A Monstrous Place (Tales From Between) by Stott Matthew

Author:Stott, Matthew [Stott, Matthew]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Publisher: Fenric Books
Published: 2015-10-05T04:00:00+00:00

~Chapter Twelve~

Molly and her Mum ran into the garden full of planted people as the basement continued to scream in outrage behind them. Scream at the thief who stole away the garden’s latest addition, scream a warning to the Fisks that someone had trespassed into their inner sanctum.

‘Oh!’ said Mum as they raced past the gardens ghoulish exhibits, their limbs twisted and bent at unnatural angles. ‘I remember this place, sort of; it’s horrible. Was I eating cheese before bed? That’s probably it. You should never eat cheese before bed, you know Molly. Gives you the loopiest dreams, but people plants?’

‘Okay then, no cheese before bed, got it!’

‘Or trees, they’re more like trees really aren’t they? Well, that’s a new one on me!’ And Mum laughed and laughed as Molly kept pulling her forward towards the front gate.

‘Look at the size of that gate!’ said Mum. ‘Why would I dream a massive gate?!’

At every step Molly looked for any signs of the Fisks return, expecting them to emerge from the undergrowth at any moment.

But they didn’t appear, and soon enough they out they were out of the garden, into the street beyond and past the Boy’s house. ‘You can tell this is a dream,’ said Mum, ‘because even though this is our street, it’s not quite right is it? That front door over there’s the wrong colour for a start, and that house is supposed to have a tree in the front garden, not potted plants!’

Soon they were back in their own home; Molly slammed the door shut and locked it.

‘You know I’m very tired all of a sudden, it’s strange to be tired in a dream, isn’t it?’ said Mum. ‘I think I might go up to bed. Up to bed in a dream to sleep in a dream.’ And with that she headed upstairs to her room, chuckling and shaking her head.

Molly leant back against the locked front door and finally allowed herself to feel the relief. She’d done it; she’d rescued her Mum and hadn’t even had to face off against the Fisks. After a few moments she bounded up the staircase and peeped through the small crack in the doorway into her Mum’s room; she was curled up under the covers. As she fell to sleep she began to fade away, until finally the bed was empty.

Molly ran in and threw the covers back, but there was no one there.

‘Mum!’

‘It’s okay, Molly, she’s Awake now.’ Molly turned to see her Gran in the doorway.

‘She’s safe? She’s back home?’

‘Well, she’s back home, yes.’

Molly ran to her dead Gran and hugged her tightly. ‘I did it.’ Gran held her and stroked her hair gently.

‘Yes, you did. Nothing and no one gets in the way of my Molly Brown.’

‘You will not believe what happened to me,’ Molly said. ‘There was this boy who I think might have been some sort of monster, and then there was this bus full of corpses and a zombie murder conductor guy, and the Tall Man without a face who was following me.

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