Schizophrenics Imagination !

My story is about stories, what we tell all kinds of Horror stories about demons and ghosts and stuff but no matter what a story's about there's only one thing that makes it really scary what's that your imagination

If you're really into a story you become part of it and you start to imagine what a horrible thing might be sneaking around the corner ready to pounce and just when you start to wonder what you do if you were the one facing the monster

 

It's your imagination that gets you into a story and unless you're very careful you might need your imagination to get you out

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Brinda was everybody's favorite babysitter, A strange young woman

Her advertisement in the newspaper said for kids who hate babysitters

She was becoming every parent’s favorite babysitter. No one knew her secret. She claimed it to be just "magic". It was strange like she just knew when a parent wanted to babysit for them and when not. Also, she loved reading and collecting books more than anything

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Turn the television volume down Ricky’s mom yelled as Ricky was taking the chips packet from cupboard

“You working tonight”, Ricky asked her mom

“I told you that earlier”, his mom replied

Suddenly the Home silence was disturber with doorbells

“Must be the babysitter”, Ricky’s mom said with positivity

“A babysitter seriously mom”, Ricky screamed with disappointment

“Mom I'm 17 years old”, Ricky yelled

 

Then what appears at the other side of the door to be a tall mystical personality covered in black coat answering the door!

The black hood of the cloak is pulled down and reveled to be a Quietly young beautiful girl with sparkling bright Hazel eyes.

Ricky's Mom is a bit nervous about her appearance at first. Then She gets a calm satisfying aura around her, as if she already knew her.

“Good evening this winter”, she introduced herself

“I'm Brinda”, she replied

Ricky’s mom asks Brinda, with a smile since she's been highly recommended by all the parents, she asks her what her secret is.

Brinda says "Imagination".

where's Ricky Brinda asked as ran inside the house strangely

“If there's any chance you could get him to turn off the television”, Ricky’s mom said with hope to Brinda

“Don't worry I brought some books”, Brinda said pointing to the deep black bag in which she had brought few hard thick books

Please turn good Ricky’s mom said looking at Ricky and waved him a goodbye and left the main door leaving Brinda and Ricky along for the rest of the night

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“You”, Brinda said to Ricky as walking slowly towards him

As seeing Ricky had no interest in talking, she changes his direction from him to the television

She stood in front of Ricky and television and started to make strange faces and chanting something

“Hey move”, Ricky shouted

“It's time to get to know each other”, Brinda said in deep clam voice

Hey I really like that drawing on your shirt Brinda said pointing towards the print on Ricky t-shirt and asked “what does it mean”

“It's a metalbender”, Ricky said casually

It was a long sword in between of a pair of bright blue wings Ricky explained and suddenly said “Hey I don't want to get to know you I don't need a babysitter”

Wow! you must be extraordinarily amazingly rich Brinda said while dancing in the room and ignoring what Ricky has just said

“Yeah, I am”, Ricky said with proud

“So, keep out of my way”, Ricky said as turning is head uncomfortably to watch television

“I'm afraid that's not going to happen here”, Brinda said and snatched the remote from Ricky’s hand

“Hey”, Ricky shouted with anger

“We are going to read some books”, Brinda said this Ricky tried to snatch the remote back from Brinda’s hand but surprisal the remote disappear from her hands into thin air

“How did you do that”, Ricky asked in surprise

“I'll tell you what, you read a book for a few minutes and I'll leave you alone the rest of the night”, Brinda said with evil smile

“Deal?”, Brinda asked strangely

“How many minutes”, Ricky demanded to get of this situation

“Oh, I don't know let's say five minutes”, Brinda said smugly

“Then I can watch TV all I want”, Ricky asked with surprised

“That's what make you happy Kid”, Brinda replied

“You're the strangest”, Ricky said with confusion

By saying so Brinda started removing all the books from his bag and placing it on the table

With self-doubt Ricky selected a book from the many and started to read one which titled as the dark nights in his mind

“Aloud please I like to hear them”, Brinda said angrily

Ricky got into terror hearing Brinda voice, the smoothness in her voice was completely and now a was replaced with ……. terror

So, he begins to read a with struggle and fear Ricky started to read not moving his eyes from the book

