a way that I’d never felt before.
Liam and I both knew that we shouldn’t be here—that what we were doing was wrong—but at the same time we couldn’t help ourselves either.
