Story Idea- 1

Story Idea 1 - Horror/Thriller

 

 Beginning

My Idea for a Horror/Thriller story. The beginning of the story opens with a very brief, abrupt phone call. “I knew we shouldn’t have done it. WHY, WHY, WHY ARE WE SO STUPID? Don’t touch the box. Don’t look at it. Get out of the house. Somewhere safe, somewhere she wouldn’t expect you to go. Ring me when you’re safe... Good luck.” The phone hangs up. There is a close up of a girls face. She’s ghostly white and her eyes are blood shocked and she looks forlorn. The box in which we can see behind her back becomes in focus as she walks out of the room. She walks out onto the landing and collapses to her knees putting her head in her hands. She appears agitated and frustrated. She picks up her head and tries to compose herself. She picks up her mobile phone and crams the contents of her fridge into her bag. As she heads for the door she hesitates, runs back into the kitchen and picks up a knife from the knife stand and exits the house. She takes one final look at the house before running down the street in the dark. The girls mobile begins to ring, she answers “Annie” there is no reply on the other end, “ANNIE! Are you there? I’m safe I’ve left the box and I’m in the park, where should I go, what do I do now?” there’s a silence on the other end of the phone for a few seconds. The person on the opposing end of the phone replies in a sinister tone, although it doesn’t appear to be Annie “...Good luck” the dialling tone sound and the girl drops the phone on the floor. Behind her, a short distance away we see a figure of a young girl dressed in a long white gown with her hair in front of her face.

 

Middle

A month has passed after the disappearance of Annie and Sophie. The police have no trace of the girls. The police and parents are doing a joint appeal on TV pleading for any information of the whereabouts and the safe return of the children. As Sophie’s mum dad and younger sister returns home from the appeal and enter the house, Sophie’s mum appears distressed and requests for some time alone. The father retires to the garden to try and preoccupy him and Sophie’s younger sister Sarah heads to her bedroom. As she walks upstairs something draws her into Sophie’s room. She hesitates as her mother specifically asked her not to go in, she wants everything left as Sophie left it for when she returns home. Sarah cannot resist the urge and enters Sophie’s room. She begins to look around at her things and notices the box at the side of the bed. She feels somewhat threatened by it but picks it up none the less. As she opens it she, she senses an overwhelming presence of fear. She closes the box and runs to her room. Sarah tries not to think about the box but every time she passes Sophie’s room feels a pull towards it. Sarah enters Sophie’s room again to try and resolve the mystery of the box. She hesitantly opens it a second time but this time notices something, it appears to be a small slip of paper. She unravels it and begins to recite what is written. “Thou shall not fear, for evil is always here”. Sarah slams the box shut and hides it under Sophie’s bed and runs down the stairs. She picks up her coat and mobile phone and tells her parents she’s going to her friends. Although, Sarah actually goes to Annie’s house. She knocks on the door but no one answers. She begins to look around for a spare key to the door and finds one under the plant pot. She enters the house and runs up to Annie’s bedroom to see if she could find anything that could link to the box. She finds a leaflet in Annie’s bedside table drawer with an address on and a phone number. Sarah gets out her mobile and phones the number on the leaflet. A woman answers “Can I help you?” “...yes, well... urm I’m hoping you can. My sister... So.” “Sophie?”  ”Who is this?” the women hang up the phone.

 

End

Sarah goes to the address on the slip of paper but as she walks down the street, she sees a figure in the way. They’re dressed in long white gown with long hair across their face. The street is dead and no one seems to be about, not in the houses, not in the shops everything is quiet. “Who are you?” The figure begins to approach Sarah and she runs. She runs none stop until she reaches the address on the paper. It’s a house, although it seems sinister and old fashioned. It seems significantly more prominent than the other houses on the street. Sarah runs to the door and repetitively bangs on it, pleading to be let in. The street is still quite although the ghostly figure is nowhere to be seen. A woman opens the door and tells Sarah to get in. Sarah runs in and the woman slams the door behind her and bolts it closed. She signals Sarah to follow her into the back room. She begins to explain to Sarah about the box and the impact it has. She explains she warned Annie and Sophie about it and told them not to tempt fate. She tells Sarah that they need to destroy the box. They have 48 hours before the girl gets them and Sarah explains she opened the box almost two days ago therefore they must act quickly. The women drives Sarah back to her house and Sarah runs in and collects the box. The box is finally destroyed and the girl’s spirit is returned to the box and cannot walk the streets again. Although, the box is not destroyed properly and years later a group of teens find it and open it.