 

“It was late on the dark moonless night

as a wild storm raged across the Moors

the hideous witch flew closer to the”

 

As he read those lines from the book the lights started to blink rapidly and the room started to shake as a storm with gust of smoke was approaching towards the room, but till now Ricky was too much lost in the book to notice this in his surroundings, he kept reading

Watching all of this Brinda had a board smile on his faces as, she knew it had started and if she is getting what she wants

“Lonely cottage swooped down and banged on the door”

  Ricky read aloud from the book 

As he read this there was a strong bang on his main door, it was too loud that it disturbed Ricky and he finally notice what was happening around him

 when he realized what was happening, he screamed in terror” What was that”

“Don't stop now”, Brinda said with evil smile

“This one's boring”, Ricky said and threw the book in fear

“You only read one sentence”, Brinda said with disappointment

“I can tell believe me I know”, Ricky said

“Well, it's not like TV no you have to give yourself a chance to get into the story use your imagination”, Brinda said

“Yeah, yeah hmm”, Ricky said and took another book and said “This could be good”, Ricky said

“Good I like that one a lot”, Brinda said in joy

As Ricky took the book, he opened it and started reading from the middle portion

“Hey Hey Hey Hey start at the beginning”, Brinda warned him with tension in her eyes

“Why I'm not going to finish it anyways”, Ricky replied and ignore what she has just said

 

“The stone walls echoed with the clash of barbs and cries of agony as battles raged the courtyard when crimson with the blood of fallen warriors yet now all was silent all was still as if the very memory of these dreadful events continues to haunt them bell”

 

As yet again Ricky was so lost in his reading that he didn’t paid attention what was happening in his surrounding from the back window a hand with war marks on it, nails bigger than fingers and hairs all over them was approaching him, as he was yet reading, he got stooped at it as he was not able to spell difficult the word,

Watching this Brinda hurriedly pronounced the word with happiness

“Melik”

“Oh yeah”, Ricky said and closed the book and replied this one's lousy too

As soon as the book was closed the hand that was emerging towards him vanished outside the window

“Whatttttttt Brinda”, said with anger and stood up

“One too many words”, Ricky said with frustration

“No once you start a book you really should finish it”, Brinda said strangely, it seemed like a warning to Ricky

“Yeah sure”, Ricky exhaled that’s all-lousy babysitter would say so

As soon as Ricky said this in disappointment his vision fell on a mysterious dark golden book covered in red velvet strips and resembles like blood droplets

“What's this”, Ricky said picking it up with excitement

“Nope not that”, Brinda snatched the book from Ricky hands hurriedly

“What do you mean I thought you wanted me to read”, Ricky said with disappointment and confused

“You're not ready for this one yet all”, this was all Brinda could say with mysteries grin

“Right forget it”, Ricky said and left the couch and started walking out of the room

“Where are you going” Brinda shouted

“I'm not reading anymore of your stupid books”, Ricky said laugh

“I wouldn't go out there if I were you”, Brinda warned Ricky with sparkling eyes

“Good thing you're not me” was all that Ricky could say, without understand what she meant and slammed the door closed

Brinda stared laughing and opened that book and read a word cheerfully

Ricky was walking to his room leaving Brinda and his stupid stories book in the hall, he heard some footsteps approaching towards him, he ignored them thinking it’s probably Brinda but he was too irrigated for her and bother not to look and ignore her as much as he can

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He opened his room door and hopped on his bed and started to play with his mobile

He was now too irrigated, and then he saw a shadow luring to his room and he thought Brinda is here again

Hearing the presence still there, he looks up and sees it's not Brinda, but a medieval knight in shimmering dark armor. The knight is wielding a longsword and with a single strike he attacked Ricky

Ricky was now too surprised to react, he screamed and jumped from his bed in fear, to avoid the strike of the sword, as soon the sword hit the bead, all the room shivered and agony,

Ricky ran screaming from the room and closed the door with struggle with the motivation to trap the mysterious armor man in the room

he ran towards the hall to get help from Brinda, she was in the Mainway to the hall when he noticed a man/ a soul/ a creepy Ghost or whatever it was, Ricky couldn’t understand

