The Ghoulish Haunted Mansion: Chapter 8

While Helga was in trouble, the others hid from the ghosts, and Lou hid in the library. While inside the library, a bust turned its head and spotted her under the table. Lou whispered, “I don’t think those ghosts will find me here.” Lou started to hear a creaking sound, so Lou came out for a minute. Once she came out, a bookshelf collapsed and almost fell on her. Lou saw the bookshelf tip over and jumped out of the way before it smashed her. Lou said, “That was close.” Lou then looked ahead of her and saw ten dolls on the table. Lou said, “Ooh, look, someone used to play with dolls here.” Lou picked one of the dolls up and looked at it. Then Helga got lifted in the air. Lou said, “You know, this doll reminds me of Helga. All these dolls remind me of my friends. One of them even looks like me.” Lou moved the Helga doll’s leg, and then Helga swung her leg in the air. Helga said, “Put me down, you spirit, put me down.”

Lou tossed the Helga doll, and when it hit the floor, Helga got what she asked for and fell to the ground and into the mud again. Lou grabbed the Alex doll next and lifted Alex in the air. Alex said, “Get me down, get me down.” Lou bent the doll’s back forward, and Alex leaned his back forward too. Then Lou moved the doll’s arm, and Alex punched Mike. Alex said, “Oops. Sorry.” Then Lou put the toy down, and Alex got on the ground. Then Lou went over to where she tossed the Helga doll, picked it up, and Helga got lifted in the air again. Then Lou put the toy back, and Helga fell to the ground.

Lou decided to leave the library, but it was locked when she tried to open the door. Lou said, “I’m trapped.” Sarah said, “No kidding.” Lou said, “You.” Sarah said, “Yes.” Sarah flew over to the dolls and grabbed the one that looked like Lou. Then she pressed it against the wall, and a mysterious force levitated Lou and slammed her against the wall. Lou said, “How’d you do that?” Sarah said, “Ever heard of voodoo dolls? Whatever happens to the doll happens to the person it looks like.” Sarah showed Lou she had a doll that looked just like her. Then she moved the doll’s arm, and Lou moved her arm too. Then Sarah tied the toy up with rope and set it on the table. Once she did, Lou sat on the floor and couldn’t move her limbs because her doll was tied up. Then Sarah laughed evilly and put Lou’s doll on the other side of the room so Lou couldn’t reach it. Then she vanished and left Lou and her doll tied up.

While Lou was tied up, the others were getting scared out of their minds. Helga hid from the shadowy figure outside while the shadowy figure looked all over for her. A suit of armor was chasing Emma, Mike, and Violet. Alex and Bobby heard the organ playing itself. While the organ played, Alex and Bobby hid behind the sofa and waited for it to stop playing since they didn’t like the music. Then, a monster looked behind the couch and found them. Alex looked up and saw the beast. Alex said, “We got company.” The beast tried to scratch them, but the boys ran. Once they got to the next room, they slammed the door shut. Bobby said, “That was close.” Then, one of the ghosts turned transparent, phased through the door, and spotted the boys. The ghost said, “Not close enough.” Alex and Bobby both turned around, saw the spirit, and screamed. Then they all ran for their lives, and the ghost laughed because she scared them. Then she returned to the room she came out of and left the boys running for their lives.

Meanwhile, Helga was still running for her life from the shadowy figure. She tried to enter the mansion through the back door but forgot she and her friends boarded it up. Helga then looked behind her, saw the shadowy figure, and ran for it after she screamed. Once Alex and Bobby heard Helga shout, they ran outside to save her. Once they left the mansion, they looked around for Helga but couldn’t find her. Then they heard her shout again and followed her screaming, hoping it would lead them to her. Once they did, Helga ran towards them, screaming and bumping into them. Helga said, “Oh, hi, guys.” Bobby said, “What were you trying to get away from?” Helga pointed at the shadowy figure and told her friends she was trying to escape him. The others looked at what Helga was pointing at and saw the shadowy figure walking towards them. Then they all screamed in terror and ran for the front door. Then they all ran into the mansion since the door was now unlocked and then barricaded it. Then, they all split into two groups to escape the shadowy figure.

Meanwhile, Pablo and Susan were running from the sludge monster, which had become a giant spider. When it found them, it tried to scare them. Susan hid behind Pablo, but Pablo stood still. Pablo said, “I’m not afraid of spiders.” Susan said, “But I am.” Since Pablo wasn’t afraid, the monster shape-shifted into a ninja, brought out its sword, and held it up to Pablo. Then Pablo screamed in terror and hid behind Susan. Susan said, “You’re afraid of ninjas?” Pablo said, “You’re afraid of spiders.” Pablo and Susan ran for their lives, and the monster chased them while it was a ninja.

After Sam returned the dolls, Lou and Tom fell to the ground. Then they left the library and still didn’t see any ghosts around. Then Lou sat on a chair covered with a white sheet, and Sam and Tom sat on the sofa. While Lou was sitting down, the sheet on her chair floated off and turned into a ghost. When Sam and Tom saw it, they pointed at it and were both speechless. Lou said, “What? What is it?” Sam and Tom kept directing their fingers at the ghost behind Lou, but Lou didn’t see it. Then the spirit smiled, separated its arms, and lifted them while moaning. Lou wondered where that moaning sound was coming from, so she looked behind her and saw the ghost. Then, all three screamed in terror and ran for their lives. After they left their room, all ten ran into the same room screaming and bumped into each other. Then the kids stopped panicking and saw that everything chasing each of them was gone. Then Violet came out from hiding and met up with the others. After Violet had come out, Emma picked her up and took her to the living room with them.