The Abandoned Home

The young couple decided to take a short cut down the overgrown path through the woods. They passed the polluted stream where they first met. The rusty old crumbling house is still by the edge of the road just outside of the woods. There was a broken porch swing just hanging by one side. There was glass from the shattered windows all over the ground. The old tattered and faded curtains that were all now white were blowing outside of the window. Five old scarecrows were still up in the yard. The straw was gone from the bigger male scarecrows right arm and leg. The hat had a piece torn off of it on the top. The stitched-on mouth was now only a partial mouth. The left side of the mouth was all that remained. There was no right eye left. Something was sticking out of his pocket. She noticed it every time that they would walk by the house.

The female scarecrow only had half of her hair left. Her dress was missing pieces here and there. She leaned forward because there was a missing piece on the wood that should hold her up. Some pumpkins that rotted over time were below her. The weeds almost buried the pumpkins. The three little scarecrows were all in the same shape as the big ones. The large front door had an unusual window just a little below the top of the door. It was a circled submarine window that could not show anything. The window was inside a stone lion's mouth. On both sides of the front door were two big planter pots. The potted plants that were once in them were no longer there. There was an old piece of wood on the side of the potted plant holders that did not have the door. They were once shelves because there were items still sitting on them. Angie was trying to get Aaron into taking a better look around. He finally caved into Angie about looking around.

They walked up to the Iron gate. The lock on the door of the gate was rusted and busted. Inside the gate, she used her phone to take pictures of all the scarecrows. There was no roof left on the top of the garage. In front of the shed laid the right door of the garage. The left bottom piece of the door was gone. Some branches and leaves got scattered everywhere inside. Inside the garage, the car sat covered with branches. There were no tires on it. The lid of the hood was gone. Trunk led was open. There was a blanket inside. Some of the shelves were still on the walls while the rest of them were all smashed everywhere. The tall standing toolbox had fallen against the right side of the vehicle, where a crack was in the window.

The shed still had the doors on it that was locked. The hole on the left side of the door provided a perfect way to view the inside. The walls had tools stuck in them. There was a mattress laid in the middle of the floor next to the car. There was a metal gas can next to it with a funnel in the opening. Other tools scattered all over the ground.

The fountain that was in front of the house was missing its head and right hand. In the first window remained a candle. The candle looked brand new. There was a set of side stairs leading off the porch to the upstairs balcony. The floor in the living room was fine. All the furniture was trash. Everything had mold all over it. The stairs were not in the best of shape either. The couple managed to make it upstairs. The hole in the middle of the floor made it challenging to get around it. They did carefully make it around to the other side. Every single one of the bedrooms and bathrooms was in great shape. The damage to the house remained outside of the bedrooms.

Aaron stepped inside the main bedroom. He just disappeared right in front of Angie. Angie dropped her phone then stepped inside the same bedroom. Several eyes were staring at her that were all inside of shadows. Angie stood in the forest. In the middle of the area was a tree with bright red leaves. The figures that were gripping onto Aaron shoved him toward the tree. One of the branches of the tree that looked like a hand reached down to grab Aaron up. The tree consumed Aaron to leave a burnt picture of him on the outside wood of the trunk.

Angie got pushed toward a tall bush. The bush suddenly had eyes and teeth. After it swallowed up Angie, a white rose with pink lines grew on it. Years had passed by with several more flowers grown on the bush from people. The tree had a lot of burnt pictures of people all over it. The townspeople decided to burn everything down. Everything did burn down until there was not anything left except the cement areas. The next day there was a pair of eyes and a mouth in the sky. The mouth opened up to eat all the people. The house and all of its items grew back. It just sits now and waits for new guests to come in.