A mysterious identity with long hair wearing a deep black cape to cover his all body except his face and hands, this the same hand that was approving from the window when he reading that book

His face was melted like candle and skin shredded like old tree trunk

Ricky escaped from him too and ran with all his strengths towards the hall

He was too scared to understand what was happening who are these people and why are they here and why after him

As soon as he entered the hall, he screamed “Brinda” and seeing her he took a relief breath

she was tearing the pages from the book and throwing them in the burring chimney

He panicked to tell what he had seen and before he could say anything Brinda interrupted him and said without looking at him

“There's someone hiding in your bedroom and a ghost in the hallway I know” Brinda laughed don't worry

Ricky was till in terror, and he rushed to the other doors and closed them and pushed the chair to block it

“It's just your imagination” Brinda said while burring the pages

“They are not imagination they're real”, Ricky said with terror in his voice

“You had no idea what you were reading did you”, Brinda exclaimed with smile

Ricky was now confused, Brinda seemed different, she didn’t have that evil grin anymore but was smiling now being too polite and nice, but there were others things in the house that were more disturbing in the house rather than sudden Brinda’s changed attitude

“Look at the stupid books there's”, Ricky said

But Brinda stopped him in-between “Don't you see they came from books now if you help me, you get rid of books by burning them”

Soon Ricky understood that he has read the stories a little bit each figure or creature in it comes to life, he cried in fear he saw Brinda was burning the books so he asked “We burned the books and they go away?”, Ricky asked confused with some relief

“Exactly”, Brinda said with joy

Then Ricky started burning all the books at an immense pace to get rid of the situation

As he was helping Brinda burring books, someone nocked at the door

Suddenly someone is knocking on the living room door, which is bolted shut with a chair.

And then Ricky couldn’t trust his ears, to be surprised it was Brinda’s voice from the other side, now Ricky was too stressed and afraid unable to understand what was happening

Brinda's voice is heard coming from the other side telling him “NOT to listen to her”

Soothe knocking on the door turned in the slamming and the door pushed opened with a bang

it was Brinda!!!!!

Ricky then realizes that if she is Brinda who rushed inn, then who is the other person?

In a witch like voice the other Brinda screams from behind "what do you think! Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha uses your imagination".

Suddenly the person who looks like Brinda has a hideous witches face now. Ricky is terrified and screams.

Brinda said “That she was afraid that this was going to happen. It turns out she’s a young witch with an overactive imagination”. So, both the benevolent and malevolent manifestations of her imagination literally come to life when they are read about.

“So, they must be contained within books”. Brinda takes Ricky by the hand and they ran and hide inside the kitchen. Then they bolt it shut by pushing a table in the way. Brinda said “That this will hold them off for the time being”.

Now Brinda was laughing with the same mystic grim, now Ricky was sure she’s the real one.

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He demands answers from her, what was going on here, who are they, why are they after me, who is she

“Imagination I was afraid this was going to”, Brinda said with evil grin

“What do you mean for now make it go away”, Ricky screamed crying

Brinda started laughing and said “I sorry can't”

“You are the one who read half the stories you have to finish them but since you and the witch burned my books, now you can make them go away,”

And then she removed the red velvet book,

Brinda warned Ricky” You’re going to have to use your imagination if you don't want to end up being dinner what do I do”

“Oh, I'd finish off the story fast Brinda, But the books gone” Ricky said crying

“Will then make it up make it up sure go for it it's your story now”, Brinda exclaimed

With no other option Ricky started thing with terror

Without enthusiasm Ricky says "Okay, some weird stuff happened with Ricky and Brinda then it went away. Then they lived happily ever after the end.

And then there was complete silence in the room

As soon as Brinda heard those phrases she started laughing loudly

“It didn't work, Ricky cried

“Sorry, that's cheating you're going to have to be better than that”, Brinda said and kept laughing

“Cheating how can I achieve I don't even know what I'm doing” Ricky screamed

As this moment Ricky was scared and clueless, he didn’t know what was happening he just wanted everything to go back to normal and escape this situation

As they were taking Brinda pulled Ricky and screamed “Heyyy, watch out” from the door and at the exact time a sword pierced the door in a single bow

“When that happened, how did you know that, was all that” Ricky said shivering to Brinda

Ricky was terrified how could Brinda knew that exactly at that moment the knight would attack, how could she possible saved me, was it a coincidence or mere luck

who is she, who are you, Brinda?

