The unfortunate life

A twelve year old girl has lost her mother to the world's harshest truth, death. Her name is Bethany and she has come to live with her estranged aunt Gertrude.

Her life is considered average in the sense of quality of life, however no excitement, no fun and no magic appears in her days.

Each day it's her mission to find something new within the grounds to become excited about. One day she found a rusted fork and spoon meshed together, another day she found a crack in a wall that had a cocoon in it.

The biggest discovery came the day she found an oddly placed cabinet in one of the spare rooms. Emptying the contents of the cabinet all over the floor she began trying to relocated the large furniture piece to a more appropriate place within the room.

Pushing as hard as she could she managed to move it a few inches to the left and to her surprise a small breeze began to emanate from behind the cabinet.

Peering through the crack was not a wall but a dark unmaintained staircase. Eager to get in she began profusely pushing the cabinet till it was completely clear.

Wide eyed; before her was not a wall, but a dark poorly kept staircase.