James and Jenna were excited to be exploring on their own while visiting their Grandmother in Marblehead, MA, USA. The ten-year-old twins had become bored, and Grandmother had said they were old enough now to walk around town without a grownup with them.
When they came to the end of Grandmother’s road, James saw the entrance to an old cemetery. “Hey, I think this is Old Burial Hill Cemetery, let’s go check it out,” James said excitedly to Jenna. His sister was a little hesitant, but agreed. As they walked along the path leading into the cemetery, they suddenly saw something odd happen. The path in front of them became distorted and the grass and trees turned a brilliant green, then just a quickly, everything returned back to normal.
“What was THAT!!!” exclaimed Jenna. “ I have no idea, but it sure was weird,” replied James. The twins probably should have turned around, but they didn’t. At the end of the path, the cemetery awaited them. They walked in and started looking at the gravestones.
Everything seemed normal around them, but then as they were among a group of graves around an old tree, a strange swirl of color appeared. Before the children could move away, it surrounded them. James and Jenna felt a pulling sensation that turned into a feeling of being wildly spun around.
A moment later, they were thrown to the ground. As they stood up and looked around, the swirling disappeared, and although they could still see the gravestones, the cemetery had a very different appearance. The world had taken on a purple hue!
“What just happened and why does everything appear so different? Jenna asked in a shaky voice. James was about to answer, when they saw movement behind one of the graves, and a strange creature emerged.
James and Jenna screamed; the creature wiggled its trunk like nose. Then it spoke to the twins, “ Oh my, you poor humans, you must have been pulled into my dimension through the weak spot in the barrier between my world and yours. I have been trying to strengthen it, but I guess I made the opposite occur.” James and Jenna were scared now, how would they ever get home, this creature appeared friendly, but still, staying in this weird world was not an appealing thought. The creature spoke again, “I had best get you back to your own world, I am sure you don’t want to stay here.” The twins nodded in agreement.
“Well then, follow me,” said the creature. It leads them to a rocky cliff and states they should climb to the top, hopefully avoiding the rock creature on the way up, then jump of the rocks. This should hopefully land them back in their own world.
James and Jenna thank the creature and start climbing. Suddenly, they hear a deep growl and turn to see a face in the rock. “It must be the rock creature,” yelled Jenna.
“Quick, scramble to the top,” James shouted back. They made it and stood on the edge. It looked like a long way down, but another loud growl from the rock convinced them to jump.
They landed hard and out of breath. Finally, they looked up and breathed a sigh of relief, it had worked, and they had safely returned to their own world.
The twins quickly ran back to their grandmother’s house. When they told their family what had happened, their parents just commented on the wild imagination their children had. Grandmother just smiled and nodded knowingly at the twins.
