A few years ago, Cade Mayson discovered the dark secret about the ghosts in DarkCorner Land which you can see in last year’s story:
MYSTERY OF THE LUSTARAY CLOCK GHOST. Cade went on a daring mission, but not nearly as crazy as the one he’s going on this year. Many ghosts suffer the same fate as the school janitor ghost, who haunts the school in the dark hours. He comes out every night, carrying a worn out mop, and roams the many grand, twisted halls dimly lit by small, flickering dark orange candle clusters. He mops slowly across the slick floor, but he keeps stopping to look back at the floor he cleaned. He stares at the reflections of dark shadows playing across the dark marble floor. He watches for the dark orange lights to make shapes, then faces. They form the faces of students, students he remembers going to the school when he worked there. He stares, waiting for them to see him, but they never do. The ghost who haunts the school, is haunted by the students…
Welcome back to DarkCorner Land. It’s time to explore the Old Haunted Maysher House that’s hidden in a secret forest. Cade, Blake, and Drew are locked in there right now, and on Halloween night we will return to see if they can solve the mystery and escape. Maybe you can solve the mystery, if you’re brave enough to explore this bizarre forest, because there will be clues. Otherwise, if you haven’t yet, scroll down the List of Posts and check out last year’s Halloween posts and MYSTERY OF THE GHOST IN THE MIRROR: PART ONE. Can you solve the mystery? Will you escape?
It always gets dark when you get close to the secret forest. No one knows exactly where it’s located, because there’s a mysterious way to find it as Cade discovered in the post titled: CHARACTER FUN FACTS: CADE’S MYSTERIOUS WAY. This place can’t be found with a map which is probably why Cade was able to find it since he can’t follow a map to save his life, literally. As night falls, that’s when the ghosts appear, dancing in the moonlight. But it’s the ghosts who keep the forest hidden. They’re the ones who keep themselves hidden and don’t want people to know where they are. As the moon shines down through the black, twisted branches of the towering neon green evergreens full of misty leaves, the ghosts dance in circles, over and over and over again. They dance together in front of the Old Maysher House which shines in a booming rhythmic dark orange glow, but then they split off and do their own dances individually. Thing is, these ghosts may not want people to know where they are, but they want to be found…
There’s one ghost in particular who is really mysterious. She always dances in the far corner, always trying crazy spinning jumps, always trying to fly higher and higher. But she never quite gets it right, and is always trying something crazier. A few times, some citizens of Cashes Dade found the forest, and found her dancing. Cade always thought maybe if he climbed the trees high enough he might be able to see her from a distance, and he even made his way to the top of several really tall trees, in the dark, with no light, because you see, he figured trying to hold a light while climbing in the total darkness would be dangerous…When she saw them, she would dance faster and faster, higher and higher, trying to shine in the passing moonlight. But when she saw their candle lights shine together in a cluster, she would get angry and stare at them with a cold, icy glare. A strong chilling wind would knock them back, knock out their lights and push them toward a dark, cold twisted forest. Her eyes turn blood red. Her face turns neon green. That’s all they see in the dark. Her scream is what makes them run, and never return…
But what is it about the lights that make her so angry? She dances when she first sees them approaching, but when they gather together close, in a cluster, that’s when she turns on them. It’s a mystery, but it also reminds some people of what happened many years ago in Cashes Dade. This is one mystery Cade Mayson knows nothing about, because he doesn’t get dance. He also would rather watch grass grow than a Dance Competition. A young girl was dancing her routine in a Dance Championship. She did amazing jumps and spins, and earned a high score and she won, so what happened? What do you think happened? After she sat down in one corner, her gaze shifted to the opposite corner, where a cluster of lights appeared. That’s where the next dancer had entered the arena and a hush fell over the crowd. She remembered how distracted everyone was when she started her routine. They weren’t that interested. But they were spellbound by the next dancer…
Something tragic happened at the Old Maysher House. No one knows quite what happened, but maybe the kids will find out soon because the ghosts often relive their worst moments, their greatest tragedies, their greatest failures. Can you imagine having to experience the same lousy day over and over and over again? Some ghosts, like the ones in the Maysher House, have to do the same chores, the same boring tasks, the same routines, knowing what’s going to happen, and knowing it will never change. They live in the cold darkness and see no hope. But the key to this mystery is in the mysterious desire of the ghosts who dance in the moonlight. One of them appears in a mirror. Why? Mirrors show reflections. Why do people look in the mirror? They want to see themselves. The kids just heard a lady scream. The house went dark. But something else has happened, something that has made one of the ghosts angry. The kids might not even have as much time as they thought, and there is no way out…
