The Doors of the Valley, Chapter One: The Book and The Doors

 Hello Reader. I am in the middle of  editing the last story so as not to be a boring story. But in the meantime, I wrote a story about a girl, a boy, and (as the title suggests) The doors to a mysterious Valley. I won't give away to much so  you can read by yourself. I have tried to derive my writing style from the Author of The Chronicles Of Narnia, C.S. Lewis. And it has been considered (So far) My biggest masterpiece. I hope you don't think it is too boring. But... ENJOY!

The Doors of the Valley

 

 

Chapter One

The Book and The Doors

 

 

Mary Maddison and Billy Geoffrey were sitting on a bench outside Mary's house. They had been there for an hour, thinking hard what they should do next. Farmsville wasn't the kind of town where you could play games. It was a dull, desolate place, cut off from any big cities, it was practically a desert of a town.

Even people who lived in Farmsville thought it was dull. And they weren't wrong. there weren't any parks to play with, no rivers, ponds, or sea nearby to go swimming, the houses were squat and dirty looking, and trees were scarce.

Of course, the villagers didn't want to live there. But where else could they go? Farmsville was in the middle of nowhere! Literally! But no one hated living there more than Billy and Mary.

"That's it!" said Mary in a frustrated voice. "I'm tired of just sitting here and doing nothing! Let's go walk around a bit. My legs hurt and there's nothing else to do anyway."

Billy said nothing. He rarely ever did say anything. Nonetheless, Billy followed Mary out of the faded red gates that surrounded Mary's house.

Together, they walked all the way around Farmsville. Which didn't take long, considering how small Farmsville was. They saw nothing interesting, amusing, or out of ordinary at all. they were soon at Mary's house again. By this time, Mary had run out of ideas of things to do.

"Ugh! Nothing interesting ever happens here! what do you think we should do Billy?" Said Mary defeated.

"Climb the tree?" Said Billy in a shy, timid voice. He was a very shy boy. Unlike Mary, who was confident and outspoken.

"Okay then. we have nothing better to do" said Mary, she then started walking briskly towards the back of her house. where their favorite tree stood. 

It was a skinny little birch tree that was, (as far as they knew), the only birch tree in Farmsville. It was a very unimpressive tree. Skinny, with long, spindly branches, and miserable clumps of yellowing leaves were splotched here and there.

But Mary and Billy still loved it. Because it was very high and the branches were shaped like seats. So, if you climbed up and sat on a branch, you were able to see everything. They climbed up and sat there for a minute. Then Billy saw something.

"Look Mary!" Said Billy, nudging Mary in the ribs "The stable door is open! Your uncle must have forgotten to close the door!"

"What?! where!" Said Mary in response.

Mary had a horse called Adven, and, though she only owned one horse, she insisted that Adven had a stable. And Mary, seeing the stable opened, quickly scrambled down from the tree to go visit her beloved horse. Billy landed with a slight thump behind Mary. But Mary was already running towards the stables.

When Billy arrived, wheezing from trying to catch up, Mary was stroking Adven's nose, staring fondly at the horse.

"She is such a lovely horse don't you think?" said Mary gazing proudly at Adven's soft black fur and the eye-catching white spot on Adven's forehead.

"Ye... Yes... She... Is" said Billy through his panting.

"Aren't you the prettiest girlie?" said Mary to the horse then "Ow!"

"What's wrong?" asked Billy

"Tripped" said Mary from the ground "Wait a sec, What's That?"

"What's what?" asked Billy.

"That hole,” said Mary. Pointing at a yawning hole. Just big enough to crawl into (if you are a child). Mary started to crawl into the hole.

"No! Wait! Mary!" said Billy. But Mary had already crawled through. "Oh! why do you do this all the time!?" said Billy, then, addressing the horse, he said "Wait right here"

then crawled in after Mary. after a few minutes of crawling, he reached a big, circular room painted green. in the middle of the room there was a roughly cut wooden plinth. With Mary standing beside it.

Billy ran over to Mary. "Whoa! we have to get out of this place!" said Billy

"Ooh! Billy! Oh please, Pleeasee let us stay a little longer. I want to see what's on this book.

Billy edged closer to a book on the plinth. He and Mary read out loud:

Come, stranger but take heed

of what awaits the sin of greed

for if you seek beyond these doors

something that was never yours

we promise you won't last that long

if you do what you know is wrong

 

Brr!  The walls at the far side of the room opened like doors. Revealing a grassy valley with flowers and rivers trees and mountains looking like they touched the deep blue sky.

Both Mary and Billy gasped. Hey had never seen anything like that valley before. The sky was mostly a dull grey in Farmsville, and the trees were not as beautiful as the trees in the valley.

"What on earth?" began Billy. But Mary had grabbed his arm and tugged him toward the doors and they both made it into the valley.

And BAM! The walls/doors shut behind them.

They were stuck.  

I know! I know! no one likes cliffhangers. But I do so love leaving them. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. And I will try to come up with new Ideas to keep you interested. Until next Chapter! Bye!