The House of Heros

Awaken

I opened my eyes, trying to recall the last thing I remembered.

"You okay?" I looked to my right and saw my best friend, Jake sitting down on a chair

"What happened?"

"A few minutes after you entered that creepy house, it started shaking, I-I didn't know what to do but I ran inside to try and find you but when I did you were lying on the floor knocked out. We were probably lucky to survive because right after I carried you out of there, the house started sinking until all was left was this box and book with a note saying; 'you have been warned.'" he reached into his backpack and brought out the book and box

"Where are we??" I asked him,

"We are in your room." the next thing we knew my parents rushed into the room and gave me a great big hug

"Oh Megan, we're so happy that you're awake!" Mum cried "but I told you not get a tattoo with your friends last week!"

"What are you talking about?!" I replied "I didn't get a tattoo last week, I only helped my friends chose theirs"

"Then how do you explain the tattoo on your left shoulder?!" My dad asked, I looked at my shoulder and saw a bleak waves tattoo on my shoulder "What!" I cried "I promise you that I did not get a tattoo! I don't even know how it got there! You can ask my friends If I got a tattoo and they will say no, I promise you!"

"Well since we don't know if you are lying or not we have to ground you for the rest of the month!"

"Why?!"

"Because if you did get that tattoo then you disobeyed your mother!"

"But it's Jake's party next week! I can't miss it!"

"I'm sorry Megan" Mum replied "but until we find out the truth, we have to ground you" she and dad walked out of the room.

"Do you have any idea how the tattoo got there?" Jake asked I shook my head "do you remember what you did while you were in the house?"

"Briefly" I replied

"Then tell me," he suggested me "it might help us find out how that tattoo got there because I know you didn't get a tattoo." I took a deep breath

"Ok" I replied, he smiled at me and I started telling him what happened "well while I was going through the hallway I found a room, the room you found me in I assume, and the door was open, since it was the only unlocked door in the hallway I walked in to investigate" I stop for a second to let Jake process what I've said, he nods for me to continue, "I found that book and box sitting on a table, I walked up to the table and lifted up the box and opened the lid, I saw these jewels which were bright, and beautiful. After I put the box back, the house started shaking and then I blacked out..." Jake went to pick up the box and book and placed it next to him on the floor "So, this is the exact same box and book you saw in the house?" I nod my head, "Do you remember what the jewels you saw looked like" Before I could answer, I started floating out of my bed! "What is happening!!" I yelled to Jake, I was frightened and shocked "How the hell am I flying?!" Jake put the box down,

"I'm going to open the book" he yelled to me

"Why?!"

"To see if this is the answer to everything," before I could answer back, he opened the book "The front-page picture is the exact same design as the tattoo on your shoulder!" He yelled to me, I started floating back down to my bed

"Keep reading!" I asked him, Jake turned the page and continued reading,

"It shows a boy and girl standing next to each other showing the exact same tattoo" he replied, with me now safely back on my bed "What was that?"

"I don't know but you might want to look at this." Jake gave me the book and I looked at the page and the picture that he had described to me had suddenly started to change "The female looks to be changing into something" He sat down next to me on the bed and the picture had finished changing "it looks like... me!"

 "Why does it look like me?!" I asked Jake

"How am I supposed to know?!" He replied in joking tone.

"Jake, this is serious we have no time to joke around!"

"I'm going to go back to that house" Jake told me and he started packing his stuff, including the book.

"Why?!"

"So I can see if there's any clues about what's happening to you and if there were other things left" I sigh in defeat.

"Okay," I was honestly quite shocked that he wanted to go back to that house because he was so scared the last time we were there, "but I'm coming with you!" I replied I hopped out of bed but began lightly shake because of how long I haven't stood up.

"No," Jake told me while helping me back in bed "you can't come"

"Why not?" I ask grumpily

"Because I don't want you to get even more trouble then you are." I sighed, lying back down in my bed

"Stay safe" I told him, mirroring what he normally told me before I left for somewhere dangerous. He nodded his head before walking out of my room.