As from the other side the crying voice of the Witch was also echoing, which disturbed Ricky’s internal conflict

He cried why these two creatures are after him

“Of course, it was going to happen you have gotten stories all mixed up”, Brinda reminded him

“You have started the story and left them incomplete, and I warned you about it” Brinda said

 

As they were talking the armor man broke the door and entered the kitchen and he was not alone, the Witch floated behind him

Brinda pulled Ricky and ran towards the storage and sealed the door

“Hey I can't see anything”, Ricky said in the darkness as that were in the storage room

“It's right above your head”, Brinda replied and Ricky switched on the bulb button

How could possible she knows where the lights are? Ricky begins to wonder

looking Ricky’s condition scared and confused Brinda laughed and said “This is getting fun”

Brinda smiles and is excited for some reason.

“Now what happens” Brinda asked Ricky

“How should I know”, Ricky shouted in pain

“Because it's your story silly what happens” now Brinda laughed

“Okay”, Ricky said and continued the story

 

"They ran down to the basement, where he kept his Uzi (a type of machine gun) and special magical spells. One he kept just in case any knights, witches and ghosts appear. And they killed them both with this Uzi and spells”, Nothing happens again,

As Ricky said the above lines there was complete silence, for a minute or two

Ricky smiled with joy assuming that this dark never-ending night have finally came to end

But in the next second they both heard a loud bang on the door behind, Ricky’s joy completely vanished

“Why are they still here what's wrong with that it's a good ending”, Ricky screamed in terror

“Yeah, maybe for some silly TV show or something but it doesn't make sense in this story”, Brinda laughed

Ricky notices that Brinda is carrying that certain book everywhere with her and she keeps peeking at it. He suspects she knows what will happen and the ending is in it. So, he asks her for the book. She tells him the book is empty but he thinks she knows anyways.

“The endings in that book aren’t it”, Ricky screamed at her

“No there's nothing in this book”, Brinda said with seriousness

“Then why are you dragging it around why do you keep peeking at it when you don't think I'm looking”, Ricky said with anger in his voice

“Give it to me”, Ricky screamed and tried to snatch it from Brinda’s hands

But Brinda was too fast and countered Ricky’s move and again started laughing

“You really think you're ready for this”, Brinda asked him with seriousness and as a warning

“Yes, let me have it”, Ricky said in single breath

“Okay have fun”, Brinda handed it to him with evil smile

Ricky took the book and started sliding its papers, but he was assumed when he saw that pages were empty, plain nothing in it, the whole book was blank, he was confused now

“I don't get it what's a big deal”, he said and look to glance at Brinda but when he saw his surrounding, he gasped “Ohhhhh”

 

He was not in the basement of his storeroom, he panicked and looked all over, all he was and assumed was in a dark basement which appears to be of some old castle

All the bricked stone log walls resembled of a vintage castle of the medieval age with fire burning at places to provide light in the dark castle

Now he was confused and afraid, he didn’t know what was happening to him, He stared blankly for several seconds. Unable to believe his eyes or he was no longer in the comfortable suburban house but in the dank crypt of an ancient castle the dang crypt of an ancient castle with walls as ascended into the darkness above unskilled

He then went to scam the book again just to find that it was not blank anymore, there was something written on it, it reads

“I don't get it what's the big deal he……Ricky”, said then Ricky's voice trailed off

He examined and realized that this is what he has just said and now it was incripted in the book,

He was not able to believe what his eyes were seeing, he couldn’t utter a sing word

And suddenly he notices he was not alone he heard someone’s footsteps

Suddenly, he heard loud sound of footsteps of clanking metal approaching through the dark

He was stressed and feared with sweat when he saw the medieval knight from his house has summon from the darkness of castle approaching towards him

Sound of his footsteps kept increasing and soon he removed his long shinning sword and within seconds he started running towards Ricky with full strength, chopping everything in his way

