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Under The Floorboards

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Forgive me, y'all. I wrote this when I was thirteen, and I legit spent a year and a half on it. 😭🙏

So, basically, a girl and her two friends are celebrating her birthday in her basement, they find a trapdoor, and they fall through it, they get trapped in a wizards lair, and it just progressively gets more unhinged. Heavily inspired by Coraline and Labyrinth.

Chapter 1: Prologue: The Skinchild's Mind

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The man was exhausted, but proud of his magical work.

"This is my best work yet. I'll make her love it. She has no choice." This man was a wizard and had created a vast, meticulous world filled with magical mysteries, surprises, games and riddles.

Normal people like you and I would call it terrifying and brain-shattering, but he called it wondrous and alluring.

But the truth about him was that he was an obsessive and impulsive little boy inside of a grown man's body.

His version of reality was terrifyingly warped and distorted.

His reality revolved around a girl.

"Scarlett. How I can't wait for you any longer. But where shall I put this world? It should be only in a mysterious place where she alone shall find it. Somewhere dark, secluded... Now that I think about it, I know exactly where to put this world."

He put on his most attractive skin and waited until the perfect moment to strike.