The Haunted School by R L Stine

Author:R L Stine
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2014-01-14T16:00:00+00:00

In a total panic, Ben grabbed the doorknob and bumped me out of the way. He tugged with both hands. Then he lowered his shoulder to the door and tried pushing it open.

But the door didn’t budge.

“That door won’t open,” Seth said calmly.

I turned. Seth still held his arms tensely at his sides. The other four gray kids stood on either side of him, their eyes narrowed at us, squinting at us through the dim gray light.

“Why — why is it locked?” I stammered breathlessly.

“It isn’t a door we can use,” Mary replied. Another tear glistened on her pale gray cheek. “It leads to the world of color.”

“Huh? Excuse me?” I cried.

“Whose idea is this little joke?” Ben demanded impatiently. “It’s not funny, guys! Not funny!”

I could see that Ben was about to lose it. I put a hand on his arm, a signal to calm down.

I had a feeling that these kids weren’t joking.

“How do we get out of here?” Ben demanded. He banged a fist against the door. “You can’t keep us in this weird gray room. No way!”

Seth motioned to the desks again. “Sit down, guys,” he pleaded again. “We’re not trying to keep you here. And we don’t plan to hurt you or anything.”

Ben glanced at his watch. “But — but —”

“We’ll try to explain,” Mary offered. “You really should try to understand what has happened.”

“Especially since you will be staying here with us,” Eloise added.

Another cold shiver ran down my back. “Why do you keep saying that?” I asked.

They didn’t reply.

Ben and I dropped into desk chairs. The three girls took chairs across from us. Eddie crossed his gray arms and leaned against the blackboard.

Seth pulled himself up onto the teacher’s desk. “It’s hard to know where to start,” he said, running a hand back through his thick black hair.

“Start by telling us where we are,” I demanded.

“And then tell us how to get to the gym,” Ben insisted. “Make it short — okay?”

“You’ve come to the other side,” Seth said.

Ben rolled his eyes. “The other side of what?” he asked impatiently.

“The other side of the wall,” Seth replied.

Eloise sneezed. She pulled a wad of tissues from the bag at her side. “I can’t get rid of this cold,” she sighed. “I think it’s because there’s no sunlight.”

“No sunlight?” I cried. “The other side of the wall?” I let out a loud groan. “Will you all please stop talking in mysteries?”

Mona turned to Seth. “Start at the beginning,” she said. “Maybe that will help them.”

Eloise fumbled around in her gray bag. Finally, she pulled out a pack of tissues and placed them on the desk in front of her.

“Well, okay,” Seth agreed. “The beginning.”

Ben and I exchanged glances. Then we leaned forward to listen.

“The five of us were in the very first class at Bell Valley School,” Seth began. “The school opened about seventy years ago, and —”

“Whoa! Wait a minute!” Ben jumped to his feet. “Tommy and I aren’t morons!” he declared. “If you went to school seventy years ago, you’d be at least eighty years old!”

Seth nodded.

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