The Ghost in the Gallows

There is a legend that in Castillo Manor, a criminal was hanged in the courtyard. The manor is abandoned now, but they say his ghost still haunts it.

One scary night, two teenagers, aged 13 and 15, decided to explore the place for clues as to why it was abandoned.

"You ready, Archie?"

"S-sure thing, Alayna..."

The two siblings pulled back the heavy iron doors, turned their flashlights on, and stepped inside. The doors slammed behind them, and Archie shrieked and leaped into his older sister's arms. Alayna automatically dropped him, and shone her flashlight around to see if anything was there. Suddenly, her flashlight flickered off. "RUN!" Archie screamed, and the two of them ran for their lives. They stopped in the dining hall. Archie had stepped in a puddle of something. "It's BLOOD!" he shrilled. "Shut it, it's just ketchup." Alayna rubbed her fingers over the puddle and held them up for him to see. "Oh." Archie said in embarassment.

"In that case, can we have our sandwiches?"

"No, Archie. Mystery first, sandwiches later."

Just then, a ghost walked though the wall behind them.

"HE'S REAL! RUN!"

The two teenagers took off and ran as fast as they could outside and into the courtyard.

"Uh, Alayna? Isn't this the place where he was KILLED?!"

"Don't worry, I have a plan!"

The ghost walked towards them slowly, forcing them to back up to the fence. Alayna tried to turn her flashlight on, but it wouldn't work. She took Archie's flashlight. It turned on. She pointed it at ghost, and it melted away screaming. Archie was still horrified, and Alayna pulled him back up.

"Guess that ghost is toast! Right, Archie?"

"Speaking of toast..." Archie gave her sister a mischievous look.

"Yes, we can have the sandwiches now."

Archie and Alayna happily walked away from the manor, eating their PB&Js, and they lived happily ever after... Well, until their next mystery...

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