Ricky saw this and soon started running for his live and secretary hoping that somehow Brinda would save him, and in that huddle, he almost loses grip of the book, but managed to recover it and started running again and somehow discovering the hidden parts of the castle

He tried to run and hide in the castle as the knight was about to strike him, and then the knight stroked his sword Infront of him and dropped his sword on the ground in front of Ricky

Ricky was shocked to see this, he thought the knight was after him but now he bowed in front of him as if he was paying him respect,

He sensed danger and in confusion and to protect him from the knight he took up his sword and as soon as he took it in his hands the knight amor fell in pieces and to add the terror, the amor was empty as the amor fell with loud noise, disturbing the castles peace

Ricky examined the sword and saw some writing on it, he read it out

Whosoever holds this almighty longsword is swore to protect the tomb of his beloved king and his kingdom

It didn’t take Ricky much time to find out that the knight was not here to harm him, he was here to protect the tomb of his beloved king, and now he was the one hold the sword, so he had to complete the knight’s task

The thing that stuck Ricky was that if the knight was here not to harm him, then who was? and from whom the knight was protecting the tomb, who is the evil in this castle

Suddenly a voice calls out from the dark, Ricky immortally took his sword in front of him to protect him from the source of the voice

Suddenly, a voice calls out from behind

Ricky saw a young girl in medieval clothing holding a big lit candle.

She sadly tells Ricky that she is lost, and she cannot find her way home. So, she wants him to help her.

Ricky was surprised to see a young gorgeous girl dressed medieval cloth in the castle, he wondered how could it be that a girl from so long ago could be there right now.

She was so beautiful that Ricky was mesmerized and felt shy Infront of her beauty, for almost he forgets whatever happened earlier that night and focused on the gorgeous face, his heart was pounding at a faster pace now

She asks him if he can put the book down and help her find her way home.

Ricky was now in a bit relief to find someone in the castle, at least he was not alone now, Frustrated Ricky slams the book shut and said “He has no idea how to get home either, and if he did, he would have already escaped this rusty castle”

It was strange and he was completely alone and after the medieval knight disappears and then suddenly a young girl shows up asking his help, even though all this felt too good to be true after everything that have happened

Ricky them stared at the young girl with some thoughts, she seemed out of place like from another time.

Then he carefully looks at her as she lowers her head. Ricky screamed with angry, and says "Or from another story! You're not a girl."

As soon as Ricky screamed and pointed the sword at the young girl and warned her

The young girl transforms into the Witch who attacked him in the house.

She yells at Ricky “Put down the book”, laughing and cackling at him. Before she can approach him,

Ricky picks up the long sword and slices her right across the chest. The Witch screams in agony with green slime oozing from her wound and turned into transforms into an old grumpy King.

Ricky screams in horrified shock

The old grumpy King addresses himself as the Kings of Kings, emperor of emperors the almighty named as Klaus,

He praised Ricky with his bravery and thanked him and told him that he was placed under a spell cast by an evil witch. His spirit was cursed to wander the earth forever. Ever since than his spirit was wandering in a suit of armor to find someone brave to help defeat the witch and save the King Tomb.

Ricky now bows before the king with utmost respect and offers the sword, as he didn’t think what else to do in such situation

Suddenly, Ricky opens his eyes and founds himself back in his home, while Brinda exclaimed what a story

Before Ricky could ask her, anything or understand it the house door opened widely and Ricky's Mom returned

She saw Ricky holding a book and was happy and surprised to see Ricky with it

Brinda eventually points out that the book on Ricky's lap, "The Dark Tomb,” story written by Ricky winters, his name on it.

Ricky is shocked and couldn’t understand what was happening things were happenings so fast paced he could spot a difference better what is reality and imaginations desperately he asks Brinda “If it really happened”.

She smiles hinting yes and says “That it's only a story”.

Ricky stood there still as if he was still in shock

Before heading home, Brinda is asked by Ricky's Mom what she owes her. Holding onto her new book, she smiles and says she's already been paid, telling Ricky's mother to call her anytime.

 

Ending

As the story is ending, Ricky searched all over the library but he never found another copy of "The Dark Tomb" By. Ricky Winter or any of Brinda's other books because they were first and only editions